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AR Code § 14-122-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-122-108. Employment of personnel — Payment of costs if improvement not made

 (a) In the preparation of the plan of improvement, the district is authorized to employ architects and engineers to prepare plans, specifications, and estimates of cost for the construction of the improvements and to supervise and inspect the construction.  (b) In addition, the district is authorized to engage and pay attorneys, accountants, and consultants and to obtain and pay for the other professional and technical services as it shall determine to be necessary or desirable in assisting it to effectively carry out the functions, powers, and duties conferred and imposed upon it to accomplish and maintain the proposed improvement.  (c) The district is further authorized to employ on a full-time basis persons necessary to maintain, operate, supervise, repair, administer, or otherwise render assistance in the effecting of the plan and its continued benefit.  (d) All expenditures hereunder shall be taken as a cost of the improvement.  (e) If for any cause the improvement shall not be made, the cost shall be a charge upon the real property in the district and shall be raised and paid by an assessment upon the real property in the district as assessed for state and county purposes, which shall be levied by the governing body on the application of any person interested, and shall be paid to the district to be distributed amongst the creditors of the district.  (f) When any improvement is abandoned, it is made the duty of the board to report to the governing body the total amount of the debts which it has incurred, to the end that the governing body may make adequate provision for their payment.
AR Code § 14-122-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-122-109. Powers of district to execute plans

 (a) The district shall have all powers necessary or desirable to undertake and carry out any and all parts of the plan for constructing, reconstructing, expanding, improving, or otherwise providing appropriate drainage facilities in the district, and to employ persons as it deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of the plan, including the authority to issue bonds as hereinafter provided except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Acts 1881, No. 84, and Acts 1899, No. 183, and all other laws of the State of Arkansas pertaining to municipal improvement districts, in general, as they have been and may be from time to time amended.  (b) This chapter shall be applicable to a drainage improvement district established hereunder, and shall govern the procedures for the operation of a district's affairs including without limitation, the giving of any notice, appointment of assessors, making and filing of assessments of benefits or reassessments of benefits, annexation of additional territory to a district, collection of assessments, enforcement of delinquent assessments, and all other matters relating to the internal operation of a district.
AR Code § 14-122-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-122-110. Powers of municipality

 The governing body of any municipality in which a drainage improvement district is created as authorized in this chapter shall have all the powers necessary or desirable to undertake and carry out, or to assist a district to undertake and carry out, all improvements described in the drainage improvement plan of the district.
AR Code § 14-122-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-122-111. Eminent domain

 (a) The right and power of eminent domain is conferred upon a district to enter upon, take, and condemn private property for the construction of improvements described in the plan of improvement, and the right and power of eminent domain conferred shall be exercised by the district in accordance with the procedures in §§ 18-15-301 — 18-15-307, as amended.  (b) The right and power conferred shall include without limitation the right and power to enter upon lands and proceed with the work of construction prior to the assessment and payment of damages and compensation upon posting a deposit by the district in accordance with the procedure described in §§ 18-15-301 — 18-15-303, as amended.  (c) The rights and powers granted in this section shall apply outside the boundaries of the municipality if the board of commissioners determines in writing that the exercise of the powers is necessary to accomplish the plan of improvement.  (d) The rights and powers granted in this section shall not apply outside the boundaries of the county in which the municipality is located nor shall the rights and powers apply within the boundaries of another municipality within the county.
AR Code § 14-122-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-122-112. Dissolution of districts

 A district created under this chapter shall continue in existence in perpetuity unless dissolved by ordinance of the governing body of the city. However, no district shall be dissolved at any time during which there shall be outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district unless funds sufficient to retire the indebtedness, including all interest, redemption premiums, if any, trustee's and paying agent's fees, and cost of publication of notice of redemption, shall have been deposited in trust according to the terms of the resolution or trust indenture authorizing the bonded indebtedness.
AR Code § 14-122-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - District Financing|§ 14-122-201. Authority to borrow money and issue bonds or certificates — Security

 (a) For the purpose of providing funds to pay preliminary expenses, to construct improvements according to the plan, or to pay for an improvement already completed, the district may borrow money in an amount not exceeding the estimated cost thereof, including interest on the money borrowed to a date six (6) months subsequent to the estimated date of completion of the work and a reserve not to exceed one (1) year's principal and interest requirements, and may to that extent issue negotiable bonds or certificates of indebtedness.  (b) In order to secure the bonds, the district may pledge and mortgage all uncollected assessments of benefits for the payments of the bonds, and, in addition thereto, the municipality in which the district is created may pledge surplus utility revenues of the city to secure the bonds of the district.  (c) The bonds of the district shall be authorized and issued upon a majority vote of the qualified electors of the municipality.
AR Code § 14-122-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - District Financing|§ 14-122-202. Nature of bonds

 (a) The bonds may be coupon bonds, payable to bearer, or may be registrable as to principal only or as to principal and interest, and may be made exchangeable for bonds of another denomination, may be in such form and denomination, may have such date or dates, may be stated to mature at such times, may bear interest payable at such times and at such rate or rates, may be payable at such places within or without the State of Arkansas, may be made subject to such terms of redemption in advance of maturity at such prices, and may contain such terms and conditions, all as the board shall determine.  (b) The bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the laws of the State of Arkansas, subject to provisions as to registration as set forth in this section.
AR Code § 14-122-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - District Financing|§ 14-122-203. Authorizing resolution

 The authorizing resolution may contain any of the terms, covenants, and conditions that are deemed desirable by the board including, without limitation, those pertaining to:   (1) The maintenance of various funds and reserves;  (2) The nature and extent of the security;  (3) The issuance of additional bonds and the nature of the lien and pledge, parity or priority, in that event;  (4) The custody and application of the proceeds of the bonds;  (5) The collection and disposition of revenues;  (6) The investing and reinvesting in securities specified by the board of any moneys during the periods not needed for authorized purposes; and  (7) The rights, duties, and obligations of the district, the board, and of the holders and of the registered owners of the bonds.
AR Code § 14-122-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - District Financing|§ 14-122-204. Trust indenture

 (a) The authorizing resolution may provide for the execution by the district with a bank or trust company within or without the State of Arkansas of a trust indenture.  (b) The trust indenture may contain any terms, covenants, and conditions that are deemed desirable by the board including, without limitation, those pertaining to the maintenance of various funds and reserves, the nature and extent of the security, the issuance of additional bonds, and the nature of the lien and pledge, parity or priority, in that event, the custody and application of the proceeds of the bonds, the collection and disposition of assessments and of revenues, the investing and reinvesting, in securities specified by the board, of any moneys during periods not needed for authorized purposes, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the board and the holders and registered owners of the bonds.
AR Code § 14-122-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - District Financing|§ 14-122-205. Contents of bonds

 It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it has been issued under the provisions of this chapter, that the bonds shall be obligations only of the district, and that in no event shall they constitute any indebtedness for which the faith and credit of the municipality or any of its revenues, other than surplus utility revenues, are pledged.
AR Code § 14-122-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - District Financing|§ 14-122-206. Sale of bonds

 (a) The bonds shall be sold at public sale on sealed bids.  (b) Notice of the sale shall be published once a week for at least two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation throughout the State of Arkansas, with the first publication to be at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of sale, and may be published in such other publications as the district may determine.  (c) The bonds may be sold at such price as the board may accept, including sale at a discount.  (d) The award, if made, shall be to the bidder whose bid results in the lowest net interest cost.
AR Code § 14-122-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - District Financing|§ 14-122-207. Execution of bonds — Seal

 (a) The bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the chairman of the board and by the manual signature of the secretary of the board.  (b) The coupons attached to the bonds shall be executed by the facsimile signature of the chairman of the board.  (c) In 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 or coupons, their signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes.  (d) The district shall adopt and use a seal in the execution and issuance of the bonds, and each bond shall be sealed with the seal of the district.
AR Code § 14-122-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - District Financing|§ 14-122-208. Security and payment of bonds

 The principal of and interest on, and paying agent's fees in connection with, the bonds shall be secured by a lien on and pledge of, and shall be payable from, the assessments levied against the real property within the district.
AR Code § 14-122-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - District Financing|§ 14-122-209. 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. The exemption shall include income, inheritance, and estate taxes.
AR Code § 14-122-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - District Financing|§ 14-122-210. Board liability on bonds

 No member of the board shall be personally liable on the bonds or for any damages sustained by anyone in connection with any contracts entered into in carrying out the purposes and intent of this chapter unless he shall have acted with corrupt intent.
AR Code § 14-122-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 122 - Municipal Drainage Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - District Financing|§ 14-122-211. Additional funds — Supplemental annual assessment

 (a) In order to effectuate the plan of improvement and to maintain the improvements constructed thereunder, it may be desirable to provide additional funds for operation, maintenance, repairs, and replacements and to levy a supplemental annual assessment upon the property owners within the district in order to provide funds for such purposes.  (b) The supplemental annual assessment for operation, maintenance, repairs, and replacements shall be in addition to that levied and collected upon the assessment of benefits which has been, or may be, pledged and mortgaged to retire bonded indebtedness of the district as authorized in this chapter.  (c) The petition requesting the creation of the district, and the ordinances creating the district and levying the tax on the assessment of benefits to provide for the retirement of bonded indebtedness, may also provide for a continuing supplemental annual levy of an assessment, which shall be designated for the purposes of operation, maintenance, repairs, and replacements of the improvements.  (d) However, if the petition requesting the creation of the district does not contain a provision requesting the levy of a supplemental annual assessment for operation, maintenance, repairs, and replacements, a majority in value of the owners of real property within the district may at any time petition the governing body for the adoption of an ordinance levying the supplemental assessment.  (e) If such petition is later filed, it shall be the duty of the governing body to adopt the requested ordinance upon inquiry only as to the sufficiency of the petition.  (f) The levy and collection of the supplemental annual assessment for operation, maintenance, repairs, and replacements shall not operate to reduce the total of the assessed benefits which may be, or may have been, mortgaged and pledged to secure bonded indebtedness of the district.  (g) Upon request of the board, the annual supplemental assessment may be adjusted no more frequently than annually by the governing body.  (h) Collection of the supplemental assessment for operation, maintenance, repairs, and replacements shall be in the same manner as for the collection of assessment of benefits pledged to retire indebtedness of the district. The failure to pay the supplemental assessments shall be enforced by proceedings in the same manner as other delinquent assessments.
AR Code § 14-123-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 123 - Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 2 - District Establishment|§ 14-123-201. Authority to create districts

 The county courts of the several counties in this state containing lands subject to overflow may divide the territory of their respective counties subject to overflow into one (1) or more districts, having reference to the locality of the land and the character of the river front, including in each of the districts as nearly as is possible all lands subject to overflow from the same crevasses or direction, which can be protected by the same system of levees.
AR Code § 14-123-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 123 - Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 2 - District Establishment|§ 14-123-202. Notice of proposed district formation

 (a) No district shall be formed unless notice of an intention to apply therefor is first given by posting written notices in three (3) public places in the limits of the proposed district at least ten (10) days before the formation of the district.  (b) Notice may be given by any land holder in the district or by order of the court made at a preceding term.
AR Code § 14-123-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 123 - Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 2 - District Establishment|§ 14-123-203. District name

 The court shall designate a number or name for each district, and the district shall be known and designated by number or name, thus:   “Levee District No. , County , Levee District County.”
AR Code § 14-123-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 123 - Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 2 - District Establishment|§ 14-123-204. Consolidation of districts and boards — Cooperation with other states

 (a) Wherever it shall be made to appear in any way that there shall be land in two (2) or more counties subject to overflow from the same crevasses or direction, and which can be protected by the same system of levees, the directors of the several levee districts of the two (2) or more counties may, by the consent of the county courts of counties entered of record, consolidate their several districts into one (1) district, and the directors shall constitute the board of directors for the consolidated district and shall represent their several districts in the consolidated districts.  (b) The board of the consolidated district shall elect a president, a secretary and treasurer, and an auditor, and allow such salary to each as his services may justify.  (c) The levee board shall control and supervise the interests of the consolidated levee system, and the officers of all county levee boards within the system shall report to the board of directors through their county directors.  (d) The board may cooperate with any levee board of another state if necessary to complete their system of levees.
AR Code § 14-123-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 123 - Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 2 - District Establishment|§ 14-123-205. Boundaries — Change or alteration

 (a) The court may lay off levee districts or change or alter the boundaries of existing levee districts at any regular term.  (b) When an alteration or change in the boundary line of any existing levee district is desired and the new territory sought to be embraced in the alteration or change lies in two (2) or more counties, either county, with the consent of the county court of the other county or counties, entered of record, may make the change or alteration. The court of the county making the change or alteration shall have the same jurisdiction and power over the lands and officers of the district as if the district were wholly within the county.  (c) The notice required by § 14-123-202, for the formation of any new district, shall not be required for the change or alteration in the boundaries of an existing district.
AR Code § 14-123-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 123 - Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Board of Directors or Assessors|§ 14-123-301. Election of directors and assessors — In general — Erroneous selection of commissioners or directors

 (a) At the term of the court at which the districts may be laid off, or at any future term, the court shall designate and fix a day of election for three (3) directors of levees and three (3) assessors of lands in each of the districts and shall appoint three (3) judges of election to hold the election.  (b) The election shall be held in accordance with the general election laws of the state, except that none but landholders of the district and mortgagees in possession after condition broken shall be allowed to vote at the election, be eligible to election to either of the offices, or to act as judges at the election, except that guardians duly appointed, and who shall have given bond and received letters of guardianship of infant heirs or insane persons owning land in the district, may vote in right of their respective wards.  (c) Where any levee district in Arkansas organized under any general or special act of the General Assembly provided for election of commissioners or directors and, through error, such commissioners or directors have not been elected but selected by some other method, and such commissioners or directors have served as such commissioners or directors in good faith, the acts of such commissioners and directors are hereby validated and shall have the same force and effect as though such commissioners or directors had been selected in the manner provided by law.  (d) In any levee district heretofore established which is now operating with a board of commissioners or directors, all of whom have taken, or, within thirty (30) days after March 26, 1991, take the oath required by law, said commissioners or directors may continue to serve for the terms prescribed by law, and the acts of such boards are hereby validated.
AR Code § 14-123-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 123 - Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Board of Directors or Assessors|§ 14-123-302. Voting by nonresident bondholders

 Nonresident bondholders, as well as resident landowners, shall be allowed to vote at such elections and also have a vote in determining when work shall be done, as prescribed in § 14-123-301, and the nonresident bondholders may cast their votes either by themselves or by their agents or attorney in fact, duly appointed.