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AR Code § 14-88-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 2 - Creation of Districts|§ 14-88-212. Districts to install electric streetlights in cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants

 (a) Local improvement districts may be organized in cities having more than ten thousand (10,000) inhabitants according to the federal census under the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of installing electric streetlights within the district and of supplying the lights with electric current.  (b) The commissioners of the district are authorized to purchase, construct, and install the necessary columns, fixtures, wiring, conduits, and other appliances and to maintain them.  (c) Districts may make contracts with municipalities, companies, or individuals supplying electricity for furnishing the necessary electric current during a period not exceeding twenty-five (25) years.  (d) The district shall not cease to exist when the work is completed, and the improvement shall not be turned over to the city, but the district shall be operated by the commissioners thereof, to the end that the electric columns, wiring, fixtures, conduits, and other appliances may be kept in good condition and the electric current paid for out of the local assessments upon the property benefited.
AR Code § 14-88-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Members — Increase in Number in Certain Cities|§ 14-88-302. Oath of office

 (a) Each member of the board of improvement, within ten (10) days after his appointment, shall take the oath of office required by Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, § 20, and an oath that he will not, either directly or indirectly, be interested in any contract made by the board.  (b) The oaths of office of the commissioners of municipal improvement districts may be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths.  (c) The oath required under this section shall be filed in the office of the city or town clerk.  (d) If any member of the board shall fail to take this oath and to file it in the office of the clerk within the time allowed in this section, he shall be taken to have declined the office. The city or town council shall at once appoint another person, having the like qualifications, in his place, who shall take and file his oath of office within ten (10) days after his appointment.
AR Code § 14-88-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Members — Increase in Number in Certain Cities|§ 14-88-303. Vacancies generally

 (a) A vacancy that occurs after a municipal board is organized shall be filled by the city or town council.  (b) If a position on the board is vacant because of a resignation, death, removal under § 14-88-305, refusal to act, or negligence, a new member shall be appointed by the city or town council, if a petition under § 14-88-304(b)(1) is filed.
AR Code § 14-88-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Members — Increase in Number in Certain Cities|§ 14-88-304. Petition of property owners to fill vacancy

 (a)  (1) The city or town council shall appoint a new commissioner to the board of commissioners of an improvement district created by the council if:  (A) There is a vacancy on the board because a commissioner has died or has ceased to reside in the state in which the improvement district was created; and  (B) Ten percent (10%) or more of the property owners of the improvement district petition the council calling attention to the vacancy on the board and requesting the appointment of a new commissioner to fill the vacancy.    (2) A commissioner appointed under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be a property owner in the improvement district in which the vacancy occurs.    (b)  (1) A person shall cease to be a commissioner on the board of commissioners upon the filing of a petition with the city or town council that:  (A) Is signed by property owners representing ten percent (10%) or more of the assessed properties in the improvement district affected;  (B) Recites that the commissioner is no longer a property owner in the improvement district;  (C) Is accompanied by a corroborative certificate of an abstractor;  (D) Indicates a vacancy exists under § 14-88-303; and  (E) Designates a person to fill the vacancy who is a property owner of assessed property in the improvement district.    (2) The office is declared to be vacant from the date of filing the petition, and the council that created the improvement district shall name as commissioner of the improvement district to fill the vacancy the person named in the petition and recommended for commissioner of the improvement district if the person is a property owner in the improvement district.
AR Code § 14-88-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Members — Increase in Number in Certain Cities|§ 14-88-305. Removal of member

 (a)  (1) The city or town council may remove a municipal board of improvement or any member of the board by a two-thirds vote of the whole number of council members elected to the council.  (2)  (A) Removal shall be for cause only, including without limitation noncompliance with state or federal law or local ordinance, and after a hearing upon sworn charges proffered in writing by a real property owner in the improvement district.  (B) Ten (10) days' notice of the hearing of the charges shall be given.      (b) The council may remove the board or any member of the board by a vote of a majority of the whole number of council members elected to the council, upon the written petition of fifteen percent (15%) of the owners of real property located within the improvement district stating that the petitioners believe it to be in the best interest of the improvement district, and after a mandatory hearing upon ten (10) days' notice to each member of the board affected.
AR Code § 14-88-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Members — Increase in Number in Certain Cities|§ 14-88-306. Chairman

 A municipal board of improvement shall elect one (1) of their number chairman.
AR Code § 14-88-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Members — Increase in Number in Certain Cities|§ 14-88-307. Quorum

 A majority of a municipal board of improvement shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the performance of the duties enjoined by this act.
AR Code § 14-88-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Members — Increase in Number in Certain Cities|§ 14-88-308. No compensation

 The members of a municipal board shall receive no compensation for their services.
AR Code § 14-88-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Members — Increase in Number in Certain Cities|§ 14-88-309. Interest in contracts unlawful — Penalty

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any board of improvement, or any member thereof, in any city or town in this state to be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract made by the board for, or on behalf of, any improvement district.  (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section commits a felony and shall be:  (1) Fined in any sum not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000); and  (2) Imprisoned in the state penitentiary not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.
AR Code § 14-88-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Members — Increase in Number in Certain Cities|§ 14-88-310. Interest in loans unlawful — Penalty

 (a) It shall be unlawful for a municipal board of improvement, or any member thereof, to:  (1) Loan the funds, or to be interested in the loan of the funds, raised in any improvement district; or  (2) Apply or use the funds for any purpose except the purpose for which they were raised; or  (3) Purchase, or to be interested in the purchase of, any lot or lands sold for the payment of delinquent assessments; or  (4) Loan money or furnish money or credit to any person, company, or corporation to make such a purchase.    (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section commits a felony and shall be:  (1) Fined in any sum not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000); and  (2) Imprisoned in the state penitentiary not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.
AR Code § 14-88-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Members — Increase in Number in Certain Cities|§ 14-88-311. Combining boards

 Where there is more than one (1) improvement district in the city or town for the same general purpose, the same member may be on two (2) or more boards of improvement, or the boards of different districts may combine so as to form only one (1) board for the whole territory, to be thus improved so as to make the whole improvement uniform. However no money raised by assessment in one (1) district shall be expended in another district.
AR Code § 14-88-312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Members — Increase in Number in Certain Cities|§ 14-88-312. Members — Increase in number in certain cities

 (a)  (1) Whenever a majority in value of the owners of real property in any municipal improvement district in cities of the first class with a population of between sixty-one thousand five hundred (61,500) and sixty-two thousand (62,000) persons according to the 1990 Federal Decennial Census shall petition the city council of the creating municipality for the board of improvement to be enlarged from three (3) members to five (5) members, then the city council shall pass an ordinance to expand the number of members of the board of improvement for the district, and to appoint two (2) additional owners of real property as commissioners of the district. Thereafter, the total membership of the board of improvement shall consist of five (5) members who shall serve staggered terms of three (3) years.  (2) The initial terms of office of the two (2) additional members shall be determined by the appointing ordinance with one (1) individual serving an initial term of three (3) years and the second individual serving an initial term of two (2) years. Thereafter, the terms of office shall be three (3) years.  (3) Commissioners serving at the time the petition is filed shall continue to serve.    (b) Vacancies in the two (2) additional commissioners' positions shall be filled in the same manner as provided for filling vacancies under § 14-88-303. The position shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term, except that no person who is removed as a commissioner shall qualify.  (c) All action by the board of commissioners of any municipal improvement district affected by this section shall be by a majority vote of the membership of the board of improvement.
AR Code § 14-88-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 4 - Officers Serving Districts|§ 14-88-401. Penalty for misuse of funds generally

 Any commissioner, treasurer, attorney, or other subordinate officer appointed by a municipal board of improvement who uses or lends, or who participates, directly or indirectly, in any loan or use of funds belonging to the improvement district, for other than district purposes, shall be guilty of a felony. Upon conviction, he shall be confined in the penitentiary for a period of not more than five (5) years nor less than two (2) years.
AR Code § 14-88-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 4 - Officers Serving Districts|§ 14-88-402. Unlawful actions by subordinate officers — Penalty

 (a) It shall be unlawful for the collector or treasurer of a municipal improvement district, or for any other subordinate officer appointed by the board of improvement, to loan or use, or to be interested in the loan or use of, any funds raised by the district.  (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section commits a felony and shall be:  (1) Fined in any sum not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000); and  (2) Imprisoned in the state penitentiary not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.
AR Code § 14-88-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 4 - Officers Serving Districts|§ 14-88-403. Appointment of collector and treasurer generally

 (a) The board of a municipal improvement district shall appoint the collector and treasurer of the district, who shall take the oath of office required by § 14-88-302 and shall execute bond to the chairman of the board, each in a sum at least equal to twice the amount of moneys which will probably come to their hands, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the board. The bond shall be conditioned that they will faithfully discharge the duties of their office and account for and pay over all moneys that may come to their hands according to law and the orders of the board for the district for which they are appointed.  (b) The Cities of Little Rock and Pine Bluff shall have power to provide, by ordinance, that the city collector shall be ex officio collector of improvement districts and to provide the manner of collecting and the compensation to be paid.  (c) The same person may be treasurer or collector of one (1) or more districts in the city or town, but the moneys of the different districts shall be kept separately.
AR Code § 14-88-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 4 - Officers Serving Districts|§ 14-88-404. Appointment of treasurer

 (a)  (1) A municipal board of improvement may appoint a treasurer of the district, who shall take the oath of office prescribed by § 14-88-302 and shall execute a bond in favor of the board in a sum equal to the amount of moneys that will probably come into his or her hands in any one (1) year.  (2) The bond shall be signed by a corporate surety company authorized to do business as such in this state. It shall be conditioned that the treasurer will faithfully discharge the duties of his or her office and that he or she will account for and pay over all moneys that may come into his or her hands according to law and the orders of the board.    (b) The same person may be treasurer of more than one (1) district, but moneys of each shall be kept separately.  (c)  (1) The treasurer shall pay out no moneys except on order of the board.  (2) Upon order of the board to pay out moneys, the chair or one (1) of the other commissioners appointed to act on behalf of the chair shall approve the warrant.
AR Code § 14-88-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 4 - Officers Serving Districts|§ 14-88-405. City improvement collector

 (a) The city councils of the cities of the first and second class are authorized and empowered to designate and appoint someone to collect all of the city improvement taxes, to be known as “city improvement collector.”  (b) When so appointed by the council, the collector shall have exclusive power and authority to collect the taxes in all improvement districts lying wholly or partially within the city, except such taxes as are collected by the regular county tax collector.  (c) The collector may or may not be a city official.  (d) The collector shall receive such remuneration as shall be fixed by the city council.  (e) The collector shall be required to give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties as approved by the council.  (f) The collector's term of office shall be fixed by the council.  (g) The collector shall maintain an office or place of business open at all reasonable hours.  (h)  (1) When any collector has been appointed under the provisions of this section and has qualified by giving bond, it shall be the duty of all persons at that time who are collecting such taxes to at once turn over to the collector all books and records in their possession pertaining to the collections.  (2) Anyone failing to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
AR Code § 14-88-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 4 - Officers Serving Districts|§ 14-88-406. Attorney of cities of the second class and towns

 (a)  (1) In all cities of the second class and incorporated towns within the State of Arkansas, the attorney representing the municipality may be the attorney for all boards and commissioners of all local improvement districts within the city or incorporated town.  (2) Municipal improvement districts formed under § 14-88-201 et seq. for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, operating, or maintaining a recreational facility, and local improvement districts within cities of the second class or incorporated towns, may, at their option, employ private attorneys in lieu of the city attorney.    (b)  (1) It shall be the duty of the attorney to:  (A) Advise the board at any time needed;  (B) Do all things enjoined upon him by the commissioners; and  (C) Perform all legal duties pertaining to the formation and operation of the district.    (2) The attorney shall represent a board in all suits brought for or against it.    (c) The attorney shall receive as his compensation such fees as may be agreed upon by the boards.
AR Code § 14-88-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 4 - Officers Serving Districts|§ 14-88-407. Oath of assessor

 The oaths of office of the assessors of municipal districts may be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths.
AR Code § 14-88-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 5 - Affairs of Districts|§ 14-88-501. Sale or lease of improvements

 (a) Any improvement district organized under the provisions of this chapter after February 1, 1967, may sell or lease its improvement, or any part thereof, to the city or town or to a public authority or other agency serving on behalf of the property owners of the district on such terms as the commissioners of the improvement board may deem for the best interest of the district and apply the proceeds therefrom on the payment of the principal of and interest on its outstanding bonds, if any, together with any paying agent's or other charges in connection therewith.  (b) The city or town within which the district is located is authorized to purchase or to lease as lessee and to operate the improvement of the district on such terms as it may agree with the commissioners.
AR Code § 14-88-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 5 - Affairs of Districts|§ 14-88-502. Improvements outside limits

 When, in the opinion of the board of a municipal improvement district or the boards of different improvement districts, where combined and acting together in a city or town, it shall be necessary for the benefit of the inhabitants residing in the district or districts, it shall be lawful for money raised by assessment in the districts to be expended in:   (1) The purchase of lands or erection of houses, reservoirs, or other improvements necessary for the proper construction and operation of waterworks outside of the limits of the city or town in which the districts exist;  (2) The construction and operation of any portion of a sewerage system, or acquisition of rights-of-way therefor, which may be extended outside of the limits of any such city, town, or improvement district.
AR Code § 14-88-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 88 - Municipal Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 5 - Affairs of Districts|§ 14-88-503. Annexation of territory to district

 (a)  (1) When persons claiming to be a majority in value of the owners of real property in any territory contiguous to any improvement district organized in any city or town desire that the territory shall be annexed to the district, they may present their petition in writing to the city or town council, describing the territory to be annexed and the character of the improvement desired.  (2) Thereupon, the city or town council shall direct the clerk or recorder to publish for two (2) weeks, in some newspaper issued and having a general circulation in the county where the city or town is situated, a notice calling upon the property owners to appear before the council on a day named and show cause for or against the annexation.    (b)  (1) On the day named in the notice, the council shall hear all persons who desire to be heard on the question whether a majority in value of the owners of real property in the territory sought to be annexed have signed the petition.  (2) Its findings shall have all the force and effect of a judgment and shall be conclusive unless, within thirty (30) days thereafter, suit is brought in the chancery court to review it.    (c) The finding of the council shall be expressed in an ordinance in case it is in favor of the petitioners, and in that event, the territory sought to be annexed shall become a part of the district, and the improvements petitioned for shall be made by the commissioners on the board of improvement.  (d) The commissioners shall make the assessment for the improvement on the territory annexed under the provision of this section on the same basis as if the territory was included in the original district.  (e) If petitioned for, the improvement in the territory annexed may be of different material or of a different method of construction from that in the original district.