AR HB1950

Requires county court incorporation orders to include a specific effective date when a municipality is granted incorporation and organized.

If an incorporation order fails to specify an effective date, the county clerk's file mark date becomes the effective date for all purposes.

Requires annexation, consolidation, and detachment actions to include an effective date in the ordinance or resolution, with the municipal clerk or recorder file mark serving as the default effective date if none is specified.

Allows amendments to annexation, consolidation, or detachment ordinances to carry their own effective dates, using the municipal clerk or recorder file mark as default if not specified.

Declares an emergency to clarify official effective dates of municipal boundary actions to aid the U.S. Bureau of the Census in decennial census counts and maintain accurate municipal boundary records.