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Chapter 316 - Road Improvement Districts Generally
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 14-316-101. Road improvement tax generally - (a) All taxes levied by road improvement districts in this...
§ 14-316-102. Bonds of road improvement districts validated - (a) All acts and proceedings of commissioners of road improvement...
§ 14-316-103. Funding and refunding outstanding bonded indebtedness - (a) Any road improvement districts of this state, whether organized...
§ 14-316-104. Allotment of funds where improvement districts embrace lands in more than one county - In those situations where the boundaries of a road improvement...
§ 14-316-105. Cancellation of records of unsatisfied liens when there are no unsatisfied obligations - (a) Whenever it shall appear to the chancery court of...
§ 14-316-106. Cancellation of assessment liens when roads are taken by state or no bonds were issued - All liens are cancelled when: (1) There is of record...
§ 14-316-107. Cancellation of district-acquired delinquent tax title - In the event there has been a sale to the...
§ 14-316-108. Road and school district boundaries to be coextensive - When any road district in the State of Arkansas dissects...
§ 14-316-109. Route change to avoid dangerous railroad crossing - (a) In road and highway districts where the act creating...
Subchapter 2 - Collection and Disposition of Taxes Generally
§ 14-316-201. Penalty and enforcement - (a) Any commissioner, officer, agent, or employee of any district...
§ 14-316-202. Examination of records by commission — Liability for wrongful use of funds - (a) The State Highway Commission: (1) Shall have authority to...
§ 14-316-203. Districts with roads wholly within the state highway system — Annual report - (a) On or before January 10 of each year, the...
§ 14-316-204. Remission of funds for paying bonded indebtedness and interest - (a) When directed by the State Highway Commission, the commissioners...
§ 14-316-205. Districts with roads not wholly within state highway system — Tax levy — Sale of certificates of indebtedness — Saving clause - With the approval of the county court, the commissioners in...
§ 14-316-206. Maintenance of roads not wholly within the state highway system — Use of funds — Cooperation with State Highway Commission — Annual report - (a) The commissioners of districts whose roads are not wholly...
§ 14-316-207. Payment of outstanding indebtedness and bonds by funds derived from taxes - (a) Funds derived from taxes in road improvement districts shall...
§ 14-316-208. Tax collection prohibited except to pay bonds and interest - Except taxes delinquent on January 1, 1927, no taxes shall...
§ 14-316-209. Use of funds — County road tax vested in county — Repayment of advances - (a) Road districts shall be permitted to use funds that...
Subchapter 3 - Collection of Delinquent Assessments
§ 14-316-301. Construction - This subchapter shall be liberally construed to give the assessment...
§ 14-316-302. Enforcement proceedings generally - (a) If the assessments of road improvement districts and road...
§ 14-316-303. Notice - (a) For two (2) consecutive weeks before judgment is entered...
§ 14-316-304. Trial procedures - (a) Suits for delinquent assessments shall be conducted in the...
§ 14-316-305. Decree — Sale of delinquent lands - (a) At the first regular or adjourned term of the...
§ 14-316-306. Bidding by district — Conveyance of indefeasible title - In any case where property is offered for sale by...
§ 14-316-307. Right of redemption - (a) At any time within three (3) years after the...
Chapter 317 - Rural Road Improvement Districts
§ 14-317-101. Definition - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§ 14-317-102. Violations - It shall not be lawful for the board of the...
§ 14-317-103. Petition for district formation — In general - (a) (1) Whenever a two-thirds (2/3) majority in value, acreage,...
§ 14-317-104. Notice of petition - (a) Upon the filing of the petition, it shall be...
§ 14-317-105. Circulation of identical petitions - Any number of identical petitions may be circulated, and identical...
§ 14-317-106. Hearing on petition — Appeal - (a) On the day named in the notice, it shall...
§ 14-317-107. District as body corporate - Each district shall be a body corporate with power to...
§ 14-317-108. Commissioners' oath - (a) Within thirty (30) days after their appointment, the commissioners...
§ 14-317-109. Board organization — Vacancy - (a) The board of commissioners shall organize by electing one...
§ 14-317-110. Liability of board members - No member of the board of improvement shall be liable...
§ 14-317-111. Depository - The board shall select some solvent bank or trust company...
§ 14-317-112. Eminent domain - All districts organized under this chapter shall have the right...
§ 14-317-113. Sale of acquired lands - Any land that may be acquired by any district organized...
§ 14-317-114. Bonds generally - (a) All bonds issued by the commissioners under the terms...
§ 14-317-115. Plans for improvement — Assessor - (a) Immediately after their qualification, the commissioners shall form plans...
§ 14-317-116. County clerk — Collector - (a) It shall be the duty of the county clerk...
§ 14-317-117. Alteration of plans - (a) The commissioners may at any time alter the plans...
§ 14-317-118. Signatures prerequisite to levy — Five year freeze on assessment increase - (a) Road and street improvement districts formed after July 4,...
§ 14-317-119. Assessment order — Lien — Remedy - (a) The board of commissioners of the district shall at...
§ 14-317-120. Filing assessments — Notice — Hearing - (a) The assessment shall be filed with the county clerk...
§ 14-317-121. Interest on assessment - The assessment of the benefits shall bear interest at the...
§ 14-317-122. Reassessment - (a) The commissioners, not more often than once a year,...
§ 14-317-123. Additional levies for payment of bonds - If the tax first levied shall prove insufficient to pay...
§ 14-317-124. Payment of levies — Delinquency - All taxes levied under the terms of this chapter shall...
§ 14-317-125. Warrants - (a) The depository shall pay out no money save upon...
§ 14-317-126. Priority of actions — Appeals - (a) All cases involving the validity of rural road and...
§ 14-317-127. Powers of board - (a) The board of commissioners may appoint all necessary agents...
§ 14-317-128. Negotiable notes or bonds — Mortgages - (a) In order to meet preliminary expenses and to do...
§ 14-317-129. Contractors' bonds - All contractors shall be required to give bond for the...
§ 14-317-130. Estimate of work completed — Payment of contractors - It shall be the duty of the board to have...
§ 14-317-131. Preliminary expenses after failure to make improvement - In case for any reason the improvement contemplated by any...
§ 14-317-132. District's continued existence — Levies for repair - (a) The district shall not cease to exist upon the...
§ 14-317-133. Disposition of funds - (a) The county court is authorized: (1) To turn over...
§ 14-317-134. Changing assessment of benefits when property is transferred - (a) (1) When any owner of real property located in...
Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts For Acquiring Rights-of-way
§ 14-318-101. Definition - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§ 14-318-102. Enforcement - The commissioners and all other officers having duties to perform...
§ 14-318-103. Petition by landowners - When a petition, signed by ten (10) owners of real...
§ 14-318-104. Notice of petition - (a) It shall be the duty of the county clerk...
§ 14-318-105. Hearing on petition — Appeal - (a) On the day named in the notice, it shall...
§ 14-318-106. District as body corporate - Each district shall be a body corporate with power to...
§ 14-318-107. Commissioners' oath - Within thirty (30) days after their appointment, the commissioners shall...
§ 14-318-108. Board organization — Vacancy - (a) The board shall organize by electing one (1) of...
§ 14-318-109. Liability of board members - No member of the board of improvement shall be liable...
§ 14-318-110. Depository - The board shall also select some solvent bank or trust...
§ 14-318-111. Eminent domain - All districts organized under this chapter shall have the right...
§ 14-318-112. Procurement and filing of plans for rights-of-way - Immediately after their qualifications, the commissioners shall procure from the...
§ 14-318-113. Assessor - (a) The commissioners shall thereupon appoint an assessor to assess...
§ 14-318-114. Duties of the county clerk and the collector - (a) It shall be the duty of the county clerk...
§ 14-318-115. Assessment order — Lien — Remedy - (a) The board of commissioners of the district shall, at...
§ 14-318-116. Filing assessments — Notice — Hearing - (a) The assessment shall be filed with the county clerk...
§ 14-318-117. Interest on assessment - The assessment of the benefits shall bear interest at the...
§ 14-318-118. Reassessment of benefits - The commissioners may, not more often than once a year,...
§ 14-318-119. Time for payment of tax — Collection of delinquent taxes — Right of redemption - (a) All taxes levied under the terms of this chapter...
§ 14-318-120. Payment of improvement taxes with general taxes - No property owner shall be allowed to pay his general...
§ 14-318-121. Additional levies in event of deficiency — Mandamus - (a) If the tax first levied shall prove insufficient to...
§ 14-318-122. Commissioners' warrant - (a) The depository shall pay out no money save upon...
§ 14-318-123. Negotiable notes or bonds — Preliminary expenses and work - (a) In order to meet preliminary expenses and to do...
§ 14-318-124. Payment of preliminary expenses after failure to make improvement - In case for any reason the improvement contemplated by any...
§ 14-318-125. Misuse of bonds or money arising from sale of bonds — Penalties - (a) It shall not be lawful for the board of...
§ 14-318-126. Priority of actions — Appeals - All cases involving the validity of the districts or the...
Chapter 319 - County Bridge Improvement Districts
§ 14-319-101. Powers of county court — Organization of improvement districts - (a) When a bridge is necessary over any stream, the...
§ 14-319-102. Bonds — Default - (a) (1) Any district organized under the laws of this...
§ 14-319-103. Suits to collect taxes — Costs and fees for summons - (a) Wherever legal proceedings are commenced or are now pending...
§ 14-319-104. Unencumbered bridges — Prohibition on collection of tolls - (a) All bridges in districts where there has been sufficient...
§ 14-319-105. Title to bridges and property of bridge improvement districts vested in State Highway Commission — Prior vesting ratified - (a) The titles of the bridges and to all other...
Chapter 320 - Interstate Bridge Districts
§ 14-320-101. Scope - The terms and provisions of this chapter shall only be...
§ 14-320-102. Board of commissioners - (a) When the circuit court has established the bridge district,...
§ 14-320-103. Employment of personnel - The board of commissioners shall have the power to employ...
§ 14-320-104. Plans — Map and specifications - (a) As soon as the board of commissioners shall have...
§ 14-320-105. Petition for district establishment — Contents and signatures - (a) When twenty-five (25) or more owners of real property...
§ 14-320-106. Petition — Notice, hearing, and appeal - (a) The circuit clerk shall thereupon give notice by publication...
§ 14-320-107. Assessment of lands — Procedure - (a) The board of commissioners shall proceed to assess the...
§ 14-320-108. Notice and filing of assessment — Hearing and appeal - (a) When the assessment of benefits is completed, the board...
§ 14-320-109. Paying the assessment - (a) When the assessment of benefits has been made and...
§ 14-320-110. Determination of construction costs - (a) The circuit court, in determining the question of whether...
§ 14-320-111. Levy of tax - (a) (1) The circuit court shall, at the time the...
§ 14-320-112. Collection of taxes — Delinquency - (a) The amount of taxes provided for in this chapter...
§ 14-320-113. Additional tax levy - If the tax first levied shall prove insufficient to complete...
§ 14-320-114. Borrowing money — Bond issues - In order to carry out the purposes for which the...
§ 14-320-115. Lien of bonds — Tax levy — Default - (a) All bonds issued by the board of commissioners shall...
§ 14-320-116. Revenue bonds — Tax levy when tolls insufficient - (a) If the board of commissioners shall have ascertained that...
§ 14-320-117. Applicability of federal law - All interstate bridges shall be constructed under the terms and...
§ 14-320-118. Tolls — Transfer of bridge to state - (a) The board of commissioners is granted the right and...
§ 14-320-119. Contracts with federal government, highway commission, local governments, or other states - (a) For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects...
§ 14-320-120. Acquisition of real property — Eminent domain - (a) The board of commissioners acting for and on behalf...
Chapter 321 - Viaduct Improvement Districts
§ 14-321-101. Scope - This chapter shall apply to all improvement districts created for...
§ 14-321-102. Commissioners - In all viaduct districts described in § 14-321-101, commissioners shall...
§ 14-321-103. Limitations on bond issue — Interest - (a) In all the viaduct improvement districts described in §...
§ 14-321-104. Bonds sold for less than par when carrying lower interest rate - If any viaduct improvement district described in § 14-321-101, where...
§ 14-321-105. Plans to be submitted to county court - The commissioners of the viaduct improvement districts described in §...
§ 14-321-106. Assessment of benefits - The assessment of benefits in any viaduct improvement district described...
§ 14-321-107. Land in different counties — Assessment hearings in respective counties - In any viaduct improvement district described in § 14-321-101 embracing...
Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets
§ 14-322-101. Chapter supplemental - The procedure prescribed herein for the establishment of improvement districts...
§ 14-322-102. Street improvement studies — Resolution - (a) When the governing body of any city or incorporated...
§ 14-322-103. Filing of petition requesting improvement district - If, within sixty (60) days after the adoption and publication...
§ 14-322-104. Notice of hearing — Special meeting - (a) Notice of the public hearing shall be published one...
§ 14-322-105. Hearing — Publication — Effect of ruling - (a) At the time and place stated in the notice,...
§ 14-322-106. Assessments — Filing, notice, and appeal - (a) Upon the establishment of the district, the board shall...
§ 14-322-107. Payment generally - (a) All assessments shall be payable in the manner and...
§ 14-322-108. Installment payments - (a) All installments of assessments shall be paid in equal...
§ 14-322-109. Use of funds to pay off debt of improvement district - (a) Any city or town in which an improvement district...
§ 14-322-110. Fund-raising to finance improvements - The board of commissioners of any improvement district established under...
§ 14-322-111. Use of funds - All funds derived from assessments upon real property by a...