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AR Code § 27-66-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 4 - Private Roads|§ 27-66-402. Duty of viewers

 (a) Viewers shall take the same oath and shall be governed in all respects as viewers appointed to public roads are governed under this act.  (b) They shall examine the route proposed for the road and any other route which they may deem proper.  (c) If a majority of the viewers state under oath that an access easement is necessary and proper as prayed in the petition, the viewers shall lay out and describe the access easement in a manner that produces the least inconvenience, damage, and devaluation of the property to the adjoining owners.  (d)  (1)  (A) The viewers shall make a written report under oath to the county court, describing the route of the road and the land through which it shall pass to allow location and identification of the access easement by land records, naming the owner, if known, and by decision of a majority of the viewers the damages sustained by each owner of lands through which the road passes. The damages shall include the value of each owner's land sought to be appropriated.  (B)  (i) The parties shall stipulate to or dispute the report of the viewers.  (ii) Each party shall be given at least ten (10) business days to respond in writing to the viewers' report.      (2) The measure of damages shall be the difference in the fair market value of the lands immediately before the access easement is ordered and the fair market value of the lands after the access easement is ordered.    (e) The report shall be filed with the county clerk for the records of the county court.  (f)  (1) A person who renders services under this subchapter as a viewer or reviewer, chain carrier, marker, or surveyor shall be paid reasonable costs and expenses based upon the current market rate for each day necessarily employed.  (2) Payments are to be charged as costs and expenses against the funds deposited by the petitioner.  (3) The amount due each person and the number of days employed shall be certified under oath by the viewers.  (4) The court by order may direct the county clerk to receipt payment by the petitioner of the directed sum into the registry of the court and to issue payment.
AR Code § 27-66-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 4 - Private Roads|§ 27-66-404. Penalty for obstructing

 (a) If any person obstructs a road established under the laws of this state by felling any trees across it or by placing an obstruction on the road, he or she shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.  (b) The person also shall forfeit one hundred dollars ($100) for every day he or she allows the obstruction to remain after he or she has been notified to remove it.
AR Code § 27-66-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 4 - Private Roads|§ 27-66-405. Limitation of authority

 A county court may not grant an easement for ingress and egress over, through, or across a railroad right-of-way under this subchapter.
AR Code § 27-66-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 5 - Protection of Road Surfaces|§ 27-66-501. Classification of roads by weight of vehicles used thereon

 (a) Exclusive of city streets, state highways, or interstates, a county judge may post weight limits on public bridges in his or her jurisdiction in connection with federally mandated bridge inspections.  (b) Posted weight limit signs shall be in accordance with state and federal law.  (c)  (1) It is unlawful for a person to drive, operate, or move a motor vehicle, an object, or a contrivance or for an owner of a motor vehicle, object, or contrivance to cause or permit the motor vehicle, object, or contrivance of a size or weight exceeding the posted weight limit to be driven, operated, or moved.  (2) A person or an owner operating a motor vehicle, an object, or a contrivance under an overweight permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation is exempt from penalty under subdivision (c)(1) of this section.    (d) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.  (e) Even if authorized by an overweight permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, a person or an owner operating, driving, or moving a vehicle, an object, or a contrivance upon a public bridge shall be liable for all damage that the public bridge may sustain as a result of:  (1) Careless, negligent, or illegal operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, an object, or a contrivance; or  (2) Operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, object, or contrivance of excessive width or weighing in excess of the maximum weight limits in this chapter.
AR Code § 27-66-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 5 - Protection of Road Surfaces|§ 27-66-502. License required for use of rough metal tires

 The using, driving, or operating upon any improved hard-surfaced public highway of this state of any tractor, truck, automobile, or other vehicle having corrugated, spiked, jointed, or other rough-surfaced metal tires is prohibited without first procuring from the county judge of the county in which the road is situated a license permitting such use or operation.
AR Code § 27-66-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 5 - Protection of Road Surfaces|§ 27-66-503. Penalty

 Any person violating § 27-66-502 or, after publication of the notices required above, using, driving, or operating on any road or highway any vehicle, loaded or empty of greater weight than that described or provided for in such order or classification as the commission shall have made with reference to a road or highway, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, that person shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). Each day's use of any such vehicle shall constitute a separate offense.
AR Code § 27-66-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 5 - Protection of Road Surfaces|§ 27-66-504. Civil liability

 In addition to the penalty prescribed in § 27-66-503, the person convicted of violation of §§ 27-66-501 — 27-66-504, or of the orders of classifications of the commission shall be liable in a civil action for all damage occasioned or caused by such violation. However, as to a special trip for the movement of some particular thing or vehicle from one (1) location to another, the fine or penalty provided in § 27-66-503 shall not apply, but that person shall be civilly liable to the proper county or road improvement district for all damages which he may occasion to the public highway over which such movement is made.
AR Code § 27-66-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 5 - Protection of Road Surfaces|§ 27-66-505. Prohibition on use of heavily loaded vehicles during emergencies

 (a) The county court of each county acting through the county judge is given the authority in times of emergency caused by unusually heavy or long-continued rainfalls or by freezes, thaws, snows, and other unusual conditions caused by the elements to prohibit vehicles having a net load of more than three thousand five hundred pounds (3,500 lbs) from operating on or over the county highways whereon such conditions exist until the time that the county judge shall determine that the emergency has passed.  (b) Whenever, in the judgment of the county judge, an emergency arises in his or her county, as described in subsection (a) of this section, he or she shall cause notice to be posted in the county courthouse to the effect that until further notice the operation of vehicles having a net load of more than three thousand five hundred pounds (3,500 lbs) over the highways described in the notice is prohibited. Notice shall also be posted in at least ten (10) of the most prominent and public places in the county and be published in a newspaper in the county if practicable. Notice may also be given by mail, telephone, or personal contact to persons operating vehicles, and notice by mail, telephone, or personal contact shall be sufficient notice for the purposes of this section.  (c) If any person, after having knowledge that the operation of vehicles over the county highways or any designated part thereof having a net load of more than three thousand five hundred pounds (3,500 lbs) has been prohibited by the county judge during an emergency as described in this section, violates this section by using the roads contrary to the order of the county judge, the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, he or she shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200).
AR Code § 27-66-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 5 - Protection of Road Surfaces|§ 27-66-507. Bond for driving heavy oil and gas equipment

 (a) If, prior to exploration and drilling for oil and gas, it appears that an oil and gas company or an individual who is to explore and drill will be driving heavy equipment on county roads or municipal streets, then the company or individual shall file a reasonable bond with the county or with the municipality, as the case may be, to cover anticipated damages to the county roads or municipal streets.  (b) The bond shall be in an amount determined by the county road foreman and supervisor or by the municipal street department or appropriate municipal street official to be sufficient to repair damage caused to the roads or streets by operating the equipment on them.
AR Code § 27-66-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 6 - Employment of Inmates|§ 27-66-601. State inmates working on roads

 (a) The State Highway Commission shall employ and work as many of the state inmates on the public roads as may not be otherwise employed by the Division of Correction.  (b) State inmates working on roads shall be under the care and custody of wardens or other officers named by the division, with the approval of the Governor.  (c)  (1) The commission shall determine the work to be done by inmates, the time, place, and manner of the work, and the number of inmates to work.  (2) The work shall be under the direct supervision of the Arkansas Department of Transportation.  (3) The department shall determine the number of inmates needed and shall prescribe the rules under which they shall work.    (d) The pay of the wardens or other officers and the cost of maintenance, including clothing, food, and housing for the state inmates while working on roads shall be paid out of the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund.  (e) The division is to receive no profits for working the inmates on state roads.  (f) The pay of the wardens or other officers and the cost of clothing state inmates while on the public roads shall be borne by the state.  (g) The cost of feeding and housing such inmates shall be borne by the county or improvement district where they may be worked.
AR Code § 27-66-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 6 - Employment of Inmates|§ 27-66-602. County inmates working on roads

 (a)  (1) It shall be lawful to provide in any highway charter for working the male county inmates of any county on the public roads and highways of that county.  (2) But if the county inmates are to be worked in any district which is not coextensive with the county from which they came, then the working of inmates shall have to be approved by the county court having jurisdiction thereof, which approval shall rest in the sound discretion of the court, irrespective of any vote or endorsement by the electors of the district.    (b)  (1) Every charter providing for working county inmates shall provide for the appointment of proper overseers, guards, physicians, and other officers and employees necessary and convenient for the control and well-being of the inmates.  (2) The overseers, guards, and other officers herein provided for the working of county inmates shall have the same powers and duties with reference to the inmates as sheriffs, jailers, or other peace officers have under similar circumstances.    (c)  (1) The expense of feeding, clothing, housing, and superintending county inmates shall be charged to the particular improvement district or county where they are worked according to the time they may be used in such district or county.  (2) Each county shall be credited or paid the amount of costs incurred in the trial of every inmate, and the inmate shall receive the same credit per day on costs and fine or penalty as is now provided by law.  (3) If county inmates are to be worked in any special improvement district, each county furnishing inmates may receive a flat compensation for their labor of not less than seventy-five cents (75¢) per day.  (4) All payments and settlements provided in this section shall be made in cash.
AR Code § 27-66-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 66 - Establishment and Maintenance Generally|Subchapter 6 - Employment of Inmates|§ 27-66-603. Inmates preparing road materials

 Whenever practical, the State Highway Commission may engage such number of state or county inmates as may be available in preparing road materials at quarries or elsewhere, and the expenses of the work shall be charged to the state or the county or district receiving these materials.
AR Code § 27-67-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 67 - State Highway System|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-67-101. Policy

 It is declared to be the policy of the state to take over, construct, repair, maintain, and control all the public roads in this state comprising state highways as defined in this chapter.
AR Code § 27-67-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 67 - State Highway System|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-67-102. Jurisdiction of county court

 This act shall not be construed as divesting the county court of any of its original jurisdiction over the roads granted by the Constitution, but the object of this act is to give aid and assistance in the maintenance and improvement of those parts of the public roads of the state laid out as such, so important to the people of the state that they have been designated as state highways. If any action required to be done under this act would interfere with the jurisdiction of the county court over roads conferred by the Constitution, it shall be implied that it may be done on order of the county court or proper orders of superior courts on appeal.
AR Code § 27-67-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 67 - State Highway System|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-67-103. Penalties

 Any person who shall knowingly or willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duty either to do or to desist from doing anything which may be required by law relating to roads, highways, or other public improvements in this state shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by fine of not over five hundred dollars ($500) and by imprisonment for not over six (6) months.
AR Code § 27-67-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 67 - State Highway System|Subchapter 2 - Highway Designation, Construction, and Maintenance|§ 27-67-201. Designation generally

 (a) State highways are declared to be those primary roads and secondary roads and connecting roads heretofore designated by the State Highway Commission, as shown by a map on file in the office of the commission, entitled “Map of the State of Arkansas Showing State Highway System”, and marked “Revised March 1, 1929”, including those portions of roads extending into or through incorporated towns and cities. The commission is required to preserve the map as a permanent record.  (b) The commission is empowered, with any necessary consent of the proper federal authorities, to make, from time to time, necessary changes and additions to the roads designated as state highways that it may deem proper, and changes or additions shall become effective immediately upon the filing of a new map as a permanent and official record in the office of the commission. However, the commission shall not have authority to eliminate any part of the highway system.
AR Code § 27-67-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 67 - State Highway System|Subchapter 2 - Highway Designation, Construction, and Maintenance|§ 27-67-202. Truck route designations

 (a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to designate and establish truck routes through cities and towns, which routes shall be properly marked by the commission.  (b) Any truck route so established shall become a part of the state highway system, and the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall construct, repair, and maintain the truck route.
AR Code § 27-67-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 67 - State Highway System|Subchapter 2 - Highway Designation, Construction, and Maintenance|§ 27-67-204. Designation of roads in and connected to state parks — Definition

 (a) The State Highway Commission shall include as a part of the state highway system the most used vehicular roads located within the geographical boundaries of all existing state parks and the most used roads and highways connecting established state highways with state parks. When any new state park is created or established, the commission shall immediately include as a part of the state highway system the vehicular road within the boundaries of the new state park and the roads and highways connecting the new state park to established state highways.  (b) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all state parks which are now or may hereafter be placed under the control and direction of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.  (c) It shall be the duty of the commission to provide for maintenance and repairs of these roads as provided for other state highways.  (d)  (1) The Arkansas Department of Transportation is authorized to construct and maintain public parking areas and parking facilities at the respective state parks.  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, parking areas and facilities constructed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation at the respective state parks shall be deemed to be a part of the state highway system.  (3) The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall study the needs for public parking areas and parking facilities at the respective state parks and shall notify the Arkansas Department of Transportation thereof.  (4) The Arkansas Department of Transportation may cooperate with the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism in the construction and maintenance of such facilities.    (e)  (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism is permitted by rule to authorize the use of motorized scooters on roads within areas under the control and management of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.  (2) As used in this section, “motorized scooter” means a two-wheeled device that:  (A) Has handlebars;  (B) Can be stood or sat upon by the operator;  (C) Is powered by an electric, gasoline, or alcohol-fueled motor capable of propelling the device with or without human propulsion;  (D) Has a top speed of twenty miles per hour (20 m.p.h.); and  (E) Does not otherwise meet the definitions of “motorcycle”, “motor-driven cycle”, or “motorized bicycle” under § 27-20-101, or the definition of an electric bicycle under § 27-51-1702.    (3) Any use authorized under this section is limited to the period between sunrise and sunset.
AR Code § 27-67-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 67 - State Highway System|Subchapter 2 - Highway Designation, Construction, and Maintenance|§ 27-67-205. Designation of roads to municipal airports

 The State Highway Commission may include as a part of the state highway system the principal vehicular road leading to each municipal airport in this state that is located outside the city limits of a municipality and that:   (1) Has one (1) or more hard-surfaced runways at least two thousand feet (2,000') in length;  (2) Provides fueling services for aircraft; and  (3) Provides overnight tie-down facilities for aircraft.
AR Code § 27-67-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 67 - State Highway System|Subchapter 2 - Highway Designation, Construction, and Maintenance|§ 27-67-207. Maintenance generally

 (a) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “maintenance” means the constant making of all repairs necessary to preserve a smooth surface on the roads and to keep the bridges and culverts in a safe condition and shall include drainage work, the building of bridges and culverts, and the making of cuts and fills as the commission deems necessary to accomplish these purposes.  (b) It shall be the duty of the State Highway Commission to begin as soon as practicable and continue the maintenance of all roads that are properly designated as state highways, to the end that every part of the state highways shall be properly, fairly, and equitably maintained and kept in repair.  (c) So far as practicable, maintenance and repair shall be according to what is known as the patrol system. Laborers as are deemed necessary may be employed and kept continually on the roads, with the force, equipment, and materials that are necessary to perform the work.  (d) The commission may make all necessary contracts, purchase all necessary equipment, supplies, and materials, and employ all necessary labor and is given all other necessary powers to provide for maintenance and shall pay for the same out of the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund.  (1) However, all contracts so let in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) made by the commission shall be let on a competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder.  (2) The commission may reject all bids.  (3) All bids shall be sealed bids and shall be filed with the commission in open session and opened and tabulated during that session of the commission.  (4) No such contract shall be valid unless signed by at least three (3) members of the commission and attested to by the secretary.
AR Code § 27-67-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 67 - State Highway System|Subchapter 2 - Highway Designation, Construction, and Maintenance|§ 27-67-208. Purchase of materials — Bids

 The State Highway Commission may purchase materials in quantities for use on the public works and may let contracts by the terms of which the contractors shall be required to use these materials in carrying out their contracts. However, any material purchased shall be bought only after advertising for bids, which bids are to be received and opened in public.