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AR Code § 14-17-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 3 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-17-303. Contents of joint agreement

 (a) The cooperating cities and counties which join to create a metropolitan or regional planning commission shall determine through joint agreement the number and qualifications of the members of the commission.  (b) The joint agreement shall also provide for the manner of cooperation and the means and methods of the operation and functioning of the commission, including the employment of a director of planning and such staff and consultants as it may require, the proportionate share of costs and expenses, and the purchase of property and materials for the use of the commission.  (c) The joint agreement may also allow for the addition of other public bodies to the cooperative arrangement.
AR Code § 14-17-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 3 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-17-304. Establishment of commission

 (a) When two (2) or more cities and counties shall adopt joint planning cooperation by ordinance, resolution, rule, or order, there shall be established a joint planning commission for the metropolitan area or region comprising the area coterminous with the areas of planning jurisdiction of the cities or counties cooperating jointly.  (b) A joint planning agency for the metropolitan area or region may be empowered to carry into effect such provisions of state law relating to planning which are authorized for the joining cities or counties and which each may separately exercise and perform under existing laws.  (c) Any other public authority or agency which operates within, wholly or in part, the area covered by this joint planning cooperation may likewise join with the cooperating cities or counties in cooperative planning through resolution of its governing board or commission.
AR Code § 14-17-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 3 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-17-305. Purpose of commission

 The general purpose of a metropolitan or regional planning commission shall be to make those studies and plans for the development of the metropolitan area or region that will:   (1) Guide the unified development of the area;  (2) Eliminate planning duplication;  (3) Promote economy and efficiency in the coordinated development of the area; and  (4) Promote the general welfare and prosperity of its people.
AR Code § 14-17-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 3 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-17-306. Duty of commission

 The metropolitan or regional planning commission shall have the duty and function of promoting public interest and understanding of the economic and social necessity for long-term coordinated planning for the metropolitan or regional area, but its official recommendations shall be made to the governing bodies or the county judges of the cooperating cities or counties.
AR Code § 14-17-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 3 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-17-307. Plans and recommendations

 (a)  (1) The metropolitan or regional commission shall make plans for development for the area. These plans may include, but shall not be limited to, recommendations for principal highways, bridges, airports, parks and recreational areas, schools and public institutions, and public utilities.  (2) Any metropolitan or regional plan so developed shall be based on studies of physical, social, economic, and governmental conditions and trends.    (b) The plans and its recommendations may be adopted in whole or in part by the governing bodies of the cooperating cities and counties as the general plans of such cities and counties.  (c) The commission may also assist:  (1) The cities and counties within its area of jurisdiction in carrying out any regional plans developed by the commission; and  (2) Any planning commission, board, or agency of the cooperating cities or counties in the preparation or effectuation of local plans and planning consistent with the program of the commission.
AR Code § 14-17-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 3 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-17-308. Receipt of funds

 A metropolitan or regional planning commission established under the provisions of this subchapter is authorized to receive, for its own uses and purposes, any funds or moneys from any participating city or county, from the state or federal government, and from any other source any other funds, including bequests, gifts, donations, or contributions.
AR Code § 14-17-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 3 - Metropolitan or Regional Planning Commissions|§ 14-17-309. Appropriations

 The participating cities and counties, or other public bodies, are authorized to appropriate funds for the expenses and costs required by the metropolitan or regional planning commission in the performance of its purposes and functions.
AR Code § 14-17-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 4 - Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators|§ 14-17-401. Definition

 “Commercial medical waste” means any medical waste transported from a generator to an off-site facility for disposal where such off-site disposal facility is engaged in medical waste disposal for profit.
AR Code § 14-17-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 4 - Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators|§ 14-17-402. Authorization to establish zones

 Notwithstanding any and all laws regarding county planning and zoning, all counties in Arkansas are authorized to establish, by ordinance, zones to limit or to regulate the construction or operation, or both, of commercial medical waste incinerators within their boundaries.
AR Code § 14-17-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 4 - Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators|§ 14-17-403. Enforcement

 The commercial medical waste incinerator zoning ordinance shall be enforced through the issuance or denial of building and use permits in accordance with the conditions and terms of the limitations and regulations established by the ordinance.
AR Code § 14-17-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 4 - Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators|§ 14-17-404. Unlawful construction or operation

 When the county quorum court shall have laid off zones, by ordinance, to limit or to regulate the construction or operation, or both, of commercial medical waste incinerators, it shall be unlawful for anyone to construct or to operate a commercial medical waste incinerator within a given zone except in accordance with any building and use permits issued for the incinerator.
AR Code § 14-17-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 17 - County Planning|Subchapter 4 - Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators|§ 14-17-405. Violation — Penalty — Injunction

 (a)  (1) Violation of any provision of an ordinance adopted as authorized by this subchapter shall be considered a misdemeanor.  (2) Each day's violation shall be considered a separate offense.    (b) The county adopting the ordinance or any individual aggrieved by a violation of the ordinance may request an injunction against any commercial medical waste incinerator or property owner who is in violation of the ordinance.
AR Code § 14-21-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 21 - County Funds|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-21-101. Comprehensive financial management system

 (a)  (1) In order to provide necessary financial information for the county judge, the members and committees of the county quorum court, and other interested officers and departments of the county, the Legislative Auditor is authorized and directed to develop a comprehensive financial management system for appropriate funds of the various counties in the State of Arkansas.  (2) This financial management system shall provide for adequate controls over revenues, expenditures, and balances to assure that current information will always be available concerning the financial condition of the county and its various offices and departments.  (3) The system shall include a budgeting and accounting system designed to classify the receipt of and the appropriations and disbursements of county funds in accordance with the object and purpose of the expenditures in such detail as will be suitable for an analysis of the operations of all county offices and departments and which will provide a breakdown and itemization of all expenditures compatible with and comparable to the appropriations of the quorum court.    (b) In the event any county is of the opinion that its system of budgeting and accounting for appropriated county funds is such that it equals or exceeds the basic system prescribed by this section, the county, acting through the quorum court, may request a review of its system by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee. If the committee concurs with the county, the committee may issue a certificate to the county stating that the county's budgeting and accounting system is of such degree of sophistication that the basic requirements of this section are being met and exempting the county from the requirements of the particulars of the system prescribed by this section.
AR Code § 14-21-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 21 - County Funds|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-21-102. Annual financial report. [Effective until January 1, 2020.]

 (a)  (1) The clerk of the county court and the county treasurer shall make out or cause to be made out a full and complete annual financial report of the county, using the financial records of the county clerk and county treasurer, giving:  (A) The treasurer's report of the beginning cash balance;  (B) The treasurer's report as to the amount of revenue from each source classification;  (C) The treasurer's report as to the ending cash balance;  (D) The county clerk's report as to the amount expended during the fiscal year for all purposes; and  (E) A statement of the bonded indebtedness and short-term indebtedness of the county.    (2) The annual county financial report shall include all operating accounts of the county for which the quorum court has appropriating control.  (3) The treasurer shall submit all reports required under this section to the clerk of the county court by March 1.    (b)  (1)  (A) The clerk of the county court shall cause to be published one (1) time in one (1) newspaper published in the county the annual financial report of the county.  (B) If no newspaper is published in the county, then the clerk of the county court shall cause the annual financial report of the county to be published one (1) time in the newspaper having the largest circulation in the county.    (2) The annual financial report shall be published by March 15 of each year for the previous fiscal year of the county.    (c) All costs associated with the publication of the annual financial report of the county may be prorated equally between the clerk of the county court and the county treasurer.
AR Code § 14-21-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 21 - County Funds|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-21-102. Annual financial report. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

 (a)  (1) The clerk of the county court and the county treasurer shall make out or cause to be made out a full and complete annual financial report of the county, using the financial records of the county clerk and county treasurer, giving:  (A) The treasurer's report of the beginning cash balance;  (B) The treasurer's report as to the amount of revenue from each source classification;  (C) The treasurer's report as to the ending cash balance;  (D) The county clerk's report as to the amount expended during the fiscal year for all purposes; and  (E) A statement of the bonded indebtedness and short-term indebtedness of the county.    (2) The annual county financial report shall include all operating accounts of the county for which the quorum court has appropriating control.  (3) The treasurer shall submit all reports required under this section to the clerk of the county court by March 1.    (b)  (1)  (A) The clerk of the county court shall publish the annual financial report of the county:  (i) One (1) time in one (1) newspaper published in the county; and  (ii) On a website owned or maintained by the county, the state, or the Association of Arkansas Counties.    (B) If a newspaper is not published in the county, the clerk of the county court shall publish the annual financial report of the county one (1) time in the newspaper having the largest circulation in the county.    (2) The annual financial report shall be published by March 15 of each year for the previous fiscal year of the county.    (c) All costs associated with the publication of the annual financial report of the county may be prorated equally between the clerk of the county court and the county treasurer.
AR Code § 14-21-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 21 - County Funds|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-21-104. County funds in State Treasury

 (a)  (1) Whenever there is any money or funds of any kind, from whatever source derived, in the State Treasury belonging to any county, the county court of the county shall make an order authorizing and directing the county treasurer to draw them.  (2) Upon the county treasurer presenting to the Auditor of State a copy of the order, duly certified to by the clerk of the county court, under his or her official seal, the Auditor of State shall draw his or her warrant upon the Treasurer of State for whatever money or funds there may at the time be in the State Treasury belonging to the county. Then the county treasurer shall execute to the Auditor of State a receipt for the warrant. Upon the presentation of the warrant of the Auditor of State, the Treasurer of State shall pay it.    (b) Upon the receipt of any such funds or money by the county treasurer of any county, he or she shall receipt therefor in duplicate, one (1) of which shall be retained by the Treasurer of State and the other of which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county, and the county treasurer shall thereupon charge himself or herself with the funds or money so received by him or her as county treasurer.
AR Code § 14-21-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 21 - County Funds|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-21-105. Funds in closed banks

 (a) Where various funds of counties are on deposit in a closed bank and the bank could be reopened by agreements for deferred payments of deposits, the county court of any county in which any closed bank is situated is authorized, by proper order of the county court, to consent to deferred payments of deposits of all public funds in the closed bank upon such terms as may be fixed by the order of the court.  (b) This section shall apply to all county general, roads, school, and all other funds which are handled by county treasurers.
AR Code § 14-21-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 21 - County Funds|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-21-106. Surplus funds

 When any surplus is left remaining unexpended and unappropriated in the county general fund, the county road fund, the school fund, or any other special fund provided by law from any previous year, the county court of any such county is authorized, by proper order made and entered, to transfer and add the surplus to the respective funds of which the surplus remains unexpended and use it as the revenues for the current fiscal year into which it is transferred and added if all outstanding indebtedness for the fiscal years in which the surplus accrued has been paid.
AR Code § 14-21-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 21 - County Funds|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-21-109. Abolished positions — Transfer of designated funds

 If county funds are designated for a specific position in the county and the position is subsequently abolished, the county court, by appropriate order, may transfer any remaining balance of county funds designated for that purpose to the county general revenue fund to be used for all purposes for which the county general revenue fund may be used.
AR Code § 14-21-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 21 - County Funds|Subchapter 2 - County Drug Enforcement Fund|§ 14-21-201. Establishment of drug enforcement fund

 (a) Ordinance. Each quorum court may by ordinance establish a drug enforcement fund. The ordinance shall set a maximum amount for the fund, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The drug enforcement fund shall be administered by the county sheriff in accordance with the provisions and procedures of this subchapter. All funds shall initially be deposited into a drug enforcement fund bank account. The bank account shall be established at a bank located in the State of Arkansas and authorized by law to receive the deposit of public funds.  (b) Source of Funds. The source of all funds deposited into the drug enforcement fund shall be funds appropriated by the quorum court. The initial funding and any subsequent reimbursements to the drug enforcement fund shall be appropriated by the quorum court and subject to the normal disbursement procedures required by law. No funds from other sources, including seized property, shall be deposited into the drug enforcement fund.
AR Code § 14-21-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 21 - County Funds|Subchapter 2 - County Drug Enforcement Fund|§ 14-21-202. Restrictions on use of funds

 (a) Drug enforcement funds shall be used only for direct expenses associated with the investigation of the criminal drug laws of this state, including without limitation:  (1) The purchase of evidence;  (2) The payment of informants;  (3) The relocation or security of witnesses, or both;  (4) Emergency supply purchases; and  (5) Emergency travel expenses.    (b) Drug enforcement funds shall not be used for:  (1) Equipment purchases or leasing, salaries or wages, professional services, training, or any other purpose not directly related to a criminal drug investigation; or  (2) Administrative costs associated with the sheriff's office.
AR Code § 14-21-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 21 - County Funds|Subchapter 2 - County Drug Enforcement Fund|§ 14-21-203. Approval of claims by county judge

 (a) After a quorum court has approved a proper ordinance establishing a drug enforcement fund, set the maximum amount of the fund, and appropriated funds for the fund, the county judge may approve a county claim for the initial establishment of the drug enforcement fund.  (b) If adequate appropriations and funds are available, the drug enforcement fund may be replenished upon presentation and approval of a claim as provided in the normal county disbursement procedures. The total amount of funds held in the drug enforcement fund bank account and cash funds held by the sheriff's office shall not exceed the maximum amount established by the quorum court.
AR Code § 14-21-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 21 - County Funds|Subchapter 2 - County Drug Enforcement Fund|§ 14-21-204. Accounting records

 Accounting records shall be maintained by the sheriff's office for the receipt, disbursement, accounting, and documentation of funds according to the written procedures established by the Division of Legislative Audit.
AR Code § 14-23-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-23-101. Presentment to county court — Appeals

 (a) All persons having demands against any county shall present them, duly verified according to law, to the county court of the county for allowance or rejection.  (b) From the order of the court thereon, appeals may be prosecuted as provided by law. If on any such appeal the judgment of the county court is reversed, the judgment of reversal shall be certified by the court rendering it to the county court, and the court shall thereupon enter the judgment of the superior court as its own.
AR Code § 14-23-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-23-102. Itemized account required

 In all cases, the county court shall require an itemized account of any claim presented to it for allowance, certified or sworn to as required by law, and, in addition, the court may require in all cases satisfactory evidence of the correctness of the account.
AR Code § 14-23-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-23-103. Examination of parties and documents

 In the investigation of any account, each county court may examine all the parties and witnesses, on oath, touching the matter, or any other matter arising under this act and shall have power to compel the production of all books, accounts, papers, or documents which may be necessary in the investigation of any matter arising under the provisions of this act.
AR Code § 14-23-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-23-104. Court order for payment

 No moneys appropriated by the county quorum court from a tax levied or from any other source shall be paid out of the county treasury, except on an order duly made by the county court, while in session, and entered upon the records of its proceedings.