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AR Code § 14-57-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Regulation of Taxicab Operators|§ 14-57-303. Approval and review of rates, etc

 (a) No rate, tariff, or regulation shall be approved or prescribed by any first class or second class city, except after due and reasonable notice to each and every taxicab operator affected shall have been given and after adequate opportunity to be heard with respect thereto shall have been afforded to each and every taxicab operator.  (b)  (1) Any rate, tariff, or regulation approved, disapproved, prescribed, or rejected shall be subject to judicial review.  (2)  (A) On review, they shall be sustained if reasonable and adequate to permit a fair, just, and reasonable return to the operator.  (B) If unreasonable, confiscatory, or inadequate to permit a fair and reasonable return to the operator, they shall be annulled.    (3) No court shall, in any event, however, have any power or jurisdiction to make or fix rates, tariffs, or regulations.    (c) All rates, tariffs, and regulations initiated, prescribed, approved, or enforced by any municipality shall apply equally and uniformly to all taxicab operators in the municipality.
AR Code § 14-57-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Regulation of Taxicab Operators|§ 14-57-304. Permit required

 (a) No person, firm, corporation, or association shall engage in or carry on the business referred to in § 14-57-302 in cities of the first or second class without first procuring from the governing body of the municipality in which it is proposed to operate a permit so to do.  (b) Governing bodies of these cities are authorized to grant or to refuse these permits.
AR Code § 14-57-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Regulation of Taxicab Operators|§ 14-57-305. Application for permit

 Before granting any permit under § 14-57-304, the governing body shall require the seeker of the permit to file with it an application, verified by oath and setting forth the facts showing his qualification to render the service for which he seeks the permit, together with the facts which he considers justified, and require the rendering to the public of the service.
AR Code § 14-57-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Regulation of Taxicab Operators|§ 14-57-306. Surety bond requirement

 (a) No permit shall be granted under § 14-57-304 until and unless the applicant shall file with the governing body of the city or town a surety bond of a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state, in such amount as the city or town shall determine, conditioned upon the applicant establishing, maintaining, and continuing the proposed service until such time as the permit issued to applicant is cancelled, withdrawn, or has expired.  (b) If the applicant fails to comply with the provisions of the bond, the city or town shall forfeit such amount of the bond as it shall deem necessary to adequately compensate the city or town for loss of the applicant's service.
AR Code § 14-57-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Regulation of Taxicab Operators|§ 14-57-307. Hearing on application

 (a) Upon the filing of an application, the city shall cause to be given to each and every taxicab operator in the city a due and reasonable notice, in writing. Notice of the hearing shall set forth the time and place of the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted by the governing body of the city for all persons interested in, or affected by, the application.  (b) All persons interested in, or affected by, the application, including all carriers at the time rendering any type of for-hire service in the city, shall have the right either in person or by representatives of their own choosing, to be present at all such hearings and to introduce evidence and to be heard either in support of, or in opposition to, the application.
AR Code § 14-57-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Regulation of Taxicab Operators|§ 14-57-308. Judicial review

 Any final action of the governing body of the municipality in respect to any application shall be subject to judicial review.
AR Code § 14-57-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 4 - Taxicab and Bus Drivers|§ 14-57-401. Penalty

 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to employ another, who is under the age of twenty-one (21) years, to operate or drive a taxicab or bus for hire, or otherwise, in cities of the first class in this state. Any person found guilty of a violation of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense.
AR Code § 14-57-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 4 - Taxicab and Bus Drivers|§ 14-57-402. Unlawful for minors to operate

 It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to operate any taxicab or bus service for hire, or otherwise, in a city of the first class in the State of Arkansas or to drive a bus or taxicab, as employee, partner, or otherwise, for another.
AR Code § 14-57-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 4 - Taxicab and Bus Drivers|§ 14-57-403. Persons not licensed

 No person who is under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall be licensed to drive a bus or taxicab for hire, or otherwise, in any city of the first class in the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 14-57-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 4 - Taxicab and Bus Drivers|§ 14-57-404. Proof of age required

 Before anyone shall be licensed to drive a bus or taxicab in this state, satisfactory proof must be made that the applicant is twenty-one (21) years of age or over and of good moral character.
AR Code § 14-57-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 5 - Parking Meters Generally|§ 14-57-501. Authority to install

 Cities of the first and second class are authorized, upon the passage of a municipal ordinance, to install parking meters on the streets and other municipally owned property of the city.
AR Code § 14-57-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 5 - Parking Meters Generally|§ 14-57-502. Ordinances subject to initiative and referendum

 Any municipal ordinance authorizing the installation of parking meters shall not be subject to an emergency clause. Nothing in this subchapter shall limit the rights of the people under the Initiated and Referendum Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 14-57-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Parking Meter Revenues|§ 14-57-601. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Municipality” means an incorporated town or a city of the first or second class;  (2) “Net revenues” means that part of the revenue derived by a municipality from the operation of parking meters which remains each year after paying all costs of operation and maintenance for that year, making adequate provisions for depreciation and obsolescence, and providing for the payments due that year on any indebtedness of the municipality arising from the purchase or installation, or both, of the parking meters and payable out of the revenues from the meters; and  (3) “Legislative body” means the council of any municipality, or the city commission if the municipality has a commission form of government.
AR Code § 14-57-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Parking Meter Revenues|§ 14-57-602. Construction

 This subchapter, being necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof.
AR Code § 14-57-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Parking Meter Revenues|§ 14-57-603. Provisions exclusive

 Without reference to any other statute, this subchapter shall be deemed full authority for the issuance and sale of the bonds authorized by this subchapter. No petition or election or other or further proceedings in respect to the issuance or sale of bonds under this subchapter, and no publication of any resolution, ordinance, notice, or proceeding relating to such issuance or sale of such bonds shall be required except such as are prescribed by this subchapter, any provisions of other statutes of the state to the contrary notwithstanding.
AR Code § 14-57-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Parking Meter Revenues|§ 14-57-604. Use of revenues

 (a) Any municipality in the State of Arkansas owning and operating parking meters may use the net revenues derived from this ownership and operation for:  (1) The purchase of real estate to be used for parking lots;  (2) The purchase of rights-of-way for the construction of public streets, alleys, and boulevards or for the construction of, widening, straightening, paving, resurfacing, lighting, or otherwise improving streets, alleys, and boulevards;  (3) The purchase, development, and improvement of public parks located within or without the corporate limits of the municipality;  (4) The purchase of fire fighting apparatus and fire alarm systems;  (5) The purchase of sites for, construction of, and equipment of city halls and prisons;  (6) Buildings for housing of fire fighting apparatus;  (7) Buildings for the police department; and  (8) The construction and equipment of any municipal complex.    (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any municipality to use these revenues, to issue or sell revenue bonds, or to use the proceeds thereof to purchase, condemn, or otherwise acquire any utility, plant, property, or facilities owned or operated by any regulated utility.
AR Code § 14-57-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Parking Meter Revenues|§ 14-57-605. Election for issuance of revenue bonds

 (a)  (1) Whenever the legislative body of any municipality shall determine to exercise the power granted by this subchapter, it shall state the purpose and cause an estimate to be made of cost of such purpose.  (2)  (A) If the cost is greater than the legislative body deems should be paid in a single year, it shall, by ordinance, provide for an election to be called for the issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of this subchapter.  (B) The ordinance shall set forth:  (i) A brief description of the purpose of the bond issue. If for more than one (1) purpose, provision shall be made in the ordinance for balloting on each separate purpose;  (ii) The estimated cost thereof;  (iii) The amount of the bond issue;  (iv) The rate of interest;  (v) The time of payment; and  (vi) Other details in connection with the issuance of bonds.        (b)  (1) The election shall be held and conducted and the vote thereof canvassed and the result declared under the law and in the manner provided for municipal elections, so far as it may be applicable, except as otherwise provided in this section.  (2)  (A) Notice of the election shall be given by the presiding officer of the legislative body of the issuing municipality by advertisement once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the municipality or, if no newspaper is published therein, in a newspaper having a bona fide and general circulation therein.  (B)  (i) The first publication shall be not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the election.  (ii) This shall be the sole notice required for the election.      (3) Only qualified voters of the municipality shall have the right to vote at the election.  (4)  (A) The result of the election, after the vote has been canvassed by the county board of election commissioners, shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the legislative body. His proclamation shall be published one (1) time in some newspaper published in the municipality or, if none is published therein, in a newspaper having a bona fide circulation therein.  (B) The result as proclaimed shall be conclusive unless attacked in the courts within thirty (30) days after the date of the publication of the proclamation.    (5) The expenses of the election shall be paid in the manner prescribed by law.  (6) In the event a majority of electors voting in the election approve the issuance of the bonds, the legislative body shall then have power to issue bonds, which shall bear interest at not more than five percent (5%) per annum, payable semiannually. The bonds shall be payable at such times, not exceeding thirty (30) years from their date, as shall be prescribed by the ordinance authorizing their issuance.
AR Code § 14-57-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Parking Meter Revenues|§ 14-57-606. Form and sale of bonds

 (a)  (1) Bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be negotiable instruments and shall be executed by the presiding officer and clerk or recorder of the legislative body of the issuing municipality, and shall be sealed with the corporate seal of the municipality.  (2) In the case any of the officers whose signatures appear on the bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officers before the delivery of the bonds, their signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if they had remained in office until the delivery.    (b) The bonds may be sold at not less than ninety cents (90¢) on the dollar, and they may be sold with the privilege of converting to a lower interest rate if, by such conversion, the municipality shall receive no less and pay no more than it would receive or pay if the bonds were not converted.  (c)  (1) The bonds shall be sold at a public sale after advertisement once a week for three (3) weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which the municipality lies.  (2) The first publication shall be not less than twenty (20) days before the date fixed for the sale.    (d) The bonds shall be sold for cash, and the proceeds derived therefrom shall be used exclusively for the purpose for which the bonds are issued.  (e) The bonds may be sold and issued all at one (1) time or they may be sold and issued in parcels as funds are needed.
AR Code § 14-57-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Parking Meter Revenues|§ 14-57-607. Bonds payable from meter revenues

 (a) Bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be payable solely from the net revenues derived by the municipality from the ownership and operation of the parking meters, which net revenues may be pledged for the payment of these bonds.  (b)  (1) The revenue bonds shall not in any event constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of the constitutional provisions or limitations.  (2) It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that the bond has been issued under the provisions of this subchapter and that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within any constitutional or statutory limitation.
AR Code § 14-57-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Parking Meter Revenues|§ 14-57-608. Pledge not to discontinue operation of meters

 A municipality issuing revenue bonds for the payment of which it pledges the net revenues derived from the ownership and operation of parking meters shall, by the favorable vote at the election for the purpose of issuing the revenue bonds, be construed to have made a binding contract with the holders of the bonds that the municipality will not remove or discontinue the operation of the parking meters until the revenue bonds, and all interest thereon, for the payment of which the net revenues have been pledged, have been paid in full.
AR Code § 14-57-609 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Parking Meter Revenues|§ 14-57-609. Default in payment of bonds

 (a) If there is a default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any of the revenue bonds authorized by this subchapter, any court having jurisdiction, in any proper action, may appoint a receiver to take charge of and operate the parking meters, with power to charge and collect rates sufficient to provide for the payment of the bonds, and interest thereon, after providing for the payment, if any, of the operating expenses of the property, and to apply the income and revenues derived from the property in conformity with this subchapter and the ordinance providing for the issuance of the bonds.  (b) When the default has been cured, the receivership shall be ended.  (c) This suit may be brought by the holder of any bond issued under the provisions of this subchapter or of any coupon representing interest accrued thereon.
AR Code § 14-57-610 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 6 - Parking Meter Revenues|§ 14-57-610. Acceleration of maturities — Priorities

 (a) The ordinance authorizing the issuance of the revenue bonds may contain provisions for the acceleration of the maturities of all unmatured bonds in the event of default in the payment of any principal or interest maturing under the bond issue, or upon failure to meet any sinking fund requirements, or in any other event stipulated in the ordinance; and such provisions will be binding.  (b) The priorities as between successive issues of revenue bonds may also be controlled by the provisions of the ordinance.
AR Code § 14-57-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 7 - City or Town Vehicle Tax|§ 14-57-701. Penalty

 (a) Any owner of any vehicle, delinquent in the payment of the city or town vehicle tax for more than five (5) months, who thereafter shall use and operate any such vehicle upon the public roads, streets, and other public ways within the city or town levying the vehicle tax, or who shall knowingly permit it to be so used and operated by another, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, he shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each violation.  (b) The fine so assessed shall be in addition to the tax and penalty for delinquent payment.
AR Code § 14-57-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 7 - City or Town Vehicle Tax|§ 14-57-702. Authority to levy

 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 26-78-102 — 26-78-108 and in addition to such taxes as may be levied by the State of Arkansas for the privilege of using and operating motor vehicles on the public roads and highways of this state, any city of the first or second class and any incorporated town are authorized to levy an annual tax upon the owners of vehicles for the privilege of using and operating a motor vehicle upon the public roads, streets, and other public ways in the city or town.  (b) The levy of the tax authorized by this section shall be, by ordinance, duly adopted by the governing body of the city or town.  (c) The tax authorized in this section to be levied shall be designated and known as the “city or town vehicle tax.”  (d) Each levy by the governing body of the city or town shall be for collection during the calendar year following the year in which the levy is made, and each year thereafter, until the tax is amended or repealed by the governing body of the city or town.
AR Code § 14-57-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 7 - City or Town Vehicle Tax|§ 14-57-703. Other taxation prohibited

 Any city of the first or second class or any incorporated town levying and collecting a vehicle tax under the provisions of this subchapter shall not be entitled to levy and collect a vehicle tax under the provisions of §§ 26-78-102 — 26-78-108, relating to motor vehicle tax for local highways.
AR Code § 14-57-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 57 - Regulation and Taxation of Vehicles by Municipalities|Subchapter 7 - City or Town Vehicle Tax|§ 14-57-704. Special election required

 (a)  (1) Before the vehicle tax levied by the governing body of any city of the first class or city of the second class or incorporated town upon vehicle owners residing in the city or town may be collected, the mayor shall call a special election in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq.  (2) This election shall be held not more than ninety (90) days from the date of the publication of the proclamation, at which the qualified electors of the city or town shall vote on the question of the levy of the tax.    (b)  (1) If a majority of the qualified electors of the city or town voting on the issue shall vote for the levy of the tax at the special election, then the tax may be thereafter levied in the city or town in the manner authorized in this subchapter and it shall not be necessary that an election be called again in the city or town on the question of levying the tax.  (2) If a majority of the qualified electors of the city or town voting on the issue at the special election shall vote against the levy of the tax, then the tax shall not be levied in the city or town. However, the governing body of the city or town may propose the levy of the tax at any time after the expiration of one (1) year from the election in the city or town, and the election thereon shall be called as provided in this section.    (c) Special elections held pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with the election laws of this state, and the form of the ballot, the method of voting, and the counting, tabulation, and certification of the election results shall be in the manner provided by law.