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AR Code § 14-19-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 19 - County Buildings|§ 14-19-104. Supervision of work

 It shall be the duty of the commissioner of public buildings to:   (1) Superintend and direct the execution of the work;  (2) See that the materials employed are good and the work is executed according to contract; and  (3) Make report of the progress and condition thereof from time to time to the county court.
AR Code § 14-19-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 19 - County Buildings|§ 14-19-105. Payment of installments

 (a) When any installment shall become due to the contractor according to contract, the county court shall make an order that it be paid out of the county treasury.  (b) No such order shall be made, except on the certificate of the commissioner of public buildings, that due proportion of the work has been completed and executed according to contract.
AR Code § 14-19-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 19 - County Buildings|§ 14-19-106. Alteration and preservation

 The county court shall have power, from time to time, to alter, repair, or rebuild any county building which has been erected in their county and may cause necessary buildings and fixtures to be erected, as circumstances may require and the funds of the county may admit. Moreover, it shall take such measures as shall be necessary to preserve all buildings and property of the county from waste or damage.
AR Code § 14-19-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 19 - County Buildings|§ 14-19-107. Replacement or repair of destroyed buildings

 (a)  (1) In every case where any public buildings belonging to any county in this state have been destroyed by fire, or otherwise, and the loss of the building calls for speedy and prompt action for repair or rebuilding thereof, the county judge of the county may hold a special term of the county court for the purpose of taking such action and making such provisions as shall be proper for repairing or rebuilding the destroyed property.  (2)  (A) Notice of the meeting of the court shall be published ten (10) days by advertisement in some newspaper printed in the county.  (B) If there is no such paper, the publication shall be by written notices posted at some public place at the county site of the county and at nine (9) other public places in the county, ten (10) days before the convening of such court.      (b) In all cases provided for in subsection (a) of this section, the court for levying the county taxes and making appropriations for county purposes may convene in special session at such time as the county judge may name in a call for the meeting of the court. This call shall be published for the length of time and in the manner provided for the special terms of the county court as named in subsection (a) of this section.  (c)  (1)  (A) When so convened in special session, the county court and court for levying county taxes and making appropriations for county purposes shall have all the powers, right, and authority of the same courts when held at the times fixed by law.  (B)  (i) The county court may let contracts, and the levying courts may make appropriations and levy taxes.  (ii) Either or both of the courts may take any and all steps proper in the premises to the same extent and with like effect as if done in regular term.      (2)  (A) The courts may adjourn from day to day and from time to time until the business for which they were convened is completed.  (B) A minority of the levying court, when so convened, shall have the right to adjourn from day to day until a quorum is secured as provided for in the law governing the court.
AR Code § 14-19-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 19 - County Buildings|§ 14-19-108. Courthouse and jail

 (a) There shall be erected in each county, at its established seat of justice, a good and sufficient courthouse and jail.  (b) The quorum court may determine by a majority vote or by referral to a vote of the people the location of the jail facility at some location other than the established seat of justice.
AR Code § 14-19-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 19 - County Buildings|§ 14-19-110. Fireproof building or vault

 As soon as the courthouse and jail shall be erected and the circumstances of the county will permit, there shall also be erected a fireproof building at some convenient place near the courthouse or a fireproof vault in the courthouse, in which shall be kept the records of the recorder and of the clerks of the several courts held in the county.
AR Code § 14-19-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 19 - County Buildings|§ 14-19-111. Hospitals in counties having two judicial districts

 (a)  (1) In all counties which are divided into two (2) judicial districts, either by the Arkansas Constitution or by legislative enactment, the qualified electors of the county residing in each judicial district of a county so divided shall have and are vested with all the powers and rights for the judicial district that the qualified electors of counties have for the entire county for the purposes authorized by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 32, and may authorize the maintaining, operating, and supporting of a county hospital in the judicial district and may authorize the levy of a tax not to exceed one (1) mill on the dollar of the assessed value of real and personal property in the county.  (2) No tax shall be levied on any property within the county or judicial district for the purposes authorized by the Arkansas Constitution and this section in excess of the total tax authorized by the Arkansas Constitution.    (b) It has been found and is declared by the General Assembly that the maintaining, operating, and supporting of a county hospital is a local concern, and, for the purposes of this section, the judicial districts of the counties are deemed and are declared by the General Assembly to be separate and distinct counties.
AR Code § 14-20-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-101. Prohibition of and punishment for offenses

 (a) A county is authorized to prohibit and punish any act, matter, or thing which the laws of this state make a misdemeanor and to prescribe penalties for all offenses in violation of any ordinance of the county not greater nor less than the penalties prescribed for similar offenses against the laws of this state.  (b) Upon conviction of any person under such ordinance by any court, the conviction shall operate as a bar to further prosecution in any of the courts of this state for the same offense.
AR Code § 14-20-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-102. County funds for defense of indigents — Fees assessed

 (a)  (1) There is hereby created on the books of the treasurer of each county in the state a fund to be used for the purpose of paying reasonable and necessary costs incurred in the defense of indigent persons accused of criminal offenses and in the representation of persons against whom involuntary admissions procedures for mental health or alcohol and narcotic commitments or criminal commitments have been brought, and for representation in civil and criminal matters of persons deemed incompetent by the court due to minority or mental incapacity, which have been brought in any circuit courts or city or county division of district courts, including, but not limited to, investigative expenses, expert witness fees, and legal fees.  (2) Where there are adequate unappropriated moneys in this fund, the quorum court may also provide for the use of the funds for the purpose of defraying the cost of the juvenile division of circuit court.  (3) Where there are adequate unappropriated moneys in this fund, the quorum court may also provide for the use of the funds for the purpose of defraying the cost of medical and dental costs incurred by the county for indigent defendants incarcerated in the county jail.  (4) The quorum court is authorized to supplement the fund by additional appropriation from the county general fund, and expenditures from the fund shall be made in the manner and amounts prescribed by the quorum court.    (b) In any county where a public defender commission has been established under §§ 16-87-101 — 16-87-112 [repealed], the amount to be paid for attorney fees, investigative costs, and other costs under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be determined in a manner prescribed by the quorum court acting with the advisory resolution of the public defender commission.
AR Code § 14-20-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-103. Appropriations to be specific — Limitation

 (a) The quorum court shall specify the amount of appropriations for each purpose in dollars and cents, and except as authorized in this section, the total amount of appropriations for all county or district purposes for any one (1) year shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the anticipated revenues for that year.  (b)  (1) The quorum court may appropriate for any one (1) year up to one hundred percent (100%) of the anticipated revenues for that year for federal or state grants overseen by the county.  (2) For revenues to qualify as a grant under this section, the county shall demonstrate that the state or federal agency characterized the revenues as a grant.    (c)  (1) In any county in which a natural disaster, including without limitation a flood or tornado, results in the county's being declared a disaster area by the Governor or an appropriate official of the United States Government, the quorum court may appropriate in excess of ninety percent (90%) of anticipated revenues.  (2) However, appropriation of funds in excess of ninety percent (90%) of anticipated revenues shall be made only for street cleanup and repair, collection, transportation and disposal of debris, repair or replacement of county facilities and equipment, and other projects or costs directly related to or resulting from the natural disaster.    (d)  (1) In any county in which sales and use tax revenues have been dedicated for a specific purpose, the quorum court may appropriate up to one hundred percent (100%) of anticipated revenues from the dedicated sales and use tax, provided that any appropriation of funds up to one hundred percent (100%) of anticipated revenues shall be made and expended only for the dedicated specific purpose of the tax.  (2) Subdivision (d)(1) of this section shall not:  (A) Apply to dedicated revenues that have been pledged for bonds; or  (B) Include general sales and use tax revenues.      (e) In any county in which the quorum court deems it financially necessary, the quorum court may appropriate for any one (1) year in excess of ninety percent (90%) of the commissions and tax revenues anticipated for that year for the county general fund operation of the offices of assessor, collector, and treasurer.
AR Code § 14-20-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-104. Appropriations and allowances

 (a) Every order of allowance made by the county court shall set forth the appropriation out of which it is to be paid.  (b) It shall be the duty of the clerk annually and immediately after the adjournment of the county quorum court for the levy of taxes and the making of the appropriations to open a book to be kept for that purpose in which he or she shall debit each appropriation by the amount appropriated therefor, and as the allowances are made by the county court, he or she shall credit each appropriation by the allowance ordered to be paid out of the appropriation.
AR Code § 14-20-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-105. Monthly report by county treasurer or county comptroller

 The county treasurer or the county comptroller shall submit each month to the county quorum court a full report and a detailed statement of the financial condition of the county, showing receipts, disbursements, and balance on hand.
AR Code § 14-20-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-106. Limitations on contracts

 No county court or agent of any county shall make any contract on behalf of the county unless an appropriation has been previously made therefor and is wholly or in part unexpended. In no event shall any county court or agent of any county make any contract in excess of any appropriation made, and the amount of the contract shall be limited to the amount of the appropriation made by the county quorum court.
AR Code § 14-20-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-107. Appropriations for Association of Arkansas Counties

 (a)  (1) The quorum court of each county in this state may provide for the participation of its county in the services and activities of the Association of Arkansas Counties, a domestic corporation organized and existing under the provisions of the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 — 4-28-224.  (2) If the quorum court of a county authorizes the participation of the county in the association, then the quorum court shall annually appropriate from county general funds an amount that shall be equal to one percent (1%) of the general revenues received by that county from the County Aid Fund in the State Treasury during the preceding fiscal year.  (3) Participation by each county in the association shall be optional with the quorum court of each of the respective counties as provided in this section.    (b)  (1) The funds so received by the association shall be used exclusively by it to finance the object of its existence, namely, to aid in the improvement of county government in the State of Arkansas.  (2) All funds so received by the association shall be subject to audit by the State of Arkansas, and the association shall make available to the auditors at all reasonable times all books, files, and records concerning such funds.    (c) Moneys appropriated by the court as the county's contribution to the association shall be paid to the association during the month of July for the fiscal year commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30 next following.  (d) The association is recognized as the official agency of the counties of this state to receive funds and use them for making a continuing study of ways and means to improve county government in Arkansas.  (e)  (1) There is created on the books of the Association of Arkansas Counties a trust fund to be known as the “Automated Records Systems Fund”.  (2)  (A) The Automated Records Systems Fund shall be funded by counties in Class 6 and Class 7 in the State of Arkansas.  (B) The county recorder of the Class 6 and Class 7 counties shall remit one dollar ($1.00) for each document recorded in the county recorder's office directly to the Automated Records Systems Fund on a monthly basis.    (3)  (A) The Automated Records Systems Fund shall be administered by a committee composed of the county recorders of the counties in Class 6 and Class 7 to be known as the “Automated Records Systems Fund Committee”.  (B) The committee shall meet biannually to review grant applications made by county recorders in Class 1 — Class 5 solely for purposes directly related to office automation.  (C) The committee shall not disburse any moneys from the Automated Records Systems Fund to counties in Class 6 and Class 7.  (D) The committee shall expend substantially all of the money from the fund on an annual basis.  (E) Each member of the committee may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 14-20-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-109. Rural solid waste disposal services

 (a)  (1) The quorum court of each county is authorized to establish garbage and trash collecting services, solid waste disposal facilities, and similar services for the benefit of the rural residents of the counties to provide, for such rural residents, services comparable to those provided within cities and unincorporated towns.  (2)  (A)  (i) The court may assess reasonable fees to be paid by each property owner, or renter of property, benefiting from such services.  (ii) The courts shall establish the amount of such fees and the methods of collection thereof.    (B) The courts may authorize the counties to contract with one (1) or more public utilities or municipally owned and operated utilities within the cities and towns of the county to collect the fees to be remitted to the county, after retaining therefrom a reasonable service charge agreed to by the court and the city or town to defray the cost of collecting the fees.      (b) The provisions of this section shall be supplemental to the existing laws of this state governing the powers and duties of the quorum courts and are intended to repeal only such laws or parts of laws specifically in conflict with it.
AR Code § 14-20-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-110. Marriage officials

 The county quorum courts may appoint special officials to solemnize marriages within their respective counties. However, the maximum number of such officials shall not exceed two (2) per ten thousand (10,000), or fraction thereof, population in the county as determined by the last census.
AR Code § 14-20-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-111. Marriage license fee

 (a) The quorum court of any county may levy, in addition to fees and taxes now charged, a fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) on each application for a marriage license. Such a fee shall be collected by the county clerk at the time application is made.  (b) All fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be credited by the county treasurer to the county general fund and shall be appropriated by the quorum court as provided by law.
AR Code § 14-20-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-112. County gross receipts tax on hotels and restaurants

 (a)  (1)  (A)  (i) Any county in which there is located a municipality that levies a gross receipts tax on hotels, motels, restaurants, or similar establishments as authorized in the Advertising and Promotion Commission Act, § 26-75-601 et seq., may levy by ordinance of the county quorum court a like tax at the same rate as the levying municipality or at a lesser rate upon the gross receipts from furnishing of hotel or motel accommodations and upon the gross receipts of restaurants or similar establishments located within the county outside the boundaries of the levying municipality.  (ii) The tax levied under this subdivision (a)(1)(A) shall apply to hotels, motels, restaurants, or similar establishments located within unincorporated areas of the county.    (B) Any county in which there is located a municipality that levies a gross receipts tax on hotels, motels, restaurants, or similar establishments as authorized in § 26-75-701 et seq. may levy by ordinance of the county quorum court a like tax at the same rate as the levying municipality or at a lesser rate upon the furnishing of hotel or motel accommodations, the admission price to tourist attractions as defined in § 26-63-401, the gross receipts of gift shops referred to in § 26-75-701, restaurants, or similar establishments located within any township in the county outside the boundaries of the levying municipality.      (b)  (1) When any county levies the tax authorized in this section, the tax so levied shall be paid by the persons, firms, and corporations liable therefor and shall be collected by the levying county in the same manner and at the same time as the gross receipts tax levied by the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941, § 26-52-101 et seq.  (2)  (A)  (i) The quorum court levying such tax and the governing body of the municipality levying a like tax may enter into an agreement whereby the tax levied by the county will be collected by the municipality.  (ii) If the tax levied by the county is collected by the municipality, all revenues derived from the tax shall be deposited into the municipality's advertising and promotion fund.    (B) If the tax is collected by the levying county, all revenues derived from the tax, after deducting an amount equal to the cost of collecting it, shall be deposited into the advertising and promotion fund of the municipality located within the county that levies a like tax.  (C) All such funds deposited in the municipality's advertising and promotion fund shall be used for the purposes prescribed in §§ 26-75-601 — 26-75-613.      (c) When any county levies a tax as authorized in this section, the tax shall be reported and remitted in the manner and on forms prescribed by the county or the municipality.
AR Code § 14-20-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-113. Collection of delinquent taxes

 The quorum court in each county shall provide for the collection of delinquent taxes within the county and shall place by ordinance the responsibility therefor in the office of the county collector or the combined office of sheriff and collector, or may provide for the collection of delinquent taxes by a person designated by a board composed of the county judge, an appropriate representative of the public schools in the county, and the mayor of the county seat or of each county seat in the case of those counties having two (2) county seats.
AR Code § 14-20-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 20 - Quorum or Levying Courts|§ 14-20-114. Extension of levies on tax books

 The taxes levied for county purposes named and specified shall be extended upon the tax books under the general head of county expenses, and warrants drawn by the clerk shall specify the fund or appropriation upon which they are drawn, respectively, and shall be made payable to the person in whose favor the allowance was made, or to the bearer. When so lawfully drawn and issued, the warrants shall be receivable by the sheriff and collector of revenue of the county for all licenses or debts due to the county.