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AR Code § 14-120-241 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 2 - Agreements with United States Generally|§ 14-120-241. Bonds — Sale prohibitions — Penalty

 (a)  (1) It shall be unlawful for the board of directors of any such district, or any officer or member thereof, to sell or dispose of any bonds authorized to be sold under the provisions of this subchapter at any place other than the domicile of the board; to pledge or deposit any bond or coupon issued under the provisions of this subchapter as security for the payment of any borrowed money or any debt or obligation of the board or of any other person, firm, or corporation whatever; to appropriate or to use any money arising from the sale of bonds to any use or purpose whatever other than herein expressly provided for; or to sell or negotiate the bonds at less than par, on the basis of bonds bearing interest at three and one-half percent (3½%) per annum.  (2) The bonds shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder at the office of the levee district, drainage district, or levee and drainage district after notice of the sale has been published for three (3) consecutive insertions in two (2) or more newspapers having general circulation in the area affected.  (3) It is unlawful for the board of directors to pay directly or indirectly any brokerage fee or fiscal agent's fee or enter into any private contract with any person, firm, or corporation agreeing to sell bonds to the person, firm, or corporation or agreeing to pay a fee to the person, firm, or corporation in the event that the person, firm, or corporation is not the successful bidder.  (4) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).    (b) No compensation shall be allowed the treasurer of the district, or any other officer or member of the board of directors thereof, either directly or indirectly, for negotiating the sale of the bonds or paying out the proceeds arising from the sale of those bonds.
AR Code § 14-120-242 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 2 - Agreements with United States Generally|§ 14-120-242. Use of revenues for bond payment — Lien

 (a) To secure the due and prompt payment of both principal and interest of any bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter, the entire revenues, or a fractional part thereof as the board deems expedient and necessary, arising from annual taxes to be levied on the increased value or betterment to accrue to the lands, town lots, blocks, railroads and tramroads, telegraph and telephone lines, electric power lines, and other real property, are pledged.  (b) The board of directors of the district is required to set aside annually from the first revenue collected a sum sufficient in amount to secure and pay the interest on the bonds and the principal thereof, as the interest and principal may become due. Its duty to do so may be enforced by mandamus proceedings.  (c) The principal and interest of the bonds shall be secured by a lien on all the lands, town lots, blocks, railroads and tramroads, telegraph and telephone lines, and electric power lines, and all other real property in the district.  (d) The board of directors may pledge all or any part of the assessment of benefits and its revenues as security for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds.
AR Code § 14-120-243 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 2 - Agreements with United States Generally|§ 14-120-243. Nonpayment of bonds — Collection by receiver

 (a) If any bond so issued, or interest coupon thereon, is not paid within six (6) months after its maturity, it shall be the duty of the chancery court of any county within the boundaries of the district, on application of any holder of the bond or interest coupon so overdue, to appoint a receiver to collect the taxes then due and thereafter to become due and which are authorized to be levied under the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) The proceeds of the taxes and collections shall be applied after payment of costs, first, to overdue interest, and then to the payment pro rata of all outstanding bonds issued as provided herein, which are then due and payable. The receiver may be directed by suit to foreclose the lien of the taxes on the lands, town lots, blocks, railroads and tramroads, telegraph and telephone lines, electric power lines, and other real property situate within the boundaries of the district.  (c) The suits so brought by the receiver shall be conducted in all matters as suits by the board of directors, as herein provided, and with like effect. The decrees and deeds therein shall have the same presumptions in their favor.  (d) However, the receiver shall be discharged when all such sums have been paid.
AR Code § 14-120-244 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 2 - Agreements with United States Generally|§ 14-120-244. Disposition and use of proceeds from bonds

 The proceeds derived from the bonds to be so sold shall be paid to the treasurer of the district and shall be set aside from and not commingled with any other funds of the district, shall be designated tributary compliance funds, and shall be used solely for the purpose of enabling the board of directors of that district to comply with the obligations imposed on and assumed by it in the contracts and agreements made with the United States of America or any other federal agency relating to the construction and perpetual operation and maintenance of the flood control works provided for in the adopted and authorized project.
AR Code § 14-120-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes|§ 14-120-301. Legislative determination

 It is found and declared as a matter of legislative determination that:   (1) The construction, operation, and maintenance of those flood control and drainage projects authorized by subchapter 2 of this chapter, as amended, as a separate operation by a levee district or drainage district, or levee and drainage district, from the project for which the district was originally created places an undue burden on the district, causes a duplication of work, and increases the cost of construction, operation, and maintenance; and  (2) The construction, operation, and maintenance of the projects could best be carried out by consolidation of the flood control or drainage project authorized by subchapter 2 of this chapter, and acts amendatory thereof, with the levee or drainage project, or levee and drainage project for which the district was originally created.
AR Code § 14-120-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes|§ 14-120-302. Definition

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “board of directors” includes the board of commissioners or other governing body of a district, as the case may be.
AR Code § 14-120-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes|§ 14-120-303. Construction

 It is the legislative intent that all provisions of this subchapter shall be liberally and reasonably construed so as to give them full force and effect to the end that the purposes and objectives of this subchapter be fully and expeditiously accomplished.
AR Code § 14-120-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes|§ 14-120-304. Subchapter cumulative

 This subchapter shall be construed to be cumulative to existing laws relating to levee districts, drainage districts, or levee and drainage districts and shall not repeal any existing law unless the law is in direct conflict herewith. It is the purpose of this subchapter to permit consolidation by any levee district, drainage district, or levee and drainage district of the duties, obligations and purposes for which the district was originally created with those assumed by it under the provisions of subchapter 2 of this chapter and amendments thereto and not to eliminate the method by which levee districts, drainage districts, or levee and drainage districts, may enter contracts with the United States of America, the Secretary of the Army, the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, or any other federal agency regarding the construction, operation, and maintenance of flood control and drainage works within the district.
AR Code § 14-120-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes|§ 14-120-305. Construction of levees and drainage works declared conducive to public welfare

 (a) It is found and declared as a matter of legislative determination that the construction of levees, levee foundations, channel rectifications, floodways, reservoirs, spillways, diversions, drainage canals, or other flood control or drainage works by any levee district, drainage district, or levee and drainage district, or by the United States of America, and the perpetual operation and maintenance of the work by the district will be conducive to the public welfare and will result in great betterment and increase in value of lands, town lots, suburban lots, rural lots, industrial tracts, blocks, railroads, tramroads, telegraph, telephone, and electric power lines and underground cables, pipelines, and all other real property and interests in real property situate within the boundaries of the district wherein the levee and other flood control and drainage works may be constructed by the levee district or drainage district, or levee and drainage district, or by the United States of America and operated and maintained by that district.  (b) For the purpose of this subchapter, the amount of the increased value or betterment to the lands, town lots, suburban lots, rural lots, industrial tracts, blocks, railroads, tramroads, telegraph, telephone, and electric power lines and underground cables, pipelines, and all other real property and interests in real property, within the boundaries of the district, which are estimated to accrue thereto by reason of the construction of levee and other flood control and drainage works and the perpetual operation and maintenance thereof, shall be ascertained and definitely determined and fixed in the manner provided in §§ 14-120-313 and 14-120-314.
AR Code § 14-120-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes|§ 14-120-306. Powers of board of directors

 (a) In order to discharge the obligations for which the district was originally created and those which it assumed under the terms of subchapter 2 of this chapter and acts amendatory thereto, the board of directors of any levee district, or drainage district, or levee and drainage district is authorized and empowered:  (1) To enter upon, take, and hold any lands, or interests or servitudes therein, whether by purchase, grant, donation, devise, or otherwise that may be deemed necessary and proper for the location, construction, operation, repair, or maintenance of any levee, levee foundation, channel rectification, floodway, reservoir, spillway, diversion, drainage canal, or other flood control or drainage works contemplated to be constructed and thereafter to be perpetually operated and maintained by the district; and  (2) To take, hold, and acquire flowage and storage rights and servitudes upon, over, and across any land which may be necessary and incident to the construction, operation, repair, and maintenance of any necessary levee, levee foundation, channel rectification, floodway, reservoir, spillway, diversion, drainage canal, or other flood control or drainage works.    (b) In order that the rights, easements, and servitudes conferred may be acquired, the board of directors of the district is given authority and power to condemn lands or interests therein for such purposes and the authority and power to exercise rights of eminent domain. Condemnation proceedings therefor shall be instituted and conducted in the manner as is now provided in §§ 18-15-1001 — 18-15-1010 and provided further damages shall be paid for any easement or flowage right or increased use or servitude on any lands by reason of increasing the amount or depth of water on those lands regardless of whether the lands are protected or unprotected by levees, and those damages shall be in addition to damages set out in §§ 18-15-1001 — 18-15-1010. Any action for taking of property or damaging property as provided in this subchapter or in §§ 18-15-1001 — 18-15-1010 shall be commenced within five (5) years from the time the cause of action accrues.
AR Code § 14-120-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes|§ 14-120-307. Conveyance of rights-of-way across state lands

 The Governor and the Secretary of State are authorized, empowered, and directed to make and execute any and all necessary and proper contracts, easements, deeds, or other instruments in writing, giving, granting, and conveying to the board of directors of that district rights-of-way for levees, levee foundations, channel rectifications, floodways, reservoirs, spillways, diversions, drainage canals, or other flood control or drainage works, and easements for flowage and storage rights over, upon, and across any lands owned by the state which are necessary or required for the construction of levees, levee foundations, channel rectifications, floodways, reservoirs, spillways, diversions, drainage canals, or other flood control or drainage works, provided no such conveyance, contract, donation, or grant shall impair any valid outstanding lien against the lands or any vested private right therein.
AR Code § 14-120-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes|§ 14-120-308. Agreements for construction across highways

 If any levee, flood control, or drainage work contemplated to be done by any district coming within the provisions of this subchapter is to be constructed upon, over, and across any highways, or highway rights-of-way of this state, the State Highway Commission is authorized, empowered, and directed to make and execute any and all contracts, easements, or other instruments in writing with the board of directors of that district for rights-of-way for levees, levee foundations, channel rectifications, floodways, reservoirs, spillways, diversions, drainage canals, or other flood control or drainage works and flowage and storage rights thereon.
AR Code § 14-120-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes|§ 14-120-309. Eminent domain by the United States

 (a) The State of Arkansas agrees that the United States of America, the Secretary of the Army of the United States on behalf of the United States, or any of its agencies thereunto legally authorized:  (1) Shall be, and each is, fully authorized, empowered, and enabled within this state to exercise the rights of eminent domain and to obtain and acquire property and property rights, flowage rights, rights-of-way, and servitudes or easements, or options therefor, in this state, either by voluntary agreements with the owners thereof or by condemnation proceedings under the laws of the United States in pursuance of authority conferred by law; and  (2) Upon the filing of any condemnation proceedings, shall have the right to take immediate possession of the property to the extent of the interest sought to be acquired, and proceed with the construction of levees, levee foundations, channel rectifications, floodways, reservoirs, spillways, diversions, drainage canals, or other flood control or drainage works thereon. However, in the event immediate possession is taken as herein provided, adequate provision shall be made for the payment of just compensation to the party or parties entitled thereto. Furthermore, those condemnation proceedings shall be diligently prosecuted in order that compensation shall be promptly ascertained and paid.    (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed in such manner as to relieve any levee district, drainage district, or levee and drainage district from any liability to the owners of property taken or damaged, whether condemnation proceedings are instituted by the United States, or by such district. In any taking by the United States, or any of its agencies, the district shall be liable to the property owner for any damages compensable under existing Arkansas law, whether or not it is compensable under the laws of the United States.
AR Code § 14-120-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes|§ 14-120-310. Authority to consolidate

 (a) Any levee district, drainage district, or any levee and drainage district, in this state which has executed or may hereafter execute contracts with the United States of America, the Secretary of the Army, the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, or any other federal agency may consolidate all duties, obligations, and purposes required to carry out flood control or drainage projects with the duties, obligations, and purposes required of it to carry out the obligations and purposes for which the levee district, drainage district, or levee and drainage district, was originally created, if, by the terms of the contract, the levee district or drainage district, or levee and drainage district, has obligated itself:  (1) To acquire and furnish the lands, rights-of-way, and easements necessary for the construction of any flood control or drainage project by the United States of America within the bounds of the district;  (2) To hold and save the United States of America free from damages due to the construction of any such flood control and drainage works; and  (3) To perpetually maintain and operate the flood control and drainage works after the completion thereof, as provided in subchapter 2 of this chapter, and acts amendatory thereto.    (b) In order to effect the consolidation, the levee district or drainage district, or levee and drainage district, may:  (1) Combine all acts required to operate the projects separately into one (1) operation, may levy and collect one (1) tax for construction, operation, and maintenance of both projects, and may use the funds arising from the tax so levied for the payment of any obligation incurred in the construction, operation, or maintenance of either project;  (2) Cause an assessment of benefits to be made of the benefits arising from the construction, operation, and maintenance of the project for which the district was originally created and those arising from the flood control and drainage project for which the district assumed the sponsorship under the terms of subchapter 2 of this chapter, and acts amendatory thereto.
AR Code § 14-120-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 120 - Drainage and Levee Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 3 - Consolidation of District Duties, Obligations, and Purposes|§ 14-120-311. Consolidation procedure

 (a) No levee district, drainage district, or levee and drainage district coming within the provision of this subchapter shall exercise any of their powers conferred by this subchapter or consolidate the construction, operation, and maintenance of the project for which the district was originally created with those of the flood control or drainage project assumed by it under the provision of subchapter 2 of this chapter, and amendments thereto, until:  (1) The board of directors of the district shall have determined by a proper resolution, adopted by two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the board of directors of the district, that the consolidation would be to the best interest of the district and the landowners thereof;  (2) A special meeting of the landowners and bondholders of the district shall have been held at which the question of consolidation shall have been presented and for the purpose of hearing objections to the consolidation.    (b) Notice of the hearing shall be given by the secretary of the district by publication of a notice for at least two (2) consecutive weekly insertions in a newspaper published and having a bona fide circulation in each county within the district. This notice shall state:  (1) The time and place at which the board of directors shall meet for the purpose of hearing objections;  (2) That the meeting shall be open to the public; and  (3) That at such meeting any landowner or bondholder of the district may offer objection to the action of the board in adopting the resolution.    (c)  (1) At the time and place specified in the notice, the board of directors shall meet at the office of the district for the purpose of hearing the objections.  (2) The district shall furnish a stenographer who shall take and transcribe all the testimony introduced before the board.  (3) The board shall keep a true and perfect record of its proceedings at the meeting which shall be filed as a public record in the office of the district.  (4) A copy of the record, certified by the secretary of the district, shall be competent evidence in all courts of this state.  (5) After consideration of all objections, if any, the board of directors, by proper resolution duly adopted by two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the board of directors, shall declare its decision regarding consolidation of the district.  (6) Any landowner or bondholder aggrieved by the decision of the board may have the findings reviewed by the circuit court of the county in which the district has its domicile.  (7) The appeal shall be perfected in thirty (30) days.  (8) The review shall be heard by the court on the evidence introduced before the board of directors at the meeting aforesaid, and no additional or different evidence shall be admissible.  (9) Appeals to the Supreme Court from the decision of the circuit court shall be perfected in thirty (30) days.