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AR Code § 14-284-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 17 - Public Health And Welfare Improvement Districts|Chapter 284 - Fire Protection Districts|Subchapter 4 - Insurance Premium Taxes|§ 14-284-405. Payment to rural volunteer fire departments

 (a) No rural volunteer fire department or district shall receive payments or disbursements from the Fire Protection Premium Tax Fund unless the county quorum court and the board of commissioners of the fire protection district designate the current county fire service coordinator or designate a county fire service coordinator who shall be responsible for seeing that standard guidelines established by the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board pursuant to § 20-22-801 et seq., are followed.  (b) No funds shall be paid to any certified rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district until a written proposal stating the following information has been approved by the quorum court and the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board:  (1) Amount of funds requested;  (2) Purpose for which funds will be expended;  (3) Plans for training of fire fighters; and  (4) Anticipated time of completion of project.    (c)  (1) Rural volunteer fire departments and fire protection districts shall supply such statistical and operational information to the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board and quorum court as required.  (2) The quorum court of each county shall file reports on January 15 annually with the State Auditor and Department of Finance and Administration stating how such funds were expended during the preceding twelve (12) months.  (3) Each rural volunteer fire department and fire protection district which receives such funds shall file reports on December 1 annually with the quorum court stating how such funds were expended during the preceding twelve (12) months.  (4) If any quorum court, rural volunteer fire department, or fire protection district fails to make such reports, the fire department or district shall not be eligible for new or additional funds until the reports are filed.  (5) Any rural fire department or district which fails to expend funds in due compliance with the provisions of this subchapter shall not be eligible for new or additional funds from the Fire Protection Premium Tax Fund until the department or district reimburses the fund in the exact amount of those moneys improperly retained or expended.
AR Code § 14-284-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 17 - Public Health And Welfare Improvement Districts|Chapter 284 - Fire Protection Districts|Subchapter 4 - Insurance Premium Taxes|§ 14-284-406. Areas with no rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district — Areas in two or more counties

 (a)  (1) Pursuant to § 14-284-201(a)(2)(A), in any area in any county in which there is no rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district which qualifies for funds under the provisions of this subchapter, the quorum court is authorized, in its discretion and with the approval of the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board, to designate any unincorporated area of the county to be served by a municipal fire department, if approved by the governing authorities of the municipality.  (2)  (A) In addition to funds the municipality is otherwise entitled to under this subchapter, the municipality serving any such designated area shall receive the funds that the rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district would have been eligible to receive.  (B) The funds shall be used by the municipality to provide training, to purchase equipment necessary to provide fire protection in the designated unincorporated area in compliance with this subchapter, to purchase insurance for buildings, or to pay utility costs.      (b)  (1) No municipality shall receive funds under this subchapter unless it is willing to provide fire protection through mutual aid agreements in areas within five (5) miles of its corporate limits.  (2) A municipality shall not be required to respond when, in the opinion of proper municipal authorities, its municipal property or fire classification rating would be jeopardized.    (c)  (1) A rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district that qualifies for funds under this subchapter and that provides fire protection services in two (2) or more counties shall be eligible to receive moneys from each of the counties under § 14-284-403(a)(2).  (2) The county quorum court of each county shall apportion the funds to the fire departments or districts eligible under this subsection in accordance with § 14-284-403(a)(2).
AR Code § 14-284-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 17 - Public Health And Welfare Improvement Districts|Chapter 284 - Fire Protection Districts|Subchapter 4 - Insurance Premium Taxes|§ 14-284-407. Fire protection services organization of volunteer fire department or district after January 1, 1992

 Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prevent the organization of a volunteer fire department or district pursuant to the provisions of Arkansas law. If such a volunteer fire department or district is organized after January 1, 1992, the Department of Finance and Administration shall distribute funds provided by § 26-57-614 and this subchapter upon due compliance by the volunteer fire department and district with the eligibility requirements of this subchapter and §§ 20-22-801 — 20-22-809.
AR Code § 14-284-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 17 - Public Health And Welfare Improvement Districts|Chapter 284 - Fire Protection Districts|Subchapter 4 - Insurance Premium Taxes|§ 14-284-408. Direct contributions — Provision of water

 (a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prevent quorum courts and governing bodies of municipalities from contributing funds directly to any volunteer fire department or district serving such county or municipality.  (b) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prevent county, municipal, or local water utilities or associations from contributing water free of charge for fire fighting and training activities to volunteer fire departments and districts.
AR Code § 14-284-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 17 - Public Health And Welfare Improvement Districts|Chapter 284 - Fire Protection Districts|Subchapter 4 - Insurance Premium Taxes|§ 14-284-409. Maintenance of real property of rural volunteer fire department

 The county judge of any county is hereby authorized and empowered, in his or her discretion, to grade, gravel, pave, and maintain real property of a rural volunteer fire department, including roads or driveways, as necessary for the effective and safe operation of the rural volunteer fire department.
AR Code § 14-284-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 17 - Public Health And Welfare Improvement Districts|Chapter 284 - Fire Protection Districts|Subchapter 4 - Insurance Premium Taxes|§ 14-284-410. Certification of fire department required

 No fire department shall receive funds under this subchapter after January 1, 1998, unless the fire department is certified by the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board.
AR Code § 14-284-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 17 - Public Health And Welfare Improvement Districts|Chapter 284 - Fire Protection Districts|Subchapter 4 - Insurance Premium Taxes|§ 14-284-411. Mayor — When member of county intergovernmental cooperation council

 For the purposes of this subchapter, the mayor of any city or incorporated town whose fire protection district extends into an adjoining county shall be a member of the county intergovernmental cooperation council of the adjoining county.
AR Code § 14-284-412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 17 - Public Health And Welfare Improvement Districts|Chapter 284 - Fire Protection Districts|Subchapter 4 - Insurance Premium Taxes|§ 14-284-412. Washer-extractor requirements

 (a) To be eligible for funding under this subchapter, a fire department shall have access to a washer-extractor capable of one hundred gravitational force (100 g-force) of spin installed by January 1, 2022, as certified by the county fire coordinator, except as provided under subsections (c) and (d) of this section.  (b) Funding withheld under subsection (a) of this section is not subject to redistribution under this subchapter and shall be released upon certification of installation under subsection (a) of this section.  (c)  (1) A fire department may enter into a written interlocal agreement with another fire department in the state that has met the requirements of subsection (a) of this section to be in compliance with this section.  (2) The written interlocal agreement under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall address access to the washer-extractor and require reasonable notification for the access.    (d) To meet the requirements of this section, an intergovernmental council of a county may purchase a washer-extractor to be used by all fire departments in the county and installed at a central location in the county chosen by the county fire coordinator.
AR Code § 14-299-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 299 - Maintenance And Repair Of County Highways|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-299-101. Classification of roads

 All public roads and highways running most centrally through the county and most used by the public shall be designated as first-class roads and all other public roads and highways as second-class roads.
AR Code § 14-299-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 299 - Maintenance And Repair Of County Highways|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-299-102. Roadwork priority according to classification

 All roads of the first class shall be first worked, and then the second-class roads shall be worked as the court may class and order.
AR Code § 14-299-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 299 - Maintenance And Repair Of County Highways|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Agreements for Road Improvements|§ 14-299-201. Filing the agreement — Contents

 Whenever the landowners of one (1) or more adjoining townships in any county or in a certain described portion thereof, amounting to three-fourths (¾) of the number of landowners in the territory described in the petition, shall file with the county court of the county a written statement and agreement signed by the landowners wherein they represent to the court that they have voluntarily agreed among themselves to improve certain county roads or parts thereof in the township or in the area described in the agreement, by contributing in cash the necessary funds therefor, and that the costs of the proposed improvements shall not exceed a total sum to be stated in the agreement, and that the costs shall be paid pro rata by the signers of the agreement in the proportion that the assessed value of their land shall bear to the total cost of the improvements, then the statement and agreement shall be spread in full upon the records of the county court. Thereafter, each and every owner and signer of the agreement shall be bound by the terms of the agreement and shall be personally liable for his proportionate part of the costs of the improvement as set out in this section.
AR Code § 14-299-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 299 - Maintenance And Repair Of County Highways|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Agreements for Road Improvements|§ 14-299-202. Signer's failure to pay pro rata costs

 If any signer of the agreement fails to pay his part of the costs according to the terms of the agreement, the board of commissioners created in § 14-299-204 is authorized to bring suit against the owner, his successors, and assigns for the recovery of the amount due. Until that amount is paid, it shall constitute a lien upon the land of the delinquent owner in the township or area affected.
AR Code § 14-299-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 299 - Maintenance And Repair Of County Highways|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Agreements for Road Improvements|§ 14-299-203. Liability of all area landowners

 When any such agreement has been entered of record by the county court as directed in §§ 14-299-201 and 14-299-202, then all the owners of land in the township or in the area affected, whether they have signed the statement and agreement or not, shall become liable to pay their proportionate part of the costs of the improvement to the same extent, in the same manner, and subject to the same procedure to collect the costs, as applies to the signers of the agreement.
AR Code § 14-299-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 299 - Maintenance And Repair Of County Highways|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Agreements for Road Improvements|§ 14-299-204. Board of commissioners — Determination of cost

 (a) The statement and agreement referred to in §§ 14-299-201 and 14-299-202 must contain the names of three (3) of the signers thereto who shall constitute a board of commissioners to have supervision, direction, and control of the improvement. It shall be their duty to see that the improvement is properly made.  (b) The board of commissioners shall first determine the cost of the proposed improvement and then shall calculate and determine the pro rata cost of each landowner. Each landowner shall be required to pay that amount to the board of commissioners within sixty (60) days after having been notified in writing by the board of the amount of his payment.  (c) If the improvement cannot be completed for the sum first determined by the board of commissioners and if the total cost as first determined by the board shall be less than the total amount of the cost of the improvement fixed in the agreement referred to in § 14-299-203, then the board is authorized to require additional pro rata payment from the various landowners for the purpose of completing the improvement. In no event shall the total cost of the improvement exceed the amount fixed in the agreement.
AR Code § 14-299-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 299 - Maintenance And Repair Of County Highways|Subchapter 2 - Voluntary Agreements for Road Improvements|§ 14-299-205. Financing by landowners

 (a) It is the purpose and intent of this subchapter that:  (1) No bonds shall be issued by the board of commissioners;  (2) No money shall be borrowed and no interest shall be paid, but the entire cost of the improvement shall be paid by the cash payments from the landowners as provided for in this subchapter;  (3) Seventy-five percent (75%) of the total amount of payments due to be made by the various landowners shall be paid to the board of commissioners before the improvements provided for in this subchapter shall be begun.    (b) It is not the purpose of this subchapter to impair the power and authority given the county court by the Constitution and laws of this state over roads and highways of the county.
AR Code § 14-300-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 300 - County Bridges|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-300-101. Purchase of private bridges by county

 Where a bridge across any stream in this state is owned by private parties and the bridge is, in the opinion of the county court of the county in which it is situated, a public necessity or convenience, the county court is empowered and authorized to purchase the bridge when an appropriation has been made therefor by the quorum court.
AR Code § 14-300-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 300 - County Bridges|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-300-102. Purchase of surplus bridge material by county — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “surplus bridge material” means a general contractor's excess or unused bridge steel or other scrap items remaining after completion of a contract for the construction, improvement, rehabilitation, or replacement of a bridge on a state highway or county road.  (b)  (1) When a general contractor is awarded a contract for the construction, improvement, rehabilitation, or replacement of a bridge on a state highway or county road, the county judge of the county in which the bridge is located may notify the general contractor in writing no later than thirty (30) days after the contractor is issued a work order on the project that the county requests to purchase all or any portion of the surplus bridge material at the salvage value price.  (2) This section does not prevent a general contractor from retaining surplus bridge material for the general contractor's own purposes.  (3) A general contractor does not have a duty to notify the county judge of a bridge construction project the general contractor undertakes in a county.    (c)  (1) If a general contractor elects to sell the surplus bridge material for salvage and the county has given notice under subsection (b) of this section, then the county has a right of first refusal to purchase all or any portion of the surplus bridge material for the salvage value price.  (2) The county judge shall tender the county's written offer to purchase all or any portion of the surplus bridge material at salvage value price.    (d)  (1) The purchase by the county of surplus bridge material is “as is”, and the county shall hire an engineer to inspect any surplus bridge material it acquires under this section to determine if the surplus bridge material is suitable for the county's intended use.  (2) The general contractor does not have a responsibility to inspect or otherwise render an opinion as to the condition, state, or suitability of the surplus bridge material for the county's intended use.    (e) This section does not create a cause of action, and a cause of action shall not be available, in negligence or otherwise, against a general contractor for the surplus bridge material purchased by the county under this section.  (f) The county shall retrieve and transport the surplus bridge material it acquires under this section within thirty (30) days after the election by the general contractor to sell the surplus bridge material at salvage value price under subdivision (c)(1) of this section unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
AR Code § 14-300-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 300 - County Bridges|Subchapter 2 - Building Bridges|§ 14-300-201. Classification of bridges on public roads

 The bridges on the public roads of this state shall be divided into three (3) classes:   (1) Bridges over sixty feet (60') in length, exclusive of abutments, shall be bridges of the first class;  (2) Bridges of not less than thirty feet (30') nor more than sixty feet (60') in length, exclusive of abutments, shall comprise the second class; and  (3) All bridges less than thirty feet (30') in length shall comprise the third class.
AR Code § 14-301-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 301 - Municipal Streets Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-301-101. City council — Powers and duties

 The city council shall:   (1) Have the care, supervision, and control of all the public highways, bridges, streets, alleys, public squares, and commons within the city; and  (2) Cause those public highways, bridges, streets, alleys, public squares, and commons to be kept open and in repair, and free from nuisance.
AR Code § 14-301-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 301 - Municipal Streets Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-301-102. Dedication of streets

 No street or alley which shall be dedicated to public use by the proprietor of ground in any city shall be deemed to be a public street or alley, or to be under the care or control of the city council, unless the dedication shall be accepted and confirmed by an ordinance specially passed for that purpose.
AR Code § 14-301-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 301 - Municipal Streets Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-301-103. Building and repair of bridges

 Each city of the first and second class and incorporated town in this state shall have the power to build, construct, and keep in repair any bridge within the corporate limits thereof at the exclusive expense of that municipal corporation.
AR Code § 14-301-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 301 - Municipal Streets Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-301-104. Opening or improving street or highway — Delinquent tax

 (a) No street or highway shall be opened, straightened, or widened, nor shall any other improvement be made which will require proceedings to condemn private property, without the concurrence in the bylaw, ordinance, or resolution directing the condemnation of two-thirds (2/3) of the whole number of members elected to council.  (b) The concurrence of a like majority shall be required to direct any improvement or repair of a street or highway, the cost of which is to be assessed on the owners of the property, unless one-half (½) of the owners to be charged shall petition in writing therefor.  (c) The council of any incorporated city or town may order the clerk, or other proper officer of the council, to certify under his official seal any delinquent tax which is assessed by the city or town, for opening or grading, or otherwise improving any street or alley in the city or town, to the clerk of the proper county.  (d) The clerk is required to place the tax so certified on the tax book of his county, in a separate column, and it shall be collected in a like manner as state and county taxes.