(a) If lands in more than one (1) county are embraced within the adopted and authorized project and within the proposed district, the petition shall be filed in the circuit court in the judicial district in which the largest portion of the lands are situated and within a county in which some part or portion of lands in the proposed district are situated. All proceedings shall be had in the circuit court.
(b) All improvement districts created under this subchapter shall receive names selected and designated by the circuit court.
(c) No petition filed under the provisions of this subchapter shall include lands in any other county except the one in which the petition is filed, unless there is attached to the petition a statement signed by twenty (20) landowners or by one-half (½) of the owners in the affected area of each of the counties sought to be included asking that the lands of their county be included.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts
Chapter 118 - Improvement Districts for Rivers
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 14-118-102. Subchapter cumulative
§ 14-118-103. Petition to establish district
§ 14-118-104. Petition — Lands in more than one county
§ 14-118-105. Establishment order — Appeal
§ 14-118-106. Board of commissioners
§ 14-118-107. District use of federal agency plans
§ 14-118-108. Assessment of benefits and damages
§ 14-118-109. Filing of assessment — Notice and hearing — Appeal
§ 14-118-110. Tax levy — Appeal
§ 14-118-111. Extension of tax upon books — Collection, delinquency, redemption
§ 14-118-112. Board authority to borrow money and issue bonds
§ 14-118-113. District rights, powers, and privileges
§ 14-118-114. Contracts of assurance with federal agencies — Eminent domain