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Arkansas Statutes, Title 27

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Title 27, Transportation

56 chapters · 1,745 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 271,745 Ch 14, Motor Vehicle Administration, Certif…201 Ch 24, Special License Plate Act of 2005145 Ch 51, Operation Of Vehicles — Rules Of The…133 Ch 16, Driver's Licenses Generally96 Ch 101, Watercraft96 Ch 50, Penalties and Enforcement81 Ch 19, Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act80 Ch 15, Registration and Licensing — Special…64 Ch 64, General Provisions60 Ch 67, State Highway System58 Ch 76, Regional Mobility Authority Act54 Ch 72, Highway Revenues for Local Aid45 Ch 23, Commercial Driver License41 Ch 65, Arkansas Department of Transportatio…41

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Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-101 Plans and engineering services for county federal-aid secondary road projects
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(a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to furnish, without cost to counties, all plans and engineering services necessary in connection with all county negotiated contracts for federal-aid secondary road projects in all counties of this state. (b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-201 Funds to be withheld
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Where any political subdivision of the State of Arkansas has entered into an agreement with the United States Government, any agency or subdivision thereof, or the State Highway Commission to maintain projects constructed off the state highway system by the commission, with the u…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-202 Duties of commission and Treasurer of State
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(a) The State Highway Commission, upon receipt of written notice from the Federal Highway Administration to the effect that political subdivisions have violated the agreement set out in § 27-72-201, shall immediately proceed to investigate the report and shall make a final determ…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-203 Project maintenance — Application of funds

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(a) Upon receipt of the warrant or warrants from the Treasurer of State, the State Highway Commission shall apply such funds to the maintenance of the project or projects on which agreements have been violated for the amount or amounts pro rata as the commission shall deem best. …

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-204 Project maintenance — Commission's discretion

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When the State Highway Commission finds the agreements relative to the various projects have been violated, the commission may, at its discretion, commence and cease to maintain the projects, subject to reimbursement as set out in § 27-72-203.

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-205 Priority of charge against funds

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Upon determination by the State Highway Commission that the agreement has been violated, and commencing on the date of notice to the Treasurer of State, there shall be a charge upon funds set out in this subchapter which shall take priority over any other obligations on the funds…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-301 Definitions

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(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Betterment” means any construction or reconstruction on a state aid-designated road which results in an improvement which exceeds or equals any previous improvement whether or not the previous improvement …

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-302 Establishment — Scope

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(a) There is established a system of state aid roads in each county consisting of the major collector and minor collector routes not on the state highway system feeding into local trade areas or into the state highway system and providing a program for the construction and improv…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-303 Division of State Aid Road Construction

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There is created within the Arkansas Department of Transportation a division to be called the Division of State Aid Road Construction.

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-304 State aid engineer

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(a) The Division of State Aid Road Construction shall be headed by a state aid engineer. (b) The state aid engineer shall be a registered engineer with at least three (3) years experience as a county road or highway engineer and a thorough knowledge of rural road problems. (c) Th…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-305 State Aid Road Fund

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(a) (1) There is created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the State Aid Road Fund, to which the Treasurer of State shall transfer one hundred percent (100%) of the revenues credited to the State Highway Special Construction Account of the Arkansas Department of Transpo…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-306 County Supplement Fund Account

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In the event that any county desires to provide funds in excess of the minimum matching requirements as provided in § 27-72-305, the Treasurer of State shall credit the amount above matching requirements to the County Supplement Fund Account of the State Aid Road Fund, there to b…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-307 Expenses paid prior to allocation

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The salaries of the state aid engineer, his or her assistants, and all other employees of the Division of State Aid Road Construction, as well as all other expenses incurred by the Division of State Aid Road Construction in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, shall be…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-308 Eligibility for state aid — Notice

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(a) Before any county shall be eligible to receive the benefits of the provisions of this subchapter, the county, through its county judge, shall agree to comply with the terms, provisions, and limitations of this subchapter. (b) When any county shall have met the requirements of…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-309 Allocation of state aid

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(a) State aid roads in the several counties shall receive state aid in the manner and under the terms and conditions set out in this subchapter. (b) The state aid system shall be allocated to the several counties of the state on a mileage basis in the following proportions:(1) Fi…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-310 Contracts for work to be performed

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(a) All proposals covering work to be performed on state aid roads in each county in this state shall be under contract let and approved by the State Highway Commission upon a request from the county judge of the county and in accordance with the procedures prescribed in § 27-67-…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-311 Conditions for use of state aid

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(1) Any county shall be entitled to receive state aid and to expend state aid moneys in conjunction with moneys furnished by said county on state aid roads in such county on projects approved for construction in such county provided:(1) The state aid system in the county has been…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-312 Use of state aid

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(a) Funds deposited into the State Aid Road Fund shall be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction, and improvements of roads on the state aid road system, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter. (b) A county's allotment from the fund may be used for the pur…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-313 Use of federal-aid secondary road funds

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(a) Each year, fifty percent (50%) of all federal-aid secondary road funds allocated to this state shall be set aside by the State Highway Commission for use on county secondary road projects on the federal-aid secondary roads that are included in the state aid road system. (b) C…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-314 Disaster counties

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(a) (1) It is the intent and purpose of this section to make available moneys in the State Aid Road Fund to the credit of disaster counties to be used to restore and repair county bridges or roads which are destroyed or which have suffered extensive damage as a result of tornadoe…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-315 Rights-of-way — Exception

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(a) All rights-of-way required on state aid road projects shall be acquired by the county, and any cost of rights-of-way shall not be considered a part of the cost of any project contemplated by this subchapter. (b) The costs of reconstructing fencing, and the construction of pro…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-316 Road maintenance by county — Failure to maintain

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(a) It shall be the duty of each county to properly maintain all state aid roads in their respective counties after construction of any such roads with state aid moneys. (b) (1) If essential maintenance is not properly and regularly carried on, in the opinion of the state aid eng…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-317 County Road Construction and Maintenance Revolving Fund

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(a) There is created and established on the books of the Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, in the State Treasury, a fund to be designated and known as the County Road Construction and Maintenance Revolving Fund, the exclusive jurisdictio…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-318 County highway revenue estimates

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(a) For each fiscal year, it shall be the duty of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State to prepare and file quarterly statements setting forth an estimate of the total amount of highway revenues and other state revenues made available by Acts 1973, No. 445, and all other laws pro…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-319 Advance transfers from revolving fund — In general

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(a) Moneys at any time in the County Road Construction and Maintenance Revolving Fund shall be available to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State only for the purposes of making advance transfers to the several county highway funds, state aid road funds, federal-aid secondary roa…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-320 Advance transfers to county highway funds — Definition

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(a) (1) Advance transfers may be made to each of the several county highway funds from time to time during the fiscal year in amounts as may be requested by the several county courts and approved by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.(2) The purpose of advance transfers as her…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-321 Advance transfers to county special purpose road accounts

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(a) (1) Advance transfers may be made from time to time during the fiscal year to each of the several county special purpose road accounts maintained by the Treasurer of State.(2) Special purposes road accounts, as used in this section, shall include any and all county road const…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-401 Definitions

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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Betterment” means any construction or reconstruction on a state aid-designated street that results in an improvement that exceeds or equals any previous improvement whether or not the previous improvement was financed in part or in whole throug…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-402 Establishment — Scope

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(a) A system of state aid streets in each municipality is established to:(1) Consist of the major and minor arterial and collector routes not on the state highway system feeding into local trade areas or into the state highway system; and(2) Provide a program for the construction…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-403 State Aid Division

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There is created in the Arkansas Department of Transportation a division to be known as the “State Aid Division”.

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-405 State aid engineer

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(a) The State Aid Division shall be headed by a state aid engineer. (b) The state aid engineer shall be a registered engineer with at least three (3) years' experience as a highway engineer and a thorough knowledge of municipal street problems. (c) The state aid engineer under th…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-406 Eligibility for state aid — Notice

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(a) Before a municipality is eligible to receive benefits under this subchapter, the municipality through its mayor or chief executive officer shall agree to comply with the terms, provisions, and limitations of this subchapter. (b) (1) When a municipality meets the requirements …

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-407 State Aid Street Fund

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(a) There is created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the “State Aid Street Fund”, there to be used for construction, reconstruction, and improvements of the state aid street system. (b) (1) All revenues deposited into the fund shall be apportioned to the municipalitie…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-411 Street maintenance by municipality — Failure to maintain

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(a) It is the duty of each municipality to properly maintain all state aid streets in that municipality after construction of any such streets with state aid moneys. (b) (1) If, in the opinion of the state aid engineer, essential maintenance is not properly and regularly carried …

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-412 Expenses paid prior to allocation

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The pro rata salaries of the state aid engineer, his or her assistants, and all other employees of the State Aid Division, as well as all other expenses incurred by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, shall be paid from the State Aid Street Fund prior to allocation to the …

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-413 Allocation of state aid — State Aid Street Committee established

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(a) State aid streets in the several municipalities shall receive state aid in the manner and under the terms and conditions set out in this section. (b) The state aid street system shall be allocated to the several municipalities of the state by the State Aid Street Committee. (…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-414 Contracts for work to be performed

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(a) All proposals covering work to be performed on state aid streets in a municipality in this state shall be:(1) Under contract let and approved by the State Highway Commission upon a request from the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality; and(2) In accordance wit…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-415 Conditions for use of state aid

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(1) A municipality is entitled to receive state aid and to expend state aid moneys in conjunction with moneys furnished by the municipality on state aid streets in the municipality on projects approved for construction in the municipality, provided:(1) The state aid system in the…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-416 Use of state aid

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(a) Funds deposited into the State Aid Street Fund shall be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction, and improvements of streets or bridges on the state aid street system, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter. (b) The funds shall not be spent under this s…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-417 Rights-of-way — Exception

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(a) (1) All rights-of-way required on state aid street projects shall be acquired by the municipality.(2) Any cost of rights-of-way or utility relocation shall not be considered a part of the cost of a project contemplated by this subchapter. (1) All rights-of-way required on sta…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-418 Municipal highway revenue estimates

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(a) (1) For each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall prepare and file quarterly statements setting forth an estimate of the total amount of highway revenues and other state revenues made available by this subchapter and all other laws providing state resource…

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-419 Title

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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “State Aid Streets Law”.

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-501 Definition

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For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “reconstruction” shall include not only a complete rebuilding or replacement of a bridge, but shall also include major renovations which will extend the service life of an existing bridge.

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-502 Approval — Expenditures

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(a) Upon approval of the State Highway Commission, the quorum court, and the county judge, any county may expend state aid road funds, as deposited into the State Aid Road Fund pursuant to § 27-72-305 and as administered pursuant to the policies of the Division of State Aid Road …

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-503 Maintenance

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Maintenance of such facilities, utility adjustments, and right-of-way acquisitions shall be the responsibility of the incorporated town.