Arkansas Code Title 27, Subtitle 5, Chapter 65 - Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department -- State Highway Commission
- § 27-65-101 - Penalties.
(a) (1) Any person under color of any official position connected with the State Highway Commission or under color of authority derived therefrom who...
- § 27-65-102 - Administration of Department.
The administrative control of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department shall be vested in the State Highway Commission.
- § 27-65-103 - Office Locations.
(a) The main office of the State Highway Commission shall be located in the City of Little Rock.(b) The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation...
- § 27-65-104 - Members.
(a) All appointments to the State Highway Commission shall be based upon the four (4) congressional districts as defined on July 20, 1979. Appointments...
- § 27-65-105 - Organization.
The commissioners of the State Highway Commission, appointed pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 42, shall organize by selecting one of their members as Chair...
- § 27-65-106 - Meetings.
(a) The State Highway Commission shall meet at least once every two (2) months and at such other times, on the call of the...
- § 27-65-107 - Powers and Duties Generally.
(a) The State Highway Commission shall be vested with the following powers and shall have the following duties: (1) To divide the state highway...
- § 27-65-108 - Agreements for Promoting Highway Programs.
(a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to enter into agreements with groups or associations for the promotion of highway programs.(b) Such agreements may...
- § 27-65-109 - Transfer Agreements.
(a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to enter into agreements to exchange or agreements to transfer highways with appropriate county and municipal authorities.(b)...
- § 27-65-110 - Records and Reports.
(a) The State Highway Commission shall submit annually to the Governor a report of its activities.(b) The commission shall make a biennial report to...
- § 27-65-111 - Purchase of Equipment and Supplies.
The following procedures shall be used by the State Highway Commission in the purchasing of all materials, supplies, and equipment: (1) The commission may...
- § 27-65-112 - Acceptance of Federal Aid.
(a) The State of Arkansas assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved July 11, 1916, 39 Stat. 1, 355, entitled "An...
- § 27-65-113 - Relocation Assistance.
(a) The State of Arkansas assents to the provisions of Section 30 of the Act of Congress entitled "The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968",...
- § 27-65-114 - Tourist Information Bureaus.
(a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to establish and maintain tourist information bureaus and enter into agreements with and lease rights-of-way, land, and...
- § 27-65-115 - Use of Federal Aid Funds for Turnpike Projects.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State Highway Commission is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to use any federal-aid highway funds...
- § 27-65-116 -- 27-65-121 - [Reserved.]
- § 27-65-122 - Director of State Highways and Transportation.
(a) By a majority vote of the full State Highway Commission, the commission shall appoint a Director of State Highways and Transportation.(b) The director...
- § 27-65-123 - Secretary.
(a) The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, with the advice and consent of the State Highway Commission, shall appoint an assistant who shall...
- § 27-65-124 - Personnel.
The State Highway Commission may employ such personnel as may be reasonable and proper and shall prescribe and fix their qualifications, duties, and salaries.
- § 27-65-125 - Accountants.
The State Highway Commission may periodically, or whenever it deems advisable, employ expert public accountants to audit its records, books, accounts, and vouchers, or...
- § 27-65-126 - Engineers.
(a) The State Highway Commission shall have authority to employ a consulting engineer whenever it deems the services of such an engineer to be...
- § 27-65-127 - [Repealed.]
- § 27-65-128 - Investigations and Reports by Engineer and Geologist.
(a) The consulting engineer and the State Geologist shall make such investigations and reports as the State Highway Commission may from time to time...
- § 27-65-129 - Oaths.
(a) The members of the State Highway Commission and the Director of State Highways, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall take...
- § 27-65-130 - Bonds -- Commissioner and Director.
(a) Each commissioner of the State Highway Commission shall give bond, as required by law.(b) Upon appointment, the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department...
- § 27-65-131 - Bonds -- Suppliers and Employees.
(a) Every person who shall have charge of any supplies, materials, or equipment of any kind, exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) in aggregate value...
- § 27-65-132 - Contracts Between Commission and Employees.
(a) Engineers, attorneys, or other employees of the State Highway Commission are prohibited from making any contract with that commission, other than their contracts...
- § 27-65-133 - Corruption in Office.
Whoever, being a member of the State Highway Commission or an engineer, agent, or other employee, acting for or on behalf of the commission,...
- § 27-65-134 - Venue in Suits Against State Highway Officers.
(a) Suits against any state officer involving any act done or proposed to be done in the administration of the Arkansas State Highway and...
- § 27-65-135 - Fiscal Year.
(a) The fiscal year of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department shall be from July 1 to June 30 of each year.(b) The...
- § 27-65-136 - Prohibition on Increasing Number of Employees Before Election.
(a) Within ninety (90) days preceding any primary election, the Arkansas State Highway Department shall not increase the number of its employees beyond the...
- § 27-65-137 - Special Expense Allowances.
(a) Due to his or her exacting and special duties, the Director of State Highways and Transportation is hereby authorized an expense allowance of...
- § 27-65-138 - Acquisition of Property.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws to the contrary, the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, acting on behalf of the State Highway...
- § 27-65-139 - Uniform Allowance.
(a) (1) The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to pay from funds appropriated for maintenance and operation a uniform allowance not to exceed...
- § 27-65-140 - Tool Allowance.
(a) The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to pay from funds appropriated for maintenance and operation a tool allowance of four hundred eighty...
- § 27-65-141 - Payment of Claims for Damages to Personal Property.
The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department is hereby authorized to pay amounts not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per claim for damages...
- § 27-65-142 - Moving Expense.
The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to pay from funds appropriated from maintenance and operation the actual expense of moving the household and...
- § 27-65-143 - Award of Pistol, Shotgun, or Both Upon Retirement or Death.
When a highway police patrol officer of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department retires from service or...
- § 27-65-144 - Additional Annual Reporting.
(a) The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department shall analyze all reported wrong-way crashes on interstate highways and other freeways that are a part...
Last modified: November 15, 2016