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AR Code § 14-91-1105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 91 - Construction, Operation, Repair, and Sale of Municipal Improvements|Subchapter 11 - Change of Plans in Cities with a Population Exceeding 60,000|§ 14-91-1105. Plans exceeding cost limit

 (a)  (1) If the estimate of cost in any improvement district on any revised or changed plans shall exceed the amount limited by statute in force at the time the second or majority petition is filed with the city clerk, or the amount limited by the second or majority petition, the commissioners shall not proceed with the improvements according to the changed plans unless, within one (1) year after the changed plans are filed with the city clerk signed by a majority in value of the owners of real property in the district as shown by the last assessment for state and county taxes and a hearing is had thereon after notice by publication has been given for the time and in the manner required for such hearings on second or majority petitions in improvement districts in cities and towns, the city council finds that the petition contains the consent of a majority in value of the owners of real property in the district, as provided for in this section.  (2) The finding of the city council on the petition shall be conclusive, subject to attack in the chancery court within thirty (30) days after the finding is made, and not thereafter.  (3) The petition of the property owners provided for in this section shall state that the petitioners consent to the making and completion of the improvements in the district according to the changed plans and that the cost thereof be assessed against the real property in the district.    (b)  (1) If the city council shall find that a majority of the landowners in the improvement district have petitioned for the making and completion of the improvements according to the revised plans, as provided for in subsection (a) of this section, the assessors shall, as soon as possible, make a reassessment of the benefits to be derived from the making and completion of the improvements according to the changed plans.  (2) The reassessment shall be filed, notice thereof given by publication, and shall be heard by the council for the time and in the manner provided by law on the original assessment in the district, with the right of any property owner to appeal to the chancery court within the time, after the passage of the ordinance levying the installments of the reassessment of benefits, provided by law for appeals from assessments of benefits in improvement districts in cities and towns, and not thereafter.
AR Code § 14-91-1106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 91 - Construction, Operation, Repair, and Sale of Municipal Improvements|Subchapter 11 - Change of Plans in Cities with a Population Exceeding 60,000|§ 14-91-1106. Borrowing of money

 In order to secure funds for the making and completion of the improvements in the improvement district according to the changed plans, the board of improvement may borrow money not exceeding the full amount of the estimated cost of making and completing the improvements, with ten percent (10%) added for overhead cost, at a rate of interest not exceeding eight percent (8%) per annum, and may issue negotiable notes or bonds of the district for the payment thereof, and pledge all uncollected assessments for the security of the payment of the notes or bonds.
AR Code § 14-92-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-201. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Last federal census” means the most recent federal census taken prior to the filing of any petition as provided in this subchapter for the formation of any suburban improvement district;  (2) “Majority in value” means a majority in assessed value as shown by the latest county assessment records for general taxes;  (3) “Land” or “real property” means all property subject to taxation for the purposes of this subchapter;  (4) “County court,” “county judge,” or “county clerk” means “circuit court,” “circuit judge,” or “circuit clerk” in the cases where the district contains lands in more than one (1) county;  (5) “Nearby municipalities” means municipalities within ten (10) miles of any boundary of the district.
AR Code § 14-92-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-202. Applicability of 1981 amendments

 (a) The provisions of Acts 1981, No. 510, shall not apply to districts in existence on March 16, 1981, and these districts shall continue to be governed by the law in effect immediately prior to that date.  (b)  (1) Upon the petition of thirty-five percent (35%) of the property owners of a district in existence on March 16, 1981, the district shall be subject to the provisions of § 14-92-209 concerning the election of commissioners to fill vacancies on the commission and concerning the recall of commissioners.  (2) The petition may also provide for the board of commissioners to be enlarged from three (3) members to five (5) members and may provide for the imposition of a specified term of years on the board positions. If the petition requests a board of commissioners composed of five (5) members, then two (2) additional commissioners shall be elected in the same manner as provided for filling vacancies under § 14-92-209(b).  (3) Commissioners serving at the time the petition is filed shall continue to serve.  (4) The petition shall be filed with the circuit court of the judicial district in which most of the district is located.    (c) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any improvement district in any city or incorporated town in this state established for the purpose of providing water or sewer services for municipal purposes.
AR Code § 14-92-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-203. Penalty

 (a) It shall not be lawful for the board of commissioners of any suburban improvement district or any officer, member, or agent thereof to appropriate or use any money arising from the sale of any bonds authorized to be issued under this subchapter to any use or purpose whatever other than is specified and expressly directed.  (b) And any officer, member, or agent of the board of a district who shall violate any of the provisions of this subchapter as prescribed in this section shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years.
AR Code § 14-92-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-204. Hearing prior to filing petition to form district

 (a)  (1)  (A) Prior to filing the petition for formation of a district, each owner of realty within the boundaries of the proposed district shall be notified by certified letter of the intent of formation of the proposed district.  (B) The notice shall be accompanied by:  (i) A copy of the petition;  (ii) A list of those candidates nominated for commissioner;  (iii) Proxy materials for the use of those owners not able to attend the public meeting; and  (iv) The name and mailing address of the senior justice of the peace within the area encompassed by the proposed district.      (2) The notice shall indicate the date and location of a public meeting to be held not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to filing the petitions with the court.  (3) The letters of notification shall be mailed not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the public hearing.  (4)  (A) The notice shall also be published in a newspaper having general circulation within the counties where the proposed district is located.  (B) The publication shall be once a week for two (2) weeks prior to the public meeting, and the notice shall indicate the date and location of the public hearing.      (b)  (1) The public hearing shall be held within the boundaries of the proposed district, unless public meeting facilities of sufficient size are not available, in which instance the meeting shall be held in the nearest public facility of sufficient size.  (2) The public hearing shall be chaired by the senior justice of the peace within the area encompassed by the proposed district or his appointee.  (3) The public hearing shall commence between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.  (4)  (A) The purpose of the hearing shall be:  (i) To inform the affected owners of realty of the type of the proposed district, the preliminary cost estimates and basis thereof, and general information; and  (ii) The election, by those realty owners in attendance, in person or by proxy given to the senior justice of the peace within the area encompassed by the proposed district, by simple plurality vote with the number of votes for each candidate reported, of seven (7) commissioners, whose names shall be transmitted to the court with the petitions.      (5)  (A)  (i) Each commissioner shall be nominated and elected by position;  (ii) Any owner of realty within the proposed district may nominate candidates for commissioner at any time before or during the public meeting;    (B) Each commissioner shall own realty within the boundaries of the proposed district.    (6) The petitions shall not contain the names of proposed commissioners.  (7) On all questions submitted to the realty owners of a district or proposed district, each owner of realty therein shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote.
AR Code § 14-92-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-205. Petition to form district

 (a) Upon the petition of a majority of the number of realty owners within a proposed suburban improvement district, the owners of a majority of the realty in the area of the proposed district and the owners of a majority of the assessed value of the realty within the proposed district, the greater portion of which realty does not lie within the boundaries of a municipality, meaning a city of the first class, city of the second class, or an incorporated town, it shall be the duty of the county court to lay off into a district the territory described in the petition, for the purpose of purchasing, accepting as a gift, constructing, or maintaining waterworks or waterpipes, recreational facilities, systems of gas pipelines, sewers or grading, draining, paving, curbing and guttering streets and highways and laying sidewalks, and establishing, equipping, and maintaining rural fire departments, or for more than one (1) of these purposes and to name as commissioners of the district the seven (7) persons whose names have been transmitted with the petitions as having been elected at a public hearing held prior to the filing of the petitions.  (b) All, or any portion, of any municipality may be included in these districts, if the portion of the area located within the municipalities shall be less than fifty percent (50%) of the area of the entire district. However, no portion of a municipality shall be included in the district unless it shall be found that a majority of the number of owners of realty within the municipality, the owners of a majority of the realty in area within the municipality, and the owners of a majority of the assessed value of the realty within the municipality have petitioned for the formation of the district.  (c) All districts shall be numbered consecutively or else shall receive names selected by the court.  (d) If the court does not act promptly in complying with the terms of this section, or of any other section of this subchapter essential to the creation and operation of the districts, it may be compelled to do so by mandamus.  (e)  (1) If land in more than one (1) county is embraced in the proposed district, the petition shall be addressed to the circuit court in which the largest portion of the land lies, and all proceedings shall be had in that circuit court.  (2) All notices in that event shall be published in newspapers published and having a bona fide circulation in each county in which the district embraces land.    (f)  (1) Any number of identical petitions may be circulated, and identical petitions with additional names may be filed at any time until the court acts.  (2) A petition under this section shall contain a bold heading stating that a signature on the petition is a vote to create the district.
AR Code § 14-92-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-207. Board of commissioners generally

 (a)  (1)  (A) Within thirty (30) days after their appointment, the members of a board of commissioners shall take and file with the county clerk their oath of office, in which they shall swear to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Arkansas and to discharge faithfully their duties as commissioners in the manner provided by law.  (B)  (i) Any commissioner failing to file his oath within this period shall be deemed to have declined the office.  (ii) In such instance, the county court shall call a public hearing in the same manner prescribed in § 14-92-204 for the purpose of electing a successor to fill the vacancy under the same procedures described in § 14-92-204.        (b)  (1)  (A) The board of commissioners shall organize by electing one (1) of its members chairman, and it shall select a secretary.  (B) The board may also employ such agents, employees, engineers, and attorneys as it deems best and fix their compensation and the compensation of the secretary.    (2) The board shall also select some solvent bank or trust company as the depository of its funds, exacting of the depository a bond in an amount equal to the amount of money likely to come into its hands.    (c) No member of the board shall be liable for any damages unless it shall be made to appear that he had acted with a corrupt and malicious intent.
AR Code § 14-92-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-208. Interest of commissioners in purchase, acquisition, or donation

 (a) No commissioners, nor the board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district, shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any firm, corporation, or association from which any property, services, materials, or facilities are purchased, acquired, or received by donation for the district, unless it is first submitted to, and approved by, the court having original jurisdiction under which the district was organized; nor shall any commissioners, or the board, enter into any contract with, or accept a donation of property or facilities from, any person with whom they are, directly or indirectly, engaged in business, without court approval as prescribed.  (b)  (1) The court may not act upon such matters until after twenty (20) days from the date of first publication of the notice.  (2)  (A) The clerk of the court shall give notice of the hearing by publication once each week for two (2) successive weeks.  (B) The notice shall be commenced the week following the date upon which application is made to the court.      (c) In the event any prohibited transaction shall occur or shall have occurred without court approval as prescribed, then, by action commenced in the circuit court in the county in which the larger portion of land within the district is located, any property owner within the district shall have the right, within one (1) year from the date thereof, to require that the purchase, acquisition, or donation be rescinded. Each commissioner participating in the action shall be subject to removal from office as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-92-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-209. Removal of commissioners — Vacancies

 (a) A commissioner of a suburban improvement district established pursuant to this subchapter may be removed from office as follows:  (1) An owner of realty within the district may petition the county court to call a public hearing for the purpose of the removal of a commissioner named in the petition and the election of a successor;  (2) Upon determining that at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the number of owners of realty within the proposed district have signed the recall petition, the court shall call a public hearing on the matter and shall notify each owner of realty within the proposed district in the manner prescribed by § 14-92-204, except that the notice shall be mailed by first class mail;  (3) Upon the affirmative vote of a majority, but not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of all votes entitled to be cast, of all votes cast by owners in attendance, in person or by proxy, at the public meeting as recorded through the number voting “yea” and the number voting “nay”, a commissioner named in the recall petitions may be removed;  (4) The court shall at the meeting declare the commissioner removed and accept nominations for a successor commissioner;  (5)  (A) The successor commissioner shall be nominated by a realty owner in attendance, in person or by proxy, at the public hearing.  (B) The nominee shall meet the qualifications required of the commissioner originally elected; and    (6) A successor commissioner shall be elected from among those so nominated at a subsequent public meeting called and held by the court in accordance with the provisions of § 14-92-204, except that any required notice shall be mailed by first class mail.    (b) A successor commissioner to fill a vacancy on the board of commissioners due to any other reason than proceedings under subsection (a) of this section shall be nominated at a public hearing called by the county court within thirty (30) days of notification of the vacancy, and any required notice shall be mailed by first class mail. The successor commissioner shall be elected at a subsequent public hearing in the same manner as provided in subsection (a) of this section.  (c)  (1) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to a district in existence on March 16, 1981.  (2) A vacancy created by the recall of a commissioner shall be filled in the manner as provided in subsection (a) of this section.    (d)  (1) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall apply to a district in existence on March 16, 1981, and which is an improvement district in any city or incorporated town in this state established for the purpose of providing water or sewer services for municipal purposes.  (2) Any other vacancy on the board of commissioners of any other district in existence on March 16, 1981, shall continue to be filled in the manner as provided by law prior to March 16, 1981.
AR Code § 14-92-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-210. Powers of board generally

 In addition to, and not by way of limitation of the powers prescribed in § 14-92-220, the board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district shall have the powers to:   (1) Make and execute all contracts, leases, conveyances, and other instruments of the district;  (2) Join with any other political subdivision, municipality, district, or governmental agency, either state or federal, in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, and financing of any of the facilities, works, or operations authorized by this subchapter or as to the performance of any of its functions;  (3) Establish rules and regulations for the transaction of the district's business and for the services, use, and right to use of its facilities or services, or both, or to effectuate any purpose of this subchapter;  (4) Do all things incidental or auxiliary to the exercise of the express powers granted by this subchapter; and  (5) Perform all actions useful to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, unlimited by any express provision of it.
AR Code § 14-92-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-211. Bond of contractors

 (a) All contractors shall be required to give bond for the faithful performance of the contracts as may be awarded them, with good and sufficient sureties, in an amount to be fixed by the board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district.  (b) The board shall not remit or excuse the penalty or forfeiture of the bond or the breaches of it.
AR Code § 14-92-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-212. Payments generally — Warrants

 (a) The depository shall pay out no money save upon the order of the board of commissioners and upon a warrant signed by the person designated by the commissioners.  (b) Every warrant shall state upon its face to whom, the amount, and the purpose for which it is issued.  (c) All warrants shall be dated and shall be numbered consecutively, in a record to be kept by the board of the number and amount of each. No warrant shall be paid unless there are in the treasury funds enough to pay all outstanding warrants bearing a lower number.  (d) No warrants shall be increased by reason of any depreciation in the market value thereof, nor shall any contract or warrant be made payable or paid in anything but currency.
AR Code § 14-92-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-213. Payments to contractor

 (a) It shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district to have the amount of work done by any contractor estimated, from time to time, as may be desirable, by the engineer selected by the board.  (b) The board shall draw its warrants in favor of the contractor for not more than ninety percent (90%) of the amount of work so reported, reserving the remainder until it has been ascertained that the work is completed according to contract and is free from liens.
AR Code § 14-92-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 5 - Improvement Districts Generally|Chapter 92 - Suburban Improvement Districts|Subchapter 2 - Suburban Improvement Districts Generally|§ 14-92-214. Legal services in organizing

 The board of commissioners of a suburban improvement district shall pay a reasonable fee for legal services in organizing the district and for circulating petitions.