(a) The district shall not cease to exist upon the completion of its drainage system but shall continue to exist for the purpose of preserving the system, of keeping the ditches clear from obstruction, and of extending, widening, or deepening the ditches from time to time as may be found advantageous to the district.
(b)
(1)
(A) To this end, the commissioners may, from time to time, apply to the county court for the levying of additional taxes.
(B) The taxes may be levied as a flat tax per acre.
(2)
(A) Upon the filing of the petition, notice shall be published by the clerk for two (2) weeks in a newspaper published in each of the counties in which the district embraces land.
(B) Any property owner seeking to resist the additional levy may appear at the next regular, special, or adjourned term of the county court or adjourned day of the court and urge his objections thereto.
(C) Either the property owners or the commissioners may appeal from the finding of the county court.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts
Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally
Subchapter 4 - District Operation Generally
§ 14-121-401. Plans for improvements
§ 14-121-402. Assessment of benefits and damages within district
§ 14-121-403. Assessment of lands outside of district — Hearing — Extension of boundaries
§ 14-121-404. Filing the assessment — Notice
§ 14-121-405. Hearing on complaints — Appeal
§ 14-121-406. Acquiescence to assessment or failure to assess — Effect of demand for assessment
§ 14-121-407. Reassessment of benefits — Appeals
§ 14-121-408. Alteration of plans — Reassessment
§ 14-121-410. Effect of reassessment
§ 14-121-411. Benefits to lands in other districts — Assessments
§ 14-121-412. District continuance — Additional levy
§ 14-121-420. Payment of assessments in drainage districts — Interest
§ 14-121-421. Payment of assessments in improvement districts — Interest
§ 14-121-422. Procedure for levy of tax — Preliminary expenses — Validation of prior levies
§ 14-121-423. Validity of assessment or levy when error appears in description, etc
§ 14-121-424. Insufficiency of tax — Additional levy
§ 14-121-425. Collection of taxes generally — Extension on county tax books
§ 14-121-426. Time for payment of tax — Delinquency
§ 14-121-427. Notice of proceedings for collection of taxes
§ 14-121-428. Trial date — Suit by bondholder
§ 14-121-433. Land subject to improvement district tax lien — Sale and resale
§ 14-121-440. Bonds — Prohibitions
§ 14-121-441. Issuing bonds and evidences of debt to hasten work — Terms of bonds
§ 14-121-442. Security for bonds — Levy and collection of tax — Default in payment of bonds
§ 14-121-443. Tax to pay off bonds issued for preliminary expenses
§ 14-121-444. Issuance of certificates of indebtedness for maintenance — Appeal