Arkansas Code
Title 14 - Local Government
Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts

§ 14-115-104. Authority to cooperate with state and federal governments - With respect to planning, constructing, operating, and maintaining works of...

§ 14-115-105. Contents of agreements between Arkansas and another state - (a) Any such agreement between a district in this state...

§ 14-115-106. Raising funds to carry out obligations under contracts entered - The governing authority of any improvement district is authorized to...

Chapter 116 - Regional Water Distribution District Act

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-116-101. Title - This chapter may be cited as “The Regional Water Distribution...

§ 14-116-102. Purpose - Public nonprofit regional water distribution districts may be organized under...

§ 14-116-103. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 14-116-104. Chapter controlling - This chapter is complete in itself and shall be controlling....

§ 14-116-105. Construction - This chapter shall be construed liberally. The enumerating of any...

§ 14-116-106. Joint projects - (a) It is the intent and purpose of this section...

§ 14-116-107. Applicability of Regional Water Distribution District Act - The provisions of § 14-116-101 et seq., the Regional Water...

Subchapter 2 - Establishment of Water Districts

§ 14-116-201. Authority to petition for district establishment - (a) When there is water available for industrial, municipal, or...

§ 14-116-202. Contents of petition - The petition shall contain: (1) An accurate description of the...

§ 14-116-203. Petition — Land in more than one county - (a) The territory proposed to be embraced within the water...

§ 14-116-204. Commission review of petition - (a) Upon the filing of the petition in the office...

§ 14-116-205. Notice of hearing - (a) Between thirty (30) and sixty (60) days after the...

§ 14-116-206. Hearing — Appeal - (a) Upon the date and at the time and place...

§ 14-116-207. Exclusion of land for irrigation purposes - (a) Any owner of real property within the territory of...

Subchapter 3 - Board of Directors

§ 14-116-301. Members generally — Original appointments - (a) If a water district is composed of all or...

§ 14-116-302. Members — Terms - (a) (1) Each director on the board of directors of...

§ 14-116-303. Members — Nomination and election - (a) (1) (A) If a water district is composed of...

§ 14-116-304. Members — Vacancy - The directors shall fill any vacancy occurring on the board...

§ 14-116-305. Members — Oath - (a) Each of the original directors and all directors elected...

§ 14-116-306. Members — Compensation - The directors provided for, upon majority vote of the board,...

§ 14-116-307. Organization - Immediately upon the appointment of the board of directors, the...

§ 14-116-308. Meetings - (a) Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be...

§ 14-116-309. Powers and duties - (a) All powers granted a water district created under this...

Subchapter 4 - Operation of Water Districts

§ 14-116-401. Exemption from jurisdiction of Arkansas Public Service Commission - Water districts organized under this subchapter shall be exempt in...

§ 14-116-402. District powers - (a) Each water district shall have power to: (1) Sue...

§ 14-116-403. Appeal from district actions - Any person aggrieved by the service furnished or rates charged...

§ 14-116-404. Revenues - (a) Water districts formed pursuant to this subchapter shall be...

§ 14-116-405. Tax exemption - Water districts formed under this chapter shall be exempt from...

§ 14-116-406. Annexation of additional territory - (a) Additional territory may be annexed to and embraced by...

§ 14-116-407. Contracts — Water district and United States - The board is authorized to: (1) Cooperate with the United...

Subchapter 5 - Improvement of Water Districts

§ 14-116-501. Proposed improvement plan for assessment-based water district projects - (a) (1) Upon the securing of a petition described in...

§ 14-116-502. Court approval of project improvement plan — Appointment of assessor - (a) The board of directors of the regional water distribution...

§ 14-116-503. Expenses — Plan preparation, adoption, and approval - All costs and expenses incurred in the preparation, adoption, and...

§ 14-116-504. Alteration of plans - (a) (1) The board of directors of the regional water...

§ 14-116-505. Additional works of improvement - After the work contemplated by the original improvement plan has...

Subchapter 6 - Improvement Plan Assessments

§ 14-116-601. Assessment of benefits and damages - (a) After the court issues an order approving the improvement...

§ 14-116-602. Assessments — Filing and recording — Appointment of board of adjustment - (a) (1) When an assessment is completed, the assessor shall...

§ 14-116-603. Appeal — Notice — Hearing of assessment complaints - (a) (1) Upon the filing of assessment, the court clerk...

§ 14-116-604. Acquiescence in damage assessment — Condemnation - If such owner has been given notice by certified mail...

§ 14-116-605. Assessments — Complaints - (a) Any owner of land within the improvement project area...

§ 14-116-606. Reassessments - (a) In no event shall a reduction of assessments be...

§ 14-116-607. Payment of taxes - (a) When the tax levies are made, the landowners shall...

§ 14-116-608. Levy of tax — Lien — Appeal from tax assessment - (a) The court shall, at the same time that the...

§ 14-116-609. Levy of tax for preliminary expenses - (a) If the board does not deem it to the...

§ 14-116-610. Levy of tax for operation and maintenance - (a) On or before the first Monday in October of...

§ 14-116-611. Extension of taxes on county tax books — Collection of taxes - (a) Copies of the assessment necessary for the assessment and...

Subchapter 7 - Bonds

§ 14-116-701. Authority to borrow money or issue bonds, etc - The board may borrow money at a rate of interest...

§ 14-116-702. Terms and form of bonds, etc - (a) Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued under the...

§ 14-116-703. Refunding bonds - Refunding bonds may be issued and may be sold, exchanged,...

§ 14-116-704. Security for bonds — Delinquencies - (a) All bonds issued under the terms of this chapter...

Subchapter 8 - Applicability of Chapter

§ 14-116-801. Provisions inapplicable to state agencies, political subdivisions, and state lands - The provisions of this chapter, as now or hereafter amended...

Chapter 117 - Irrigation, Drainage, and Watershed Improvement District Act

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...

Chapter 118 - Improvement Districts for Rivers

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-118-101. Construction - This subchapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.

§ 14-118-102. Subchapter cumulative - This subchapter shall be cumulative and shall not repeal any...

§ 14-118-103. Petition to establish district - (a) When the Congress of the United States has enacted...

§ 14-118-104. Petition — Lands in more than one county - (a) If lands in more than one (1) county are...

§ 14-118-105. Establishment order — Appeal - (a) The order of the circuit court establishing the district...

§ 14-118-106. Board of commissioners - (a) When the circuit court has established any improvement district,...

§ 14-118-107. District use of federal agency plans - The plans prepared by the Chief of Engineers, United States...

§ 14-118-108. Assessment of benefits and damages - (a) The commissioners shall proceed to assess the lands within...

§ 14-118-109. Filing of assessment — Notice and hearing — Appeal - (a) When the assessment is completed, the commissioners shall subscribe...

§ 14-118-110. Tax levy — Appeal - (a) The circuit court shall at the same time that...

§ 14-118-111. Extension of tax upon books — Collection, delinquency, redemption - (a) The amount of the tax provided for shall be...

§ 14-118-112. Board authority to borrow money and issue bonds - The acquisitions of rights-of-way, payment of damages, construction of bridges,...

§ 14-118-113. District rights, powers, and privileges - (a) Districts organized under this subchapter shall have all the...

§ 14-118-114. Contracts of assurance with federal agencies — Eminent domain - Districts formed under this chapter shall have: (1) Full power...

Subchapter 2 - Red River Improvement Districts

§ 14-118-201. Subchapter cumulative - This subchapter shall be cumulative and shall not repeal any...

§ 14-118-202. Red River Commission — Creation, powers, and duties - There is created and established the Red River Commission with...

§ 14-118-203. Commission members - (a) (1) The commission shall be composed of eight (8)...

§ 14-118-204. Petition for district establishment — Notice and hearing - (a) Whenever the Congress of the United States has enacted...

§ 14-118-205. Establishment order - (a) The order of the circuit court establishing the district...

§ 14-118-206. District board of commissioners - (a) When the circuit court has established the improvement district...

§ 14-118-207. Relocation assistance - The provisions of §§ 22-9-701 and 22-9-702, which provide for...

§ 14-118-208. Additional powers - (a) The Red River Commission may receive and use any...

Subchapter 3 - Extension of Improvement District Powers

§ 14-118-301. Subchapter cumulative - This subchapter shall be cumulative and shall not repeal any...

§ 14-118-302. Subchapter construction - This subchapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose.

§ 14-118-303. General rights, powers, and duties not limited - (a) The enumeration of the specific powers and duties under...

§ 14-118-304. Preconditions for extension of powers - When an improvement district has been established by order of...

§ 14-118-305. Petition to acquire powers of drainage district — Notice — Hearing — Order — Appeal - (a) The board of commissioners of such an improvement district,...

§ 14-118-306. Extension of powers — Purpose - (a) By the order of the circuit court, the powers...

§ 14-118-307. Assessment of benefits and damages - (a) (1) Upon the order granting the enlarged powers, the...

§ 14-118-308. Filing of assessment — Notice - (a) When the assessment is completed, the commissioners shall subscribe...

§ 14-118-309. Hearing of complaints against assessment — Appeal - (a) Any owner of real property within the district who...

§ 14-118-310. Assessment order — Lien — Appeal - (a) The circuit court, at the same time that the...

§ 14-118-311. Payment of assessment — Interest - The assessment of benefits shall bear interest at the rate...

§ 14-118-312. Board authority to borrow money and issue bonds - (a) In order to hasten the work, the board may...

§ 14-118-313. Units of construction - (a) If, in the preparation of the final work plan,...

Chapter 119 - Water Improvement District Accounting

§ 14-119-101. Title - This chapter shall be known and cited as “The Water...

§ 14-119-102. Bank accounts - (a) All water improvement districts of this state shall establish...

§ 14-119-103. Deposit of funds - All funds received by a water improvement district of this...

§ 14-119-104. Prenumbered receipts - (a) All items of income are to be formally receipted...

§ 14-119-105. Prenumbered checks - (a) All disbursements of water improvement district funds, except as...

§ 14-119-106. Petty cash funds - (a) Water improvement district officers are permitted to establish petty...

§ 14-119-107. Reconciliation of bank accounts - (a) All water improvement districts maintaining bank accounts, as prescribed...

§ 14-119-108. Fixed asset records - (a) All water improvement districts shall establish and maintain, as...

§ 14-119-109. Cash receipts journal - (a) All water improvement districts of this state shall establish...

§ 14-119-110. Cash disbursements journal - (a) All water improvement districts of this state shall establish...

§ 14-119-111. Accounting systems above minimum - In the event any water improvement district feels its system...

§ 14-119-112. Classification, maintenance, and destruction of records - (a) Accounting records can basically be divided into the two...

Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-120-101. Date of annual board meeting - The board of directors of any levee or drainage district...

§ 14-120-102. Elections in certain combination levee and drainage districts - (a) There shall be held an election annually on the...

§ 14-120-103. Agreements with United States for straightening out, cleaning, and deepening bayous - (a) (1) The board of directors of any levee district...

§ 14-120-104. Foreclosure sales — Payment with bonds or interest coupons - (a) Any levee or drainage improvement district in this state...

§ 14-120-105. Funding and refunding indebtedness evidenced by bonds or certificates - (a) Any and all levee and drainage improvement districts of...

§ 14-120-106. Funding indebtedness other than bonded indebtedness - (a) Any levee or drainage district in Arkansas, whether created...

§ 14-120-107. Cancellation of old bonds - (a) All bonds taken up by any district by funding...

§ 14-120-108. Reassessment of benefits generally - (a) In any levee or drainage district, if the original...

§ 14-120-109. Reassessment of benefits — Particular pieces of property - (a) A reassessment of benefits may be made in any...

§ 14-120-110. Installment payment of levee and drainage taxes — Exceptions - (a) All taxes levied on land, railroads, tramroads, pipelines, telephone...

§ 14-120-111. Printing delinquent lists - Newspapers which print delinquent lists and notices of sale for...

§ 14-120-112. Districts created or organized under special or general law, prior acts — Organization, operation under Acts 1909, No. 279 - (a) Any levee district embracing lands lying wholly within one...

§ 14-120-113. Delinquent levies - (a) (1) (A) A county collector may certify all delinquent...

Subchapter 2 - Agreements with United States Generally

§ 14-120-201. Legislative intent - (a) It is found and declared as a matter of...

§ 14-120-202. Definition - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...

§ 14-120-203. Construction - (a) This subchapter shall be liberally construed and applied to...

§ 14-120-204. Subchapter cumulative - This subchapter shall be construed to be cumulative to existing...

§ 14-120-205. Conditions precedent to conferring powers on districts — In general - No levee district or drainage district, or levee and drainage...

§ 14-120-206. Filing project outline and estimate - (a) An outline of the project insofar as it affects...

§ 14-120-207. Board approval of proposal - The board of directors of the district shall approve the...

§ 14-120-208. Approval election generally - An election must be held in each county of the...

§ 14-120-209. Date of election - The election shall be held on a date to be...

§ 14-120-210. Notice of election - (a) Notice of the election shall be given by the...

§ 14-120-211. Election judges and clerks - At the request of the secretary of the district, the...

§ 14-120-212. Ballots - (a) The ballots for the election in the respective counties...

§ 14-120-213. Voting — Certification of results - (a) The voting places shall be open between the hours...

§ 14-120-214. Canvass of results — Judicial review - (a) Within twenty (20) days after the certification of the...

§ 14-120-215. Majority vote — Payment of expenses - (a) No powers shall be exercised by the district under...

§ 14-120-216. Contract authority - The board of directors of any levee district, drainage district,...

§ 14-120-217. Board authority to acquire land — Condemnation - (a) In order to discharge its obligations under any contract...

§ 14-120-218. Conveyance of rights-of-way across state lands - The Governor and Secretary of State are authorized, empowered, and...

§ 14-120-219. Agreements for construction across highways - If the construction of the flood control and drainage works...

§ 14-120-220. Eminent domain by the United States - (a) The State of Arkansas agrees: (1) That the United...

§ 14-120-221. Board of assessors - The duly constituted board of assessors of the levee district...

§ 14-120-222. Assessment roll - (a) The board of assessors, each for the county it...

§ 14-120-223. Assessment — Time, certification, and filing - (a) The assessors shall make their assessment in their respective...

§ 14-120-224. Board of assessment and equalization - (a) When the assessments for each county shall have been...

§ 14-120-225. Chancery court review of assessment - Any person aggrieved by an assessment made or equalized by...

§ 14-120-226. Tax levy by board to satisfy certain obligations - (a) The board of directors of any levee district, drainage...

§ 14-120-227. Alternative method of assessment — Reassessment — Vacancies on board - (a) Any levee district, drainage district, or levee and drainage...

§ 14-120-228. Collectors - (a) The qualified and acting tax collectors of the levee...

§ 14-120-229. Penalty for delinquency — Enforcement proceedings generally - (a) If the annual tax levied as provided in this...

§ 14-120-230. Filing complaint — Notice - (a) The board of directors of the district shall file...

§ 14-120-231. Trial date — Continuance or dismissal - (a) The suit shall stand for trial on any day...

§ 14-120-232. Trial procedure - (a) The suit shall be conducted in accordance with the...

§ 14-120-233. Decree — Sale of real property by commissioner - (a) If the taxes, interest, penalty, and costs are not...

§ 14-120-234. Execution of deed - (a) It shall be the duty of the commissioner to...

§ 14-120-235. Redemption of property — Vacation of decree - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 14-120-234, the owner of any...

§ 14-120-236. Tributary tax fund - (a) The moneys derived from the tax levied under the...

§ 14-120-237. Disbursement of funds on vouchers - Disbursement of the funds constituting the tributary compliance fund and...

§ 14-120-238. Authority to borrow money and issue bonds — Purpose - For the purpose of enabling the board of directors of...

§ 14-120-239. Issuance of bonds — Interest coupons - (a) Bonds may be sold and negotiated in any market...

§ 14-120-240. Lithographing and registration of bonds - (a) The bonds shall be lithographed with such devices for...

§ 14-120-241. Bonds — Sale prohibitions — Penalty - (a) (1) It shall be unlawful for the board of...

§ 14-120-242. Use of revenues for bond payment — Lien - (a) To secure the due and prompt payment of both...

§ 14-120-243. Nonpayment of bonds — Collection by receiver - (a) If any bond so issued, or interest coupon thereon,...

§ 14-120-244. Disposition and use of proceeds from bonds - The proceeds derived from the bonds to be so sold...

Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes

§ 14-120-301. Legislative determination - It is found and declared as a matter of legislative...

§ 14-120-302. Definition - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...

§ 14-120-303. Construction - It is the legislative intent that all provisions of this...

§ 14-120-304. Subchapter cumulative - This subchapter shall be construed to be cumulative to existing...

§ 14-120-305. Construction of levees and drainage works declared conducive to public welfare - (a) It is found and declared as a matter of...

§ 14-120-306. Powers of board of directors - (a) In order to discharge the obligations for which the...

§ 14-120-307. Conveyance of rights-of-way across state lands - The Governor and the Secretary of State are authorized, empowered,...

§ 14-120-308. Agreements for construction across highways - If any levee, flood control, or drainage work contemplated to...

§ 14-120-309. Eminent domain by the United States - (a) The State of Arkansas agrees that the United States...

§ 14-120-310. Authority to consolidate - (a) Any levee district, drainage district, or any levee and...

§ 14-120-311. Consolidation procedure - (a) No levee district, drainage district, or levee and drainage...

§ 14-120-312. Consolidation and use of assets — Prior liabilities and obligations - (a) Any levee district, drainage district, or levee and drainage...

§ 14-120-313. Board of assessors - The duly constituted board of assessors of the levee district,...

§ 14-120-314. Assessment roll - (a) The board of assessors shall, each for the county...

§ 14-120-315. Assessment — Time, certification, and filing - (a) The assessors shall make their assessments in their respective...

§ 14-120-316. Board of assessment and equalization - (a) When the assessments for each county shall have been...

§ 14-120-317. Chancery court review of assessment - Any person aggrieved by an assessment made or equalized by...

§ 14-120-318. Annual assessment and levy of tax upon increased value - For the purpose of enabling any levee district, drainage district,...

§ 14-120-319. Alternative method of assessment — Reassessment - (a) Any levee district, drainage district, or levee and drainage...

§ 14-120-320. Collectors - (a) The qualified and acting tax collectors of levee districts,...

§ 14-120-321. Penalty for delinquency — Enforcement proceedings generally - (a) If the annual tax levied as provided in this...

§ 14-120-322. Filing complaint of delinquency — Notice - (a) The board of directors of the district shall file...

§ 14-120-323. Trial date — Continuance or dismissal - (a) The suit shall stand for trial on any day...

§ 14-120-324. Trial procedure - (a) The suit shall be conducted in accordance with the...

§ 14-120-325. Decree — Sale of real property by commissioner - (a) If the taxes, interest, penalty, and costs are not...

§ 14-120-326. Execution of deed - (a) It shall be the duty of the commissioner to...

§ 14-120-327. Redemption of property — Vacation of decree - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 14-120-326, the owner of any...

§ 14-120-328. Authority to borrow money and issue bonds — Purpose - For the purpose of enabling the board of directors of...

§ 14-120-329. Sale of bonds — Interest coupons - (a) Bonds or notes may be sold and negotiated in...

§ 14-120-330. Disposition and use of bond proceeds - The proceeds derived from the sale of those bonds or...

§ 14-120-331. Lithographing and registration of bonds - (a) The bonds shall be lithographed with such devices for...

§ 14-120-332. No compensation for negotiating sale of bonds - No compensation shall be allowed the treasurer of the district,...

§ 14-120-333. Use of revenues for bond payment — Lien - (a) To secure the due and prompt payment of both...

Subchapter 4 - Alternative Procedure for Extension, Collection, and Payment of Assessments and Taxes

§ 14-120-401. Legislative intent - Sections 14-120-402 — 14-120-408 of this subchapter shall not repeal...

§ 14-120-402. Definition - As used in this subchapter unless the context otherwise requires,...

§ 14-120-403. Resolution - Notwithstanding the provisions of any special or general act, the...

§ 14-120-404. Due dates of taxes - (a) All taxes levied and assessed under § 14-120-403 are...

§ 14-120-405. Delinquencies - If taxes and assessments shall not be paid at maturity,...

§ 14-120-406. Disposition of taxes collected - The net amount of the taxes collected for the district...

§ 14-120-407. Commissions - The county clerk and tax collector shall receive commissions for...

§ 14-120-408. Notice of sale of land for nonpayment of taxes in certain districts - Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 14-86-1401 — 14-86-1405, and any...

§ 14-120-409. Business interest exemption for districts with land in four or more counties - The members of the board of directors of any improvement...

Subchapter 5 - Judicial Review of Assessment of Benefits

§ 14-120-501. Right to review — Construction - (a) Any person aggrieved by an assessment of benefits established...

§ 14-120-502. Petition for review - (a) The petition for review shall be filed within thirty...

§ 14-120-503. Hearing and determination - (a) The court shall hear the petition as expeditiously as...

§ 14-120-504. Certification to district of court's determination - As soon as the court determines the proposed assessment of...

§ 14-120-505. Appeal to Supreme Court - (a) An appeal may be prosecuted from the assessment determined...

§ 14-120-506. Suit to collect taxes on property in custody of another court - In suits by a drainage district, levee district, or drainage...

§ 14-120-507. Reduction of penalty for delinquency - In all drainage districts organized by special act of the...

Subchapter 6 - Certain Boards of Commissioners

§ 14-120-601. Subchapter supplemental - The provisions of this subchapter shall be supplemental to the...

§ 14-120-602. Applicability - (a) This subchapter shall not apply to any drainage district...

§ 14-120-603. Determination of number of commissioners - All drainage districts, levee districts, or combinations of such districts...

§ 14-120-604. Increase in number of commissioners - (a) The boards of commissioners of drainage districts, levee districts,...

§ 14-120-605. Petition by majority of landowners or existing commissioners — Order - If, upon the hearing provided for in § 14-120-604, a...

§ 14-120-606. Terms of office in districts having three commissioners - (a) The terms of office of commissioners in all districts...

§ 14-120-607. Terms of office in districts having five commissioners - (a) The term of office of commissioners in all districts...

§ 14-120-608. Filling vacancies and new positions - Vacancies in the office of commissioners, or creation of new...

Subchapter 7 - Maintenance of Facilities

§ 14-120-701. Purpose and intent - (a) It is the express purpose and intent of this...

§ 14-120-702. Authority and powers of board of commissioners - (a) The board of commissioners of any drainage or drainage...

§ 14-120-703. Maintenance requirements - (a) Whenever any levee or drainage district in the State...

§ 14-120-704. Failure to maintain structures - (a) (1) Whenever any levee or drainage district shall fail,...

§ 14-120-705. Collection and expenditure of tax — Costs - (a) In all proceedings for the imposition and collection of...

Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-121-101. Definitions - (a) As used in this act, unless the context otherwise...

§ 14-121-102. Applicability - (a) This act shall apply to the organization of districts,...

§ 14-121-103. Special court sessions - The county and circuit court may, at the request of...

§ 14-121-104. Appeals not to delay work - No appeal provided for in this chapter shall be allowed...

§ 14-121-105. Obstructing or damaging drainage works — Penalty - Any person who obstructs a drain or damages drainage works...

Subchapter 2 - District Establishment

§ 14-121-201. Petition for establishment — Engineer and survey — Bond - (a) It shall be the duty of the county court...

§ 14-121-202. Notice and hearing - (a) The county clerk shall thereupon give notice by publication...

§ 14-121-203. Land in more than one county - (a) If land in more than one (1) county is...

§ 14-121-204. Signatures — Establishment when no petition is filed - (a) If, upon hearing provided for in §§ 14-121-201 —...

§ 14-121-205. Effect of order establishing district — Appeal - (a) The order of the county court establishing the district...

§ 14-121-206. Advancement of cases involving validity of organization - All cases in which there arises a question of the...

§ 14-121-207. Reorganization of districts formed under other laws - Any district organized under the existing statutes may become a...

§ 14-121-208. Making districts created by special act into districts governed by general law - All drainage districts created by special acts are made drainage...

Subchapter 3 - Board of Commissioners

§ 14-121-301. Members generally - (a) When the county court has established any such drainage...

§ 14-121-302. Members — Increase in number - (a) Whenever a majority in value of the owners of...

§ 14-121-303. Members — District in more than one county - (a) In case of a district lying in more than...

§ 14-121-304. Organization - The board shall select one (1) of their number as...

§ 14-121-305. Powers and duties - (a) The boards of commissioners mentioned in this chapter shall...

§ 14-121-306. Authority to secure federal aid — Surveys - All drainage districts in the State of Arkansas, whether created...

§ 14-121-307. Cooperation with the United States - (a) If improvements are undertaken in cooperation with the United...

§ 14-121-308. Authority to improve or extend districts, borrow money, and issue bonds - (a) The commissioners of any drainage district organized under the...

§ 14-121-309. Deposit of funds — Bond - (a) If the commissioners deem best, they shall deposit the...

§ 14-121-310. Treasurer — Warrants - (a) The treasurer shall: (1) Pay out no money, save...

§ 14-121-311. Records and reports of financial transactions — Penalty - (a) The commission shall also keep the original itemized bills...

§ 14-121-312. Attorneys - The commissioners of drainage districts appointed under § 14-121-301 shall...

§ 14-121-313. Liability - No member of any board of improvement shall be liable...

§ 14-121-314. Ratification of commissioners' acts - The property owners in a drainage district may: (1) Consent...

Subchapter 4 - District Operation Generally

§ 14-121-401. Plans for improvements - (a) As soon as the board shall have formed its...

§ 14-121-402. Assessment of benefits and damages within district - (a) (1) The commissioners shall proceed to assess the lands...

§ 14-121-403. Assessment of lands outside of district — Hearing — Extension of boundaries - (a) If the commissioners find that other lands not embraced...

§ 14-121-404. Filing the assessment — Notice - (a) When their assessment is completed, the commissioners shall subscribe...

§ 14-121-405. Hearing on complaints — Appeal - (a) Any owner of real property within the district who...

§ 14-121-406. Acquiescence to assessment or failure to assess — Effect of demand for assessment - (a) Any property owner may accept the assessment of damages...

§ 14-121-407. Reassessment of benefits — Appeals - (a) The commissioners of the districts shall have the power...

§ 14-121-408. Alteration of plans — Reassessment - (a) The commissioners may at any time alter the plans...

§ 14-121-409. Petition that improvements and extensions proceed under revised plans — Notice, hearing, and appeal - (a) If the commissioners shall have filed plans for additional...

§ 14-121-410. Effect of reassessment - (a) When any reassessment of benefits has been made and...

§ 14-121-411. Benefits to lands in other districts — Assessments - In case any land in any drainage or other improvement...

§ 14-121-412. District continuance — Additional levy - (a) The district shall not cease to exist upon the...

§ 14-121-420. Payment of assessments in drainage districts — Interest - (a) When assessments of benefits have been made in drainage...

§ 14-121-421. Payment of assessments in improvement districts — Interest - (a) When assessments of benefits are made in drainage and...

§ 14-121-422. Procedure for levy of tax — Preliminary expenses — Validation of prior levies - (a) The county court shall, at the same time that...

§ 14-121-423. Validity of assessment or levy when error appears in description, etc - No error in the names or residences of the owners...

§ 14-121-424. Insufficiency of tax — Additional levy - (a) If the tax first levied shall prove insufficient to...

§ 14-121-425. Collection of taxes generally — Extension on county tax books - (a) The amount of the taxes provided for in this...

§ 14-121-426. Time for payment of tax — Delinquency - (a) All taxes levied under the terms of this act...

§ 14-121-427. Notice of proceedings for collection of taxes - (a) (1) Notice of the pendency of a suit shall...

§ 14-121-428. Trial date — Suit by bondholder - (a) The suit shall stand for trial at the first...

§ 14-121-429. Trial procedure - (a) Suits for collection shall be conducted in the name...

§ 14-121-430. Sale of land - (a) (1) (A) In all cases in which notice has...

§ 14-121-431. Attorney's fees - In all suits brought for collection of delinquent taxes under...

§ 14-121-432. Redemption - (a) At any time within two (2) years after the...

§ 14-121-433. Land subject to improvement district tax lien — Sale and resale - (a) On sales of land condemned to be sold for...

§ 14-121-440. Bonds — Prohibitions - (a) It shall not be lawful for: (1) The board...

§ 14-121-441. Issuing bonds and evidences of debt to hasten work — Terms of bonds - (a) In order to hasten work, the board may borrow...

§ 14-121-442. Security for bonds — Levy and collection of tax — Default in payment of bonds - (a) All bonds issued by commissioners under the terms of...

§ 14-121-443. Tax to pay off bonds issued for preliminary expenses - (a) (1) For the purpose of paying the principal and...

§ 14-121-444. Issuance of certificates of indebtedness for maintenance — Appeal - (a) Any drainage district organized under and pursuant to the...

§ 14-121-445. Refunding bonds - (a) Any drainage district in this state which has issued...

Subchapter 5 - Subdistricts

§ 14-121-501. Applicability of §§ 14-121-204 and 14-121-205 - The provisions of §§ 14-121-204 and 14-121-205 shall apply to...

§ 14-121-502. Formation procedure in county court - (a) (1) When three (3) or more owners of real...

§ 14-121-503. Formation procedure in circuit court - (a) Where the main drainage district, of which the proposed...

§ 14-121-504. Commissioners — Subsequent proceedings - When the county or circuit court has established a subdistrict,...

§ 14-121-505. Authority to do construction for land reclamation - A subdistrict of a drainage district organized under, or made...

Subchapter 6 - Forming Maintenance Districts Within Original Districts

§ 14-121-601. Scope - The terms and provisions of this subchapter shall never at...

§ 14-121-602. Definition - Throughout this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “original district”...

§ 14-121-603. Dividing district land according to county boundaries - Any drainage district in this state not organized for the...

§ 14-121-604. Filing petition for separation — Order - (a) Any five (5) owners of land within the boundaries...

§ 14-121-605. Commissioners of separate districts - (a) The county court shall appoint three (3) owners of...

§ 14-121-606. Commissioners of original district - When the order has been entered by the county court...

§ 14-121-607. Powers of separate districts - The separate districts shall have the power to preserve the...

Subchapter 7 - Annexing Certain Benefited Lands to District

§ 14-121-701. Lands to be annexed - Where any slough, marsh, or lake has been drained into...

§ 14-121-702. Addition of sanitary sewer district — Taxes and bonds - (a) If any sanitary sewer district drains into the ditches...

§ 14-121-703. Annexation procedure - (a) When the commissioners of any such drainage district find...

§ 14-121-704. Assessment or reassessment of benefits - (a) When lands have been annexed, the assessor of the...

§ 14-121-705. Use of increased revenues - Any increased revenues by reason of the annexes to a...

§ 14-121-706. Legal proceedings - All proceedings brought under this subchapter and all suits to...

Subchapter 8 - Construction and Maintenance Generally

§ 14-121-801. Cooperation with the United States - (a) All drainage districts organized under the laws of Arkansas,...

§ 14-121-802. Contractor's bond - All contractors shall be required to give bond for the...

§ 14-121-803. Right to pass over land — Commissioners, engineers, and contractors - (a) The commissioners, engineers, and contractors engaged in drainage work...

§ 14-121-804. Landowner ditches draining into public ditches — Crossing lands of another - (a) Any landowner within the district may build ditches to...

§ 14-121-805. Ditches across or under highways, railroads, or bridges - (a) The commissioners shall have the right to carry the...

§ 14-121-806. District duty to build highway bridges over ditches - The district shall build bridges to carry the county highways...

§ 14-121-807. Regulations for district fences, bridges, etc - (a) In order to prevent damages to drainage systems and...

§ 14-121-808. Construction of ditches beyond district limits - (a) In case it is necessary to do so in...

§ 14-121-809. Construction, reconstruction, replacement, and repair of certain levees and setbacks - (a) All drainage districts organized under special acts of the...

§ 14-121-810. Ownership of timber on right-of-way - In case the right-of-way for the improvement is through timber,...

§ 14-121-811. Authority to obtain and dispose of maintenance equipment — Personnel — Tax - (a) (1) Boards of commissioners of drainage districts organized under...

Subchapter 9 - Cleaning Public Drains

§ 14-121-901. Board - For the purpose of keeping a small cash fund on...

§ 14-121-902. Treasurers to keep separate account with drainage district - The county treasurers of this state shall keep upon their...

§ 14-121-903. Unpaid amounts considered in making estimate — Extension of overdue amounts - (a) Whenever there shall remain due and unpaid at the...

Subchapter 10 - Dissolution or Abolition of Districts

§ 14-121-1001. Applicability - The provisions of this act shall be applicable to any...

§ 14-121-1002. Filing petition - The board of commissioners of any drainage district subject to...

§ 14-121-1003. Notice and hearing - (a) Upon the filing of the petition the court shall...

§ 14-121-1004. Contracts during pendency of petition - During the pendency of the petition and prior to the...

§ 14-121-1005. Valid indebtedness unimpaired - No dissolution of a district under the terms of this...

§ 14-121-1006. Claims against district - (a) All claims against the district existing at the time...

§ 14-121-1007. Partial continuance - (a) All drainage districts which are dissolved or abolished pursuant...

§ 14-121-1008. Indebtedness of dissolved districts — Levy and collection of tax - (a) When the indebtedness owing by a district dissolved under...

§ 14-121-1009. Procedure when construction of improvement abandoned and all indebtedness paid - (a) The board of commissioners of any drainage district in...

§ 14-121-1010. Procedures when improvements are abandoned, no maintenance assurances are given, and all indebtedness is paid - (a) (1) The board of commissioners of any drainage district...

Subchapter 11 - Drainage Districts

§ 14-121-1101. Legislative determination - It is found and declared as a matter of legislative...

§ 14-121-1102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) In cases where the...

§ 14-121-1103. Subchapter cumulative - This subchapter shall be construed to be cumulative to existing...

§ 14-121-1104. Authority to merge - (a) Any drainage district may merge all its required duties,...

§ 14-121-1105. Merger procedure - (a) No drainage district coming within the provisions of this...

§ 14-121-1106. Board of directors for merged districts - (a) Upon the merger's becoming effective, the new board of...

§ 14-121-1107. Powers of board of directors - (a) In order to discharge the obligations for which the...

§ 14-121-1108. Merger and use of assets — Prior liabilities and obligations - (a) Any drainage district which shall merge the duties, obligations,...

§ 14-121-1109. Valid indebtedness unimpaired - No merger of a district under the terms of this...

§ 14-121-1110. Claims against district - (a) All claims against the district existing at the time...

Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 14-122-101. Chapter cumulative - This chapter shall be construed to be cumulative of existing...

§ 14-122-102. Creation of drainage improvement districts by certain cities - Any city of the first class in this state having...

§ 14-122-103. Publication of notice of adoption of ordinance - When the governing body of any city enacts an ordinance...

§ 14-122-104. Filing referendum petitions — Special election - If petitions signed by not less than fifteen percent (15%)...

§ 14-122-105. Establishment of drainage improvement district — Conditions - If referendum petitions are not filed within the time prescribed...

§ 14-122-106. District board of commissioners — Members - (a) The board of commissioners for the district, consisting of...

§ 14-122-107. Board meeting and organization — Formulation and filing of plans - The board shall meet as soon as is practicable after...

§ 14-122-108. Employment of personnel — Payment of costs if improvement not made - (a) In the preparation of the plan of improvement, the...

§ 14-122-109. Powers of district to execute plans - (a) The district shall have all powers necessary or desirable...

§ 14-122-110. Powers of municipality - The governing body of any municipality in which a drainage...

§ 14-122-111. Eminent domain - (a) The right and power of eminent domain is conferred...

§ 14-122-112. Dissolution of districts - A district created under this chapter shall continue in existence...

Subchapter 2 - District Financing

§ 14-122-201. Authority to borrow money and issue bonds or certificates — Security - (a) For the purpose of providing funds to pay preliminary...

§ 14-122-202. Nature of bonds - (a) The bonds may be coupon bonds, payable to bearer,...

§ 14-122-203. Authorizing resolution - The authorizing resolution may contain any of the terms, covenants,...

§ 14-122-204. Trust indenture - (a) The authorizing resolution may provide for the execution by...

§ 14-122-205. Contents of bonds - It shall be plainly stated on the face of each...

§ 14-122-206. Sale of bonds - (a) The bonds shall be sold at public sale on...

§ 14-122-207. Execution of bonds — Seal - (a) The bonds shall be executed by the manual or...

§ 14-122-208. Security and payment of bonds - The principal of and interest on, and paying agent's fees...

§ 14-122-209. Bonds — Tax exemption - Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, and the...

§ 14-122-210. Board liability on bonds - No member of the board shall be personally liable on...

§ 14-122-211. Additional funds — Supplemental annual assessment - (a) In order to effectuate the plan of improvement and...

Chapter 123 - Levee Improvement Districts Generally

Subchapter 2 - District Establishment

§ 14-123-201. Authority to create districts - The county courts of the several counties in this state...

§ 14-123-202. Notice of proposed district formation - (a) No district shall be formed unless notice of an...

§ 14-123-203. District name - The court shall designate a number or name for each...

§ 14-123-204. Consolidation of districts and boards — Cooperation with other states - (a) Wherever it shall be made to appear in any...

§ 14-123-205. Boundaries — Change or alteration - (a) The court may lay off levee districts or change...

Subchapter 3 - Board of Directors or Assessors

§ 14-123-301. Election of directors and assessors — In general — Erroneous selection of commissioners or directors - (a) At the term of the court at which the...

§ 14-123-302. Voting by nonresident bondholders - Nonresident bondholders, as well as resident landowners, shall be allowed...

§ 14-123-303. Certification of unopposed candidates without election - (a) In all elections held within this state for the...

§ 14-123-304. Procedure at polls — Depositing ballots and returns - (a) The judges of the election shall: (1) Open the...

§ 14-123-305. Canvass of votes — Declaration of result — Contest - (a) If it is more than ten (10) days until...

§ 14-123-306. Oath — Terms of office - (a) All directors and assessors elected under the provisions of...

§ 14-123-307. Vacancies - Should a vacancy occur in the board of directors or...

§ 14-123-308. Powers and duties - The board of directors shall: (1) Have the exclusive control...

§ 14-123-309. Records and reports - The board of directors shall keep a record of their...

§ 14-123-310. Treasurer - (a) The board of directors shall at their annual meeting...

§ 14-123-311. Warrants — Employment and supervision of laborers - (a) The board of levee directors shall draw warrants on...

§ 14-123-312. Determination of necessary work — Survey and report - (a) It shall be the duty of the board of...

§ 14-123-313. Ownership of timber on right-of-way - The ownership of timber located on the right-of-way of any...

§ 14-123-314. Depositories for funds - (a) The board of directors or commissioners of any levee...

§ 14-123-315. Interest on deposits - The rate of depository interest to be paid by the...

§ 14-123-316. Compensation of directors, assessors, employees, etc - (a) The directors and assessors shall each receive the sum...

Subchapter 4 - District Operation

§ 14-123-401. Assessment of lands - Assessors shall: (1) Assess the value of lands in the...

§ 14-123-402. Entry of land on assessment book - (a) The lands shall be entered upon the books in...

§ 14-123-403. Notice of landholders' meeting - The board of directors shall then call a meeting of...

§ 14-123-404. Landowners' meeting — Levy of tax — Issuance of evidence of indebtedness - (a) At the landowners' meetings the reports and estimates of...

§ 14-123-405. Letting of work - If it shall be decided at the meeting, in the...

§ 14-123-406. Bond of contractors - The contractors shall give bond to the directors in a...

§ 14-123-407. Execution of work — Acceptance - The work shall be done by contractors, under the supervision...

§ 14-123-408. Assessment for cost of work — Revision and delivery of lists - (a) The board of assessors shall: (1) Make an assessment...

§ 14-123-409. Assessments as lien — Interest on delinquent assessments — Correcting errors - (a) The assessments shall be a lien on all the...

§ 14-123-410. Assessment of omitted lands - (a) If, for any cause, any of the lands in...

§ 14-123-411. Payment of assessments — Effect of delinquency - (a) When the assessment list is delivered to the treasurer,...

§ 14-123-412. Notice of pending suit in districts with five counties or less - (a) In all suits brought by any levee district formed...

§ 14-123-413. Notice of pending suit generally - (a) Notice of the pendency of the suit shall be...

§ 14-123-414. Trial date — Continuance - (a) The suit shall stand for trial at the first...

§ 14-123-415. Decree — Sale of land - (a) In all cases where notice has been properly given...

§ 14-123-416. Redemption - However, at any time within two (2) years after the...

§ 14-123-417. Parties defendant - All persons having any interest in the lands or recorded...

§ 14-123-418. Trial procedure - (a) Suits shall be conducted in accordance with the practice...

§ 14-123-419. Annual tax - For the purpose of paying the expenses mentioned in §...

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Arkansas Code Title 14 - Local Government Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts

Arkansas Code
Title 14 - Local Government
Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts