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AR Code § 14-92-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 6 - Collection of Taxes|§ 14-92-603. Collection of delinquent taxes

 (a) If an eligible district has elected to collect its own taxes under § 14-92-602, the district is responsible for and may take action for collecting taxes that have become delinquent.  (b)  (1) An eligible district that has not elected to collect its own taxes under § 14-92-602 may elect to assume sole responsibility for the collection of the eligible district's taxes that have become delinquent.  (2)  (A) An election under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be made by resolution of the board of commissioners of the eligible district, and a certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the county tax collector of each county in which any of the territory of the eligible district is located, prior to October 15 of any year.  (B) The election shall be effective for taxes becoming delinquent in the year of filing.      (c)  (1) If an eligible district has responsibility under this section for collecting the delinquent taxes of the district, or if the eligible district elects to assume this responsibility, the county collector shall take no action to enforce collection of delinquent taxes.  (2) If the eligible district has elected to collect only delinquent taxes, the county collector shall report delinquencies to the board of the eligible district.    (d) If it is the responsibility of the eligible district to collect delinquent taxes, the district shall add to the amount of the tax a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) and shall enforce collection by civil proceedings in the circuit court of the county and in the manner provided by §§ 14-121-426 — 14-121-432.  (e)  (1) Once an eligible district makes the application to collect the delinquent taxes of the district, the election continues in effect until revoked.  (2)  (A) Revocation shall be by resolution of the board and the filing of certified copies of the resolution with the collector of each county in which any of the territory of the eligible district is located.  (B) A filing under subdivision (e)(2)(A) of this section shall be made on or before October 15 of any year and shall be effective as to taxes becoming delinquent in that year.
AR Code § 14-95-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-95-101. Intent

 The intent of this chapter is:   (1) To enable municipalities to establish urban service districts upon petition by residents in a proposed district for the provision of services;  (2) To provide for the management of the services;  (3) To authorize the levying of fees for payment of the services;  (4) To allow for the termination of water, sewer, or garbage services upon nonpayment of the fees; and  (5) For any other similar purposes.
AR Code § 14-95-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-95-102. Urban service districts generally

 Urban service districts may be established, operated, combined, enlarged, reduced, or abolished, subject to the provisions of this chapter, by ordinance of the governing body of a city or town to provide one (1) or more of the services authorized to be provided by the municipal governments.
AR Code § 14-95-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-95-103. Area served

 (a) An urban service district may include all or any part of the jurisdictional areas of a municipality.  (b) Two (2) or more cities, or one (1) or more cities and one (1) or more towns, may create a joint service district through an interlocal agreement.
AR Code § 14-95-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-95-104. Purposes of district

 (a) An urban service district shall be defined as a municipal service organization established to provide one (1) or more city services or additional municipal services and financed from revenues secured from within the designated service area through the levy and collection of service charges.  (b) Districts may be created for the following purposes, all of which are found to be public purposes within the meaning of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 65:  (1) Emergency services, including ambulance services, civil defense services, fire prevention and protection services, and public safety and security services;  (2) Solid waste services, including recycling services, and solid waste collection and disposal services;  (3) Parking services and public transportation services;  (4) Recreation services, including parks, playgrounds, bicycle paths, and recreation programs; and  (5) Neighborhood improvement services, including, but not limited to:  (A) Housing maintenance and redevelopment;  (B) Neighborhood business district maintenance and redevelopment;  (C) Community facilities maintenance and redevelopment;  (D) Street lighting and street cleaning; and  (E) Weed lot and alley maintenance services.
AR Code § 14-95-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-95-105. Financing

 Notwithstanding any provisions of law requiring uniform taxation within a municipality, a municipal governing body, by ordinance, may establish urban service districts and levy service charges to provide and finance any municipal service or function which a municipality is otherwise authorized to undertake.
AR Code § 14-95-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 2 - Establishment|§ 14-95-201. Establishment of urban service districts — Procedure generally

 An urban service district may be established in the following manner:   (1)  (A) Upon petition to the governing body of a city or town signed by not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the electors of a proposed urban service district, the governing body of a city or town may establish an urban service district by ordinance adopted after notice and public hearing.  (B) The governing body shall set a date for a public hearing and give notice of the hearing.  (C) Following the public hearing, the governing body may either:  (i) Adopt an ordinance creating the urban service district;  (ii) Refuse to act further on the matter; or  (iii) Submit the matter to the electors of the proposed district by referendum.      (2)  (A) Where an ordinance is adopted establishing an urban service district, the governing body of the city or town shall, in addition to all other requirements, at a minimum, publish notice of the adoption of the ordinance.  (B) The notice shall include a statement setting out the elector's right to protest.  (C) If, within thirty (30) days of the notice, fifty percent (50%) or more of the electors residing in the proposed urban service district file a written protest, by individual letter or petition, then the ordinance creating the urban service district shall be void.  (D) If hearings on protests indicate that a geographic area desires exclusion from the proposed urban service district, the ordinance may be amended to exclude the property in that area.    (3) No service charges shall be assessed until after the thirty-day period has elapsed.
AR Code § 14-95-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 2 - Establishment|§ 14-95-202. Ordinance requirements

 An ordinance to establish an urban service district shall include:   (1) The name of the proposed district;  (2) The services to be provided by the proposed district;  (3) The convenience or necessity of the proposed district;  (4) A map containing the boundaries of the proposed district;  (5) The estimated cost of services to be provided and methods of financing the proposed services;  (6) The method for administering the proposed district; and  (7) The time period for which the fee is to be levied, but in no case to exceed ten (10) years from the date of the establishment of the district, unless the fees are pledged to service a bond indebtedness, in which case the time period of the levy shall be on a parity with the maturity of the bonds.
AR Code § 14-95-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 2 - Establishment|§ 14-95-203. Initiative and referendum

 All provisions of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 7, shall apply to an ordinance establishing an urban service district.
AR Code § 14-95-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 3 - Modification or Dissolution|§ 14-95-301. Modification or dissolution — Prohibitions — Exception

 (a) Once an urban service district has incurred bond indebtedness, it shall not be dissolved or modified in any respect until all bonds are retired.  (b) This prohibition shall not prevent the creation of a new or additional district with boundaries larger, smaller, or coextensive with, an existing urban service district.
AR Code § 14-95-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 3 - Modification or Dissolution|§ 14-95-302. Modification or dissolution generally

 The governing body of a city or town may, by ordinance, with notice and public hearing:   (1) Decrease or terminate the type of services and associated fees that the urban service district is authorized to provide, unless fifty percent (50%) or more of the electors residing in the district protest;  (2) Enlarge the district to include adjacent land if fifty percent (50%) or more of the electors residing in the proposed addition do not protest and the advisory board or administrative board of the original district consents;  (3) Combine the urban service district with another urban service district for ease of administration, unless fifty percent (50%) or more of the electors in either district protest, but it may not combine advisory boards or administrative boards without the concurrence of each;  (4) Abolish the urban service district unless fifty percent (50%) or more of the electors in the district protest;  (5)  (A) Change the method for administering the urban service district, unless fifty percent (50%) of the electors in the district protest.  (B) Provided, that existing advisory boards or administrative boards cannot be dissolved, diminished, or combined without their consent; and    (6) Increase or change the services or service charges that the urban service district is authorized to provide upon petition of no less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the electors of the district;
AR Code § 14-95-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 3 - Modification or Dissolution|§ 14-95-303. Dissolution — Combination of service district

 Dissolution or any combination of service districts shall provide for the following:   (1) The transfer or other disposition of property and other rights, claims, and assets of the district;  (2) The payment of all obligations from the resources of the district;  (3) The payment of all costs of abolishing or combining a district from the resources of the districts involved;  (4) The honoring of any bonds, debt, contract, obligation, or cause of action accrued or established under the urban service district;  (5) The provision for the:  (A) Equitable disposition of the assets of the district;  (B) Adequate protection of the legal rights of employees of the district; and  (C) Adequate protection of the legal rights of creditors; and    (6) The transfer of all property and assets to the jurisdiction of the city or town.
AR Code § 14-95-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 3 - Modification or Dissolution|§ 14-95-304. Voter approval

 All changes in urban service districts may be submitted to the electors of the existing or proposed district, whichever is larger, by initiative or referendum.
AR Code § 14-95-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 4 - Administration|§ 14-95-401. Administration of urban service districts

 (a) An urban service district shall be administered directly as a part of the office of the mayor, or the city manager or city administrator, as a part of a department with or without an advisory or administrative board, or as a separate department with or without an advisory or administrative board, as defined in the petition and establishing ordinance.  (b) The budget for each urban service district shall be appropriated as other funds of the city.
AR Code § 14-95-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 4 - Administration|§ 14-95-402. Service charges — Levy

 (a) The governing body of the city or town is authorized to levy, by ordinance, service charges for the district to establish, operate, maintain, support, and otherwise provide any and all services authorized for the district.  (b)  (1) Service charges adopted by the governing body shall be equally administered on a per capita or per household basis, or on a per unit of service basis, or a combination of these methods.  (2) Services charge levied on a per capita or per household basis shall be collected equally without regard to whether or not an individual or household avails itself of the service.    (c) Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, no service fee may be levied for a period of time exceeding ten (10) years except upon a new petition from electors in the service district and by passage of a new authorizing ordinance by the city or town's governing body per the provisions in this chapter.
AR Code § 14-95-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 4 - Administration|§ 14-95-403. Service charges — Billing

 (a)  (1) Service charges for urban service districts may be entered on the municipal water bill, sewer bill, or garbage bill.  (2) Funds collected on the bills by the municipal utilities shall be paid over to the depository for the district's funds.  (3) Upon nonpayment of service fees, the municipality or municipal utility may discontinue water, sewer, or garbage services as provided in its own ordinances.    (b)  (1) Funds raised through service charges for an urban service district may be used only for urban service district purposes.  (2) These public funds shall be maintained in the town or city treasury and accounted for as a separate enterprise fund.  (3) Disbursements of all urban service district funds shall be made only upon voucher or claim presented to and approved by the mayor, city manager, or city administrator.
AR Code § 14-95-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 5 - Capital Construction and Improvements Program|§ 14-95-501. Creation

 (a) The governing body of a city or town which has established an urban service district is authorized to compile a program of capital construction, reconstruction, and improvements within the district and submit the program to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority.  (b) Each program shall specify:  (1) The capital construction, reconstruction, and improvements to be made within the district;  (2) The estimates of cost of the specific projects; and  (3) The total cost for each district within a municipality.    (c) The mayor, city manager, or city administrator is authorized to employ architects and other like professional and technical assistance as is determined to be necessary for laying out, compiling, and implementing the program of capital construction, reconstruction, and improvements within the district.
AR Code § 14-95-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 5 - Capital Construction and Improvements Program|§ 14-95-502. Financing

 (a) To finance the cost of the program, the governing body of each municipality shall adopt a resolution pledging the urban service district's service charges, or a portion thereof, to finance the program compiled for the district.  (b) The resolution shall specify:  (1) The district's projected revenues;  (2) The projected costs of the program; and  (3) The period of time for which the district's revenues shall be obligated.
AR Code § 14-95-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Development Finance Authority|§ 14-95-601. Pledge of revenues

 (a) On and after the effective date of this chapter, the Arkansas Development Finance Authority is authorized:  (1) To receive from an urban service district a pledge of revenues; and  (2) To package several programs of the districts from several counties and municipalities into a single bond issue to finance the various programs of the several districts.    (b) The authority is authorized to execute and deliver the pledges, resolutions, instruments, and other undertakings and writings and to take any action as may be appropriate to evidence the debt obligations and the security therefor and to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AR Code § 14-95-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Development Finance Authority|§ 14-95-602. Revenue bonds

 (a) Pursuant to the intention of the General Assembly expressed in § 15-5-303, the Arkansas Development Finance Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to issue revenue bonds, at one (1) time or from time to time, and to use the proceeds there of to:  (1) Provide urban service districts in various counties or municipalities with money for a program of capital construction, reconstruction, improvements, and services within the districts for purposes set forth in this chapter;  (2) Pay all incidental expenses in connection with those purposes;  (3) Pay the expenses of authorizing and issuing the bonds;  (4) Establish a debt service reserve to secure the payment of the bonds, if the authority deems it desirable; and  (5) Make provision for the payment of interest and trustee's fees on the bonds.    (b) The bonds outstanding under this chapter may be in such principal amount as the authority shall determine to be necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter.  (c) The bonds shall be authorized, shall be sold by the means, shall bear the rate or rates of interest, and shall be executed and delivered in the manner as the authority may determine pursuant to the provisions of §§ 15-5-301—15-5-316, inclusive.  (d) The bonds issued shall mature over a period of not more than thirty (30) years.  (e) The authority is authorized to enter into authorizing resolutions and trust indentures as it deems necessary to secure the revenue bonds.
AR Code § 14-95-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Development Finance Authority|§ 14-95-603. Issuance

 (a) Bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under this chapter.  (b) Refunding bonds may be issued by the Arkansas Development Finance Authority pursuant to the provisions of § 15-5-314.
AR Code § 14-95-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Development Finance Authority|§ 14-95-604. Restrictions

 All pledged revenues are hereby specifically declared to be restricted in their use and dedicated and to be used solely as provided and authorized in this chapter.
AR Code § 14-95-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Development Finance Authority|§ 14-95-605. Bond fund

 (a) Commencing the first day of the month succeeding the issuance of the bonds under this chapter and so long as any bonds are outstanding under this chapter, the pledged revenues of each municipality's urban service district shall be periodically transferred to the authority and shall not be subject to appropriation by the municipality, but, as and when received by the authority, shall be deposited in a bank or banks selected by the authority to the credit of a fund designated as the “Urban Service District Revenue Bond Fund”, with appropriate identification for separate issues or series.  (b)  (1) So long as any bonds are outstanding under this chapter, all moneys in any bond fund shall be used solely for the payment of the principal of, premiums, if any, interest on, and trustees' and paying agents' fees in connection with the bonds, with the maintenance of necessary funds and reserves.  (2) Except that, the authorizing resolution or trust indenture may provide for the withdrawal, for other purposes, of surplus moneys, as defined in the authorizing resolution or trust indenture.    (c) Nothing in § 14-95-604, this section, or § 14-95-608 is intended to prohibit the authority from investing moneys received under this section, § 14-95-604, or § 14-95-608, as provided in this chapter.
AR Code § 14-95-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Development Finance Authority|§ 14-95-606. Deposit of proceeds

 (a) The Arkansas Development Finance Authority shall include necessary provisions in the authorizing resolution or trust indenture to provide for the deposit of the proceeds of the bonds pursuant to the provisions of § 15-5-209.  (b) The authority may create and establish one (1) or more special funds in such depositories and make such investment as it may designate to provide for the construction, secure the bonds, establish reserves, and fund other necessary functions or activities authorized by this chapter.
AR Code § 14-95-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 95 - Urban Service District|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Development Finance Authority|§ 14-95-607. Liens and pledges

 (a) The principal of, premiums, if any, interest on, and trustees' and paying agents' fees in connection with the bonds shall be secured by a lien on and pledge of, and shall be payable from, the pledged revenues defined in § 14-95-608.  (b) The authorizing resolution or trust indenture shall set forth details of the nature and extent of the lien and pledge, including provisions for the use of surplus revenues, if any, for any other lawful purposes.