Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 12, Chapter 201, Subchapter 3 - Cities of the Second Class and Towns
- § 14-201-301 - Construction.
This subchapter shall not be construed to repeal or amend any local and special act passed before February 16, 1939, pertaining to the operation,...
- § 14-201-302 - Creation of Board.
(a) In each of the cities of the second class and incorporated towns of this state where electric light plants or water plants or...
- § 14-201-303 - Petition for Election to Adopt Subchapter.
(a) When fifty (50) or more owners of real property in any improvement district or districts in any city of the second class or...
- § 14-201-304 - Notice of Election.
Within five (5) days after the filing of the petition, the county board of election commissioners shall call an election to be held in...
- § 14-201-305 - Form of Ballots -- Manner of Voting.
(a) The county board of election commissioners shall provide ballots to be used at the election upon which shall be printed the following words:...
- § 14-201-306 - Conduct of Election -- Board Created Upon Majority Vote.
(a) The polls at the election shall be opened at 8:00 a.m. on the day set by the county board of election commissioners for...
- § 14-201-307 - Calling Election to Elect Board Members -- Notice of Election.
(a) Immediately after the creation of the board of public utilities pursuant to ยง 14-201-306, the county board of election commissioners shall call an...
- § 14-201-308 - Qualifications of Voters.
(a) Only owners of real estate in one (1) or more of the improvement districts to be affected thereby and who reside in one...
- § 14-201-309 - Supplies for Elections -- Cost.
The board of election commissioners shall provide all necessary ballots, poll books, and tally sheets for the holding of elections herein provided for and...
- § 14-201-310 - Ballots in Duplicate -- Conduct of Election.
In the conduct of the election, all ballots shall be in duplicate; duplicate ballot boxes shall be provided for use at the election and,...
- § 14-201-311 - Election Officials.
(a) Not less than ten (10) days before the date fixed by the board of election commissioners for the holding of any of the...
- § 14-201-312 - Members of Board -- Qualifications.
(a) Boards of public utilities, when created in the manner set out in this subchapter, shall be composed of five (5) members each of...
- § 14-201-313 - Nominations to Board Membership.
Nominations of candidates for membership on the board of public utilities shall be made by filing of a petition signed by not less than...
- § 14-201-314 - Interest of Board Members in Contracts Unlawful -- Penalty.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any member of the board of public utilities to be directly or indirectly interested in any contract with...
- § 14-201-315 - Terms of Initial Members.
The candidate receiving the highest number of votes at the election shall serve as a member of the board for five (5) years; the...
- § 14-201-316 - Election of Succeeding Members -- Term -- Conduct of Election -- Notice.
(a) In all cities and towns where a board of public utilities shall be created under the provisions of this subchapter, there shall be...
- § 14-201-317 - Commencement of Term -- Oath of Office.
The term of office of the members of the board shall begin on the first Tuesday following their election, at which time they shall...
- § 14-201-318 - Vacancies.
If any member of the board shall cease to be a resident or owner of real estate in any of the improvement districts upon...
- § 14-201-319 - Compensation of Members.
(a) The sole compensation of each member of the board shall be the sum of five dollars ($5.00) per month.(b) The board, by a...
- § 14-201-320 - Officers of Board -- Meetings -- Minutes.
(a) At the first meeting of the board, one (1) of its members shall be elected as chairman and one (1) member shall be...
- § 14-201-321 - Subsequent Election to Create Board.
In event of a failure of the owners of real estate as provided in this subchapter to create a board of public utilities under...
- § 14-201-322 - General Powers of Board.
The board of public utilities: (1) May do and perform all things necessary to enforce the collection of the rates to be charged for...
- § 14-201-323 - Agents and Employees.
The board, in the operation of the plant or plants or sewerage systems, from time to time may employ agents, servants, and employees as...
- § 14-201-324 - Deposit of Moneys -- Bond -- Checks.
(a) All moneys derived from the operation of utilities under this subchapter shall be deposited in some solvent bank whose deposits are insured by...
- § 14-201-325 - Disposition of Profits.
Any profits derived by any of the boards of public utilities created under this subchapter, after there has been set aside from the earnings...
- § 14-201-326 - Enlargements of Plants and Systems.
(a) The board of public utilities may, in their discretion and from time to time, make an enlargement or enlargements of the plants and...
- § 14-201-327 - Sale or Mortgage of Plants and Machinery.
No board of public utilities created under the terms of this subchapter shall ever have the right to sell, mortgage, or create any lien...
- § 14-201-328 - Accounting Books -- Annual Audit.
(a) The board shall keep or cause to be kept separate books of account of each light plant, water plant, or sewerage system under...
- § 14-201-329 - Suits for Misappropriation or Misuse of Money.
Any taxpayer in any city or town in this state where this subchapter shall be adopted shall have the right to institute a suit...
- § 14-201-330 - Power to Sue and Be Sued -- Hiring of Attorneys.
(a) The board of public utilities may collect and receipt for and sue in its own name to recover any money, property, or right...
Last modified: November 15, 2016