Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 17, Chapter 284, Subchapter 2 - Fire Protection Districts Outside of Cities and Towns
- § 14-284-201 - Applicability.
(a) (1) Fire protection districts established under the provisions of this subchapter shall cover only territory within the county, or within the defined district,...
- § 14-284-202 - Provisions Supplemental.
The provisions of this subchapter are supplemental to any other laws and procedures for the establishment, funding, and operation of fire protection districts and...
- § 14-284-203 - Methods of Establishment.
Fire protection districts may be established to serve all or any defined portion of any county in any of the following ways: (1) By...
- § 14-284-204 - Establishment by Petition and Adoption of Ordinance.
(a) (1) If petitions containing a description of the territory for a proposed fire protection district, along with an accurate map of the proposed...
- § 14-284-205 - Establishment by Election.
(a) When petitions are filed with the county court of any county wherein the fire protection district to be established is located in a...
- § 14-284-206 - Definition of Area in Petition.
(a) Petitions filed under ยง 14-284-203 shall specifically define the area proposed to be included in a fire protection district and shall specify the...
- § 14-284-207 - Quorum Court to Establish Fire Protection Service Area -- Furnishing of Maps.
(a) (1) The quorum court of each county wherein is located a fire protection district formed for fire protection purposes shall establish the service...
- § 14-284-208 - Order for Establishment -- Board of Commissioners -- Appointment -- Compensation.
(a) (1) If at an election a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question vote "FOR" the establishment of the proposed fire...
- § 14-284-209 - Board of Commissioners -- Officers and Employees.
(a) The board shall annually choose from among its members a chairman and a secretary-treasurer. The chairman and secretary-treasurer shall furnish bonds, conditioned upon...
- § 14-284-210 - Board of Commissioners -- Proceedings -- Meeting and Office Space.
(a) The county in which any district is located shall cooperate with and assist the board by providing suitable office space and meeting facilities...
- § 14-284-211 - Board of Commissioners -- Power and Authority.
The board of commissioners of any district created pursuant to this subchapter shall have the power and authority to: (1) Execute contracts and other...
- § 14-284-212 - Preparation of Plans -- Assessors and Assessments Generally.
(a) As soon as is practical after its establishment, the board shall prepare plans for providing fire protection services and for acquiring the property...
- § 14-284-213 - Assessments -- Notice and Hearing.
(a) The assessment or reassessment shall be filed with the county clerk of the county, and the secretary of the board shall thereupon give...
- § 14-284-214 - Assessments -- Annual Reassessments.
(a) The commissioners shall once a year order the assessors to reassess the annual benefits of protected property in the district if there have...
- § 14-284-215 - Assessments -- Filing and Collection.
(a) The original benefit assessment or flat fee assessment or any reassessment shall be filed with the county clerk of each county within which...
- § 14-284-216 - Assessments -- Time for Payment -- Failure to Pay.
(a) (1) All annual assessments extended and levied under the terms of this subchapter shall be payable at the time ad valorem taxes are...
- § 14-284-217 - 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...
- § 14-284-218 - Bonds and Certificates of Indebtedness Generally.
(a) The board of any fire protection district established pursuant to a vote of the electors as authorized in this subchapter, and the board...
- § 14-284-219 - Bonds -- Security -- Liability of Board for Bonds and Contracts.
(a) It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it has been issued under the provisions of this subchapter, that...
- § 14-284-220 - Bonds -- Refunding of Obligations.
(a) Bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under this subchapter.(b) Refunding bonds may be either sold or delivered...
- § 14-284-221 - Bonds -- Tax Exemption.
Bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter and the interest thereon shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes, including ad...
- § 14-284-222 - Dissolution.
(a) A fire protection district created pursuant to this subchapter may be dissolved upon a vote of a majority of qualified electors of the...
- § 14-284-223 - Authority to Contract With Other Governmental Entities to Provide Fire Protection Services.
Fire protection improvement districts or fire protection districts organized under this subchapter are authorized to contract with a city, town, or county, the state,...
- § 14-284-224 - Petition to Annex Territory to an Existing District -- Special Election.
(a) (1) (A) When petitions are filed with the board of commissioners of a fire protection district created pursuant to this subchapter containing the...
- § 14-284-225 - Assessment -- When Annexed Into a Municipality.
No property located within the bounds of a municipality shall be assessed, taxed, or required to pay fees to any fire protection district after...
Last modified: November 15, 2016