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AR Code § 14-362-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-362-124. Accounts and reports

 (a)  (1) All funds received by an authority shall be deposited in such banks as the authority may direct and shall be withdrawn therefrom in such manner as the authority may direct.  (2)  (A) Each authority shall keep strict account of all of its receipts and expenditures and each quarter shall make a report to the counties and municipalities which have made contributions.  (B)  (i) The report shall contain an itemized account of its receipts and disbursements during the preceding quarter.  (ii) The report shall be made within sixty (60) days after the termination of the quarter.        (b)  (1)  (A) Within one hundred fifty (150) days after the end of each fiscal year, each authority shall cause an annual audit to be made by an independent certified public accountant and shall file a copy of the resulting audit report with each of the governing bodies participating in the authority.  (B) This audit shall contain an itemized statement of its receipts and disbursements for the preceding year.    (2) The books, records, and accounts of each authority shall be subject to audit and examination by any proper public official or body in the manner provided by law.    (c) The agreement provided for in § 14-362-103 may also provide for each authority to furnish the participating governing bodies copies of its annual budget for examination and approval.
AR Code § 14-362-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-362-125. County, municipal, and state authority

 (a) Counties, municipalities, and the state are authorized and empowered to appoint members of the authorities and to contribute to the cost of acquiring, constructing, equipping, maintaining, and operating the regional airports and appurtenant facilities.  (b) Counties, municipalities, and the state are authorized and empowered to transfer and convey to the authorities property of any kind acquired by the counties, municipalities, and the state for airport purposes.
AR Code § 14-362-126 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-362-126. Lease of facilities

 (a) Each authority may lease its airport and all or any part of its appurtenances and facilities to any available lessee at such rental and upon such terms and conditions as the authority shall deem proper.  (b) Leases shall be for some purpose associated with airport activities.
AR Code § 14-362-127 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-362-127. Sale of assets

 (a) In the event the board shall so determine, any authority may sell all or any part of its properties and assets and distribute the proceeds among the participating municipalities, counties, and the state in the proportion each unit contributed to the authority's funds or otherwise in the manner set forth in the agreement establishing the authority, provided no authority in which the state is a participant shall sell all or substantially all of its properties or assets without the consent of the Governor.  (b) No sale of properties or assets and no distribution of proceeds of such sale shall be done in a manner which violates United States law or the terms of any deed, grant agreement, or other agreement with the United States.
AR Code § 14-362-128 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-362-128. Workers' compensation

 All employees of each authority who are eligible shall be deemed to be within the workers' compensation laws of Arkansas, and premiums on their compensation shall be paid by the authority as required by law.
AR Code § 14-362-129 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-362-129. Existing authorities

 Any existing regional airport authority, de facto or de jure, previously created, or attempted to have been created, under the acts of Arkansas, or in any other manner created under color of law, having been created substantially in conformance with the provisions contained in this chapter is declared to be a body corporate and public as fully and to all intents and purposes as if created under this chapter. All acts and deeds heretofore done by any member or officer of the authority or of the governing bodies participating in the authority and any agreement between participating bodies creating the authority are cured, validated, and confirmed and shall have the full force and effect as if done pursuant to this chapter.
AR Code § 14-362-130 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-362-130. Authorized investors

 Any municipality, or any board, commission, or other authority duly established by ordinance of any municipality, or the boards of trustees, respectively, of the firemen's relief and pension fund and the policemen's pension and relief fund of any such municipality, or the board of trustees of any retirement system created by the General Assembly may, in its discretion, invest any of its funds not immediately needed for its purposes, in bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, and bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be eligible to secure the deposit of public funds.
AR Code § 14-362-131 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-362-131. Construction

 (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its intent and purposes and shall be the sole authority required for the accomplishment of its purpose.  (b) To this end:  (1) It shall not be necessary to comply with the general provisions of other laws dealing with public facilities, their acquisition, construction, leasing, encumbering, or disposition; and  (2) Section 15-5-303 shall not apply.
AR Code § 14-362-132 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-362-132. Exemption from annexation and municipal regulation — Definition

 (a) For purposes of this section, “authority” means an authority created with members from two (2) or more counties and three (3) or more cities, and the property of the authority shall be defined as the real property owned in fee simple title by the authority or property acquired in fee simple title by the authority in the future which is acquired for aviation purposes.  (b)  (1) The property and operations of an authority shall be exempt from the enactment of any rules, regulations, ordinances, permit requirements, and enforcement by a municipality.  (2) A municipality may enact and collect a sales tax, a liquor tax, and a hotel, motel, and restaurant tax on the operations located on the property of the authority, but other taxes or fees enacted by a municipality pertaining to the property or operations of the authority shall require the approval of a majority vote of the board of directors of the authority.    (c) If a municipality in which the property of an authority is located merges with or is annexed or consolidated by another municipality, an authority may de-annex from the municipality upon a majority vote of the board of directors of the authority.
AR Code § 14-362-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 2 - Contracts for Effective Bond Interest Rates|§ 14-362-201. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Authority” means any authority created under the provisions of § 14-362-103;  (2) “Bond” means a revenue bond;  (3) “Contract for effective interest rates” means any contract to achieve a desirable effective interest rate, including, but not limited to:  (A) An investment contract;  (B) A funding agreement;  (C) An interest rate swap agreement;  (D) A currency swap agreement;  (E) A forward payment conversion agreement;  (F) A futures contract;  (G) A contract providing for payments based on levels of or changes in interest rates;  (H) A contract to exchange cash flows or a series of payments; or  (I) A contract, including options, puts or calls, issued to hedge payment rate, spread, or similar interest rate exposure; and    (4) “Revenue bond” means a revenue bond issued by, or on behalf of, an authority under the Arkansas Constitution and under an act of the General Assembly, including all bonds, notes, certificates, or other instruments or evidences of indebtedness which constitute a revenue bond as defined in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 65.
AR Code § 14-362-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 2 - Contracts for Effective Bond Interest Rates|§ 14-362-202. Contracts authorized

 (a) In connection with revenue bonds issued by an authority, the authority may enter into a contract for effective interest rates.  (b) A contract for effective interest rates may be entered into at the time the bonds are issued or at any time while the bonds are outstanding.  (c) A contract for effective interest rates may also be entered into by authorities in connection with an agreement that secures bonds or provides liquidity for the bonds.  (d)  (1) A contract for effective interest rates shall be made upon the terms and conditions established by the governing body of the authority.  (2) The contract may include terms permitting the authority to pay to or receive from a person or entity any loss of benefits under the contract upon an early termination or a default under the contract.
AR Code § 14-362-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 2 - Contracts for Effective Bond Interest Rates|§ 14-362-203. Payments and revenues

 (a) Payments required to be made by an authority under a contract for effective interest rates under this subchapter shall be payable from the same revenue source or sources from which the related bonds are payable.  (b) Revenues derived by an authority from a contract for effective interest rates shall be used for one (1) or more of the following purposes:  (1) The payment of the bond principal, bond premium, interest on the related bonds, or for amounts held in reserve for the bond payment;  (2) The payment of the authority's obligations under the contract; or  (3) Any purpose for which the related bonds were or could have been issued if the contract is authorized by the governing body of the authority in the same manner as the issuance of bonds.
AR Code § 14-362-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 362 - Regional Airports|Subchapter 2 - Contracts for Effective Bond Interest Rates|§ 14-362-204. Supplemental

 This subchapter is supplemental to all other provisions of state law governing the issuance of bonds by authorities and the investment of the bond proceeds.
AR Code § 14-363-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 2 - Zoning by Cities|§ 14-363-201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Airport Zoning Enabling Act.”
AR Code § 14-363-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 2 - Zoning by Cities|§ 14-363-202. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Airport” means any area of land usable for the landing and taking off of airplanes;  (2) A city is “served” by an airport if the airport is used for private flying or otherwise as a point of arrival or departure by air by persons residing or having their place of business in the city;  (3) An airport is of the “public utility class” if it is available to the general public for private flying or otherwise as a point of arrival or departure by air;  (4) “Person” means any individual, firm, copartnership, public or private corporation, company, association, joint-stock association, or body politic and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof; and  (5) “Structure” means any object constructed or installed by man including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, smokestacks, and overhead transmission lines.
AR Code § 14-363-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 2 - Zoning by Cities|§ 14-363-203. Penalties and enforcement

 (a) Penalties of fines and imprisonment for violations of any regulation, order, or ruling promulgated or made pursuant to this subchapter may be prescribed in any airport zoning regulations that may be promulgated under authority of this subchapter.  (b) In addition, any city, or board, commission, or agency thereof, authorized to administer and enforce zoning regulations promulgated pursuant to this subchapter may institute, in any court of competent jurisdiction, an appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, restrain, correct, or abate any violation of zoning regulations, or any order or ruling made in connection with their administration or enforcement. The court shall adjudge then to the plaintiff such relief, by way of injunction, which may be mandatory or otherwise, as may be proper under all the facts and circumstances of the case, in order fully to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this subchapter and of the regulations adopted and orders and rulings made pursuant to authority given in this section.
AR Code § 14-363-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 2 - Zoning by Cities|§ 14-363-205. Lawful nonconforming uses

 (a) In order to eliminate or mitigate existing hazards to landing and taking off at airports of the public utility class, to improve and make safer such airports, and to permit public use of the obstructed air space needed for such use, all cities granted the power to promulgate, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations, by § 14-363-204, are given the power to acquire, by purchase, grant, or condemnation, such estate or interest in any structure or object of natural growth, existing at the time of adoption of zoning regulations pursuant to this subchapter, which does not conform to the height limitations of the regulations and for which a permit has been granted in accordance with § 14-363-206(a), as is necessary to permit lowering or removal of the structure or object of natural growth to the extent necessary to conform to the height limits.  (b) In cases of imminent danger to the health, safety, and general welfare of the public, the city shall have the power to take immediate steps as are necessary to remove the danger. A hearing shall thereafter be held to determine what compensation, if any, should be made to the owner of the structure or object of natural growth causing the danger.
AR Code § 14-363-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 2 - Zoning by Cities|§ 14-363-207. Public hearings

 (a) In all cases of applications for permits and variances as provided for in § 14-363-206, a public notice shall be published in the manner prescribed by law for publication of legal notices of a public hearing upon the application in question.  (b) A public hearing shall be held at which any person having an interest in the proceedings shall have an opportunity to offer evidence for or in opposition to the application in question.  (c) Written findings of fact and conclusions of law shall be made by the board, commission, or agency authorized to consider the application, based upon the evidence offered at the public hearing.
AR Code § 14-363-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 2 - Zoning by Cities|§ 14-363-208. Judicial review

 (a) Any person aggrieved by any zoning regulations adopted pursuant to this subchapter, or by any order or ruling upon an application for a permit or variance, may within thirty (30) days appeal to the circuit court of the county within which the structure or object of natural growth in question is located.  (b) After such notice as the court shall direct to the parties interested, including all political subdivisions served by the airport affected and the city promulgating the zoning regulations in question, a hearing may be had before the court at an early and convenient time and place fixed by it.  (c)  (1) The court may annul, affirm, or alter the regulations, order, or ruling complained of if it finds that the applicable rules of law so require.  (2) Any findings of fact made by the board, commission, or agency authorized by substantial evidence shall be accepted by the court as conclusive.    (d) Appeals from the circuit court shall be in accordance with the laws governing appeals.
AR Code § 14-363-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 3 - United States Airports|§ 14-363-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “United States airport” means any United States airport owned or operated by the federal government, any part of which is located within the State of Arkansas;  (2) “County” means a county within whose borders there is any part of a United States airport;  (3) “City” means any city whose territorial limits are within fifty thousand feet (50,000') from any United States airport;  (4) “Person” means any individual, firm, copartnership, public or private corporation, company, association, joint-stock association, or body politic and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof; and  (5) “Structure” means any object constructed or installed by man including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, smokestacks, and overhead transmission lines.
AR Code § 14-363-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 3 - United States Airports|§ 14-363-302. Penalty

 (a) Any person who violates a provision of this subchapter or a regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).  (b) Each day a violation continues is a separate offense.
AR Code § 14-363-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 3 - United States Airports|§ 14-363-303. Promulgation and enforcement of regulations

 (a) All counties and cities of any class and towns are empowered to promulgate and enforce zoning regulations with respect to United States airports in the manner provided in this section by dividing the area surrounding the airports into zones and limiting the height of all existing and future structures and objects of natural growth therein.  (b)  (1) Cities and towns within fifty thousand feet (50,000') of a United States airport are empowered to promulgate and enforce zoning regulations within their respective city limits only.  (2) Counties are empowered to promulgate and enforce zoning regulations in the area thereof within fifty thousand feet (50,000') of a United States airport which is not within the limits of a city or town.    (c) Zoning regulations promulgated for the benefit of United States airports shall conform to and be consistent with United States Air Force standards and specifications and such waivers of the zoning regulations as may be made by the United States Government.  (d) The governing body of any county, city, or town may delegate the power to promulgate, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations granted by this subchapter to any zoning board or planning commission under its jurisdiction, and it may authorize one (1) agency to promulgate the regulations and another to administer and enforce them.  (e)  (1) In counties not having a county planning board, the board shall promulgate the regulations contemplated in this section in accordance with the procedure prescribed by §§ 14-17-201, 14-17-202, 14-17-204 — 14-17-209, and 14-17-211.  (2) In counties not having a county planning board, the county judge, along with four (4) residents of the county to be selected by the judge, shall compose a board to be known as the “county airport planning board.” This board shall promulgate the regulations contemplated in accordance with the procedure prescribed in §§ 14-17-201, 14-17-202, 14-17-204 — 14-17-209, and 14-17-211.    (f) A county, city, or town is entitled to the remedy of either affirmative or negative injunction to enforce its regulations.
AR Code § 14-363-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 3 - United States Airports|§ 14-363-304. Lawful nonconforming uses

 (a) In order to eliminate or mitigate existing hazards to landing and taking off at United States airports, to improve and make safer such airports, and to permit use of the obstructed air space needed, all counties, cities, towns, or any agency thereof, granted the power to promulgate and enforce airport zoning regulations are empowered to acquire, by purchase, grant, or condemnation, such estate or interest in any structure or object of natural growth, existing at the time of adoption of zoning regulations pursuant to this subchapter which does not conform to the height limitations of the regulations and for which no permit has been granted in accordance with § 14-363-305, as is necessary to permit lowering or removal of the structure or object of natural growth to the extent necessary to conform to the height limits.  (b) In cases of imminent danger to the health, safety, and general welfare of the public, the county, city, or town is empowered to take such immediate steps as are necessary to remove the danger. A hearing shall thereafter be held to determine what compensation, if any, should be made to the owner of the structure or object of natural growth causing the danger.
AR Code § 14-363-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 3 - United States Airports|§ 14-363-306. Public hearings

 (a) In all cases of applications for permits and variances as provided for in § 14-363-305, a public notice shall be published in the manner prescribed by law for publication of legal notices of a public hearing upon the application in question.  (b) A public hearing shall be held at which any person having an interest in the proceedings shall have an opportunity to offer evidence for or in opposition to the application in question.  (c) Written findings of fact and conclusions of law shall be made by the board, commission, or agency authorized to consider the application, based upon the evidence offered at the public hearing.