(a)
(1)
(A) Within thirty (30) days after their appointment, the members of a board of commissioners shall take and file with the county clerk their oath of office, in which they shall swear to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Arkansas and to discharge faithfully their duties as commissioners in the manner provided by law.
(B)
(i) Any commissioner failing to file his oath within this period shall be deemed to have declined the office.
(ii) In such instance, the county court shall call a public hearing in the same manner prescribed in § 14-92-204 for the purpose of electing a successor to fill the vacancy under the same procedures described in § 14-92-204.
(b)
(1)
(A) The board of commissioners shall organize by electing one (1) of its members chairman, and it shall select a secretary.
(B) The board may also employ such agents, employees, engineers, and attorneys as it deems best and fix their compensation and the compensation of the secretary.
(2) The board shall also select some solvent bank or trust company as the depository of its funds, exacting of the depository a bond in an amount equal to the amount of money likely to come into its hands.
(c) No member of the board shall be liable for any damages unless it shall be made to appear that he had acted with a corrupt and malicious intent.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally
Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts
Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally
§ 14-92-202. Applicability of 1981 amendments
§ 14-92-204. Hearing prior to filing petition to form district
§ 14-92-205. Petition to form district
§ 14-92-206. Hearing on petition and determination
§ 14-92-207. Board of commissioners generally
§ 14-92-208. Interest of commissioners in purchase, acquisition, or donation
§ 14-92-209. Removal of commissioners — Vacancies
§ 14-92-210. Powers of board generally
§ 14-92-211. Bond of contractors
§ 14-92-212. Payments generally — Warrants
§ 14-92-213. Payments to contractor
§ 14-92-214. Legal services in organizing
§ 14-92-215. Sale of unnecessary materials
§ 14-92-216. Planning by board
§ 14-92-218. Petition by property owners to extend improvements
§ 14-92-219. Purposes for which district organized
§ 14-92-220. Powers of districts generally
§ 14-92-222. Right and power of eminent domain
§ 14-92-224. Priority of cases
§ 14-92-225. Assessment of benefits and damages
§ 14-92-226. Filing and notice of assessment
§ 14-92-229. Interest on assessments
§ 14-92-230. Extension and collection of taxes
§ 14-92-231. Subsequent levies
§ 14-92-232. Payment of taxes — Enforcement
§ 14-92-233. Notice of delinquency
§ 14-92-234. Notes, bonds, or evidences of debt
§ 14-92-236. Public contributions to road or street improvement districts
§ 14-92-237. Dissolution or conversion of district — Definition
§ 14-92-238. Lien for preliminary expenses