Title 14, Local Government

(a) (1) If a proposed improvement plan for an improvement project area includes land in more than one (1) soil and water conservation district, the districts involved, after adoption of the plan by the respective boards of directors of each district, may jointly petition the chan…

(a) The board of directors may at any time alter the plan for works of improvement, but, before constructing the work according to the changed plan, the changed plan shall be filed with the clerk of the chancery court, and notice of the filing shall be given by publication for tw…

After the work contemplated by the original improvement plan has been completed, the board of directors may adopt and file with the clerk of the chancery court where the original plan was filed a plan for additional works of improvement for the project area, and the proceedings w…

(a) As soon as the court has entered its order approving an improvement plan and establishing the improvement project area described therein, the court shall appoint three (3) assessors who shall be resident landowners of the project area. (b) Each of the assessors shall take the…

(a) When an assessment is completed, the assessors shall subscribe an original and one (1) copy of the assessment and deposit the original with the clerk of the chancery court, where it shall be kept and preserved as a public record. (b) The copy shall be certified by the clerk a…

(a) Upon the filing of assessment, the clerk shall give notice thereof by publication for two (2) weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in the county or counties in which the lands in the project area are located. (b) The notice shall give a descripti…

Any owner of land may accept the assessment of damages in his favor made by the assessors or acquiesce in their failure to assess damages in his favor. He shall be construed to have done so unless he gives to the board, not later than the date of the hearing provided for in § 14-…

(a) The board shall have the power to order a reassessment of the benefits not more often than once a year, and this reassessment shall be made, advertised, and equalized as is provided for the original assessment of benefits. (b) All appeals of landowners objecting thereto must …

(a) If by reason of a change of plans pursuant to § 14-125-607, either the board or any landowners deem that the assessment on any land has become inequitable, they may petition the court. The court may thereupon refer the petition to the assessors, which shall reassess the land …

(a) The amount of interest which will accrue on notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by a district shall be included in and added to the taxes levied against the land in the project area, but the interest to accrue on the notes, bonds, or other evidences of ind…

(a) The chancery court shall at the same time that the assessment of benefits is filed or at any subsequent time when called upon by the board enter an order, which shall have the force and effect of a judgment, providing that there shall be levied against the land within the pro…

(a) If the board does not deem it to the advantage of the project area to proceed immediately with the construction of the improvements upon the filing and confirmation of the assessment of benefits, it may cause to be levied and collected a tax based upon the assessment of benef…

(a) On or before the first Monday in October of each year, the board of directors shall estimate the amount necessary for the ensuing calendar year for operation and maintenance of the works of improvement provided for in the improvement plan and shall submit the estimate to the …

(a) The amount of the taxes herein provided for shall be annually extended upon the tax books of the county, or counties if the project area is situated in more than one (1) county, and collected by the collector of the county along with the other taxes. For his services in makin…

(a) The board of directors may petition the chancery court for authority to borrow money or issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. (b) The petition of the board shall state whether it is desired that those bonds or other evidences of indebtedness shall be made payable fr…

(a) The clerk of the court shall upon receipt of the petition give due notice by publication for two (2) weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation within the county in which the project area is located calling upon all persons owning land within the area …

(a) Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued under the terms of this chapter shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not in excess of fifty (50) years, and be in such form and denomination as the board may determine. (b) The board may sell, exchange, or…

(a) After issuing any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness and before their sale, exchange, or hypothecation, the board may petition the chancery court for an order approving the legality and regularity of all proceedings leading up to the issuance of the bonds or other evide…

Refunding bonds may be issued and may be sold, exchanged, or hypothecated under the procedure provided in §§ 14-125-801 — 14-125-804.

(a) All bonds issued under the terms of this chapter that are made payable from the proceeds of assessments shall be secured by a lien on all benefited lands in the project area unless the board of directors shall be able to sell bonds payable out of revenue only. The board shall…

(a) At any time after five (5) years after the organization of a district under the provisions of this chapter, any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the boundaries of the district may file a petition with the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission praying tha…

(a) Within sixty (60) days after a petition has been received by the commission, it shall:(1) Give due notice of the holding of a referendum;(2) Supervise the referendum; and(3) Issue appropriate regulations governing the conduct of the referendum. (1) Give due notice of the hold…

(a) The commission shall publish the result of the referendum and shall thereafter consider and determine whether the continued operation of the district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible. (b) If the commission shall determine that the con…

(a) Upon receipt from the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission of a certification that the commission has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible, pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, the direct…

(1) The Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall not, until five (5) years have elapsed for the date of the district organization nor more often than once in three (3) years thereafter:(1) Entertain petitions for the discontinuance of any district;(2) Conduct referen…

No one (1) individual or corporation may be forced against his or its will into any district that may be created under the provisions of this chapter without the consent of the individual or corporation, unless lands so held by the above-named individual or persons mentioned abov…

(a) Upon issuance of a certificate of dissolution under the provisions of this subchapter, all regulations theretofore adopted and in force within the districts shall be of no further force and effect. (b) All contracts theretofore entered into, to which the district or superviso…