Title 27 — Transportation

(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…

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…

(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…

(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. …

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.

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…

(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 …

(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…

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

(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…

(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…

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…

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…

(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…

(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…

(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-…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

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

A.C.A. § 27-72-404Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(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…

(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 …

(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…

(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 …

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 …

(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. (…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

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

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.

(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 …

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