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AR Code § 14-169-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 7 - Urban Renewal Generally|§ 14-169-704. Urban renewal plan — Definition

 (a) Any urban renewal project undertaken pursuant to § 14-169-703 shall be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the area of the project.  (b) As used in this subchapter, “urban renewal plan” means a plan as it exists from time to time for an urban renewal project. This plan shall:  (1) Conform to the general plan for the municipality as a whole; and  (2) Be sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition, and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the area of the urban renewal project, zoning, and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements, and the plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements.    (c) An urban renewal plan shall be prepared and approved pursuant to the same procedure as provided in § 14-169-601 et seq. with respect to a redevelopment plan.  (d) If real property acquired by a municipality is to be transferred under an urban renewal plan, or such parts of the contract or plan as the housing authority or urban renewal agency may determine, the transfer may be recorded in the land records of the county in such manner as to afford actual or constructive notice of it.
AR Code § 14-169-706 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 7 - Urban Renewal Generally|§ 14-169-706. Assistance by municipalities and other public bodies

 (a) Any municipality or other public body is authorized, without limiting any provision in § 14-169-705, to do any and all things necessary to aid and cooperate in the planning and undertaking of any urban renewal project in the area in which the municipality or public body is authorized to act, including the furnishing of such financial and other assistance as the municipality or public body is authorized by § 14-169-601 et seq. to furnish for, or in connection with, a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project.  (b) A housing authority is authorized to delegate to a municipality or other public body any of the powers or functions of the authority with respect to the planning or undertaking of an urban renewal project in the area in which the municipality or public body is authorized to act. The municipality or public body is authorized to carry out or perform such powers or functions for the authority.  (c) Any public body is authorized to enter into agreements which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with any other public bodies respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this subchapter including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project.
AR Code § 14-169-707 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 7 - Urban Renewal Generally|§ 14-169-707. Workable program

 (a) The governing body of the municipality or such public officer or public body as it may designate is authorized to prepare a workable program. This program may include an official plan of action as it exists from time to time for effectively dealing with the problem of urban slums and blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas within the community and for the establishment and preservation of a well-planned community with well-organized residential neighborhoods of decent homes and suitable living environment for adequate family life, for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate, and prevent the development or spread of, slums and urban blight and deterioration, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment and renewal of blighted, deteriorated, or slum areas, or to undertake such of these activities or other feasible activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such a program.  (b) The powers conferred by this section shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
AR Code § 14-169-708 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 7 - Urban Renewal Generally|§ 14-169-708. Adoption of powers by municipality

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this subchapter, it is provided that in any municipality in this state where on January 10, 1961, a housing authority has not been established or a housing authority is established but the authority has not undertaken an urban renewal project, the municipality may, if the local governing body, by resolution, determines such action to be in the public interest, elect to have the same powers with respect to urban renewal and redevelopment that are conferred on a housing authority by §§ 14-169-601 — 14-169-609, 14-169-701, and 14-169-703 — 14-169-707, to be exercised by an urban renewal agency created by § 14-169-709 or by a housing authority if one is authorized for, or subsequently established in, the municipality.  (b) In the event the local governing body makes such determination, the urban renewal agency or the housing authority, as the case may be, shall be vested with all such urban renewal powers as are conferred by this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-169-709 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 7 - Urban Renewal Generally|§ 14-169-709. Urban renewal agency created

 (a)  (1) There is created in each municipality in this state, where on January 10, 1961, a housing authority has not been established or a housing authority is established but the housing authority has not undertaken an urban renewal project, a public body politic and corporate to be known as the “urban renewal agency” of the municipality for the purpose of planning and undertaking urban renewal projects.  (2) A municipality in which the urban renewal agency has ceased operation and become dormant may by resolution of the governing body revive the urban renewal agency, and upon adoption of the resolution under subsection (b) of this section, the mayor shall appoint a board of commissioners under § 14-169-710.    (b) The agency shall not transact any business or exercise any powers under this subchapter unless and until the local governing body shall have adopted a resolution finding that:  (1) One (1) or more slum, blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas exist in the municipality; and  (2) The rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of such areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of the municipality.
AR Code § 14-169-710 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 7 - Urban Renewal Generally|§ 14-169-710. Commissioners generally

 (a)  (1) If an urban renewal agency is authorized to transact business and exercise powers under this subchapter, the mayor shall appoint a board of commissioners of the agency which shall consist of five (5) commissioners.  (2) No commissioner may be an officer or employee of the municipality for which the agency is created.    (b)  (1) The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), and five (5) years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. Thereafter, commissioners shall be appointed as provided in this section for terms of office of five (5) years, except that any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.  (2) A commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been designated by the board and approved and confirmed by the municipal council or other municipal governing body.    (c)  (1) When appointed or reappointed, approved, and confirmed, a certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk of the municipal council or other governing body.  (2) The certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the commissioner.    (d) When a vacancy occurs on the board, the commissioners of the agency shall designate a successor to fill the vacancy, subject to approval and confirmation by the municipal council or other municipal governing body.  (e) A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his services but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties.  (f) The mayor shall designate a chairman and vice chairman from among the first commissioners appointed. Thereafter, these offices shall be filled by action of the board.  (g)  (1) A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business, exercising the powers of the agency, and for all other purposes.  (2) Action may be taken by the agency upon a vote of a majority of the commissioners present unless in any case the bylaws shall require a larger number.    (h) The powers of an agency shall be exercised by its commissioners.
AR Code § 14-169-711 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 7 - Urban Renewal Generally|§ 14-169-711. Commissioners — Removal

 (a)  (1) For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner may be removed by the vote of a three-fourths (¾) majority of the members of the governing body of the municipality.  (2) However, a commissioner shall be removed only after he shall have been given a copy of the charges at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing on them and had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.    (b) In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings on it, shall be filed in the office of the clerk.
AR Code § 14-169-712 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 7 - Urban Renewal Generally|§ 14-169-712. Executive director, technical experts, agents, etc., of agency

 (a) An agency may employ an executive director, technical experts, and such other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require. It may determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation.  (b) For such legal service as it may require, an agency may employ or retain its own legal staff or its own counsel.
AR Code § 14-169-713 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 7 - Urban Renewal Generally|§ 14-169-713. Interest of commissioner or employee in project or property or contract in connection with project

 (a) No commissioner or employee of an agency shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any urban renewal project nor in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any urban renewal project.  (b)  (1) If any commissioner or employee of an agency owns or controls a direct or indirect interest in any property included or planned to be included in any urban renewal project, he immediately shall disclose it, in writing, to the agency. This disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the agency.  (2) Failure so to disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office.
AR Code § 14-169-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 8 - Acquisition of Property for Urban Renewal|§ 14-169-801. Authority generally

 (a) A housing authority or an urban renewal agency authorized to carry on urban renewal or redevelopment activities in connection with the undertaking and carrying out of an urban renewal project may acquire real property in the urban renewal area, demolish improvements on it, relocate families from it, contract for loans and grants covering the financing of it, and take all appropriate actions, including, but not limited to, the disposition of the property, regardless of the stage of development of the urban renewal plan, if the municipal governing body shall have approved it by resolution.  (b) The municipal governing body may agree to assume the responsibility to bear any loss that may arise as the result of such acquisition in the event the property so acquired is not used for urban renewal purposes because the urban renewal plan for the project is not approved, is amended to omit any of the acquired property, or is abandoned for any reason.
AR Code § 14-169-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 8 - Acquisition of Property for Urban Renewal|§ 14-169-802. Power of eminent domain

 (a)  (1)  (A) Any urban renewal agency in this state created pursuant to the provisions of §§ 14-169-601 — 14-169-609, 14-169-702, 14-169-708 — 14-169-713, and 14-169-801 shall have the power of eminent domain to carry out urban renewal plan objectives.  (B) The procedure to be followed by the urban renewal agency to acquire property by eminent domain shall be that the board of commissioners shall, by resolution, declare that:  (i) The acquisition of certain real property is necessary for urban renewal plan objectives which have been approved by the governing body of the municipal government after a public hearing;  (ii) Negotiations for acquisition have been unsuccessful; and  (iii) Suit is authorized to condemn the property.      (2) An urban renewal agency may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner prescribed by law for condemnation by railroad corporations in this state as prescribed by §§ 18-15-1202 — 18-15-1207 and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto; the urban renewal agency may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by any other applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain.    (b) It is the intent of this section to affirm the power of urban renewal agencies to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire real property to carry out urban renewal plan objectives.
AR Code § 14-169-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 8 - Acquisition of Property for Urban Renewal|§ 14-169-803. Donations by school districts

 Any school district owning lands and buildings within the boundaries of any existing urban renewal project or neighborhood development program, or within the boundaries of any such project or program that may be constituted in the future, is authorized to donate and dedicate to the governing board of any such urban renewal program or neighborhood development project as may be created any surplus lands or buildings owned by it if the lands or buildings are found by the board of the school district to be surplus to its present needs or the lands and buildings are unsuitable for further use by the school district.
AR Code § 14-169-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 8 - Acquisition of Property for Urban Renewal|§ 14-169-804. Tax exemption of certain property

 (a) The property of an urban renewal agency used exclusively for public purposes and not for profit is declared to be public property, and this property and the agency shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments from the state or any public body thereof.  (b) Any property of an agency used for commercial, business, or industrial purposes shall be assessed and ad valorem taxes paid on it in the manner provided by law for the assessment and payment of taxes on other property. The agency shall furnish the assessor with a certified statement, in writing, of the value at which the property was originally acquired to assist the assessor in arriving at the assessable value of it as provided by law.  (c) An agency may agree to make payments in lieu of taxes to a state public body for the benefit of a renewal project. However, in no event shall such payments exceed the estimated cost to the state public body of the improvements, services, or facilities to be so furnished.
AR Code § 14-169-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 9 - Participation in Federal Programs|§ 14-169-901. Legislative intent

 It is the intention of this subchapter to permit municipal and county government in the State of Arkansas to participate fully in the Community Development Act of 1974, specifically, but not limited to, community development activities eligible for assistance in section 105 of it, and to have their governing bodies exercise any and all powers conferred on housing authorities and urban renewal agencies, including, but not limited to:   (1) Eminent domain;  (2) Redevelopment activities;  (3) Housing;  (4) Public housing;  (5) Urban renewal; and  (6) Community development in its broadest sense.
AR Code § 14-169-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 9 - Participation in Federal Programs|§ 14-169-902. Authority generally

 Municipalities and counties, acting through their governing bodies, are granted all the powers and authority granted to housing authorities and to urban renewal agencies by §§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-205, 14-169-207 — 14-169-225, 14-169-227, 14-169-229 — 14-169-240, 14-169-601 — 14-169-609, 14-169-701 — 14-169-713, 14-169-801, 14-169-802, and 14-169-804.
AR Code § 14-169-903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 9 - Participation in Federal Programs|§ 14-169-903. Powers supplemental

 (a) Powers granted to municipalities and counties in this subchapter are supplemental and in addition to all other powers of municipalities and counties.  (b) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as changing, limiting, or otherwise affecting the powers of any existing housing authority, urban renewal agency, or their commissions.
AR Code § 14-169-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 10 - Surplus Federal Housing Facilities|§ 14-169-1001. Construction of subchapter

 This subchapter shall, without reference to any other statute, be deemed full authority for the acquisition, operation, lease, or sale of any surplus federal property and for the issuance and sale of bonds as provided in this subchapter. This subchapter shall be construed as an additional and alternative method therefor and the financing thereof, and no petition, election, or other or further proceeding in respect to the acquisition of the property or the sale or lease of it after acquisition or the issuance or sale of bonds under this subchapter and no publication of any resolution, ordinance, notice, or proceeding relating to the acquisition of surplus federal property or the sale or lease of it by the county or municipality or the issuance or sale of bonds shall be required except as required by this subchapter, any provisions of other statutes of this state to the contrary notwithstanding.
AR Code § 14-169-1002 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 10 - Surplus Federal Housing Facilities|§ 14-169-1002. Continuing authority

 Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit, in any manner, the continuing authority of the counties or municipalities to operate, lease, finance, or sell the properties so acquired.
AR Code § 14-169-1003 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 10 - Surplus Federal Housing Facilities|§ 14-169-1003. Authority to acquire

 (a) Any county, city, or incorporated town in the State of Arkansas is empowered to execute with the United States, through any of its agencies, contracts for the acquisition of houses, housing facilities, housing projects, sewer and water plants and facilities which are necessary to the operation of the housing facilities, and other real, personal, or mixed properties which have been or may be declared surplus by the federal government.  (b) The contract may provide for outright purchase for cash or on terms or the lease of the properties from the federal government.
AR Code § 14-169-1004 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 10 - Surplus Federal Housing Facilities|§ 14-169-1004. Property outside municipal limits

 Cities or incorporated towns may acquire properties under this subchapter located within or without the corporate limits.
AR Code § 14-169-1005 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 10 - Surplus Federal Housing Facilities|§ 14-169-1005. Funds for acquisition

 (a) Funds for the acquisition of surplus federal properties may be provided from general revenue sources, general mortgage loans, or revenue bonds which may be issued by the county, city, or town to provide funds.  (b)  (1) The revenue bonds may bear interest at such rate or rates as provided in the ordinance authorizing their issuance. Bonds so issued shall:  (A) Be negotiable;  (B) Declare that a statutory mortgage lien shall exist on the property so acquired; and  (C) Be executed by the county judge and county clerk or municipal mayor and municipal clerk or recorder.    (2) The funds derived from the bonds shall be used exclusively for purposes for which they are issued.