Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 19, Chapter 317 - Rural Road Improvement Districts
- § 14-317-101 - Definition.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "lands" or "real property" shall be construed to embrace all property subject to taxation...
- § 14-317-102 - Violations.
It shall not be lawful for the board of the district, or any officer, member, or agent thereof, to pledge or deposit any bond...
- § 14-317-103 - Petition for District Formation -- in General.
(a) (1) Whenever a two-thirds (2/3) majority in value, acreage, or number of landowners within a proposed road improvement district shall petition the county...
- § 14-317-104 - Notice of Petition.
(a) Upon the filing of the petition, it shall be the duty of the county clerk to give notice of the filing thereof, describing...
- § 14-317-105 - Circulation of Identical Petitions.
Any number of identical petitions may be circulated, and identical petitions with additional names may be filed at any time until the county court
- § 14-317-106 - Hearing on Petition -- Appeal.
(a) On the day named in the notice, it shall be the duty of the county court to meet and to hear the petition...
- § 14-317-107 - District As Body Corporate.
Each district shall be a body corporate with power to sue and to be sued, and it shall have a corporate seal.
- § 14-317-108 - Commissioners' Oath.
(a) Within thirty (30) days after their appointment, the commissioners shall take and file their oath of office with the county clerk. In their...
- § 14-317-109 - Board Organization -- Vacancy.
(a) The board of commissioners shall organize by electing one of its members chairman, and it shall select a secretary.(b) It may also employ...
- § 14-317-110 - Liability of Board Members.
No member of the board of improvement shall be liable for any damages unless it shall be made to appear that he has acted...
- § 14-317-111 - Depository.
The board shall select some solvent bank or trust company as the depository of its funds, exacting of the depository a bond in an...
- § 14-317-112 - Eminent Domain.
All districts organized under this chapter shall have the right of eminent domain in order that they may carry out the purpose of their...
- § 14-317-113 - Sale of Acquired Lands.
Any land that may be acquired by any district organized under this chapter may be sold by the commissioners for the price and on...
- § 14-317-114 - Bonds Generally.
(a) All bonds issued by the commissioners under the terms of this chapter shall be secured by a lien on all lands in the...
- § 14-317-115 - Plans for Improvement -- Assessor.
(a) Immediately after their qualification, the commissioners shall form plans for the improvement. To that end they may employ such engineers, attorneys, and other...
- § 14-317-116 - County Clerk -- Collector.
(a) It shall be the duty of the county clerk of the county to extend taxes annually upon the tax books of the county...
- § 14-317-117 - Alteration of Plans.
(a) The commissioners may at any time alter the plans and specifications.(b) The changed plans, with the accompanying specifications, shall be filed with the...
- § 14-317-118 - Signatures Prerequisite to Levy -- Five Year Freeze on Assessment Increase.
(a) Road and street improvement districts formed after July 4, 1983, under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of...
- § 14-317-119 - Assessment Order -- Lien -- Remedy.
(a) The board of commissioners of the district shall at the same time that the assessment of benefits is equalized, or at any time...
- § 14-317-120 - Filing Assessments -- Notice -- Hearing.
(a) The assessment shall be filed with the county clerk of the county where the land lies.(b) The secretary of the board shall thereupon...
- § 14-317-121 - Interest on Assessment.
The assessment of the benefits shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the time it is equalized, but...
- § 14-317-122 - Reassessment.
(a) The commissioners, not more often than once a year, may require the assessor to reassess the benefits in the district. In the event...
- § 14-317-123 - Additional Levies for Payment of Bonds.
If the tax first levied shall prove insufficient to pay the bonds, both the principal and interest, issued by the board of commissioners on...
- § 14-317-124 - Payment of Levies -- Delinquency.
All taxes levied under the terms of this chapter shall be payable in installments at the same time as other state, county, and city...
- § 14-317-125 - Warrants.
(a) The depository shall pay out no money save upon the order of the board and upon a warrant signed by at least two...
- § 14-317-126 - Priority of Actions -- Appeals.
(a) All cases involving the validity of rural road and street improvement districts or the assessment of benefits and all suits to foreclose the...
- § 14-317-127 - Powers of Board.
(a) The board of commissioners may appoint all necessary agents for carrying on the work and may fix their pay and shall pay a...
- § 14-317-128 - Negotiable Notes or Bonds -- Mortgages.
(a) In order to meet preliminary expenses and to do the work, the board may issue the negotiable notes or bonds of the district...
- § 14-317-129 - Contractors' Bonds.
All contractors shall be required to give bond for the faithful performance of the contracts awarded them, with good and sufficient sureties, in an...
- § 14-317-130 - Estimate of Work Completed -- Payment of Contractors.
It shall be the duty of the board to have the amount of work done by any contractor estimated from time to time, as...
- § 14-317-131 - Preliminary Expenses After Failure to Make Improvement.
In case for any reason the improvement contemplated by any district organized under this chapter is not made, the preliminary expense shall be a...
- § 14-317-132 - District's Continued Existence -- Levies for Repair.
(a) The district shall not cease to exist upon the completion of the improvement, but the district shall continue to exist for the purpose...
- § 14-317-133 - Disposition of Funds.
(a) The county court is authorized: (1) To turn over to any road or street improvement district organized under this chapter such proportion of...
- § 14-317-134 - Changing Assessment of Benefits When Property is Transferred.
(a) (1) When any owner of real property located in a road improvement district created under this chapter notifies any member of the board...
Last modified: November 15, 2016