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AR Code § 14-14-710 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 7 - Service Organizations|§ 14-14-710. Modification or dissolution of subordinate service districts

 (a) Modification. A quorum court may, after adoption of an ordinance, with notice and public hearing:  (1) Increase, decrease, or terminate the type of services that the subordinate service district is authorized to provide unless fifty percent (50%) of the electors residing in the district protest;  (2) Enlarge the district to include adjacent land if fifty percent (50%) or more of the electors residing in the proposed addition do not protest;  (3) Combine the subordinate service district with another subordinate service district unless fifty percent (50%) of the electors in either district protest;  (4) Abolish the subordinate service district unless fifty percent (50%) of the electors in the district protest;  (5) Reduce the area of a district by removing property from the district unless fifty percent (50%) of the electors residing in the territory to be removed from the district protest;  (6) Change the method for administering the subordinate service district unless fifty percent (50%) of the electors in the district protest;  (7) All changes in subordinate service districts may be submitted to the electors of the existing or proposed district, whichever is larger, by initiative or referendum.    (b) Dissolution. As provided in this section, a quorum court may abolish or combine subordinate service districts by ordinance. Dissolution or any combination of service districts shall provide for the following considerations:  (1) The transfer or other disposition of property and other rights, claims, and assets of the district;  (2) The payment of all obligations from the resources of the district;  (3) The payment of all costs of abolishing or combining a district from the resources of the districts involved;  (4) The honoring of any bond, debt, contract, obligation, or cause of action accrued or established under the subordinate district;  (5) The provision for the equitable disposition of the assets of the district, for adequate protection of the legal rights of employees of the district, and for adequate protection of legal rights of creditors; and  (6) The transfer of all property and assets to the jurisdiction of the county court.
AR Code § 14-14-711 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 7 - Service Organizations|§ 14-14-711. Administration of subordinate service districts

 (a) Generally. A subordinate service district may be administered directly as a part of the office of the county judge, as a part of a department with or without an advisory or administrative board, or as a separate department with or without an advisory or administrative board.  (b) Budget. The budget for each subordinate service district shall be appropriated as other funds of the county.  (c) Tax Lists. Upon request, the county assessor shall provide the quorum court with the assessed or taxable value of all property in a proposed established subordinate service district and a list of property owners and residential structures based on the last completed assessment roll of the county.  (d) Service Charges.  (1)  (A) Service charges for subordinate service districts shall be entered on tax statements by the county sheriff or county collector pursuant to § 26-35-705 and shall be collected with the real and personal property taxes of the county.  (B) No collector of taxes shall accept payment of any property taxes if the taxpayer has been billed for services authorized by a subordinate service district unless the service charge is also receipted.  (C) If a property owner fails to pay the service charge, the service charge shall become a lien on the property.    (2) A subordinate service district may choose to forgo county collection of its annual service charges and instead collect its service charges on a suitable periodic basis if the subordinate service district provides its own billing and collection service.    (e) Use of Funds. Funds raised through service charges for a subordinate service district may be used only for subordinate service district purposes. These public funds shall be maintained in the county treasury and accounted for as an enterprise fund. Disbursements of all subordinate service district funds shall be made only upon voucher or claim presented to and approved by the county judge, acting in his or her capacity as the chief executive officer of the county, unless otherwise provided by ordinance establishing the district.
AR Code § 14-14-712 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 7 - Service Organizations|§ 14-14-712. Reorganization of existing county boards and commissions

 (a) All laws providing for the organization, jurisdiction, and operation of county boards and commissions, except the laws relating to county hospital boards of governors and except laws relating to county nursing home boards, shall be given the status of county ordinance until June 30, 1978. These organizations shall continue to function under those respective laws until reorganized by county ordinance. The organizations subject to reorganization by county ordinance are, but are not limited to, the following:  (1) County library boards;  (2) County planning boards;  (3) County park commissions; and  (4) County welfare boards.    (b) Advisory board members appointed as a result of a reorganizational ordinance shall have a term of appointment as specified in this subchapter.  (c) Ordinances enacted by a county quorum court for the reorganization of county government into county departments, with or without advisory or administrative boards or subordinate service districts, may be adopted in a single reading of the court.
AR Code § 14-14-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-801. Powers generally

 (a) As provided by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 55, § 1, Part (a), a county government, acting through its county quorum court, may exercise local legislative authority not expressly prohibited by the Arkansas Constitution or by law for the affairs of the county.  (b) These powers include, but are not limited to, the power to:  (1) Levy taxes in a manner prescribed by law;  (2) Appropriate public funds for the expenses of the county in a manner prescribed by ordinance;  (3) Preserve peace and order and secure freedom from dangerous or noxious activities. However, no act may be declared a felony;  (4) For any public purpose, contract or join with any other county, with any political subdivision, or with the federal government;  (5) Create, consolidate, separate, revise, or abandon any elected office, except during the term thereof, if a majority of those voting on the question at a general election have approved the action;  (6) Fix the number and compensation of deputies and county employees;  (7) Fix the compensation of each county officer within a minimum and maximum to be determined by law;  (8) Fill vacancies in elected county offices;  (9) Have the power to override the veto of the county judge by a vote of three-fifths (3/5) of the total membership of the quorum court;  (10) Provide for any service or performance of any function relating to county affairs;  (11) Impose a special assessment reasonably related to the cost of any special service or special benefit provided by county government or impose a fee for the provisions of a service;  (12) Provide for its own organization and management of its affairs; and  (13) Exercise other powers, not inconsistent with law, necessary for effective administration of authorized services and functions.
AR Code § 14-14-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-803. Providing of facilities

 The power of county government to provide services includes the power to provide necessary and convenient facilities to support the services.
AR Code § 14-14-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-804. Regulatory powers

 The power of a county government to provide services includes the power to exercise regulatory powers in conjunction with the services.
AR Code § 14-14-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-806. Powers requiring state delegation

 Each county quorum court in the State of Arkansas exercising local legislative authority is prohibited the exercise of the following powers, unless the power is specifically delegated by the General Assembly:   (1) The legislative power to authorize a tax on income or the sale of goods or services. This subdivision (1) shall not be construed to limit the authority of county government to levy any other tax or establish the rate of any other tax which is not inconsistent with the Arkansas Constitution or law;  (2) The legislative power to regulate private activities beyond its geographic limits;  (3) The legislative power to impose a duty on or regulate another unit of local government. However, nothing in this limitation shall affect the right of a county to enter into and enforce an agreement of intergovernmental cooperation; and  (4) The legislative power to regulate any form of gambling, lotteries, or gift enterprises.
AR Code § 14-14-807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-807. Restrictive provisions

 A county exercising local legislative power is subject to the following provisions. These provisions are a prohibition on the legislative power of a county acting other than as provided:   (1) All state laws providing for the:  (A) Corporation or disincorporation of cities and towns;  (B) Annexation, disannexation, or exclusion of territory from a city or town; and  (C) Creation, abandonment, or boundary alteration of counties;    (2) All state laws establishing legislative procedures or requirements for county government;  (3) All laws requiring elections;  (4) All laws which regulate planning or zoning. However, a county quorum court, in the exercise of its local legislative power, may either accept, modify, or reject recommendations of the county planning board. Modifications of the recommendations shall be made by the procedures provided in § 14-17-201 et seq. The quorum court is empowered to initiate its own planning and zoning laws;  (5) All laws directing or requiring a county government, or any officer or employee of a county government, to carry out any function or provide any service. However, nothing in this subdivision (5) shall be construed to prevent counties from abolishing or consolidating an office under the provisions of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 55, § 2(b), nor the reassignment of statutory delegated functions or services which the reassignment is permitted by law if the abolition, consolidation, or reassignment shall not alter the obligation of the county to continue providing the services previously provided by the abolished or consolidated office;  (6) All laws regulating finance or borrowing procedures and powers of local government;  (7) All laws governing eminent domain;  (8) All laws governing public information and open meetings; and  (9) All laws governing the vacation of roads, streets, or alleys.
AR Code § 14-14-808 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-808. Consistency with state rules or regulations required

 (a) A county government exercising local legislative authority is prohibited the exercise of any power in any manner inconsistent with state law or administrative rule or regulation in any area affirmatively subjected by law to state regulation or control.  (b) The exercise of legislative authority is inconsistent with state law, rule, or regulation if it establishes standards or requirements which are lower or less stringent than those imposed by state law, rule, or regulation.  (c) An area is affirmatively subjected to state control if a state agency or officer is directed to establish administrative rules governing the matter or if enforcement of standards or requirements established by statute is vested in a state officer or agency.
AR Code § 14-14-809 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-809. Concurrent powers

 (a) If a county government is authorized to regulate an area which the state by statute or administrative rule also regulates, the local government may regulate the area only by enacting ordinances which are consistent with state law or administrative rule.  (b) If a state statute or administrative rule prescribes a single standard of conduct, an ordinance is consistent if it is identical to the state statute or administrative rule.  (c) If a state statute or administrative rule prescribes a minimal standard of conduct, an ordinance is consistent if it establishes a standard which is the same as, or higher or more stringent than, the state standard.  (d) A county government may adopt ordinances which incorporate by reference state statutes and administrative rules in areas in which a local government is authorized to act.
AR Code § 14-14-810 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-810. Improvements to roadways serving private property

 (a)  (1) In the passage of this section, the General Assembly is cognizant of the responsibilities of the county judge and of the county quorum court with respect to the establishment and operation of public roads and for the construction, maintenance, repair, and upkeep of county roads. The General Assembly is also mindful of the importance of providing reasonable access to the public roads system for the procurement of emergency medical services; the education of school-age children transported by school buses; the obtaining of mail and the goods of commerce; the marketing of the agricultural, livestock, and poultry products produced on Arkansas farms; and access to numerous other services essential to the health, safety, and welfare of thousands of rural families in this state.  (2)  (A) It is, therefore, the purpose and intent of this section to authorize the quorum courts of counties having a population of no less than seven thousand (7,000) nor more than seven thousand five hundred (7,500), according to the 1980 Federal Decennial Census, to enact ordinances authorizing the county judge to provide for the use of county road machinery and equipment, materials, supplies, and labor to make improvements to the roadways serving private property that are deemed essential, under standards and procedures established by the court, to provide access to the public roads of the county in cases of bad weather or the occurrence of other events which may impair citizens of this state from obtaining reasonable and necessary access to the public roads of this state.  (B)  (i) The ordinance enacted by the quorum court shall prescribe the conditions, circumstances, and limitations under which the county judge is authorized to make improvements or to perform work upon roads used for access from private property to the public roads.  (ii) In addition, the court may request the county judge to file reports from time to time, outlining the work performed in providing access of private property to the public roads, in such detail and at such frequencies as may be requested by the court.        (b)  (1) All work performed by the county judge on improvements necessary to make private property accessible to the public roads, as authorized in this section, and which is performed in compliance with the ordinance adopted by the county quorum court authorizing the work, shall be deemed to be public work for which public funds may be expended.  (2) All expenditures of county funds made by the county judge in compliance with this section are determined to be for a public purpose, as defined in this section.
AR Code § 14-14-811 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-811. Salary of county judge and emergency management personnel

 (a) The quorum court of each county is authorized to pay a portion of the salary and related matching benefits of the county judge from the county road fund and the county solid waste fund.  (b)  (1) The portion of the county judge's salary paid from the county road fund shall not exceed fifty percent (50%).  (2) The portion paid from the county solid waste fund shall not exceed thirty-four percent (34%).    (c) However, the portion to be paid from the county general fund shall be at least one-third (1/3) of the total salary and matching benefits.  (d)  (1) At the discretion of the county judge, a county may pay a portion of the salary and related matching benefits of personnel of the local emergency management jurisdiction from the county road fund.  (2) The portion paid from the county road fund shall not exceed fifty percent (50%).
AR Code § 14-14-812 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-812. Cemetery access roads

 (a) A “cemetery”, as used in this section, means any burying place for the dead, a burial plot, a graveyard, or any land, public or private, dedicated and used for the interment of human remains which includes at least six (6) grave markers.  (b)  (1) The county judges of the several county governments in Arkansas shall be authorized to improve and maintain any roads across public or private lands used or to be used for access to a cemetery.  (2) The cemetery access roads shall be constructed to a standard and nature to permit their use by automobiles.
AR Code § 14-14-813 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-813. Authority to regulate unsanitary conditions

 (a) To the extent that it is not inconsistent with the powers exercised by incorporated towns and cities of the first class and cities of the second class under § 14-54-901 et seq., counties are empowered to order the owner of real property within the county to:  (1) Abate, remove, or eliminate garbage, rubbish, and junk as defined in § 27-74-402, and other unsightly and unsanitary articles upon property situated in the county; and  (2) Abate, eliminate, or remove stagnant pools of water or any other unsanitary thing, place, or condition that might become a breeding place for mosquitoes and germs harmful to the health of the community.    (b) A copy of the order issued under subsection (a) of this section shall be posted upon the property and:  (1) Mailed to the last known address of the property owner by the county clerk or other person designated by the quorum court; or  (2) Published in accordance with § 14-14-104 if there is no last known address for the property owner.    (c)  (1) If the property owner has not complied with the order within thirty (30) days after notice is given in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the county may:  (A) Do either of the following:  (i) Take any necessary corrective actions, including repairs, to bring the property into compliance with the order; or  (ii) Remove or raze any structure ordered by the county to be removed or razed; and    (B) Charge the cost of any actions under subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section to the owner of the real property.    (2) The county shall have a lien against the property for any unpaid cost incurred under subdivision (c)(1) of this section in addition to interest at the maximum legal rate.    (d) In all successful suits brought to enforce liens granted under this section, the county shall be reimbursed its costs, including title search fees and a reasonable attorney's fee.  (e) This section does not apply to:  (1) Land valued as agricultural property that is being farmed or otherwise used for agricultural purposes; or  (2) A parcel of land larger than ten (10) acres if the unsanitary condition on the parcel is not visible from a public road or highway.
AR Code § 14-14-814 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers|§ 14-14-814. Authority to regulate private communities

 (a) Upon the written request of a property owners' association of a private community that is located outside the boundaries of a municipality, a county may by ordinance regulate the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the private community within all or any part of the area included in the private community.  (b) The quorum court may by ordinance regulate animals upon petition by a majority of landowners or a property owners' association within the private community, including without limitation leash or harness requirements for domestic animals when the animals are outside the animal owner's property.  (c) As used in this section, “private community” means a community outside the corporate limits of a municipality but within a platted subdivision or a condominium complex.  (d) The quorum court may enforce this section under § 14-14-906.
AR Code § 14-14-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 9 - Legislative Procedures|§ 14-14-901. Legislative authority

 The legislative power of county government is vested in the quorum court of each county of the state, subject to the limitations imposed by the Arkansas Constitution and by state law.