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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 14-117-101. Title - This chapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Irrigation, Drainage,...
§ 14-117-102. Declaration of policy - (a) The General Assembly takes notice that interests of the...
§ 14-117-103. Definition - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§ 14-117-104. Construction of chapter - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to in any...
§ 14-117-105. Master - (a) The chancery or circuit court is expressly authorized to...
§ 14-117-106. Prompt court compliance required - If the court does not act promptly in complying with...
§ 14-117-107. Change of jurisdiction - (a) All districts formed prior to June 13, 1963, the...
Subchapter 2 - District Establishment
§ 14-117-201. Purposes - The purposes for which districts may be organized under this...
§ 14-117-202. Petition for establishment — Engineer and survey — Bond - (a) It shall be the duty of the court to...
§ 14-117-203. Alternative petition for establishment - (a) If, upon the presentation of the petition for the...
§ 14-117-204. Notice and hearing - (a) The chancery or circuit clerk shall give notice by...
§ 14-117-205. Land in more than one county - (a) If land in more than one (1) county is...
§ 14-117-206. Prompt payment of expenses required - If the expenses incurred in the creation of a district...
§ 14-117-207. Effect of establishment order — Appeal - (a) The order of the chancery or circuit court establishing...
§ 14-117-208. Changing district boundaries - (a) (1) The holder or holders of title representing in...
§ 14-117-209. Assessment of lands outside district — Boundary extension - (a) If the board, upon petition of a majority in...
Subchapter 3 - Board of Commissioners
§ 14-117-301. Members - (a) When the circuit court has established any improvement district,...
§ 14-117-302. Organization - The board shall select one (1) of their number as...
§ 14-117-303. Agents and employees generally - The board shall have the authority to hire all necessary...
§ 14-117-304. Powers and duties - (a) The board of commissioners shall have and may exercise...
§ 14-117-305. Eminent domain - (a) The right and power of eminent domain heretofore conferred...
§ 14-117-306. Control of construction — Advertisement for bids - (a) The board shall have control of the construction of...
§ 14-117-307. Construction — Cooperation with federal government - (a) If the improvements are undertaken in cooperation with the...
§ 14-117-308. Contractors and agents - (a) All contractors shall be required to give bond for...
§ 14-117-309. Disposal of unneeded land - The board may determine, by resolution, that any real or...
Subchapter 4 - District Operation
§ 14-117-401. Plans — Construction areas - (a) Plans prepared by “local organizations,” as defined by the...
§ 14-117-402. Contracts between district and United States - (a) The board is authorized to: (1) Cooperate with the...
§ 14-117-403. Assessment of benefits and damages - (a) (1) As soon as plans for the improvement work...
§ 14-117-404. Filing of assessment - (a) When their assessment is completed, the board shall subscribe...
§ 14-117-405. Notice and hearing on assessment — Appeal - (a) Upon the filing of the assessment, the clerk shall...
§ 14-117-406. Acquiescence in assessment of damages — Demand for assessment — Condemnation - Any property owner may accept the assessment of damages in...
§ 14-117-407. Alteration of plans - The board may at any time alter the plans for...
§ 14-117-408. Reassessment of benefits — Appeals - (a) (1) If, by reason of a change of plans...
§ 14-117-409. Additional work or improvements — Reassessment — Appeals - (a) After the work contemplated by the original plans has...
§ 14-117-410. Inclusion of bond interest with tax — Exception - The amount of interest which will accrue on bonds issued...
§ 14-117-411. Payment of assessment - (a) When assessments of benefits are made, the landowners shall...
§ 14-117-412. Levy of assessment — Interest - The levy of the assessment may be made by way...
§ 14-117-413. Levy of tax — Preliminary expenses - (a) At the same time that the assessment of benefits...
§ 14-117-414. Borrowing money and issuing bonds - (a) The board may petition the chancery or circuit court...
§ 14-117-415. Court order as to bonds - (a) After issuing any bonds and before their sale, exchange,...
§ 14-117-416. Refunding bonds - Refunding bonds may be issued and may be sold, exchanged,...
§ 14-117-417. Security for bonds — Levy and collection of tax - All bonds issued under the terms of this chapter that...
§ 14-117-418. Default in bond payment - (a) If any bond, or interest coupon on any bond,...
§ 14-117-419. Records and reports - (a) The board shall also keep the original itemized bills...
§ 14-117-420. Taxation for operation, maintenance, and service of district properties - (a) The districts shall have authority to levy and collect...
§ 14-117-421. Extension of taxes on books — Collection - (a) The amount of the taxes provided for in this...
§ 14-117-422. Time for payment of taxes — Installments - (a) All taxes levied under the terms of this chapter...
§ 14-117-423. Delinquencies on tax payment - (a) If any taxes levied in pursuance of this chapter...
§ 14-117-424. Notice of pendency of suit - Notice of the pendency of the suit shall be given...
§ 14-117-425. Trial generally — Sale of land to bidders - (a) The suit shall stand for trial at the first...
§ 14-117-426. Trial procedure — Sale of land to district - (a) Suits for collection of taxes shall be conducted in...
§ 14-117-427. Right of redemption - At any time within two (2) years after the rendition...