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... RESOLUTION NO. <br /> �,. A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE TO AMEND <br /> SECTION 2 OF ACT 430 OF 1991. <br /> WHEREAS, the following language is contained in said act: SECTION 2. (a) The <br /> city or town council of any city or town with the mayor-council form of government, by <br /> resolution passed before January 1 of the year of the election, may request the county <br /> party committees of recognized political parties under the laws of the state to conduct <br /> party primaries for municipal offices for the forthcoming year. When the resolution has <br /> been adopted, the clerk or recorder shall mail a certified copy of the resolution to the <br /> I <br /> chairmen of the county party committees and to the chairmen of the state party <br /> committees. Candidates nominated for municipal office by political primaries under this <br /> section shall be certified by the county party committees to the county board of election <br /> commissioners and shall be placed on the ballot at the general election, and <br /> WHEREAS, this is an undue burden upon municipalities. <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, THAT: <br /> SECTION 1: It is recommended that once a governing body of a municipality <br /> adopts an ordinance dictating the opinion of said body in reference to Section 2, Act 430 <br /> �I <br /> of 1991, the procedure shall not change until it is amended. <br /> SECTION 2: A copy of this resolution shall be sent to the Governor of the State <br /> of Arkansas, Arkansas House of Representatives, Arkansas Senate, the Arkansas <br /> �I <br /> Municipal League, and all state elected officials in the House of Representatives and <br /> Arkansas Senate serving the area of Batesville, Arkansas. <br /> This Resolution adopted this day of h. , 1996. <br /> CITY OF BATESVILLE <br />