(a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall pay all expenses for the issuance of notices and the conduct of the hearings and referenda and shall supervise the conduct of the hearings and referenda.
(b) It shall issue appropriate rules governing the conduct of the hearings and referenda, and providing for the registration prior to the date of the referendum of all eligible voters, or prescribing some other appropriate procedure for the determination of those eligible as voters in the referendum.
(c) No informalities in the conduct of the referendum or in any matters relating thereto shall invalidate the referendum or its result if notice thereof shall have been given substantially as herein provided and the referendum shall have been fairly conducted.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts
Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law
Subchapter 2 - District Organization
§ 14-125-201. Petition for district organization
§ 14-125-202. Hearings — Determination of necessity and boundaries for district
§ 14-125-203. Administrative practicability and feasibility generally — Holding referendum
§ 14-125-204. Expenses and conduct of hearings and referenda
§ 14-125-205. Results of referendum — Final determination by commission
§ 14-125-206. Appointment of directors — Proceedings for organization
§ 14-125-207. Subsequent petitions for district organization