Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 17, Chapter 283 - Mosquito Abatement Districts

• § 14-283-101 - Petition for Special Election.
  (a) When petitions are filed with the county court of any county containing the signatures of ten percent (10%) or more of the qualified...
• § 14-283-102 - Procedures for Special Elections.
  (a) The special election called by the county court to submit the question of the establishment and financing of a mosquito abatement district to...
• § 14-283-103 - Board of Commissioners -- Appointment.
  (a) If at such election a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question vote "FOR" the establishment of the proposed mosquito abatement...
• § 14-283-104 - Board of Commissioners -- Power and Authority.
  The board of commissioners of any district created pursuant to this chapter shall have the power and authority to: (1) Execute contracts and other...
• § 14-283-105 - Board of Commissioners -- Proceedings -- Offices.
  (a) (1) The board shall annually choose from among its members a chairman and a secretary-treasurer. (2) The chairman and secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond...
• § 14-283-106 - Preparation of Plans -- Assessors and Assessments Generally.
  (a) As soon as is practical after its establishment, the board shall prepare plans for providing mosquito abatement services and for acquiring the property...
• § 14-283-107 - Assessment -- Notice and 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...
• § 14-283-108 - Assessments -- Annual Reassessments.
  (a) The commissioners shall one (1) time a year order the assessors to reassess the annual benefits of the district, provided there have been...
• § 14-283-109 - Assessment -- Filing and Collection.
  (a) The original assessment record or any reassessment record shall be filed with the county clerk, whose duty it shall be to extend the...
• § 14-283-110 - Assessment -- Time for Payment -- Failure to Pay.
  (a) All annual benefits extended and levied under the terms of this chapter shall be payable at the time ad valorem taxes are payable,...
• § 14-283-111 - Expenditures -- Public Proceedings and Transactions -- Filing of Report.
  (a) Funds of the district shall be expended only upon the order of the board and upon a voucher check signed by the chairman...
• § 14-283-112 - Bonds and Certificates of Indebtedness Generally.
  (a) The board shall have the authority to issue negotiable bonds or certificates of indebtedness to secure funds for the expenses of the district...
• § 14-283-113 - Bonds -- Security -- Liability of Board for Bonds and Contracts.
  (a) (1) It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it has been issued under the provisions of this chapter,...
• § 14-283-114 - Bonds -- Refunding.
  (a) Bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under this chapter.(b) Refunding bonds may be either sold or delivered...
• § 14-283-115 - Bonds -- Tax Exemption.
  Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, and the interest thereon, shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes. This exemption...
• § 14-283-116 - Dissolution of District.
  (a) A mosquito abatement district created pursuant to this chapter may be dissolved upon a vote of a majority of qualified electors of the...

Last modified: November 15, 2016