Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 19, Chapter 320 - Interstate Bridge Districts
- § 14-320-101 - Scope.
The terms and provisions of this chapter shall only be applicable for the creation of bridge districts for the construction, operation, and maintenance of...
- § 14-320-102 - Board of Commissioners.
(a) When the circuit court has established the bridge district, it shall appoint five (5) owners of real property within the district to act...
- § 14-320-103 - Employment of Personnel.
The board of commissioners shall have the power to employ engineers, attorneys, auditors, manager, or superintendent, and such other employees as may be necessary...
- § 14-320-104 - Plans -- Map and Specifications.
(a) As soon as the board of commissioners shall have formed plans for the bridge and the approaches thereto, and shall have ascertained the...
- § 14-320-105 - Petition for District Establishment -- Contents and Signatures.
(a) When twenty-five (25) or more owners of real property within a proposed district shall petition the circuit court of the county in which...
- § 14-320-106 - Petition -- Notice, Hearing, and Appeal.
(a) The circuit clerk shall thereupon give notice by publication for two (2) weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in...
- § 14-320-107 - Assessment of Lands -- Procedure.
(a) The board of commissioners shall proceed to assess the lands within the district and shall inscribe in a book the description of each...
- § 14-320-108 - Notice and Filing of Assessment -- Hearing and Appeal.
(a) When the assessment of benefits is completed, the board of commissioners shall subscribe the assessment and file it with the circuit clerk where...
- § 14-320-109 - Paying the Assessment.
(a) When the assessment of benefits has been made and filed, as provided herein, the property owner shall have the right to pay such...
- § 14-320-110 - Determination of Construction Costs.
(a) The circuit court, in determining the question of whether the cost of the improvement exceeds the benefits, shall be required to take into...
- § 14-320-111 - Levy of Tax.
(a) (1) The circuit court shall, at the time the assessment of benefits is filed or at any subsequent time when called upon by...
- § 14-320-112 - Collection of Taxes -- Delinquency.
(a) The amount of taxes provided for in this chapter shall be annually extended upon the tax books of the county by the county...
- § 14-320-113 - Additional Tax Levy.
If the tax first levied shall prove insufficient to complete the improvement or to pay the bonds, both principal and interest, issued by the...
- § 14-320-114 - Borrowing Money -- Bond Issues.
In order to carry out the purposes for which the district is organized and created, the board of commissioners may borrow money at a...
- § 14-320-115 - Lien of Bonds -- Tax Levy -- Default.
(a) All bonds issued by the board of commissioners shall be secured by a lien on all lands, railroads, and tramroads in the district....
- § 14-320-116 - Revenue Bonds -- Tax Levy When Tolls Insufficient.
(a) If the board of commissioners shall have ascertained that the construction, maintenance, and operation of the interstate bridge can be financed in whole...
- § 14-320-117 - Applicability of Federal Law.
All interstate bridges shall be constructed under the terms and provisions of the "General Bridge Act of 1946" and any act amendatory thereto.
- § 14-320-118 - Tolls -- Transfer of Bridge to State.
(a) The board of commissioners is granted the right and power to construct, operate, and maintain the bridge as a toll bridge. It shall...
- § 14-320-119 - Contracts With Federal Government, Highway Commission, Local Governments, or Other States.
(a) For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects and purposes of this chapter, the board of commissioners shall have full power and...
- § 14-320-120 - Acquisition of Real Property -- Eminent Domain.
(a) The board of commissioners acting for and on behalf of the district shall have the right, power, and authority to purchase, hold, and...
Last modified: November 15, 2016