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AR Code § 14-121-443 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 4 - District Operation Generally|§ 14-121-443. Tax to pay off bonds issued for preliminary expenses

 (a)  (1) For the purpose of paying the principal and interest of any bonds issued to pay preliminary expenses, either original or refunding bonds, when an assessment of benefits has not been made on the real property of the district, the court by which the district was established shall, when called upon by the commissioners of the district, enter upon its records an order, which shall have all the force and effect of a judgment, providing that there shall be assessed and collected a tax upon the real property of the district. This tax shall be sufficient to pay the bond issue as the bond issue matures, with ten percent (10%) added for unforeseen contingencies, based upon the valuation thereof as shown by the last assessment for county and state purposes. This tax shall be extended upon the tax books of the county and collected in the same manner as may be provided by law for the collection of taxes for state and county purposes, and for his services in making the collection, the collector shall receive a commission of one percent (1%).  (2) The tax so levied shall be a lien on all the real property of the district from the time the tax is levied by the court.  (3) The remedy against the assessment of taxes shall be by appeal, and the appeal must be taken within twenty (20) days from the time the assessment of taxes has been made by the court, and on appeal the presumption shall be in favor of the legality of the tax.    (b) The levy and collection of a tax for the payment of bonds issued to pay for preliminary expenses of a district or refunding bonds issued for such purposes shall not operate as an abandonment of the district, but the organization of the district shall be continued until such time as the board of commissioners of the district may deem it advisable to complete the improvements contemplated in the district, or, until it may be deemed advisable to abolish the district in the manner provided in subchapter 10 of this chapter.
AR Code § 14-121-444 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 4 - District Operation Generally|§ 14-121-444. Issuance of certificates of indebtedness for maintenance — Appeal

 (a) Any drainage district organized under and pursuant to the laws of the State of Arkansas in which an additional tax levy has been made for the purpose of preserving the drainage system and of keeping the ditches clear from obstruction and of extending, widening, or deepening the ditches thereof, in order not to delay the necessary work, may issue and sell, with the approval of the court levying or approving the levying of the additional taxes, certificates of indebtedness, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed six percent (6%) per annum and for a total amount not to exceed one (1) annual tax. These certificates shall be, and are made, negotiable and shall mature and be made payable within one (1) year after their issuance and shall constitute a lien and charge against any funds of the district not previously pledged.  (b) No such certificates of indebtedness shall be issued while any appeal from any order levying such additional taxes is pending in any of the courts of this state, nor shall any such certificates of indebtedness be issued prior to the expiration of the time for appeal from any such order levying such taxes.  (c) However, the provisions of this section requiring the approval of the court of tax levies shall not apply to drainage districts which have heretofore been organized and created by special acts wherein it is provided that all tax levies shall be made by resolution or order of the board of commissioners or directors, and the provisions of such special acts so provided shall remain in full force and effect.  (d) Any property owner or the commissioners of any drainage district may appeal from the finding of the county court, or the circuit court where the lands comprising the district lie in more than one (1) county, on any petition for the levying of additional taxes for the purpose of preserving the drainage system and of keeping the ditches clear from obstruction and of extending, widening, or deepening the ditches thereof, at any time within thirty (30) days from the rendition of the finding, order, or judgment, but not thereafter.
AR Code § 14-121-445 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 4 - District Operation Generally|§ 14-121-445. Refunding bonds

 (a) Any drainage district in this state which has issued and sold bonds, prior to the assessment of benefits on the property of the district, for the purpose of paying preliminary expenses of the district is authorized and empowered to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any bond or bonds of the district then outstanding.  (b)  (1) The refunding bonds shall mature at such time or times as the board of commissioners of the district may direct.  (2) The refunding bonds may not bear a greater rate of interest than six percent (6%) per annum. However, the bonds may be converted into a larger amount of bonds bearing a lower rate of interest on such terms that the district shall receive therefor and pay thereon substantially the same amount of money.    (c) The refunding bonds shall not be issued for a substantially greater amount than is necessary to pay outstanding bonds with all interest thereon in addition to such discounts and expenses only as may be necessary and incident to the refunding bond issue.
AR Code § 14-121-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 5 - Subdistricts|§ 14-121-501. Applicability of §§ 14-121-204 and 14-121-205

 The provisions of §§ 14-121-204 and 14-121-205 shall apply to the organization of a subdistrict the same as to the organization of the district.
AR Code § 14-121-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 5 - Subdistricts|§ 14-121-502. Formation procedure in county court

 (a)  (1) When three (3) or more owners of real property within a proposed subdistrict, composed of land wholly within a drainage district, or partly within and partly without that district, shall petition the county court to establish a subdistrict to embrace their property, describing generally the region which it is intended shall be embraced within the subdistrict, and shall file a good bond to pay for the expense of the survey of the proposed subdistrict, in case the subdistrict is not formed, it shall be the duty of the county court to enter upon its records an order directing the commissioners of the main district to forthwith proceed to cause a survey to be made and to ascertain the limits of the region which would be benefited by the proposed system of improvements.  (2) The commissioners shall cause a survey to be made and shall file with the county clerk a report showing the territory which will be benefited by the proposed improvement, giving a general idea of its character and expense and making suggestions as to the size of the drainage ditches and their location as the commissioners may deem advisable. They shall file their report with the county clerk.  (3) All expenses incident to preparing those plans, estimates, and the cost of publication shall be paid from the funds of the main drainage district, as the work progresses, upon proper showing to the commissioners of the district. However, all expenses incurred by the subdistricts shall be repaid out of the proceeds of the first money received by the proposed subdistrict.    (b)  (1) The county clerk shall thereupon give notice by publication for two (2) weeks in some newspaper published in the county or counties in which the subdistrict will be located, calling upon all persons owning property in the subdistrict to appear before the court on some day fixed by the court to show cause in favor of or against the establishment of the subdistrict.  (2) At the time named in the notice, the county court shall meet and hear all property owners within the proposed subdistrict who wish to appear and advocate or resist the establishment of the subdistrict.  (3) If it appears to the court that the petition is signed by three (3) or more owners of real property within the subdistrict and if it appears to the county court that the organization of the proposed subdistrict will be conducive to the public health, convenience, and welfare, and to the interest of the owners of real property therein, then it shall make an order upon its records to the terms and provisions of this act.  (4) If the county court does not act promptly in complying with the terms of this section or any other section in this act essential to the creation and operation of the district, it may be compelled to do so by mandamus.
AR Code § 14-121-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 5 - Subdistricts|§ 14-121-503. Formation procedure in circuit court

 (a) Where the main drainage district, of which the proposed subdistrict is to become a part, shall have been organized by a circuit court, the petition for the proposed subdistrict shall be presented to the circuit court and all subsequent proceedings had therein.  (b) Where the main drainage district, of which the proposed subdistrict shall embrace lands lying in another, or other counties, the petition for the organization of the proposed subdistrict shall be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the main district was organized and all subsequent proceedings shall be had in the circuit court.
AR Code § 14-121-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 5 - Subdistricts|§ 14-121-504. Commissioners — Subsequent proceedings

 When the county or circuit court has established a subdistrict, it shall appoint the commissioners of the main district of which the subdistrict is to become a part to act as commissioners of the subdistrict, and the proceedings thereafter shall conform to the provision of this act relating to drainage districts.
AR Code § 14-121-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 5 - Subdistricts|§ 14-121-505. Authority to do construction for land reclamation

 A subdistrict of a drainage district organized under, or made subject to, §§ 14-121-101, 14-121-102, 14-121-104, 14-121-105, 14-121-201 — 14-121-205, 14-121-207, 14-121-301, 14-121-304, 14-121-305, 14-121-307, 14-121-310, 14-121-311, 14-121-313, 14-121-401 — 14-121-406, 14-121-408, 14-121-411, 14-121-412, 14-121-422 — 14-121-432, 14-121-440 — 14-121-442, 14-121-802 — 14-121-805, and 14-121-808 may reconstruct, repair, enlarge, straighten, extend, and improve ditches, drains, levees, sluiceways, flood gates, and any and all other construction work of the original district for the reclamation of wet and overflowed land, as a part of the system of improvements of the subdistrict, provided the work shall be done at the expense of the subdistrict.
AR Code § 14-121-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 6 - Forming Maintenance Districts Within Original Districts|§ 14-121-601. Scope

 The terms and provisions of this subchapter shall never at any time be applicable to a drainage district organized under the general drainage laws of this state for the primary purpose of constructing levees and other flood control projects under the terms and provisions of the Flood Control Acts of Congress, approved May 15, 1928, and June 15, 1936, and any amendments thereto, and all districts organized as aforesaid are exempt from the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-121-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 6 - Forming Maintenance Districts Within Original Districts|§ 14-121-602. Definition

 Throughout this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “original district” includes the district which was first created in the circuit court and all subdistricts within and appurtenant to that district.
AR Code § 14-121-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 6 - Forming Maintenance Districts Within Original Districts|§ 14-121-603. Dividing district land according to county boundaries

 Any drainage district in this state not organized for the primary purpose of constructing levees and receiving federal aid under Flood Control Acts of Congress, approved May 15, 1928, and June 15, 1936, and amendments thereto, comprising lands in more than one (1) county and organized under the provisions of the general drainage laws which have no outstanding unpaid bonds or other evidences of indebtedness may be divided into separate districts comprising the lands in each county of the original district for the purpose of preserving the drainage system, of keeping the ditches clear from obstructions and of extending, widening, or deepening the ditches from time to time as may be found advantageous to the lands in the separate district or districts, as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-121-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 6 - Forming Maintenance Districts Within Original Districts|§ 14-121-604. Filing petition for separation — Order

 (a) Any five (5) owners of land within the boundaries of the original district may file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which the district was originally organized, setting forth the fact that:  (1) The improvement for which the district was originally organized has been completed;  (2) The district comprises lands in more than one (1) county, that all obligations of the district have been paid in full, that the drainage district was not organized primarily for the construction of levees and has not received federal aid under Flood Control Acts of Congress approved May 15, 1928, and June 15, 1936, and amendments thereto, and praying that the lands in the county mentioned in the petition be separated from the original district for the purposes set forth in § 14-121-603.    (b) If the circuit court in which the petition is filed shall find the facts set forth in the petition to be true, the court shall enter an order granting the prayer of the petition for the purposes of this subchapter.  (c) Upon the filing of a certified copy of the order in the county court of the county set forth in the petition, the county court shall thereupon enter an order establishing a separate district which shall be named in the order and which shall comprise the lands in the county which were included in the district as originally organized.
AR Code § 14-121-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 6 - Forming Maintenance Districts Within Original Districts|§ 14-121-605. Commissioners of separate districts

 (a) The county court shall appoint three (3) owners of real property within the boundaries of the separate district as commissioners thereof.  (b) Each commissioner shall take the oath of office required by Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, § 20, and shall also swear that he will not be directly or indirectly interested in any contract made by the board.  (c) Any commissioner failing to take the oath within thirty (30) days after his appointment shall be deemed to have declined to act, and his place shall be filled by the county court of that county.  (d) All vacancies on the board shall be filled by the county court, or the judge thereof in vacation, but if a majority in value of the owners of real property in the subdistrict shall petition for the appointment of a particular person or persons as commissioners, it shall be the duty of the county court to appoint the person or persons so designated.  (e) The board shall select one (1) of their number as chairman, and a majority shall constitute a quorum.  (f) The county court shall remove any member of the board on petition of a majority in value of the owners of real property in the district.
AR Code § 14-121-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 6 - Forming Maintenance Districts Within Original Districts|§ 14-121-606. Commissioners of original district

 When the order has been entered by the county court and the commissioners have qualified as such under provisions of this subchapter, the lands in each county shall no longer be a part of the district as originally organized, and the power of the original district and the commissioners thereof to levy a tax on the lands in the county so separated from the original districts for the purposes provided in § 14-121-412 or for any other purposes shall terminate, but their authority as to all other lands located in the original district shall not be thereby affected.
AR Code § 14-121-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 6 - Forming Maintenance Districts Within Original Districts|§ 14-121-607. Powers of separate districts

 The separate districts shall have the power to preserve the portion of the drainage system located in the county as provided in § 14-121-412 in the same manner as if the separate district had originally been organized under the laws of Arkansas as a drainage district comprising lands in one (1) county. However, the circuit court in which the original district was organized shall have authority to cause to be levied and collected a tax on all the lands of the original district for the purpose of paying the expenses incident to the cleaning out, but not for the purpose of extending, widening, or deepening existing ditches so as to provide an adequate outlet for the entire drainage system of the original district.
AR Code § 14-121-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 7 - Annexing Certain Benefited Lands to District|§ 14-121-701. Lands to be annexed

 Where any slough, marsh, or lake has been drained into the drainage ditches of any drainage district which has completed its work of construction, lands benefited by the draining of the slough, marsh, or lake may be added to the drainage district in the manner provided by § 14-121-703, but in no case shall lands paying taxes in another drainage district be added to any drainage district under the provisions of this subchapter, and in no case shall lands, lots, or blocks already in a drainage district be in any way affected by the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-121-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 7 - Annexing Certain Benefited Lands to District|§ 14-121-702. Addition of sanitary sewer district — Taxes and bonds

 (a) If any sanitary sewer district drains into the ditches or conduits of any drainage district which has completed its work of construction, or if private or other public sanitary sewers drain into the ditches or conduits, the lands within the sanitary sewer district or the lands served by those private or other public sewers may be added to the drainage district in the manner provided in § 14-121-703.  (b) If lands, lots, or blocks served by sanitary sewers are added to the drainage district, they shall not be taxed exceeding an average of fifty cents (50¢) per year for each lot or parcel of land fifty feet by one hundred fifty feet (50' x 150'), and more or less for larger or smaller tracts or parcels of land. It is ascertained that the average benefits to the lands, lots, or parcels derived from the sanitary sewer drainage will not exceed that sum.  (c) The commissioners of any drainage district, with the consent of the chancery court in which the lands of the district are located, shall have the right to sell additional bonds for the purpose of cleaning, widening, deepening, and completing necessary ditches for the proper drainage of the district.
AR Code § 14-121-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 121 - Drainage Improvement Districts Generally|Subchapter 7 - Annexing Certain Benefited Lands to District|§ 14-121-703. Annexation procedure

 (a) When the commissioners of any such drainage district find that lands, lots, or blocks such as are described in §§ 14-121-701 and 14-121-702 of this subchapter have been benefited by the connection established with the drainage ditches or conduits of the district, they shall file with the clerk of the chancery court of the county where the lands lie a petition setting forth the reasons why the lands, lots, or blocks should be annexed to the drainage district and praying for their annexation.  (b) Thereupon, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court to publish once a week for two (2) weeks in some newspaper issued and having a bona fide circulation in the county a notice in substantially the following form:  (c) On the day named in the notice or as soon thereafter as the business of the court will permit, the court shall hear all persons who wish to be heard on the question of whether the lands, lots, or blocks shall be annexed to the drainage district, and it shall enter its decree which shall be conclusive unless an appeal therefrom is taken and perfected within thirty (30) days.  (d) If it makes an order annexing the territory, the annexed territory shall constitute a part of the drainage district.    “ DRAINAGE DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the commissioners of Drainage District have filed in the Chancery Court of County their petitions setting forth that the following lands, lots, and blocks (here will follow a description of the lands, lots, and blocks sought to be annexed) have been benefited by connections made with the drainage ditches or conduits of said district and praying that such lands, lots, and blocks be annexed to said district; and all persons interested are warned to appear in said court on the day of , 19 and show cause for or against the proposed annexation. Chancery Clerk”   Click to view form.