Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 19, Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts for Acquiring Rights-Of-way
- § 14-318-101 - Definition.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "adjacent lands" mean all lands within ten (10) miles of any city or incorporated
- § 14-318-102 - Enforcement.
The commissioners and all other officers having duties to perform under this chapter may be required to perform their duties either by mandamus or...
- § 14-318-103 - Petition by Landowners.
When a petition, signed by ten (10) owners of real property within the limits of a district proposed to be organized for the purpose...
- § 14-318-104 - Notice of Petition.
(a) It shall be the duty of the county clerk to give notice of the filing of the petition describing the territory to be...
- § 14-318-105 - 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 all persons...
- § 14-318-106 - 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.
- § 14-318-107 - Commissioners' Oath.
Within thirty (30) days after their appointment, the commissioners shall take and file their oath of office with the county clerk. In this oath...
- § 14-318-108 - Board Organization -- Vacancy.
(a) The board shall organize by electing one (1) of its members chairman, and it shall select a secretary. It may also employ such...
- § 14-318-109 - 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 had acted...
- § 14-318-110 - Depository.
The board shall also select some solvent bank or trust company as the depository of its funds, exacting of the depository a bond in...
- § 14-318-111 - Eminent Domain.
All districts organized under this chapter shall have the right of eminent domain in order that they may carry out the purposes of their...
- § 14-318-112 - Procurement and Filing of Plans for Rights-Of-way.
Immediately after their qualifications, the commissioners shall procure from the Government of the United States, or any of its agencies, the plans for the...
- § 14-318-113 - Assessor.
(a) The commissioners shall thereupon appoint an assessor to assess the benefits which will accrue to the real property within the district from the...
- § 14-318-114 - Duties of the County Clerk and the Collector.
(a) It shall be the duty of the county clerk of the county to extend the taxes annually upon the tax books of the...
- § 14-318-115 - 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...
- § 14-318-116 - Filing Assessments -- Notice -- Hearing.
(a) The assessment shall be filed with the county clerk of the county and the secretary of the board shall thereupon give notice of...
- § 14-318-117 - 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...
- § 14-318-118 - Reassessment of Benefits.
The commissioners may, not more often than once a year, require the assessor to reassess the benefits in the district. In the event the...
- § 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 shall be payable between the first Monday in January and April 10 of each...
- § 14-318-120 - Payment of Improvement Taxes With General Taxes.
No property owner shall be allowed to pay his general taxes without paying the improvement taxes herein provided for.
- § 14-318-121 - Additional Levies in Event of Deficiency -- Mandamus.
(a) If the tax first levied shall prove insufficient to pay the bonds, both the principal and interest, issued by the board of commissioners...
- § 14-318-122 - Commissioners' Warrant.
(a) The depository shall pay out no money save upon the order of the board and upon a warrant signed by at least two...
- § 14-318-123 - Negotiable Notes or Bonds -- Preliminary Expenses and Work.
(a) In order to meet preliminary expenses and to do the work, the board may issue the negotiable notes or bonds of the district,...
- § 14-318-124 - Payment of 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...
- § 14-318-125 - Misuse of Bonds or Money Arising From Sale of Bonds -- Penalties.
(a) It shall not be lawful for the board of the district or any officer, member, or agent thereof to pledge or deposit any...
- § 14-318-126 - Priority of Actions -- Appeals.
All cases involving the validity of the districts or the assessments of benefits and all suits to foreclose the lien of taxes shall be...
Last modified: November 15, 2016