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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 14-125-101. Title - This chapter may be known and cited as the “Conservation...
§ 14-125-102. Legislative determination — Soil condition - It is declared, as a matter of legislative determination: (1)...
§ 14-125-103. Legislative determination — Consequences of erosion - It is declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that...
§ 14-125-104. Legislative determination — Improvements - It is declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that...
§ 14-125-105. Legislative policy - It is declared to be the policy of the General...
§ 14-125-106. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 14-125-107. Chapter controlling - Insofar as any of the provisions of this chapter are...
§ 14-125-108. Development of soil conservation program — Powers and duties of commission - (a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission in cooperation with the...
§ 14-125-109. Payments made to district by commission - (a) For the purpose of aiding the development and general...
Subchapter 2 - District Organization
§ 14-125-201. Petition for district organization - (a) Any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the...
§ 14-125-202. Hearings — Determination of necessity and boundaries for district - (a) Within thirty (30) days after the petition has been...
§ 14-125-203. Administrative practicability and feasibility generally — Holding referendum - (a) After the commission has made and recorded a determination...
§ 14-125-204. Expenses and conduct of hearings and referenda - (a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall pay all expenses...
§ 14-125-205. Results of referendum — Final determination by commission - (a) The commission shall publish the result of the referendum...
§ 14-125-206. Appointment of directors — Proceedings for organization - (a) If the commission shall determine that the operation of...
§ 14-125-207. Subsequent petitions for district organization - After six (6) months shall have expired from the date...
§ 14-125-208. Petitions to include additional territory - (a) Petitions for including additional territory within an existing district...
§ 14-125-209. Certificate as evidence - (a) In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity...
Subchapter 3 - Board of Directors
§ 14-125-301. Directors generally - (a) (1) The governing body of the district shall consist...
§ 14-125-302. Election of directors - (a) Within thirty (30) days after the date of issuance...
§ 14-125-303. Powers of districts and directors - (a) A soil and water conservation district organized under the...
§ 14-125-304. Delegation of directors' powers and duties - The directors may delegate to their chairman, to one (1)...
§ 14-125-305. Employees — Legal services - (a) The directors may employ technical experts, whose qualifications shall...
§ 14-125-306. Furnishing information to commission - The directors shall furnish to the commission, upon request, copies...
§ 14-125-307. Assistance from counties and municipalities - (a) The directors may invite the legislative body of any...
§ 14-125-308. Cooperation between districts - The directors of any two (2) or more districts organized...
§ 14-125-309. Construction - (a) The board of directors shall have control of the...
§ 14-125-310. Surety bonds, records of proceedings, and audits - The directors shall provide for: (1) The execution of surety...
§ 14-125-311. Record and report of financial transactions - (a) The board of directors shall keep a complete record...
§ 14-125-312. Health insurance for conservation district employees - Conservation district employees are deemed to be state employees for...
Subchapter 4 - Division or Combination of Districts
§ 14-125-401. In general - Any district or districts organized under the provisions of this...
§ 14-125-402. Petition requesting division or combination - (a) At least twenty-five (25) landowners of each district affected...
§ 14-125-403. Conduct of referendum - (a) Within sixty (60) days after a petition has been...
§ 14-125-404. Results of referendum — Commission determination - (a) The commission shall publish the results of the referendum...
§ 14-125-405. Directors — Certification of commission determination - (a) If the commission shall determine that the proposed division...
§ 14-125-406. Application for completion - (a) Upon receiving the property, assets, and rights to which...
§ 14-125-407. Processing applications — Certification of resulting districts - The Secretary of State shall examine the applications, shall receive...
§ 14-125-408. Effect of prior district regulations, contracts, etc. — Commission responsibility - (a) Upon the issuance of the certificate of due constitution...
§ 14-125-409. District powers and restrictions - The district constituted by the division or combination, and the...
§ 14-125-410. Change of district name - (a) The name of any soil and water conservation district...
Subchapter 5 - Land-Use Regulations
§ 14-125-501. Authority to formulate regulations — Meetings and hearings - (a) The directors of any district may formulate regulations governing...
§ 14-125-502. Contents of regulations — Uniformity - (a) The regulations to be adopted by the directors under...
§ 14-125-503. Notice of referendum — Proposed ordinance - (a) The directors shall not have authority to enact such...
§ 14-125-504. Referendum - (a) The question shall be submitted by ballots, upon which...
§ 14-125-505. Effect of referendum - (a) The directors shall not have authority to enact the...
§ 14-125-506. Copies of regulations - Copies of land-use regulations adopted under the provisions of this...
§ 14-125-507. Force and effect of regulations - Land-use regulations prescribed in ordinances adopted pursuant to the provisions...
§ 14-125-508. Enforcement - (a) Where the directors of any district shall find that...
§ 14-125-509. Amendment, supplementation, or repeal of regulations - (a) Any owner of land within the district may at...
Subchapter 6 - Improvement Plans
§ 14-125-601. Proposed improvement plan for project areas within districts — Petition - (a) The board of directors of a district may from...
§ 14-125-602. Court approval of plan generally - (a) Upon its adoption of a proposed improvement plan for...
§ 14-125-603. Court approval of plan based on preliminary survey and report prepared with agency assistance - (a) If the plan adopted by the board and filed...
§ 14-125-604. Expense of plan preparation, adoption, and approval - All costs and expenses incurred in the preparation, adoption, and...
§ 14-125-605. Effect of order approving improvement plan and establishing project area - (a) The order of the court approving the improvement plan...
§ 14-125-606. Improvement plan for an improvement project area situated in more than one district - (a) (1) If a proposed improvement plan for an improvement...
§ 14-125-607. Alteration of plans - (a) The board of directors may at any time alter...
§ 14-125-608. Additional works of improvement - After the work contemplated by the original improvement plan has...
Subchapter 7 - Taxes and Assessments
§ 14-125-701. Assessments of benefits and damages - (a) As soon as the court has entered its order...
§ 14-125-702. Filing and record of assessment - (a) When an assessment is completed, the assessors shall subscribe...
§ 14-125-703. Notice — Hearing of complaints — Appeal - (a) Upon the filing of assessment, the clerk shall give...
§ 14-125-704. Acquiescence in damage assessment — Demand for assessment — Condemnation - Any owner of land may accept the assessment of damages...
§ 14-125-705. Reassessment of benefits generally - (a) The board shall have the power to order a...
§ 14-125-706. Reassessment after alteration of plans - (a) If by reason of a change of plans pursuant...
§ 14-125-707. Taxes payable in full or in installments - (a) The amount of interest which will accrue on notes,...
§ 14-125-708. Levy of tax — Lien — Appeal from tax assessment - (a) The chancery court shall at the same time that...
§ 14-125-709. Levy of tax for preliminary expenses - (a) If the board does not deem it to the...
§ 14-125-710. Levy of tax for operation and maintenance - (a) On or before the first Monday in October of...
§ 14-125-711. Extension of taxes on county tax books — Collection of taxes - (a) The amount of the taxes herein provided for shall...
Subchapter 8 - Bonds and Evidences of Indebtedness
§ 14-125-801. Petition to borrow money or issue bonds, etc - (a) The board of directors may petition the chancery court...
§ 14-125-802. Notice — Issuance - (a) The clerk of the court shall upon receipt of...
§ 14-125-803. Terms and form of bonds, etc - (a) Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued under the...
§ 14-125-804. Court order approving proceedings - (a) After issuing any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness...
§ 14-125-805. Refunding bonds - Refunding bonds may be issued and may be sold, exchanged,...
§ 14-125-806. Security for bonds — Delinquencies - (a) All bonds issued under the terms of this chapter...
Subchapter 9 - Discontinuance of Districts
§ 14-125-901. Petition - (a) At any time after five (5) years after the...
§ 14-125-902. Notice and conduct of referendum - (a) Within sixty (60) days after a petition has been...
§ 14-125-903. Results of referendum — Practicability and feasibility of continued operation - (a) The commission shall publish the result of the referendum...
§ 14-125-904. Termination of district affairs — Certification of dissolution - (a) Upon receipt from the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation...
§ 14-125-905. Times for discontinuance - The Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall not, until...
§ 14-125-906. Consent requirement - No one (1) individual or corporation may be forced against...
§ 14-125-907. Effect of prior district regulations and contracts — Commission responsibilities - (a) Upon issuance of a certificate of dissolution under the...