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AR Code § 14-322-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets|§ 14-322-101. Chapter supplemental

 The procedure prescribed herein for the establishment of improvement districts in municipalities of this state shall be supplemental to all other laws of this state with respect to the establishment of municipal improvement districts and shall not be construed to amend, repeal, or otherwise affect those laws.
AR Code § 14-322-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets|§ 14-322-102. Street improvement studies — Resolution

 (a) When the governing body of any city or incorporated town in this state shall deem it desirable to enter into a street improvement program in that city or town or any defined portions thereof, the governing body of the city or town may cause studies to be made of the needs for street improvements including grading, paving, curbing, guttering, and drainage and storm sewers in the city or town or the designated areas thereof. The governing body may cause studies to be made of the approximate cost of the improvements and the approximate amount which would need to be assessed against each parcel of property to pay the cost of the proposed improvement.  (b) Upon the completion of the study and determination as provided for in this section, the governing body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution setting out the findings and determinations and shall cause the findings and determinations to be published one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
AR Code § 14-322-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets|§ 14-322-103. Filing of petition requesting improvement district

 If, within sixty (60) days after the adoption and publication of the resolution by the governing board of the municipality, petitions are filed with the clerk or recorder of the municipality containing the signatures of a majority in value, number, and area of the real property to be located within the proposed district as shown by the last county assessment in the municipality, or the designated areas requesting that an improvement district be created for the purpose of making the improvements, then the clerk or recorder shall set a date and place for a public hearing on the sufficiency of the petitions.
AR Code § 14-322-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets|§ 14-322-104. Notice of hearing — Special meeting

 (a) Notice of the public hearing shall be published one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, at least five (5) days prior to the date fixed for the hearing.  (b) The governing body of the municipality may hold a special meeting for the purpose of conducting the hearing.
AR Code § 14-322-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets|§ 14-322-105. Hearing — Publication — Effect of ruling

 (a) At the time and place stated in the notice, the governing body of the municipality shall meet and hear all owners of real property in the proposed district who wish to be heard on the question of whether the petitions contain the signatures of a majority in value of the real property owners in the district. It shall make a finding and ruling as to whether the petitions contain the signatures of a majority in value of the real property owners and shall publish the finding one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.  (b) The finding and ruling of the governing body of the municipality with respect to the sufficiency of the petitions shall be final and conclusive unless questioned by action filed in the chancery court of the county in which the municipality is located within thirty (30) days after the date of publication of the finding.  (1) If the governing body of the municipality determines that the petitions and signatures thereon are sufficient, it shall proceed to establish the proposed district by ordinance. The governing body of the municipality shall, by virtue of their offices, constitute a board of commissioners to make the assessments and carry out the improvements provided for in the ordinance. After the board of commissioners determines the amount of the initial proposed assessment of benefits, and prior to levying the benefits, the initial petition shall once again be presented to the governing body of the city or town and that governing body shall ascertain whether persons who would be liable for a majority of the assessed benefits proposed to be levied had signed the original petition for formation.  (2) If the municipal governing body determines that petitions and signatures are insufficient, then the assessments may not be levied until enough additional signatures of property owners within the boundaries of the proposed district are obtained on the petition so that persons who would be liable for more than fifty percent (50%) of the assessed benefits have signed the formation petition. When the petition is deemed adequate in that respect, the assessed benefits shall be levied, and the assessment shall continue annually for five (5) years and thereafter reassessments may occur as otherwise provided by law.
AR Code § 14-322-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets|§ 14-322-106. Assessments — Filing, notice, and appeal

 (a) Upon the establishment of the district, the board shall cause an assessment to be made against each lot or parcel of real property in the district based upon the cost of the improvements and the benefits accruing to each lot and parcel of property, with all assessments on property in the district to be ad valorem, according to the value of the benefits and uniform.  (b) A copy of the assessed benefits shall be filed with the city clerk and county clerk.  (c) Notice that the assessed benefits have been filed with the city clerk and county clerk shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.  (d) The assessment of benefits against each parcel of property shall be final and conclusive unless questioned by action filed in the chancery court within thirty (30) days after the date of publication of notice of filing assessed benefits.
AR Code § 14-322-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets|§ 14-322-107. Payment generally

 (a) All assessments shall be payable in the manner and within the time prescribed by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality.  (b) Property owners may be given the option to pay the amount of the assessments in one (1) lump sum payment or to pay the amount of the assessments in installments, within the time and at the rate of interest prescribed by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality.
AR Code § 14-322-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets|§ 14-322-108. Installment payments

 (a) All installments of assessments shall be paid in equal annual amounts as provided by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality.  (b) The ordinance shall provide that the first annual installment shall be collected by the county collector on a date fixed in the ordinance.  (c) The ordinance shall provide that the second and subsequent installments shall be paid at the time provided by law for paying the first installment of general taxes or shall provide for the payment thereof in quarterly installments, at the election of the property owner, along with the quarterly installments of general taxes.  (d) It shall be the duty of the county clerk to extend the installments on the tax books of the county, and the duty of county collector to collect the installments along with general taxes until the entire levy of the assessment is exhausted.
AR Code § 14-322-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets|§ 14-322-109. Use of funds to pay off debt of improvement district

 (a) Any city or town in which an improvement district is established under this chapter may use any funds of the municipality available, including any federal funds, as may be determined by the governing body of the city or town, to make any annual payment of principal and interest or part thereof on bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or other negotiable evidences of debt issued by an improvement district created under this chapter.  (b) However, when the governing body of any such municipality shall pay the annual installment or any portion thereof on bonds issued by the district, the annual installments on assessments upon property in the district shall not be extended and collected for that year or shall be reduced proportionately as the case may be.  (c) Notice of the amount assessments shall be reduced shall be filed with the county clerk before November 1 of the year preceding the year assessments are collected.
AR Code § 14-322-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets|§ 14-322-110. Fund-raising to finance improvements

 The board of commissioners of any improvement district established under the provisions of this chapter are authorized to issue bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or other negotiable evidences of debt to secure funds to finance the proposed improvements. All unpaid assessments upon real property in the district may be pledged to secure the bonds or other negotiable evidences of debt.
AR Code § 14-322-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 19 - Roadways, Bridges, and Parking Improvement Districts|Chapter 322 - Improvement Districts For City Streets|§ 14-322-111. Use of funds

 All funds derived from assessments upon real property by a district established under the provisions of this chapter shall be funds of the district and not funds of the municipality. They shall at all times be kept separate and apart from funds of the municipality and shall be used solely for paying the cost of the contemplated improvements. However, such funds may be used to reimburse the municipality for expenses incurred in making the study and survey provided for in § 14-322-102.
AR Code § 14-333-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 333 - General Provisions|§ 14-333-101. Rights-of-way for railroads

 (a) The city council of any city of the first or second class and the town council of any incorporated town shall have power to grant to any railroad company a right-of-way through the streets of the city or town, with the right to establish and maintain depots and other necessary improvements in connection therewith.  (b) If any property is damaged, the railroad company shall be liable for the damage, which shall be assessed in the manner provided by law for assessing damages for the appropriation of the right-of-way through lands.
AR Code § 14-334-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 334 - Public Transit Systems Generally|§ 14-334-101. Title

 This chapter may be cited as the “Public Transit System Act.”
AR Code § 14-334-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 334 - Public Transit Systems Generally|§ 14-334-102. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Authority” means the public corporation created pursuant to § 14-334-103;  (2) “Capital costs” means the fixed expenses associated with initiating transit operations including, but not limited to, the purchase of land, vehicles, facilities, and equipment;  (3) “Chairman” or “chairman of the board” or “chairman of the board of the authority” means the presiding officer of the authority, as selected pursuant to § 14-334-107;  (4) “Public transit system” means a transit system owned and operated by any municipality, county, regional authority, state, or other governmental agency including school districts, and any transit system created or licensed by a government agency or managed by a private management firm under contract to the government agency owner. Excluded from the jurisdiction of any public transit system created by this chapter is any intercity bus transportation system subject to the rules of the Arkansas Department of Transportation and the regulations of the United States Surface Transportation Board;  (5) “Transit system” means the facilities, equipment, personnel, and procedures needed to provide and maintain public transportation services to the public;  (6) “Public transportation” means the transportation of persons within and through the authority; and  (7) “Improvement district” means a district as authorized pursuant to § 14-334-108(8) and for the purpose of upgrading and otherwise improving public transit, and their creation and operation shall, to the extent consistent with this chapter, be in accordance with the procedures established by law for the creation and operation of municipal improvement districts.
AR Code § 14-334-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 334 - Public Transit Systems Generally|§ 14-334-103. Creation of authorities

 (a) Any combination of two (2) or more entities as defined in § 14-334-102(4), or portions of those entities, are authorized to create and establish one (1) or more authorities for the purpose of acquiring, owning, equipping, leasing, maintaining, licensing, and operating a public transit system.  (b) No entity shall participate in such an authority unless and until its governing body so provides and enters into an agreement with the other participating entities. This agreement shall establish the terms and conditions for the operation of the authority within the limitations provided in this chapter and such other laws of the State of Arkansas which may be applicable.  (c) To the extent that it is consistent with this chapter, the agreement shall specify the information provided for in § 25-20-104(c) of the Interlocal Cooperation Act, § 25-20-101 et seq.
AR Code § 14-334-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 334 - Public Transit Systems Generally|§ 14-334-104. Authority as public corporation

 (a) Each authority, when created, and the members thereof, shall constitute a public corporation and, as such, shall have perpetual succession, may contract and be contracted with, may sue and be sued, and may have and use a common seal.  (b) The exercise of the powers and performance of duties provided for in this chapter by each authority are declared to be public and governmental functions, exercised for a public purpose and matters of public necessity, conferring upon each authority governmental immunity from suit in tort.
AR Code § 14-334-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 334 - Public Transit Systems Generally|§ 14-334-105. System authorized

 Each authority is authorized and empowered to acquire, own, equip, construct, lease, maintain, license, and regulate public and private public transportation and otherwise maintain a public transit system so located and operated to best serve the region in which it is located.
AR Code § 14-334-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 334 - Public Transit Systems Generally|§ 14-334-106. Systems declared public properties

 (a) All transit systems formed under this chapter, and all the properties thereof, are declared to be public properties used exclusively for public purposes.  (b) The legislative intent of this section is that these transit systems, and all properties thereof, shall be exempt from:  (1) Ad valorem taxes under and pursuant to the provisions of Arkansas Constitution, Article 16, § 5; and  (2) Motor vehicle registration fees levied by the state. However, a one dollar ($1.00) annual registration fee shall be charged on all vehicles used for public transit purposes by an authority.
AR Code § 14-334-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 334 - Public Transit Systems Generally|§ 14-334-107. Board of authority

 (a) Subject to such limitations as may be contained in the agreement provided for in § 14-334-103, the management and control of each authority, its property, operations, business, and affairs shall be governed by a board comprised of at least:  (1) A representative of the county judge of each participating county; and  (2) A representative for one (1) mayor from each participating county selected by the mayors within the participating county.    (b) In the event an authority is established by a single county, representatives of three (3) mayors shall be selected to serve with the representative of the county judge and one (1) citizen representative who holds no public office, who shall be selected by the county judge and mayors serving as described in this section, to form a board having a minimum of five (5) members.  (c)  (1) The members of the board shall serve as such throughout their terms in office.  (2) If any member of the board ceases, for any reason, to be a member, that member shall be replaced by the elected official succeeding the member or as may be provided further in the bylaws created under § 14-334-108(1).    (d) The members of the board shall be solely responsible for selecting the chairman of the board.  (e) All members of the board of each authority shall be qualified electors within the judicial boundaries of the authority which the members represent. They do not necessarily have to be bona fide residents of the area served by the authority.  (f)  (1) No member of the board of an authority shall receive any compensation, whether in form of salary, per diem allowance, or otherwise, for or in connection with his services as such a member.  (2) Each member shall, however, be entitled to reimbursement by the authority for any necessary expenditures in connection with the performance of his general duties as a member.
AR Code § 14-334-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 334 - Public Transit Systems Generally|§ 14-334-110. Security for bonds

 (a) The principal of and interest on all bonds issued under the authority of this chapter may be secured by a pledge of, and shall be payable from, transit system revenues or liens on real and personal property of the authority.  (b)  (1) Each resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds, and this chapter, shall constitute a contract by and between the authority and the holders and registered owners of all bonds issued under the authority of this chapter.  (2) The contract and all covenants, agreements, and obligations therein, including, without limitation, an obligation on the part of the authority to properly maintain the transit system and to charge and collect transit system revenues in required amounts, all as specified in detail in the authorizing resolution, the trust indenture, and in this chapter, shall be promptly performed in strict accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract.  (3) The contract and all rights of the trustee and holders and registered owners of the bonds and the obligations of the authority may be enforced by mandamus or any other appropriate proceeding at law or in equity.
AR Code § 14-334-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 334 - Public Transit Systems Generally|§ 14-334-111. Refunding bond issue

 (a)  (1) Transit revenue bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under the authority of this chapter.  (2) Refunding bonds may be combined into a single issue with revenue bonds issued for the purpose of completing, reconstructing, or expanding the transit system.    (b)  (1) Refunding bonds may either be sold or delivered in exchange for the bonds being refunded.  (2) If sold, the proceeds may be either applied to the payment of the bonds being refunded or deposited in trust and there maintained in cash or investments for the retirement thereof, as shall be specified by the authority in the trust indenture securing the refunding bonds.    (c) The resolution authorizing and the trust indenture securing the refunding bonds may provide that the refunding bonds shall have the same priority of lien on transit system revenues pledged for their payment as was enjoyed by the bonds refunded thereby.  (d) Refunding bonds shall be sold and secured in accordance with the provisions of this chapter pertaining to the sale and security of revenue bonds.
AR Code § 14-334-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 334 - Public Transit Systems Generally|§ 14-334-112. Investment of revenue bonds

 (a) Revenue bonds issued under the authority of this chapter are made securities in which all insurance companies, trust companies, banks, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them.  (b) These bonds are made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of this state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of this state is authorized by law.  (c) Any municipality or county, or any board, commission, or other authority duly established by any municipality or county, or the board of trustees, respectively, of any retirement fund or retirement system created by or pursuant to authority conferred by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, may, in its discretion, invest any of its funds not immediately needed for its purposes in bonds issued under the authority of this chapter.  (d) Bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be eligible to secure the deposit of public funds.
AR Code § 14-334-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 20 - Public Transit Systems Generally|Chapter 334 - Public Transit Systems Generally|§ 14-334-113. Bonds — Tax exemption

 The principal of and interest on bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes. This exemption shall include income, inheritance, and estate taxes.