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AR Code § 14-318-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts For Acquiring Rights-of-way|§ 14-318-117. Interest on assessment

 The assessment of the benefits shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the time it is equalized, but the interest need not be calculated until it is necessary to do so to avoid exceeding the total amount of benefits and interest, or the interest may be first collected.
AR Code § 14-318-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts For Acquiring Rights-of-way|§ 14-318-118. Reassessment of benefits

 The commissioners may, not more often than once a year, require the assessor to reassess the benefits in the district. In the event the district shall have incurred any indebtedness or issued bonds, the total amount of assessed benefits shall never be diminished. The reassessment shall be made, advertised, and equalized in the same manner as provided herein for making the original assessment.
AR Code § 14-318-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts For Acquiring Rights-of-way|§ 14-318-119. Time for payment of tax — Collection of delinquent taxes — Right of redemption

 (a) All taxes levied under the terms of this chapter shall be payable between the first Monday in January and April 10 of each year. If any taxes levied by the board in pursuance to this chapter are not paid at maturity, the collector shall not embrace the taxes in the taxes for which he shall sell the lands, but he shall report the delinquencies to the board of commissioners of the district, who shall add to the amount of the tax a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%).  (b) The board of commissioners shall enforce the collection by chancery proceedings in the chancery court of the county, in the manner provided by §§ 14-121-426 — 14-121-432, but the owner of property sold for taxes thereunder shall have the right to redeem it at any time within two (2) years from the time when his lands have been stricken off by the commissioner making the sale.
AR Code § 14-318-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts For Acquiring Rights-of-way|§ 14-318-120. Payment of improvement taxes with general taxes

 No property owner shall be allowed to pay his general taxes without paying the improvement taxes herein provided for.
AR Code § 14-318-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts For Acquiring Rights-of-way|§ 14-318-121. Additional levies in event of deficiency — Mandamus

 (a) If the tax first levied shall prove insufficient to pay the bonds, both the principal and interest, issued by the board of commissioners on account of such improvement, as hereinafter provided, as the bonds shall become due and payable, the board shall from time to time make further levies upon the property previously assessed for sums sufficient to complete the improvement and to pay such bonds and interest. Any such levies shall be extended and collected in the same manner as the first levy.  (b) However, the total levy shall in no case exceed the value of the benefits assessed on the property with interest, and the performance of the duties may be enforced by mandamus at the instance of any person or board interested.
AR Code § 14-318-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts For Acquiring Rights-of-way|§ 14-318-122. Commissioners' warrant

 (a) The depository shall pay out no money save upon the order of the board and upon a warrant signed by at least two (2) of the commissioners.  (b) Every warrant shall state upon its face to whom, the amount, and the purpose for which it is issued.  (c) All warrants shall be dated and shall be numbered consecutively, in a record to be kept by the board of the number and amount of each. No warrant shall be paid unless there are in the treasury funds enough to pay all outstanding warrants bearing a lower number.  (d) No warrant shall be increased by reason of any depreciation in the market value thereof, nor shall any contract or warrant be made payable or paid in anything but currency.
AR Code § 14-318-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts For Acquiring Rights-of-way|§ 14-318-123. Negotiable notes or bonds — Preliminary expenses and work

 (a) In order to meet preliminary expenses and to do the work, the board may issue the negotiable notes or bonds of the district, signed by the members of the board and bearing a rate of interest not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum. The board may pledge and mortgage all assessment of benefits for the payment thereof.  (b) No bonds issued under the terms of this chapter shall run for more than thirty (30) years, and all issues of bonds may be divided so that a portion thereof may mature each year as the assessments are collected or they may all be made payable at the same time with proper provisions for a sinking fund.  (c) The bonds shall not be sold for less than par value without the unanimous vote of the board.
AR Code § 14-318-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts For Acquiring Rights-of-way|§ 14-318-124. Payment of preliminary expenses after failure to make improvement

 In case for any reason the improvement contemplated by any district organized under this chapter is not made, the preliminary expense shall be a first lien upon all the land in the district and shall be paid by a levy of a tax thereon upon the assessed value for county and state taxation, which levy shall be made by the chancery court of the county and shall be collected by a receiver to be appointed by the court.
AR Code § 14-318-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts For Acquiring Rights-of-way|§ 14-318-125. Misuse of bonds or money arising from sale of bonds — Penalties

 (a) It shall not be lawful for the board of the district or any officer, member, or agent thereof to pledge or deposit any bond or coupon issued under the provisions of this chapter as security for payment of any borrowed money or any debt or obligation of the board or any person, firm, or corporation whatever; nor shall it be lawful for the board of the district or any officer, member, or agent thereof to appropriate or use any money arising from the sale of bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter to any use or purpose whatever other than is herein specified and expressly directed.  (b) Any officer, member, or agent of the board of the district who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years.
AR Code § 14-318-126 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 318 - Improvement Districts For Acquiring Rights-of-way|§ 14-318-126. Priority of actions — Appeals

 All cases involving the validity of the districts or the assessments of benefits and all suits to foreclose the lien of taxes shall be deemed matters of public interest and shall be advanced and disposed of at the earliest possible moment. All appeals therefrom must be taken and perfected within thirty (30) days.
AR Code § 14-319-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 319 - County Bridge Improvement Districts|§ 14-319-101. Powers of county court — Organization of improvement districts

 (a) When a bridge is necessary over any stream, the county court is authorized to contract for the building and keeping the bridge in repair, and, when it shall be necessary, over any stream which divides one (1) county from another, the county court of each county shall join in the agreement and make contracts for building and keeping the bridge in repair. The cost thereof shall be defrayed by both counties, in such proportions as the county courts of the counties may agree upon, having due regard for the assessed value of the real estate and personal property in and the benefits to accrue to the people of each county.  (b) When any bridge may be deemed necessary, authority is given to organize a bridge improvement district. The bridge improvement district, when organized, may issue bonds and proceed to sell and dispose of the bonds and construct the bridge. In the organization of the bridge improvement district, the district shall be organized in the manner and under the laws of the State of Arkansas as now provided for the organization of drainage districts, and all the procedures now provided by law for the organization of drainage districts shall apply to the organization of the bridge improvement district as fully and completely as if set out in this chapter.
AR Code § 14-319-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 319 - County Bridge Improvement Districts|§ 14-319-102. Bonds — Default

 (a)  (1) Any district organized under the laws of this state or created by special act for the purpose of building a bridge over a nonnavigable stream may issue its negotiable bonds bearing interest at a rate of interest not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum, for the purpose of raising money with which to construct approaches to the bridges, or to make repairs on the approaches and bridges, or to fund its debts, or any part thereof, or for any or all of these purposes.  (2) To secure the bonds, it may make a pledge and mortgage of its assessment of benefits and revenues.    (b)  (1) If any bond or interest coupon on any bond issued by the board of commissioners or directors of the district is not paid within thirty (30) days after its maturity, it shall be the duty of any court of competent jurisdiction, on the application of the holder of any such bond or interest coupon so overdue, or of the trustee named in the pledge or mortgage made for the security of the bonds, to appoint a receiver to collect the taxes of the bridge improvement district and an assessor to reassess the benefits, if necessary.  (2) The proceeds of the taxes and collection shall be applied, after the payment of costs, first to the overdue interest and then to the payment pro rata of all bonds issued by the board which are then due and payable.  (3) The receiver may be directed by suit to foreclose the lien of taxes on the lands, and the suits so brought by the receiver shall be conducted in all matters as suits by the board, as provided in the act creating the district, and with like effect.  (4) The receiver shall be authorized to have the taxes collected, as far as possible, by spreading the taxes upon the tax books of the county or counties where the district is situated.  (5) The decrees and deeds in such suits shall have the same presumption in their favor as in the case of suits brought by the board.  (6) When all of the delinquent sums shall have been paid, the receiver shall be discharged and the affairs of the district conducted by its board of commissioners or directors.
AR Code § 14-319-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 319 - County Bridge Improvement Districts|§ 14-319-103. Suits to collect taxes — Costs and fees for summons

 (a) Wherever legal proceedings are commenced or are now pending against property owners who have failed to pay required assessments made against them in any bridge improvement district in this state and summons is or has been issued against the property owners, the circuit clerk issuing the summons shall be required to collect and account for the cost, fees, and the taxes now provided by law for each and every original summons so issued, whether the summons is against one (1) defendant or several defendants.  (b) As used in this section, “original summons” includes every summons issued by the clerk against one (1) defendant or several defendants in the proceedings, whether the summons is a duplicate summons issued for the officer to make his return for service upon, and includes the name of only one (1) or all defendants and whether issued concurrently or consecutively, provided that the original summons shall not be construed to include the copy to be left with the defendant or posted upon his property by the officer serving it.
AR Code § 14-319-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 319 - County Bridge Improvement Districts|§ 14-319-104. Unencumbered bridges — Prohibition on collection of tolls

 (a) All bridges in districts where there has been sufficient money collected to pay all outstanding lawful indebtedness of the district are declared free, and they shall become the sole property of the State of Arkansas and shall be maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation as is now provided by law.  (b) It shall be unlawful for the commissioners of any bridge district in this state to collect any tolls for the use of any bridge where the bridge district has sufficient money already collected to pay all the lawful outstanding indebtedness of the bridge district.  (c) Any commissioner, agent, or employee of any bridge district in this state which has sufficient tolls collected to pay all outstanding lawful indebtedness of the district who shall collect any tolls in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). Each day on which tolls are unlawfully collected shall constitute a separate offense.
AR Code § 14-319-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 319 - County Bridge Improvement Districts|§ 14-319-105. Title to bridges and property of bridge improvement districts vested in State Highway Commission — Prior vesting ratified

 (a) The titles of the bridges and to all other real, personal, and mixed properties of bridge improvement districts which either are no longer under control by their commissioners by reason of the assumption heretofore of both the maintenance and control of their bridges by the State Highway Commission pursuant to the provisions of § 27-67-101, § 27-67-201, or any other law, or which have heretofore fully discharged the principal and interest of their bonds and other indebtedness in part to the state aid received by them are divested out of the districts and of any political subdivisions of the state to which title may have nominally passed and fully and finally vested in the State Highway Commission. All such divestitures and vestings of title as may have heretofore occurred, either actually or ostensibly by reason of the assumption of both the maintenance and control of the bridges by the State Highway Commission, are fully ratified and confirmed as of the dates when they respectively occurred or ostensibly occurred. But all such divestitures and vestings, both actual or nominal and prospective, shall not extend to the titles to lands within the districts which were acquired by the districts through foreclosure of their liens thereon and were not subsequently disposed of, nor to the liens for delinquent assessments due the districts, and all such titles to lands so acquired and all such delinquent assessments are fully and finally cancelled.  (b) All funds on hand with the districts shall be paid over to the Treasurer of State for deposit as a nonrevenue receipt into the fund from which the Arkansas Department of Transportation is maintained, and there used for the same purposes for which other moneys in the fund may be used.
AR Code § 14-320-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 320 - Interstate Bridge Districts|§ 14-320-101. Scope

 The terms and provisions of this chapter shall only be applicable for the creation of bridge districts for the construction, operation, and maintenance of interstate bridges and approaches thereto over and across the navigable rivers where the river forms a state boundary. Bridges to be constructed under the terms and provisions of this chapter can be constructed within or without the boundaries or territorial limits of the district.
AR Code § 14-320-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 320 - Interstate Bridge Districts|§ 14-320-102. Board of commissioners

 (a) When the circuit court has established the bridge district, it shall appoint five (5) owners of real property within the district to act as commissioners.  (b) Each commissioner shall take the oath of office required by the Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, Section 20, and shall also swear that he will not, directly or indirectly, be interested in any contract made by the board of commissioners and that he will well and truly assess all benefits resulting from the improvement. Any commissioner failing to take the oath within thirty (30) days after his appointment shall be deemed to have declined, and his place shall be filled by the circuit court, if in session, if not, by the circuit judge.  (c) All vacancies on the board shall be filled by the circuit court or the circuit judge in vacation; but if a majority, in number or value, of the owners of real property in the district shall petition for the appointment of particular persons as commissioners, it shall be the duty of the circuit court or circuit judge to appoint the persons so designated.  (d) The board shall select from its members a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum.  (e) The circuit judge shall remove any member of the board upon petition signed by a majority, in number or value, of the owners of real property in the district.  (f) The commissioners herein provided for shall receive the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) each for every day or fraction thereof in which they are called upon to attend meetings of the board, together with their necessary traveling expenses.
AR Code § 14-320-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 320 - Interstate Bridge Districts|§ 14-320-103. Employment of personnel

 The board of commissioners shall have the power to employ engineers, attorneys, auditors, manager, or superintendent, and such other employees as may be necessary for the orderly functioning of the district and to fix their respective compensation.
AR Code § 14-320-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 320 - Interstate Bridge Districts|§ 14-320-104. Plans — Map and specifications

 (a) As soon as the board of commissioners shall have formed plans for the bridge and the approaches thereto, and shall have ascertained the cost thereof, it shall file the plans with the circuit clerk.  (b) The plans shall be accompanied by a map showing the location of the bridge and the approaches thereto, together with specifications fully describing the construction and character of the improvement to be made.
AR Code § 14-320-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 320 - Interstate Bridge Districts|§ 14-320-105. Petition for district establishment — Contents and signatures

 (a) When twenty-five (25) or more owners of real property within a proposed district shall petition the circuit court of the county in which the largest portion of the lands of the proposed district are situated to establish a bridge district to construct, maintain, and operate an interstate bridge and the approaches thereto embracing their property, the petition describing the region or area to be embraced within the district, and describing generally the location of the bridge, the proposed plan of financing the construction, maintenance, and operation of the bridge, together with a general idea of its character and expenses, accompanied by a certificate or resolution from the State Highway Commission showing the need and necessity for the construction of the bridge, then it shall be the duty of the circuit court to enter upon its records an order fixing a day and date for a hearing on the petition to determine whether or not the petition should be granted or denied.  (b) The petitions provided for herein may be signed by any person, firm, or corporation owning real property therein. Guardians may sign for their wards, and trustees, executors, and administrators may sign for the estates they represent.
AR Code § 14-320-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 320 - Interstate Bridge Districts|§ 14-320-106. Petition — Notice, hearing, and appeal

 (a) The circuit clerk shall thereupon give notice by publication for two (2) weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in the counties within which the lands of the proposed district are situated, calling upon all persons owning property therein to appear before the court on the day and date fixed by the court to show cause in favor of or against the establishment of the district.  (b) At the time named in the notice, the circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation, shall meet and hear all property owners within the proposed district who wish to appear and advocate or resist the establishment of the district. If it is deemed to the best interest of the owners of real property within the district that the district shall be created under the terms of this chapter, the court shall enter an order of record establishing the real property as an interstate bridge district which shall be subject to all the terms and provisions of this chapter.  (c) If upon the hearing provided for in subsection (b) of this section petitions are presented to the circuit court signed by a majority, either in number or in value, of the owners of real property within the proposed district praying that the improvement be made, it shall thereupon be the duty of the circuit court to make an order establishing the district without further inquiry. If no such petitions are filed, it shall be the duty of the circuit court to investigate as provided in the preceding section and to establish the district if it is of the opinion that the establishment thereof will be to the advantage of the owners of real property therein.  (d) Any landowner feeling himself aggrieved by the order of the court shall have the right of appeal within thirty (30) days from the date the order was entered.