Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 5, Chapter 92, Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally
- § 14-92-201 - Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Last federal census" means the most recent federal census taken prior to the...
- § 14-92-202 - Applicability of 1981 Amendments.
(a) The provisions of Acts 1981, No. 510, shall not apply to districts in existence on March 16, 1981, and these districts shall continue...
- § 14-92-203 - Penalty.
(a) It shall not be lawful for the board of commissioners of any suburban improvement district or any officer, member, or agent thereof to...
- § 14-92-204 - Hearing Prior to Filing Petition to Form District.
(a) (1) (A) Prior to filing the petition for formation of a district, each owner of realty within the boundaries of the proposed district...
- § 14-92-205 - Petition to Form District.
(a) Upon the petition of a majority of the number of realty owners within a proposed suburban improvement district, the owners of a majority...
- § 14-92-206 - Hearing on Petition and Determination.
(a) (1) Upon the filing of a petition as prescribed in § 14-92-205, it shall be the duty of the county clerk to give...
- § 14-92-207 - Board of Commissioners Generally.
(a) (1) (A) Within thirty (30) days after their appointment, the members of a board of commissioners shall take and file with the county...
- § 14-92-208 - Interest of Commissioners in Purchase, Acquisition, or Donation.
(a) No commissioners, nor the board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district, shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any firm, corporation,...
- § 14-92-209 - Removal of Commissioners -- Vacancies.
(a) A commissioner of a suburban improvement district established pursuant to this subchapter may be removed from office as follows: (1) An owner of...
- § 14-92-210 - Powers of Board Generally.
In addition to, and not by way of limitation of the powers prescribed in § 14-92-220, the board of commissioners of a suburban improvement...
- § 14-92-211 - Bond of Contractors.
(a) All contractors shall be required to give bond for the faithful performance of the contracts as may be awarded them, with good and...
- § 14-92-212 - Payments Generally -- Warrants.
(a) The depository shall pay out no money save upon the order of the board of commissioners and upon a warrant signed by the...
- § 14-92-213 - Payments to Contractor.
(a) It shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district to have the amount of work done by...
- § 14-92-214 - Legal Services in Organizing.
The board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district shall pay a reasonable fee for legal services in organizing the district and for circulating
- § 14-92-215 - Sale of Unnecessary Materials.
The board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district may sell all unnecessary materials and implements that may be on hand and which may...
- § 14-92-216 - Planning by Board.
(a) (1) Immediately after their qualification, the board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district shall consider the offer of any gift of improvements...
- § 14-92-217 - Change of Plans.
(a) The board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district may, at any time, alter the plans and specifications.(b) (1) The changed plans, with...
- § 14-92-218 - Petition by Property Owners to Extend Improvements.
(a) In addition to the changes which may be made in the manner provided in § 14-92-217, real property owners sufficient to cause a...
- § 14-92-219 - Purposes for Which District Organized.
A suburban improvement district may be organized for any one (1) or more of the following purposes: (1) To purchase, accept as a gift,...
- § 14-92-220 - Powers of Districts Generally.
(a) Any district, in aid to and furtherance of the purposes prescribed in § 14-92-219, shall have the authority to hire managers and other...
- § 14-92-221 - Corporate Powers.
Each suburban improvement district shall be a body corporate with power to sue and to be sued, and it shall have a corporate seal.
- § 14-92-222 - Right and Power of Eminent Domain.
(a) (1) All improvement districts organized under this subchapter shall have the right of eminent domain in order that they may carry out the...
- § 14-92-223 - Sale of Land.
Any land that may be acquired by any improvement district organized under this subchapter may be sold by the board of commissioners for the...
- § 14-92-224 - Priority of Cases.
All cases involving the validity of suburban improvement districts or the assessment of benefits and all suits to foreclose the lien for taxes shall...
- § 14-92-225 - Assessment of Benefits and Damages.
(a) (1) In the event the board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district shall have voted to accept any offer of gift, shall...
- § 14-92-226 - Filing and Notice of Assessment.
(a) (1) The assessment shall be filed with the county clerk of the county. (2) (A) (i) The secretary of the board of commissioners...
- § 14-92-227 - Reassessment.
(a) The board of commissioners may, not more often than one (1) time each year, require the assessor to reassess the benefits in a...
- § 14-92-228 - Levy of Tax.
(a) (1) The board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district shall, at the same time that the assessment of benefits is equalized or...
- § 14-92-229 - Interest on Assessments.
The assessment of the benefits shall bear interest at a rate or rates from the time it is equalized, not to exceed that required...
- § 14-92-230 - Extension and Collection of Taxes.
(a) (1) When the board of commissioners in a suburban improvement district shall make the levy of taxes, it shall be the duty of...
- § 14-92-231 - Subsequent Levies.
(a) If the tax first levied shall prove insufficient to pay the bonds, both the principal and interest issued by the board of commissioners...
- § 14-92-232 - Payment of Taxes -- Enforcement.
(a) All taxes levied under the terms of this subchapter shall be payable at the same time as ad valorem real property taxes.(b) Delinquent...
- § 14-92-233 - Notice of Delinquency.
(a) County tax collectors shall, at least once annually, send a delinquency notification to each property owner who is delinquent in the payment of...
- § 14-92-234 - Notes, Bonds, or Evidences of Debt.
(a) (1) In order to meet preliminary expenses and to do the work, the board of commissioners may issue negotiable notes or bonds of...
- § 14-92-235 - Payment of Bonds.
(a) (1) All bonds issued by a board of commissioners for a suburban improvement district under the terms of this subchapter shall be secured...
- § 14-92-236 - Public Contributions to Road or Street Improvement Districts.
(a) (1) The county court is authorized to turn over to any road or street improvement district organized under this subchapter that proportion of...
- § 14-92-237 - Dissolution or Conversion of District.
(a) (1) After all bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness plus all interest thereon shall have been paid in full, a suburban improvement...
- § 14-92-238 - Lien for Preliminary Expenses.
(a) In case, for any reason, the improvement contemplated by any suburban improvement district organized under this subchapter is not made, the preliminary expense...
- § 14-92-239 - Continued Existence of District.
Suburban improvement districts shall not cease to exist upon the acquiring, construction, or completion of the improvement but shall continue to exist for the...
- § 14-92-240 - Districts of Less Than Six Thousand Lots -- Alteration of Number of and Method of Selecting Commissioners.
(a) Any suburban improvement district which contains fewer than six thousand (6,000) lots and which selects successor commissioners by a vote of the remaining...
Last modified: November 15, 2016