(a) Within twenty (20) days after the certification of the election and when the ballots from each county have been delivered to the secretary of the district as provided in this subchapter, the board of directors of the district shall meet at the office of the district and canvass the results of the election in each county.
(b) Notice of the meeting shall specify its date and purpose and shall be published for two (2) consecutive weekly insertions in some newspaper published and having a bona fide circulation in each county of the district.
(c) The meeting shall be open to the public. At that meeting any landowner of the district may challenge in writing the certificate of results of the election from any one (1) or more counties of the district and submit evidence in support thereof.
(d) The district shall furnish a stenographer who shall take and transcribe all the testimony introduced before the board.
(e) The board shall keep a true and perfect record of its proceedings at the meeting which shall be filed as a public record in the office of the district.
(f) A copy of the record, certified by the secretary of the district, shall be competent evidence in all courts of this state.
(g) After consideration of all challenges, if any, the board of directors shall, by proper resolution duly adopted by the board of directors, declare the result of the election.
(h) Any landowner aggrieved by the finding of the board as to the results of the election may have such finding reviewed by the chancery court of any county in the district. The appeal shall be perfected in thirty (30) days. The review shall be heard by the court on the evidence introduced before the board of directors at the meeting referred to in this section. No additional or different evidence shall be admissible except on an issue of corrupt purpose or fraudulent action on the part of the board of directors in canvassing and declaring the results of the election. Appeals to the Supreme Court shall be perfected in thirty (30) days.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts
Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally
Subchapter 2 - Agreements with United States Generally
§ 14-120-201. Legislative intent
§ 14-120-204. Subchapter cumulative
§ 14-120-205. Conditions precedent to conferring powers on districts — In general
§ 14-120-206. Filing project outline and estimate
§ 14-120-207. Board approval of proposal
§ 14-120-208. Approval election generally
§ 14-120-209. Date of election
§ 14-120-210. Notice of election
§ 14-120-211. Election judges and clerks
§ 14-120-213. Voting — Certification of results
§ 14-120-214. Canvass of results — Judicial review
§ 14-120-215. Majority vote — Payment of expenses
§ 14-120-216. Contract authority
§ 14-120-217. Board authority to acquire land — Condemnation
§ 14-120-218. Conveyance of rights-of-way across state lands
§ 14-120-219. Agreements for construction across highways
§ 14-120-220. Eminent domain by the United States
§ 14-120-221. Board of assessors
§ 14-120-223. Assessment — Time, certification, and filing
§ 14-120-224. Board of assessment and equalization
§ 14-120-225. Chancery court review of assessment
§ 14-120-226. Tax levy by board to satisfy certain obligations
§ 14-120-227. Alternative method of assessment — Reassessment — Vacancies on board
§ 14-120-229. Penalty for delinquency — Enforcement proceedings generally
§ 14-120-230. Filing complaint — Notice
§ 14-120-231. Trial date — Continuance or dismissal
§ 14-120-233. Decree — Sale of real property by commissioner
§ 14-120-234. Execution of deed
§ 14-120-235. Redemption of property — Vacation of decree
§ 14-120-236. Tributary tax fund
§ 14-120-237. Disbursement of funds on vouchers
§ 14-120-238. Authority to borrow money and issue bonds — Purpose
§ 14-120-239. Issuance of bonds — Interest coupons
§ 14-120-240. Lithographing and registration of bonds
§ 14-120-241. Bonds — Sale prohibitions — Penalty
§ 14-120-242. Use of revenues for bond payment — Lien