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AR Code § 27-53-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 2 - Accident Reports|§ 27-53-208. Use of accident and supplemental reports

 (a)  (1) All required accident reports and supplemental reports shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and are for the use of the Division of Arkansas State Police.  (2)  (A) The division may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when the identity is not otherwise known or when the person denies his or her presence at the accident.  (B) Except as provided under § 27-53-202(b)(2)(B), the division may disclose to any person involved in the accident or to his or her attorney or agent the name and address of any occupants and passengers in any of the vehicles involved in the accident as may be shown by the reports.      (b)  (1) No report shall be used as evidence in any civil or criminal trial arising out of an accident.  (2) The division shall furnish the report upon the demand of any person who has made or claims to have made the report or, upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the division solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that the report be made to the division.
AR Code § 27-53-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 2 - Accident Reports|§ 27-53-209. Reports open to public inspection

 Except as provided under § 27-53-202(b)(2)(B), all motor vehicle accident reports made by the Division of Arkansas State Police and its records of traffic violations shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
AR Code § 27-53-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 2 - Accident Reports|§ 27-53-210. Copies — Fee

 (a) Except as provided under § 27-53-202(b)(2)(B), photostatic or written copies of reports and records may be obtained from the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police, or from his or her duly designated assistants, by any person who makes a written request for them to the Division of Arkansas State Police.  (b)  (1) In order to partially reimburse the division for the cost of making photostatic or written copies of motor vehicle accident reports and copies of records of traffic violations, there shall be charged a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each copy of a basic accident report and a fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per page for each copy of a supplemental report.  (2) All funds collected under this subsection shall immediately be paid over by the division to the Treasurer of State and shall be credited by him or her as a special revenue to the Division of Arkansas State Police Fund.    (c)  (1) In order to partially reimburse county and municipal law enforcement agencies for the cost of making copies of motor vehicle accident reports and copies of records of traffic violations, there shall be charged a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each copy of a basic accident report and a fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per page for each copy of a supplemental report.  (2) All funds collected under this subsection shall be retained by the municipality or county for the support of the law enforcement agency.
AR Code § 27-53-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 2 - Accident Reports|§ 27-53-211. Inspection of accident reports for safety improvements

 (a)  (1) It is the duty of the Arkansas Department of Transportation to inspect the data collected and maintained relating to an accident as reported to the department by the Division of Arkansas State Police under § 27-53-207(b).  (2) The inspections shall determine, within the judgment of department personnel, whether safety improvements, increased visibility, warning signs, traffic control devices, or any other safety improvements are necessary which could reduce or prevent the future occurrence of similar accidents at the same locations.    (b) The department shall develop a schedule for and implement those safety improvements considered necessary by the department under subdivision (a)(2) of this section.
AR Code § 27-53-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 3 - Investigations|§ 27-53-301. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to promote the public welfare by the reduction of traffic accidents and deaths, injuries, and property damage resulting from accidents and to this end require that all traffic accidents be investigated and reported by qualified law enforcement officers within their jurisdictions.
AR Code § 27-53-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 3 - Investigations|§ 27-53-302. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Investigating officer” means any state, county, or municipal law enforcement official within his jurisdiction;  (2) “Traffic accidents” means accidents occurring to persons, including pedestrians, motor vehicles, and animals, incidental to and as a consequence of the flow of vehicles and pedestrians along the public highways, roads, and streets of Arkansas; and  (3) “Traffic accident report” means the written report required of the investigating officer, including any later supplements, which describes the site, location, and manner of occurrence of the accident, the persons and vehicles involved, and any other pertinent data that may be useful in the determination of the causes of the accident.
AR Code § 27-53-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 3 - Investigations|§ 27-53-303. Jurisdiction and responsibilities of law enforcement officers

 (a) Within their jurisdictions, and cooperatively in overlapping jurisdictional situations such as the state highway extensions within municipal corporations, law enforcement officers of Arkansas are declared to be responsible for the investigation and reporting of all traffic accidents and the deaths, injuries, and property damage resulting therefrom.  (b) These responsibilities shall be generally as outlined:  (1) The federal interstate system — The Department of Arkansas State Police;  (2) The state highway system — The Department of Arkansas State Police and, within municipal corporations, the municipal police, except that the Department of Arkansas State Police may investigate accidents on all streets, county roads, and state highways;  (3) The municipal streets within the boundaries of a municipal corporation which are not a part of the state highway system — The municipal police in cities of the first and second class and the municipal police or the county sheriff's department in all other municipalities; and  (4) The county road system — The sheriff of that county.    (c) The responsible investigating office shall make the investigation with all possible promptness, and the investigating officer shall file the report with the Department of Arkansas State Police within five (5) days subsequent to the actual investigation.  (d) In all traffic accidents involving motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, motorized bicycles, or any other two-wheeled or three-wheeled motor vehicle, all traffic accident reports filed with the Department of Arkansas State Police shall be supplemented with a motorcycle traffic accident report.
AR Code § 27-53-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 3 - Investigations|§ 27-53-304. Report forms

 (a) All traffic accident investigation reports shall be made upon forms prescribed, approved, and supplied by the Division of Arkansas State Police, with the concurrence of the Arkansas Department of Transportation.  (b) [Repealed.]
AR Code § 27-53-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 3 - Investigations|§ 27-53-305. Reports to be public records

 (a) Except as provided under § 27-53-202(b)(2)(B), all traffic accident investigating officers' reports are public records and open to public inspection at all reasonable times.  (b) Photostatic or written copies of the reports may be obtained from the Division of Arkansas State Police in the same manner and for the same fees as prescribed by § 27-53-210 for the motor vehicle accident reports made by members of the division.
AR Code § 27-53-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 3 - Investigations|§ 27-53-306. Notification to landowners

 In instances where a motor vehicle leaves a road or highway and damages the fence or other attachment to real property, the investigating officer shall notify the landowner of the accident and damage.
AR Code § 27-53-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 3 - Investigations|§ 27-53-307. Accident response service fee

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Accident response service fee” means a fee imposed for the response or investigation of a motor vehicle accident by a law enforcement agency; and  (2) “Entity” means:  (A) The state;  (B) A political subdivision of the state, including:  (i) A county;  (ii) A city;  (iii) A borough;  (iv) An incorporated town;  (v) A township; or  (vi) A home-ruled municipality; and    (C) Any governmental entity or agency or department of a governmental entity or agency.      (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a person or entity shall not impose an accident response service fee on or from an insurance company, the driver or owner of a motor vehicle, or any other person.
AR Code § 27-53-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 4 - Damage Claims|§ 27-53-401. Measure of damages to motor vehicles

 In all cases involving damage to motor vehicles, the measure of damages shall be the difference between the value of the vehicle immediately before the damage occurred and the value after the damage occurred, plus a reasonable amount of damages for loss of use of the vehicle.
AR Code § 27-53-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 4 - Damage Claims|§ 27-53-402. Failure to pay small damage claims

 (a) In all cases wherein loss or damage occurs to property resulting from motor vehicle collision amounting to one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less, and the defendant liable, without meritorious defense, shall fail to pay the loss or damage within sixty (60) days after written notice of the claim has been received, then the defendant shall be liable to pay the person entitled thereto double the amount of the loss or damage, together with a reasonable attorney's fee, which shall not be less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250), and court costs.  (b) This liability, which is limited to damage to property, attaches when liability is denied and suit is filed.
AR Code § 27-53-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 4 - Damage Claims|§ 27-53-403. Payment of damage claim not admissible in personal injury action

 The fact of payment of any property damage claim under this subchapter is not admissible in evidence, nor shall it be referred to in any way in any personal injury action arising from the same accident.
AR Code § 27-53-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 4 - Damage Claims|§ 27-53-404. Liability coverage for dealer vehicles used in driver education required

 (a) No automobile dealer who furnishes a motor vehicle to the public schools of this state for use in a driver education program shall be held legally responsible for any injuries or property damages which result from an accident involving the dealer-owned motor vehicle during its use in a driver education program.  (b)  (1) Any school district in this state using any such automobile in a driver education program shall purchase liability insurance covering the operation of the vehicle.  (2) The liability insurance shall be at least within the minimum requirements of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, § 27-19-101 et seq.
AR Code § 27-53-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic|Chapter 53 - Accidents|Subchapter 4 - Damage Claims|§ 27-53-405. Funeral homes not liable for acts of private vehicle operators

 (a) It is the purpose and intent of this section to permit funeral homes to attach magnetic signs, pennants, or other identifying signs to privately owned automobiles in a funeral procession to identify the vehicles as part of the procession without assuming any liability or responsibility for acts of the operators of the private vehicles.  (b) The operator of a private vehicle in a funeral procession who is not an employee of the funeral home in charge of the procession shall not be deemed to be an agent of the funeral home. The funeral home in charge of the procession shall not be liable for any action of the operator, notwithstanding the fact that the funeral home may have attached some form of temporary identification to the vehicle to indicate that the vehicle is a part of a funeral procession.
AR Code § 27-64-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 64 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 27-64-101. Air rights over highways, roads, and streets — Agreements with private property owners

 The following are authorized to enter into leases, contracts, or other agreements with the owners of private property with respect to the owners' use of air rights over and above state highways, county roads, or streets of cities or towns, so long as the leases, contracts, or agreements do not impair the public use thereof and are not in violation of any federal requirement with respect to any federal-aid funds involved in the construction or improvement of the highways, roads, or streets:   (1) The Arkansas Department of Transportation with respect to state highways;  (2) The county court of each county with respect to county roads of each respective county; and  (3) The governing bodies of cities and towns in this state with respect to city streets, alleys, and other public easements of cities and towns.
AR Code § 27-64-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 64 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 27-64-102. Gates and cattle guards

 (a) Whenever any landowner of this state shall present proof to the county court that his or her land is located in a section where the land is subject to overflow, upon a proper order being entered, the landowner shall be permitted to construct a gate or cattle guard across any road traversing such lands.  (b) Before any order is entered under the provisions of this section, notice shall be given of the intention to file a petition by the landowner by inserting a notice in some newspaper in the county at least twenty (20) days before hearing is had upon the petition.  (c) Petition for a permit to construct a gate or cattle guard under this section shall be verified and supported by affidavits of at least three (3) qualified electors living near the land affected that the lands are subject to overflow and that the road referred to is a road that is not paved or a state road in the highway system and will not greatly inconvenience the traveling public.  (d) No gate or cattle guard under the provisions of this section shall be permitted or authorized which will greatly inconvenience large numbers of the traveling public, or over or across a state road in the highway system or a paved road. If after the gate or cattle guard is permitted, proof is shown that it is a hazard to the traveling public, it must be ordered removed.  (e) The order of the court shall be a complete defense against any charge or indictment of the owner for obstructing the public highway by the erection and maintaining of a gate.  (f) Any person who shall willfully leave open any gate erected and constructed in compliance with this section, which gate has been kept and maintained in good order and repair, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not more than ten dollars ($10.00) for each offense.
AR Code § 27-64-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 64 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 27-64-103. Mowing, installing, and maintaining sprinkler system on rights-of-way by adjoining landowner

 (a)  (1) The owners of properties which abut the right-of-way of interstate, federal-aid primary, state, or county roads or highways in this state may enter upon and mow grass, weeds, and other vegetation on the portion of the right-of-way adjoining the property unless the Arkansas Department of Transportation or the county has installed barriers designed to prohibit entry or unless the property owner has received notice from the department or the county restricting or prohibiting mowing grass, weeds, and other vegetation.  (2) The owner of a property which abuts a right-of-way of a state highway may, upon receipt of a permit from the department, install, use, and maintain a sprinkler system on the portion of the right-of-way adjoining the property unless the department has installed a barrier designed to prohibit entry.    (b) If an owner elects to mow grass, weeds, or other vegetation or installs, uses, or maintains a sprinkler system on the right-of-way adjoining his or her property, the owner shall do so at the owner's own risk and shall have no right or claim for damages against the department or any political subdivision of this state for loss of life, injury, or damage to his or her property while engaged in the mowing activity, or the installation, use, or maintenance of the sprinkler system.  (c) Subject to the limitations of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the owner shall:  (1) Mow the grass, weeds, or other vegetation and install, use, and maintain the sprinkler system in a manner that does not obstruct or pose danger to motorists in their lawful use of the public road or highway; and  (2) Be liable for any loss, injury, or damage to the life, person, or property of others that is caused by any negligence in connection with mowing grass, weeds, or other vegetation or installing, using, or maintaining the sprinkler system on the highway right-of-way.
AR Code § 27-64-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 64 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 27-64-104. Priority of cases

 All cases involving the validity of this act or any portion thereof, or in any way arising under this act, shall be deemed of public interest and shall be advanced by all courts and disposed of at the earliest possible moment. Appeals from judgments or decrees involving the validity of this act or any portion thereof must be taken and perfected within thirty (30) days after the rendition of the judgment or decree.
AR Code § 27-64-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 64 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Highway Financing Act of 1999|§ 27-64-201. Title

 This subchapter may be referred to and cited as the “Arkansas Highway Financing Act of 1999”.
AR Code § 27-64-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 64 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Highway Financing Act of 1999|§ 27-64-202. Legislative findings

 (a) The General Assembly of the State of Arkansas has determined that there is an immediate need for highway improvements as defined in this subchapter throughout the State of Arkansas in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens and to promote economic development within the state.  (b) The General Assembly has determined that current funding sources for highway improvements are inadequate to meet the needs of the state and that the best way to accomplish such improvements expeditiously is through the issuance of federal highway grant anticipation and tax revenue bonds to finance such highway improvements.  (c) The General Assembly has further determined that the bonds should be payable from certain designated revenues, including federal highway assistance funding and the proceeds of an increase in the excise tax on diesel fuel and that the repayment of such bonds should also be guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the state.
AR Code § 27-64-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 64 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Highway Financing Act of 1999|§ 27-64-203. Definitions

 The following terms, as used in this subchapter, shall have the meanings set forth in this section:   (1) “Act” means this Arkansas Highway Financing Act of 1999;  (2) “Bonds” means the “State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds” or “GARVEE bonds”, as authorized in this subchapter;  (3) “Commission” means the State Highway Commission, created and existing pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 42;  (4) “Debt service” means all amounts required for the payment of principal, interest on, and premium, if any, due with respect to the bonds in any fiscal year along with all associated costs, including the fees and costs of paying agents and trustees, remarketing agent fees, credit enhancement costs, and other amounts necessary in connection with the bonds;  (5) “Designated revenues” means:  (A) That portion designated by the commission of funds received or to be received from the federal government of the United States as federal highway assistance funding allocated to the state designated as federal highway interstate maintenance funds, and, if needed, that portion of national highway system funds authorized by State Highway Commission Minute Order 98-214 adopted September 22, 1998; and  (B) Revenues derived from the increase in taxes levied on distillate special fuels pursuant to § 26-56-201 and transferred to the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund pursuant to § 27-70-207(d) in accordance with § 26-56-201 and § 26-55-1006; and    (6) “Highway improvements” or “highway improvement projects” means restoration and improvements to all of the interstate highway systems within the state, including roadways, bridges, or right-of-way under the jurisdiction of the commission and shall also include the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, and renovation of such interstate system and facilities appurtenant or pertaining thereto.
AR Code § 27-64-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 64 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Highway Financing Act of 1999|§ 27-64-204. Authorization — Purposes

 The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the voters in a statewide election, to issue bonds to be known as State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds in a total principal amount not to exceed five hundred seventy-five million dollars ($575,000,000) for the purpose of:   (1) Accelerating certain highway improvement projects already underway or scheduled;  (2) Funding new highway improvement projects;  (3) Financing the restoration, reconstruction, and renovation of highway improvements within the State of Arkansas; and  (4) Paying the costs of issuance of the bonds, including the costs of bond issuance or other credit enhancement.