Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 7, Chapter 117, Subchapter 4 - District Operation
- § 14-117-401 - Plans -- Construction Areas.
(a) Plans prepared by "local organizations," as defined by the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, with assistance from the United States Department of...
- § 14-117-402 - Contracts Between District and United States.
(a) The board is authorized to: (1) Cooperate with the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, hereinafter referred to as the United...
- § 14-117-403 - Assessment of Benefits and Damages.
(a) (1) As soon as plans for the improvement work have been completed or a contract has been entered into with the United States,...
- § 14-117-404 - Filing of Assessment.
(a) When their assessment is completed, the board shall subscribe an original and one (1) copy of the assessment and deposit the original with...
- § 14-117-405 - Notice and Hearing on Assessment -- Appeal.
(a) Upon the filing of the assessment, the clerk shall give notice of that fact by publication for two (2) weeks in some weekly...
- § 14-117-406 - Acquiescence in Assessment of Damages -- Demand for Assessment -- Condemnation.
Any property owner may accept the assessment of damages in his favor made by the board, or acquiesce in their failure to assess damages...
- § 14-117-407 - Alteration of Plans.
The board may at any time alter the plans for improvement, but before constructing the work according to the changed plans, the changed plans...
- § 14-117-408 - Reassessment of Benefits -- Appeals.
(a) (1) If, by reason of a change of plans pursuant to § 14-117-407, either the board or any property owners deem that the...
- § 14-117-409 - Additional Work or Improvements -- Reassessment -- Appeals.
(a) After the work contemplated by the original plans has been completed, the board may file with the circuit or chancery clerk of the...
- § 14-117-410 - Inclusion of Bond Interest With Tax -- Exception.
The amount of interest which will accrue on bonds issued by the districts shall be included and added to the tax, but the interest...
- § 14-117-411 - Payment of Assessment.
(a) When assessments of benefits are made, the landowners shall have the privilege of paying the assessments in full within thirty (30) days after...
- § 14-117-412 - Levy of Assessment -- Interest.
The levy of the assessment may be made by way of proportional amounts of the total assessed benefits. Interest need not be calculated until...
- § 14-117-413 - Levy of Tax -- Preliminary Expenses.
(a) At the same time that the assessment of benefits is filed or at any subsequent time when called upon by the board of...
- § 14-117-414 - Borrowing Money and Issuing Bonds.
(a) The board may petition the chancery or circuit court for authority to borrow money or issue negotiable bonds, and the court shall cause...
- § 14-117-415 - Court Order As to Bonds.
(a) After issuing any bonds and before their sale, exchange, or hypothecation, the board shall petition the chancery or circuit court for an order...
- § 14-117-416 - Refunding Bonds.
Refunding bonds may be issued and may be sold, exchanged, or hypothecated under the procedure provided in §§ 14-117-414 and 14-117-415.
- § 14-117-417 - Security for Bonds -- Levy and Collection of Tax.
All bonds issued under the terms of this chapter that are made payable from the proceeds of assessments shall be secured by a lien...
- § 14-117-418 - Default in Bond Payment.
(a) If any bond, or interest coupon on any bond, issued by the board is not paid within thirty (30) days after its maturity,...
- § 14-117-419 - Records and Reports.
(a) The board shall also keep the original itemized bills and accounts of all financial transactions and all warrants which have been paid. Each...
- § 14-117-420 - Taxation for Operation, Maintenance, and Service of District Properties.
(a) The districts shall have authority to levy and collect a tax to secure funds to maintain, repair, and operate all plants, properties, and...
- § 14-117-421 - Extension of Taxes on Books -- Collection.
(a) The amount of the taxes provided for in this chapter shall be annually extended upon the tax books of the county and collected...
- § 14-117-422 - Time for Payment of Taxes -- Installments.
(a) All taxes levied under the terms of this chapter shall be deemed to be due and payable at any time from the third...
- § 14-117-423 - Delinquencies on Tax Payment.
(a) If any taxes levied in pursuance of this chapter are not paid at maturity, the collector shall not embrace the taxes in the...
- § 14-117-424 - Notice of Pendency of Suit.
Notice of the pendency of the suit shall be given by publication weekly for four (4) consecutive weeks before judgment is entered on the...
- § 14-117-425 - Trial Generally -- Sale of Land to Bidders.
(a) The suit shall stand for trial at the first term of court after the complaint may be filed if the four (4) weeks...
- § 14-117-426 - Trial Procedure -- Sale of Land to District.
(a) Suits for collection of taxes shall be conducted in the name of the district and in accordance with the practice and proceedings of...
- § 14-117-427 - Right of Redemption.
At any time within two (2) years after the rendition of the final decree of the chancery or circuit court herein provided for, the...
Last modified: November 15, 2016