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AR Code § 14-217-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 217 - General Consolidated Public Utility System Improvement Districts|§ 14-217-112. Bonds — Default — Receiver

 (a) In the event of a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any revenue bonds issued under this chapter, any court having jurisdiction may appoint a receiver to take charge of the system constructed, in whole or in part, with the proceeds thereof.  (b) The receiver shall have the power to operate and maintain the system and to charge and collect rates and rents sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the revenue bonds, after providing for the payment of any costs of receivership and operating expenses of the system, and to apply the revenues derived from the system in conformity with this chapter and the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the revenue bonds.  (c) When the default has been cured, the receivership shall be ended and the system returned to the district.  (d) The relief afforded by this section, shall be construed to be in addition and supplemental to the remedies that may be afforded the trustee for the bondholders and the bondholders in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds. This relief shall be so granted and administered as to accord full recognition to priority rights of bondholders as to the pledge of revenues from, and the mortgage lien on, the system as specified in and fixed by the resolutions or trust indentures authorizing or securing successive bond issues.
AR Code § 14-217-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 217 - General Consolidated Public Utility System Improvement Districts|§ 14-217-113. Refunding bonds

 Bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under this chapter. Refunding bonds may be either sold or delivered in exchange for the bonds being refunded. If sold, the proceeds may be either applied to payment of the bonds being refunded or deposited in trust and applied as provided by § 19-9-301.
AR Code § 14-217-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 217 - General Consolidated Public Utility System Improvement Districts|§ 14-217-114. Bonds — Tax exemption

 Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, and the interest thereon, shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes. This exemption shall include income, inheritance, and estate taxes.
AR Code § 14-217-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 217 - General Consolidated Public Utility System Improvement Districts|§ 14-217-115. Investment of public funds in bonds

 Any municipality or any board, commission, or other authority established by ordinance of any municipality, or the boards of trustees, respectively, of the firemen's relief and pension fund and the policemen's pension and relief fund of any municipality, or the board of trustees of any retirement system created 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 provisions of this chapter. Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be eligible to secure the deposit of public funds.
AR Code § 14-218-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-101. Scope of chapter — Applicability of general laws

 (a) None of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to any consolidated improvement district or districts consolidated by a special act of the General Assembly.  (b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the district, the board of improvement, the members thereof, the assessors, and every agent and employee of the district shall be governed by the general laws relating to improvement districts in cities and towns and shall take the oaths, make the bonds, file the reports, perform the duties, have the powers, and be subject to the limitations therein prescribed.
AR Code § 14-218-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-102. Purpose of districts

 Improvement districts may be established in cities of the first and second class in the manner provided in this chapter for the purpose of acquiring, taking over, consolidating, enlarging, improving, extending, repairing, and maintaining an existing waterworks plant and system and an electric light plant and system theretofore acquired or constructed by separate improvement districts in those cities.
AR Code § 14-218-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-103. Petition for establishment of district

 Whenever any ten (10) owners of real property in any city shall petition the city council to lay off and establish an improvement district embracing all of the real property in the city, the city council may, by ordinance, lay off the entire city into one (1) improvement district to be known as “Consolidated Water and Light Improvement District of the City of ”, if it finds that the acquiring and taking over of an existing waterworks plant and system theretofore acquired or constructed by an improvement district named in the petition, and the taking over and acquiring of an existing electric light plant and system theretofore acquired or constructed by an improvement district named in the petition, and the consolidation of the plants and systems, and the enlarging, extending, and repairing the existing plants and systems constitute a single improvement of a local nature beneficial to all of the real property in the city.
AR Code § 14-218-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-104. Publication of ordinance establishing district

 Within twenty (20) days after the passage of the ordinance, the clerk of the city shall publish the ordinance of the council laying off and establishing the district. The ordinance shall be published in a newspaper published in the city or town, for one (1) insertion.
AR Code § 14-218-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-105. Hearing on petition — Notice — Review

 (a) Before passing the ordinance, the city council shall cause the city clerk to give notice by publication one (1) time a week for two (2) weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the city may lie, advising the property owners within the proposed district that on a day therein named, the council will hear the petition and determine whether those signing the petition are actually owners of real property in such city.  (b) At the meeting named in the notice, the owners of real property within such city shall be heard before the council, which shall determine whether ten (10) persons who actually own real property within the limits of the city actually signed the petition.  (c) The finding of the council shall be conclusive unless within thirty (30) days thereafter suit is brought to review its action in the chancery court of the county where the city lies.
AR Code § 14-218-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-106. Petition to take over light and water plant

 (a) If, within ninety (90) days after the publication of the ordinance creating and establishing the district, persons claiming to be a majority in value of the owners of real property within the district shall present to the city council a petition that the plants and systems be acquired and consolidated, that the improvements be made, that thereafter the plants and systems be maintained, and that the cost thereof be assessed and charged upon the real property situated within the district, the city clerk shall give notice by publication one (1) time a week for two (2) weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the city lies. This publication shall advise the property owners within the district that on a day therein named the council will hear the petition and determine whether those signing the petition constitute a majority in value of the owners of real property.  (b) At the meeting named in the notice, the owners of real property within the district shall be heard before the council, which shall determine whether the signers of the petition constitute a majority in value. The findings of the council shall be conclusive unless within thirty (30) days thereafter suit is brought to review its action in the chancery court of the county where the city lies.  (c) In ascertaining whether the petition purporting to be signed by a majority in value of the owners of real property in the district is actually so signed, council and courts shall take and be governed by the valuation placed upon the property as shown by the last county assessment on file in the county clerk's office.  (d) The petition provided for in this section may be in the following form:    “We, the undersigned, being a majority in value of the owners of real property in consolidated Water and Light District of the city of , hereby petition your honorable body that said consolidated district proceed to acquire the existing water plant and systems heretofore constructed or acquired by Water Improvement District No of said city, and also to acquire the existing Light Plant and System heretofore constructed or acquired by Light Improvement District No of said City, and that said consolidated district proceed from time to time to enlarge, improve, extend, repair and maintain said consolidated plants and systems, and that the cost thereof be assessed and charged upon the real property within said consolidated district. We expressly consent that whenever the limits of the city of are extended that any part of the new territory embraced in said new limits may be annexed to this consolidated district upon the petition of a majority in value of the owners of real property in the territory proposed to be annexed to this district.”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 14-218-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-107. Appointment of board of improvement — Oath

 (a) If the city council shall determine after notice and hearing, as provided in § 14-218-106, that the signers of the petition constitute a majority in value of the owners of real property in the district, then the city council shall at once appoint three (3) persons owners of real property therein, who shall compose a board of improvement for the district.  (b) Before entering upon his duties, each member of the board shall take the oath of office required by Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, § 20, and take an oath that he will not either directly or indirectly be interested in any contract made by the board. The oath shall be filed in the office of the city clerk.
AR Code § 14-218-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-108. Plans for improvements

 (a)  (1) After their qualification, the board shall form plans for the improvements within the consolidated district.  (2) These plans shall include the existing water plant and system and the existing light plant and system owned and constructed by the separate water and light districts. The plans shall also include such additions, extensions, enlargements, improvements, repairs, and replacements thereof and thereto which the board may determine upon.  (3) As soon as the plans shall have been determined upon, the board shall file a copy of the plans and an estimate of the cost thereof with the city council. The copy of plans so filed shall show the character and extent of the plans and systems acquired or constructed by the separate light and water districts, as well as all new proposed improvements to be made for the purpose of consolidating the operation of the plants and all other new proposed improvements and extensions to the existing plants and systems. This copy shall also show the location of all water mains including such extensions and new mains as are proposed and shall show the location of all electric light and power lines including such extensions and new lines as are proposed.  (4) The estimate of the cost shall include all sums required to pay for the existing system as well as the cost of new improvements and extensions.    (b) At any time after the filing of the original plans provided for in this section, the board of improvement of such a consolidated district may, upon the request of the city council of the city in which such district is located, form additional plans for new improvements, extensions, repairs, or replacements to the consolidated water and electric light plant and system. A copy of the plans and of the estimated cost thereof shall be filed with the city council.
AR Code § 14-218-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-109. Appointment of assessors — Oath — Compensation

 (a) As soon as the board of improvement shall have filed the plans and the estimated cost of the improvement, the city council shall appoint three (3) electors of the city who shall constitute a board of assessment of the benefits to be received by each lot or block, or other subdivision of land within the district, by reason of the proposed local improvement.  (b) Each assessor shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take oath that he will and truly assess, to the best of his knowledge and ability, the value of all the benefits to be received by each landowner by reason of the proposed improvements as affecting each of the lots, blocks, or parcels of land, or railway tracks and rights-of-way within the district.  (c) The members of the board of assessment shall each receive five dollars ($5.00) a day during the time that they shall be actually engaged in performing the duties prescribed in this chapter, to be paid out of the funds collected by taxation for such local improvement.
AR Code § 14-218-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-110. Assessments and corrections

 (a) The assessors shall at once proceed to inscribe in a book to be used for that purpose the description of each of the lots, blocks, or parcels of land, and railroad tracks and rights-of-way and shall assess the value of the benefit to accrue to each of the lots, blocks, or parcels of land, and railroad tracks and rights-of-way by reason of such improvement, which assessment of benefits they shall enter upon the book opposite the description thereof.  (b) They shall then subscribe the assessment and deposit it in the office of the city clerk, where it shall be kept and preserved as a public record.  (c) The assessment may be annually readjusted as provided in this chapter.  (d)  (1) The assessors, or their successors, or a majority of them, may file with the city clerk their certificate correcting erroneous descriptions of the lots, blocks, and rights-of-way, or describing the lots, blocks and rights-of-way where the description was in the original assessment defective or wholly or partly omitted.  (2) Upon the filing of the certificate, the city clerk shall extend or set out in the book the corrected or supplied descriptions, and the descriptions shall relate back to the filing of the assessment in the first instance and shall have the same force and effect as if correctly assessed and described and filed at that time.
AR Code § 14-218-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-111. Notice of filing of assessments

 Immediately on filing of the assessment, the city clerk shall insert the following notice in a newspaper published in the county in which the city lies:   “The assessment of consolidated water and light district of was filed in my office on the day of , 19 , and the assessment is now subject to inspection. Clerk of the City of   Click to view form.
AR Code § 14-218-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-112. Appeal from assessment

 (a) At any time within ten (10) days from the giving of the notice, anyone whose real estate is embraced in the assessment may file with the city clerk, in writing, his notice of appeal from the action of the board in making the assessment of his property.  (b) The appeal shall be heard and disposed of at the next regular meeting of the city council, and, on such appeal, the matter shall be heard de novo on such evidence as may be adduced on either side.  (c) The city council shall enter on its minutes the result of its finding on the appeal and shall then cause a copy of its finding to be certified to the board of assessors.  (d) The board shall make its assessment conform thereto if any change has been made therein by the city council.
AR Code § 14-218-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-113. Payment of assessments

 (a) It shall be provided by ordinance that the local assessment of benefits shall be paid in successive annual installments so that no annual installment shall in any one (1) year exceed twelve and one-half percent (12½%) of the assessed benefits accruing to the real property.  (b) The ordinance shall fix the day in each year when the local assessments of the year shall be paid.
AR Code § 14-218-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-114. Form of assessment ordinance — Lien on real property

 (a) The ordinance may be in the following form:  (b)  (1) The local assessment shall be a charge and lien against all the real property in the district from the date of the ordinance.  (2) The lien shall be entitled to preference over all judgments, executions, encumbrances, or liens whensoever created and shall continue until such local assessment, with any penalty and costs that may accrue thereon, shall be paid.  (3) As between grantor and grantee, all payments not due at the date of the transfer of the real property shall be payable by the grantee.      “Whereas the majority in value of the property holders owning property adjoining the locality to be affected and situated in Consolidated Water & Light District of , organized pursuant to Act No. of the Acts of 1927, have petitioned the council of the city of to acquire and construct the improvements as in said act provided, and that the cost thereof shall be assessed upon the real property of said district according to the benefits received; and “Whereas, said benefits received by each and every block, lot, and parcel of real property situated in said district equals or exceeds the local assessment thereon; and “Whereas, the estimated cost of said improvement is dollars; “Therefore it is now ordained by the City Council of the City of that said several blocks, lots, and parcels of real property in said district be assessed according to the assessment list for said improvement district as the same now remains in the office of the city clerk, and that per cent on each of said blocks, lots, and parcels shall be paid annually on or before the day of until the whole of said local assessment shall be paid.”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 14-218-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-115. Publication of assessment ordinance — Statute of limitations for challenging assessments

 (a) Within thirty (30) days after the passage of the ordinance mentioned in § 14-218-114, the city clerk shall publish a copy of it in a newspaper published in the town or city.  (b) All persons who shall fail to begin legal proceedings within thirty (30) days after such publication, for the purpose of correcting or invalidating such assessment, shall be forever barred and precluded.
AR Code § 14-218-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-116. Copy of assessment delivered to collector — Warrant for collection

 (a) Within forty (40) days after the passage of the ordinance, unless the time is extended by the city council, the city clerk shall deliver to the city collector a copy of the assessment of benefits, containing a description of the blocks, lots, and parcels of land in the district and the amount assessed on each, duly extended against each lot, block, or parcel of land. The clerk shall deliver it with his warrant attached thereto to the city collector.  (b) The warrant may be in the following form:  (c) Similar writs shall be issued annually until the local assessment shall be fully paid.    “State of Arkansas, ss City of To the Collector of said City of You are hereby commanded to collect from the owners of real property described in the annexed copy of Ordinance No. the assessments of the same and as extended thereon for the current year and to pay same to the treasurer of the Consolidated Water and Light District of said City within sixty days from this date. Witness my hand and seal of office on this day of , 19 ”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 14-218-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-117. Collector's notice — Publication

 The collector shall immediately, upon the receipt of the tax list, cause to be published in a newspaper published in the city a notice, which may be in the following form:   “The tax books for the collection of the special assessment upon the real property in Consolidated Water & Light District of has been placed in my hands. All owners of real property lying in the district are required to pay their assessment to me within thirty (30) days from this date. If such payment is not made, action will be commenced at the end of that time for the collection of said assessment and for legal penalties and costs. Given under my hand this day of , 19 . Collector.”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 14-218-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 13 - Public Utility Improvement Districts|Chapter 218 - Consolidated Water And Light Improvement Districts|§ 14-218-118. School property subject to assessment

 The property of the public school districts within the limits of a district shall be subject to assessment for the local improvements made by a consolidated district beneficial thereto. The president or secretary of the district may sign the petition for making of the improvements, when authorized by the board of directors.