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AR Code § 14-363-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 22 - Airport Facilities Generally|Chapter 363 - Airport Zoning|Subchapter 3 - United States Airports|§ 14-363-307. Judicial review

 (a) Any persons aggrieved by any zoning regulations adopted pursuant to this subchapter or by any order or ruling upon an application for a permit or variance may, within thirty (30) days thereof, appeal to the circuit court of the county within which the structure or object of natural growth in question is located.  (b) After such notice as the court shall direct to the parties interested, including all political subdivisions affected, a hearing shall be held before the court at a time and place fixed by it.  (c)  (1) By its decree, the court may annul, affirm, or alter the regulations, order, or ruling complained of if it finds that the applicable rules of law so require.  (2) In all cases, any findings of fact that may have been made by the board, commission, or agency founded upon substantial evidence shall be accepted by the courts as conclusive.
AR Code § 14-386-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-101. Definition

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “land” has the same meaning and signification as are attached to the words “real property” in the act providing for the collection of state, county, and city revenue.
AR Code § 14-386-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-102. Penalty for leaving gates open, etc. — Damages

 (a) Any person who shall willfully leave open or unfastened any gate, bars, or other passway leading into a fencing district, or any person passing through a gate, bars, or other passway and finding the gates, bars, or other passway opened or unfastened and shall fail to close or fasten them, or who shall tear down the fence, or any part of it, or in any manner injure or destroy it, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  (b) Upon conviction, an offender shall be punished by a fine in any sum not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) and, in addition thereto, shall be liable to:  (1) The fencing board of the district so injured for double the amount of damages done to the fence; and  (2) Any person in double the amount of any damages caused him by such action.
AR Code § 14-386-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-103. Penalty for stock running at large — Damages

 (a) After any fencing district has been enclosed by a good and lawful fence, it shall be unlawful for any person who is the owner, or who has control of any kind of stock, to let them run at large in the district.  (b)  (1) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.  (2) Upon conviction, an offender shall be fined in any sum not less than one ($1.00) or more than fifty dollars ($50.00) and, in addition to the fine, shall be liable for double the amount of any damages that any person may sustain by reason of the stock running at large in the district, to be recovered by action before any court having competent jurisdiction.    (c) This section shall not prohibit any person from fencing his lands, or any part of them, separately and pasturing them.
AR Code § 14-386-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-104. Establishment of fencing districts

 (a) The county court of any county in the state is authorized, empowered, and required, on the petition of two-thirds (2/3) of the landowners of any township, or any fractional part of them contiguous to each other, to form a fencing district and establish the boundaries of it in accordance with the petition.  (b) Each district shall be designated by number.
AR Code § 14-386-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-105. Appointment of fencing board, etc

 (a)  (1)  (A) Immediately upon the formation of a fencing district, the county court shall appoint three (3) persons, and owners of land in it who shall compose the fencing board of the district.  (B) If the petition for the formation of such a district names the persons to be appointed as the board, the court shall appoint the persons named in the petition.    (2)  (A)  (i) Each member of the board shall, within ten (10) days after his appointment, take the oath of office required by Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, § 20 and that he will not, either directly or indirectly, be interested in any contract made by the board.  (ii) The oath shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.    (B) If any member of the board shall fail to take the oath and file it in the office of the clerk within the time allowed in this section, he shall be taken to have declined the office and the court shall at once appoint another person having the like qualifications in his place, who shall take and file the oath of office within ten (10) days after his appointment.      (b)  (1) The board shall elect one of their number chairman.  (2)  (A) Vacancies that may occur after the board shall have organized shall be filled by appointments made by the remaining members.  (B) If all the places on the board become vacant, or if those appointed shall, after qualification, refuse or neglect to act, new members shall be appointed by the court as in the first instance.      (c)  (1) A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the performance of the duties enjoined by this subchapter.  (2) The members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services.
AR Code § 14-386-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-106. Appointment of collector and treasurer, etc

 (a)  (1)  (A) The fencing board shall appoint the collector and treasurer of the district, who shall take the oath of office required by § 14-386-105.  (B) The collector and treasurer shall execute bond to the chairman of the board, each in a sum at least equal to twice the amount of moneys which will probably come to their hands, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the board, conditioned that:  (i) They will faithfully discharge the duties of their office; and  (ii) They will account for and pay over all moneys that may come to their hands according to law and the order of the board for the district for which they were appointed.      (2) The same person may be treasurer or collector of one (1) or more districts of the county, but the moneys of the different districts shall be kept separately.    (b)  (1) The collector shall pay over to the treasurer on the first of each month all moneys received by him, deducting from them three percent (3%) for his services, and shall take duplicate receipts for them, one (1) of which he shall file with the board.  (2)  (A) The treasurer shall pay out no moneys save upon the order of the board and upon a warrant signed by the chairman of it.  (B) The treasurer shall be allowed a commission of one percent (1%) on all sums by him lawfully paid out.
AR Code § 14-386-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-107. Plans for building fence

 (a)  (1) Immediately after their organization, fencing boards shall form plans for the building of a good and lawful fence and all necessary gates to enclose and protect the fencing district and shall procure estimates of the cost of it.  (2) For this purpose, the board may employ such engineers, surveyors, and other agents as may be needed, and may provide for their compensation, which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be taken as a part of the cost of the fencing.    (b) If for any cause the improvement shall not be made, the cost shall be a charge upon the land in the district and shall be raised and paid by assessment in the manner prescribed in § 14-386-115.
AR Code § 14-386-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-108. Openings and gates required

 A fencing board shall provide for openings and gates with good and convenient fastenings on all public highways or necessary roads, and at such other points along the enclosing fence as they may deem advisable, and shall have substantial blocks or stiles placed adjacent to the roads on each side of every gate or opening.
AR Code § 14-386-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-109. No boundary fences for adjoining districts

 (a) In all cases where two (2) or more fence or no-fence districts adjoin at one (1) or more points, it shall be unnecessary for the districts to construct or maintain a boundary fence at the points where the districts adjoin each other. The terms “fence district” and “no-fence district” shall mean any territory within which the running at large of stock or animals of any kind is prohibited, regardless of whether it is termed a fence district, a no-fence district, a stock law district, or any other name.  (b) In all such cases, all of the provisions of the law under which each of the adjoining districts is operating shall be applicable to the districts, despite the fact that there is no boundary fence at the point where the districts adjoin.
AR Code § 14-386-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-110. Removal of fence in adjoining districts

 (a) In any fencing district or no-fence district created, whether under a special act or the general laws of the State of Arkansas, where any such district shall be adjoined either before or after the construction of its boundary fence by any other fencing or no-fence district in the same or any other county, if a boundary fence shall have been constructed along such portion of the district's boundary prior to the organization of the other district, the commissioner or directors of the district shall have the right to tear down and remove the fence at all points where it shall be adjacent or contiguous to the other district and may dispose of the materials in the fence as, in their judgment, they may deem to be the best interest of the district.  (b) The penalties provided for allowing animals to run at large and the remedies offered for depredation of such animals and any and all other provisions of fencing districts or no-fence districts laws shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be deemed to be in any manner abrogated or nullified by reason of the fact that there may be no fence along the line between any two (2) fencing or no-fence districts.
AR Code § 14-386-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-111. Use of existing fences

 (a) If in the construction of the fence of a fencing district any owner of land in the district shall be found to have built a fence which may be profitably made a part of the general fence for the district, being as good as that required by the system determined upon by the fencing board, the board shall appraise the value of the fence made by the owner and shall allow its value as a set-off against the assessment against his land.  (b)  (1) In case the fence made by the owner shall be found to fail to meet the required standard, the board may allow the owner the value of the materials of it, insofar as they may be profitably used in perfecting the fence of the district, as a set-off against the assessment against his land.  (2) In such a case, the board shall issue to the owner a certificate showing the amount of the set-off allowed, which certificate shall be received by the collector for the amount named in it in lieu of money charged against the holder's land.
AR Code § 14-386-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-112. Navigable stream as lawful fence

 Where the boundary of any fencing district shall lie along the bank of a navigable stream, and any other watercourse flows into the stream across the boundary with such force as to render it impracticable to maintain watergaps, the distance from bank to bank of the watercourse shall be deemed and held to be a good and lawful fence as part of the fence enclosing the district.
AR Code § 14-386-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-113. Assessment not required

 If each landowner in a fencing district shall build and maintain his proportionate share of the fence required to make a good and lawful fence for the district in accordance with the plan determined upon by the fencing board, the assessment provided for in this chapter need not be made or collected.
AR Code § 14-386-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-114. Railroads subject to tax

 (a) Every railroad company, foreign or domestic, doing business in this state and having any part of its real property situated wholly or in part in any fencing district formed in this state, whether it is formed under general or special law, shall be required to pay taxes for the benefit of any such district.  (b) The tax required in this section shall be assessed by the county court, which assessment shall be based upon the last assessment made by the Assessment Coordination Division, and each parcel of land or right-of-way owned by the railroad, and situated in any such district, shall be subject to the tax.
AR Code § 14-386-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-115. Order of assessment

 (a)  (1) As soon as the fencing board shall have formed its plan and shall have ascertained the cost of the fencing, it shall report it to the county court, which shall at once, by order, assess the cost upon the land in the district, assessing each parcel of land according to its value as shown by the last county assessment on file in the office of the county clerk.  (2) In the case of land owned by railroad companies, the assessment shall be made according to the value of the land as shown by the last assessment made by the Assessment Coordination Division.    (b)  (1) If the estimated cost of the fencing shall exceed one percent (1%) of the assessed value of the land as indicated, then it shall be provided by the order that the assessment shall be paid in successive annual installments, so that no assessment shall in any one (1) year exceed one percent (1%) of the assessed value of the land for the fencing.  (2) The order shall fix the day in each year when the assessment for the year shall be paid, and the day fixed for the payment of the first installment shall not be later than sixty (60) days from the date of the order making the assessment.    (c) The order of the county court assessing the cost of fencing may be in the following form:    “Whereas, Two-thirds of the landowners of Fencing District No. have petitioned for the formation of said district, and,   Whereas, Said district has been formed and established by orders of this court on said petition and a fencing board for said district have been appointed and have qualified and have reported to the court an estimate of the cost of fencing said district, and,   Whereas, The estimated cost of said fencing is dollars, amounting to percent of the assessed value of said real property; therefore,   It is now ordered and adjudged by the court that all land situated in said district be assessed at the rate of percent upon the dollar of the said valuation, as the same appears by the assessment made by the assessor of this county, now on file in the county clerk's office, which assessment shall be paid on or before the day of , 20 , and such assessment shall be a charge against and lien upon the lands in said district from the date of said order.”
AR Code § 14-386-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-116. Publication of order — Contest

 (a) Within seven (7) days from the making of the order mentioned in § 14-386-115, the county clerk shall publish a copy of it in some newspaper published in the county one (1) time if a newspaper is published in the county; and if not, then by posting the copy at the courthouse door, and by posting not less than ten (10) copies of it in the district.  (b)  (1) Anyone who may feel aggrieved by the order may object to the assessment.  (2) A person shall commence legal proceedings for the purpose of trying the validity of the assessment within twenty (20) days after the date of publication, or else he shall be forever barred in all courts of law or equity from questioning the validity of the assessment and the lien created by it.
AR Code § 14-386-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-117. Delivery of assessment to collector

 (a) Immediately after making the order, the county clerk shall:  (1) Make out, at the expense of the fencing district, a copy of so much of the last assessment made by the county assessor as contains the description and valuation of the land situated in the district;  (2) Extend against each parcel of land on it the assessment made; and  (3) Deliver it, with his warrant attached to it, to the collector of the district within thirty (30) days from the making of the order.    (b) The warrant may be in the following form:    “State of Arkansas to the Collector of Fencing District No. : “You are hereby commanded to collect from the owners of land described in the annexed list the assessments thereon extended and to pay them to the treasurer of the district within sixty (60) days from this date. “Witness my hand and official seal of this day of , 19 ”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 14-386-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-118. Notice of assessment

 (a) The collector of a fencing district shall, immediately upon the receipt of the tax list, cause to be published in some newspaper published in the county, if there is one, a notice which may be in the following form:  (b) The notice shall also be published by posting ten (10) copies of it in the district.    “SPECIAL ASSESSMENT “The tax book for the collection of the special assessment upon the land in Fencing District No has been placed in my hands. All owners of land lying in this district are required to pay their assessment to me within thirty days from this date. If such payment is not made, action will be commenced at the end of that time for collection of said assessments and for legal penalties and costs.” “Given under my hand this day of , 19 . , Collector.”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 14-386-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-119. Proceedings upon nonpayment of assessment

 (a) If any assessment made under this subchapter shall not be paid within the time mentioned in the notice published by the collector of a fencing district:  (1) The collector shall add to it a penalty of twenty percent (20%) and shall at once return a list of the property on which the assessments have not been paid to the fencing board, as delinquent;  (2)  (A) The board shall straightway cause a complaint in equity to be filed in the court having jurisdiction of suits for the enforcement of liens upon real property, for the condemnation and sale of such delinquent land for the payment of the assessment, penalty, and costs of suit.  (B) In the complaint, it shall not be necessary to state more than the fact of the assessment and the nonpayment of it within the time required by law, without any other further statement of any step required to be taken by the court, the board, or any officer whatever, concluding with a request that the delinquent lands be charged with the amount of the assessment, penalty, and costs of suit and be condemned and sold for the payment of it.      (b)  (1) It shall not be necessary to exhibit with the complaint any copy of any order of court or other document or paper connected with the assessment and collection of moneys assessed under this subchapter; and  (2) It shall be no objection to any suit brought for this purpose that the lands of two (2) or more owners are joined in the same proceeding, as such a suit may be brought against one (1) or more owners.    (c)  (1) In these suits the same service shall be had on defendants, and the case shall proceed in the same manner as is provided by law in cases or suits for the collection of assessments for local improvements in cities of the first class, insofar as these proceedings can be made applicable.  (2) In case of sale, the owner shall have the same right of redemption by paying the amount of the purchase money and all assessments to the purchaser and twenty percent (20%) on it, within one (1) year from the date of sale.
AR Code § 14-386-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-120. Certifying delinquencies in no-fence district

 (a) In all instances where county collectors are charged with the collection of assessments in no-fence districts, they shall, in addition to certifying the list of delinquent assessments to the commissioners of the district, certify the list to the county clerk.  (b)  (1) It is the duty of the clerks to add delinquent assessments to any application for redemption of lands sold for state and county taxes.  (2) It is the duty of the county treasurers to collect the assessments and pay the collection to the commissioners of the district.
AR Code § 14-386-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 24 - Fencing And Livestock Districts|Chapter 386 - Fencing Districts|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-386-121. Annual repairs

 (a) The cost of keeping a fence in repair shall, from year to year, be ascertained, collected, and expended in the same manner as is provided in § 14-386-115 as to the cost of the original erection of the fence. However, the county court shall be authorized, on the petition of two-thirds (2/3) of the landowners of the district, to revoke the order that established the district.  (b) No order of revocation shall in any way interfere with or prevent the assessment and collection of all sums needed to pay all debts contracted by the fencing board prior to the order of revocation.