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0531 / ORDINANCE NO. 531 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE "THE ARKANSAS HOT CHECK LAW;" ADDING CHAPTER 9.24 TO THE JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS THAT: SECTION 1. There is hereby added to the MUnicipal Code of Jacksonville, Arkansas Chapter 9.24, which reads as follows: Chapter 9.24 JTHE ARKANS'~S HOT C!lECK LAW$' Sections: 9.24.010 9.24.020 9.24.030 Adopted. Penalties. City Attorney to Prosecute. 9.24.010 Adopted. "The Arkansas Hot Check Law" as defined and set forth in Arkansas Statutes Annotated, 1947, as subsequently amended by the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, are adopted and enacted as the law of the city as fully as if set out here in its entirety. 9.24.020 Penalties. The same misdemeanor penalties as set forth in the afore- said statutes of the State of Arkansas for violation of "The Arkansas Hot Check Law" and enacted and adopted by the city. 9.24.030 City Attorney to Prosecute. It shall be the responsibility of the city attorney to prosecute such offenses occurring within the city of Jackson- ville as long as same are misdemeanors. SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in con- flict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflict. SECTION 3. Due to the urgent need of the Jacksonville MUnicipal Court to decrease its cost and thereby increase its paYll1ents to the gen'eral fund of the ci ty and due to the urgent need of the ci ty to have a unifoLl11 enforcement of "The Arkansas Hot Check Law," an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall have full force and effect iUlluediately after its passage. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 4th DAY OF JANUARY , 1979. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS ATTEST: A '.~ '-IJ n rl/ ~i'y 1i::t l~ />>aJAMY}1-/ r" ..~OVED A. S~' FORM: . YrIJL. .~ ~ CITY ATTORNEY 4. ,