Title 27 — Transportation
56 chapters · 1,818 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-412 Refunding bonds
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(a) The State Highway Commission may issue bonds for the purpose of refunding bonds previously issued pursuant to this subchapter; provided, however, that such bonds are not issued after December 31, 2015, and that the total amount of bonds outstanding after the refunding is comp…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-413 Tax exemption
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All bonds issued under this subchapter and interest thereon shall be exempt from all taxes of the State of Arkansas, including income, inheritance, and property taxes. The bonds shall be eligible to secure deposits of all public funds, and shall be legal for investment of municip…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-414 Powers of State Highway Commission
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All powers granted to the State Highway Commission pursuant to this subchapter shall be deemed in addition to such powers as already exist pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 42 and the laws of the State of Arkansas. No member of the commission shall be liable personally…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-501 Title
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This subchapter may be referred to and cited as the “Arkansas Highway Financing Act of 2011”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-502 Findings
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(1) The General Assembly of the State of Arkansas finds that:(1) There is an immediate need for highway improvements throughout the State of Arkansas in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens and to promote economic development within the state;(2) T…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-503 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Bonds” means the State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds, also known as “GARVEE bonds”, as authorized in this subchapter;(2) “Commission” means the State Highway Commission;(3) “Debt service” means all amounts…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-504 Authorization — Purposes
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(a) (1) Subject to the one-time approval of the voters in a statewide election, the State Highway Commission may issue State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds from time to time if the total principal amount outstanding from the issuance of the b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-505 Election
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(a) (1) State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds shall not be issued under this subchapter unless the levy of the additional tax on distillate special fuel under § 26-56-802 and the authority of the State Highway Commission to issue the bonds fro…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-506 Procedure for issuing State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds
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(a) Prior to the issuance of any series of State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds, the State Highway Commission shall adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance of the series of bonds. (b) Each resolution shall contain those terms, covenants, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-507 Terms of bonds
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(1) The State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:(1) (A) The bonds shall be issued in series in amounts sufficient to finance all or part of the costs of construction and maintenance of highw…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-508 Sale of bonds
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(a) (1) The State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds may be sold in any manner, either at private or public sale, and upon terms as the State Highway Commission shall determine to be reasonable and expedient for effecting the purposes of this sub…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-509 Employment of professionals
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The State Highway Commission may retain any professionals necessary to accomplish the issuance and sale of the State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds, including without limitation legal counsel, financial advisors, underwriters, trustees, payin…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-510 Sources of repayment
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(a) The State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds shall be general obligations of the State of Arkansas secured and payable from the designated revenues and the general revenues of the state. (b) The bonds shall be payable first from the following…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-511 Investment of proceeds
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(a) Designated revenues and proceeds of the State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds held pending disbursement on highway improvements shall be invested by the State Highway Commission to the full extent practicable pending disbursement for the p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-512 Refunding bonds
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(a) The State Highway Commission may issue bonds for the purpose of refunding the State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds previously issued pursuant to this subchapter if the total amount of bonds outstanding after the refunding is completed doe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-513 Tax exemption
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(a) All State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds issued under this subchapter and interest on the bonds shall be exempt from all taxes of the State of Arkansas, including income, inheritance, and property taxes. (b) The bonds shall be eligible to…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-64-514 Powers of the State Highway Commission
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(a) All powers granted to the State Highway Commission under this subchapter are in addition to the powers of the commission under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 42, and the laws of the State of Arkansas. (b) No member of the commission shall be liable personally for any reason…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-101 Penalties
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(a) (1) Any person under color of any official position connected with the State Highway Commission or under color of authority derived therefrom who shall perform any act detrimental to the public interest or against any private right shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, unl…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-102 Administration of department
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The administrative control of the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall be vested in the State Highway Commission.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-103 Office locations
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(a) The main office of the State Highway Commission shall be located in the City of Little Rock. (b) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall have its office in Little Rock, where complete records shall be kept.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-104 Members
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(a) All appointments to the State Highway Commission shall be made so as to assure that the commission shall be composed of:(1) One (1) member from each of the four (4) congressional districts as the districts exist at the time of a member's appointment; and(2) One (1) member fro…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-105 Organization
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The commissioners of the State Highway Commission, appointed pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 42, shall organize by selecting one of their members as Chair of the State Highway Commission and another as vice chair. The vice chair shall have all the powers of the chair…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-106 Meetings
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(a) The State Highway Commission shall meet at least one (1) time every two (2) months and at such other times, on the call of the Chair of the State Highway Commission or of a majority of the members, as may be deemed reasonable and proper to transact such business as may proper…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-107 Powers and duties generally — Definitions
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(a) The State Highway Commission shall be vested with the following powers and shall have the following duties:(1) To divide the state highway system into such maintenance and construction districts as the commission deems reasonable and proper for the performance of its duties h…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-108 Agreements for promoting highway programs
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(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 contain provisions for collection and assessments of dues or contributions.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-109 Transfer agreements
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(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) County and municipal authorities are authorized to enter into agreements with the commission to exchange o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-110 Records and reports
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(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 the General Assembly embodying a clear statement of all the questions that have arisen in that time and setting out such recommend…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-111 Purchase of equipment and supplies
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(1) The following procedures shall be used by the State Highway Commission in the purchasing of all materials, supplies, and equipment:(1) The commission may at current prices purchase materials, supplies, and equipment where the cost does not exceed the amount of one thousand do…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-112 Acceptance of federal aid
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(a) The State of Arkansas assents to the provisions of the Act of the United States Congress, approved July 11, 1916, 39 Stat. 1, 355, entitled “An Act to Provide That the United States Shall Aid the States in the Construction of Rural Post Roads, and for Other Purposes”, and to …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-113 Relocation assistance
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(a) The State of Arkansas assents to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2021. (b) The State Highway Commission and the highway, road, and street authorities of the counties and the municipal corporations of Arkansas within their respective juri…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-114 Tourist information bureaus
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(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 other facilities owned by the commission to persons, partnerships, associations, public or private corporations, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-115 Use of federal aid funds for turnpike projects
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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 apportioned or allocated to the State of Arkansas by the United States Secretary of Transportation or the Federal Highw…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-122 Director of State Highways and Transportation
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(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 shall be a practical business or professional person. At the time of appointment, the director may be a nonresident of the S…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-123 Secretary
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(a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation, with the advice and consent of the State Highway Commission, shall appoint an assistant who shall serve as secretary to the commission. (b) The secretary:(1) Shall keep full and true records of the proceedings of the commission;(2) S…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-124 Personnel
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The State Highway Commission may employ such personnel as may be reasonable and proper and shall prescribe and fix their qualifications, duties, and salaries.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-125 Accountants
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The State Highway Commission may periodically, or whenever it deems advisable, employ expert public accountants to audit its records, books, accounts, and vouchers, or any part of them, so that the commission may always be advised of the exact status of the affairs under its cont…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-126 Engineers
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(a) The State Highway Commission shall have authority to employ a consulting engineer whenever it deems the services of such an engineer to be necessary or advisable, at a compensation to be agreed on by the commission and the engineer, with the amount of the compensation, howeve…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-127 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 27-65-127Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-128 Investigations and reports by engineer and geologist
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(a) The consulting engineer and the State Geologist shall make such investigations and reports as the State Highway Commission may from time to time require. (b) They shall be especially charged with the study of the road materials of the state, their location, relative value, co…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-129 Oaths
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(a) The members of the State Highway Commission and the Director of State Highways and Transportation, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall take oaths that they will faithfully and honestly execute the duties of their offices during their continuance therein.…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-130 Bonds — Commissioners
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(a) Each commissioner of the State Highway Commission shall give bond, as required by law. (b) Upon appointment, the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall execute a bond to the State of Arkansas in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for faithful performance o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-131 Bonds — Suppliers and employees
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(a) Every person who shall have charge of any supplies, materials, or equipment of any kind, exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) in aggregate value at any time, when deemed expedient by the State Highway Commission, shall furnish a surety bond in an amount equal to the value th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-132 Contracts between commission and employees
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(a) Engineers, attorneys, or other employees of the State Highway Commission are prohibited from making any contract with that commission, other than their contracts of employment. (b) None shall be pecuniarily interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract made by the commi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-133 Corruption in office
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Whoever, being a member of the State Highway Commission or an engineer, agent, or other employee, acting for or on behalf of the commission, shall accept or agree to accept, receive or agree to receive, ask or solicit, either directly or indirectly, and any person who shall give …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-134 Venue in suits against state highway officers
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(a) Suits against any state officer involving any act done or proposed to be done in the administration of the Arkansas Department of Transportation or of any law pertaining to the state highway system shall be brought only at the seat of government, in Pulaski County. (b) Howeve…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-135 Fiscal year
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(a) The fiscal year of the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall be from July 1 to June 30 of each year. (b) The State Highway Commission is exempted from the provisions of Acts 1971, No. 585, §§ 9, 10 [superseded].
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-136 Prohibition on increasing number of employees before election
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(a) Within ninety (90) days preceding any primary election, the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall not increase the number of its employees beyond the average number of employees the department employed and supervised during the twelve (12) months prior to the primary el…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-137 Special expense allowances
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(a) Due to his or her exacting and special duties, the Director of State Highways and Transportation is hereby authorized an expense allowance of five hundred dollars ($500) per month upon approval of the State Highway Commission. (b) The commission shall provide for an expense a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-138 Acquisition of property
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(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws to the contrary, the Arkansas Department of Transportation, acting on behalf of the State Highway Commission, is hereby authorized, on acquiring whole taxable parcels of property upon which real estate taxes or assessments are due an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-65-139 Uniform allowance
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(a) (1) The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to pay from funds appropriated for maintenance and operation a uniform allowance not to exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum for all uniformed personnel of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of th…