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AR Code § 14-25-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 25 - County Accounting and Responsible Management Entity|Subchapter 1 - Arkansas County Accounting Law of 1973|§ 14-25-117. County assessor

 (a)  (1) The assessor shall maintain a bank account and record of the account for any public funds collected by virtue of his or her office.  (2) The bank account shall be maintained as prescribed in § 14-25-102, and the provisions of §§ 14-25-103, 14-25-104, 14-25-107, and 14-25-108(a) shall apply to the account.    (b)  (1) Checks written shall be recorded in a cash disbursement journal that indicates the date, payee, check number, and amount of each check written.  (2) The cash disbursement journal shall also contain the classification of the disbursement.    (c)  (1) Receipts shall be recorded in a cash receipts journal that indicates the:  (A) Date of receipt;  (B) Identification of payor;  (C) Receipt number;  (D) Total amount received; and  (E) Classification of receipts.    (2) If using mechanical receipting devices such as cash registers, the cash receipts journal shall indicate the:  (A) Date of collections;  (B) Tape number, if applicable;  (C) Total amount collected; and  (D) Classification of collections.      (d)  (1) The cash disbursement journal and the cash receipts journal shall be totaled monthly and on a year-to-date basis.  (2) The cash disbursement journal shall be reconciled monthly to total bank disbursements as indicated on the monthly bank statements.  (3) The cash receipts journal shall be reconciled monthly to total bank deposits as shown on the monthly bank statement.
AR Code § 14-25-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 25 - County Accounting and Responsible Management Entity|Subchapter 1 - Arkansas County Accounting Law of 1973|§ 14-25-118. County judge

 (a)  (1) The county judge shall maintain a bank account and record of the account for any public funds collected by virtue of his or her office.  (2) The bank account shall be maintained as prescribed in § 14-25-102, and the provisions of §§ 14-25-103, 14-25-104, 14-25-107, and 14-25-108(a) shall apply to the account.    (b)  (1) Checks written shall be recorded in a cash disbursement journal that indicates the date, payee, check number, and amount of each check written.  (2) The cash disbursement journal shall also contain the classification of the disbursement.    (c)  (1) Receipts shall be recorded in a receipts journal that indicates the:  (A) Date of receipt;  (B) Identification of payor;  (C) Receipt number;  (D) Total amount received; and  (E) Classification of receipts.    (2) If using mechanical receipting devices such as cash registers, the receipts journal shall indicate the:  (A) Date of collections;  (B) Tape number, if applicable;  (C) Total amount collected; and  (D) Classification of collections.      (d)  (1) The cash disbursement journal and the cash receipts journal shall be totaled monthly and on a year-to-date basis.  (2) The cash disbursement journal shall be reconciled monthly to total bank disbursements as indicated on the monthly bank statements.  (3) The cash receipts journal shall be reconciled monthly to total bank deposits as shown on the monthly bank statement.
AR Code § 14-25-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 25 - County Accounting and Responsible Management Entity|Subchapter 2 - Community Sewer System Management|§ 14-25-201. Responsible management entities — Wastewater treatment systems

 (a) As used in this section, “responsible management entity” means a wastewater treatment system service provider organized and operating under this section.  (b) A nonprofit corporation formed for the purpose of providing responsible management of wastewater treatment systems where municipal sewer service is not available shall operate in accordance with § 14-250-113 and have the powers set forth in § 14-250-111.  (c) Any of the following may enter into an agreement to become a responsible management entity for the purpose of providing responsible management of wastewater treatment systems, including community sewer systems and groups of septic systems in a contiguous development where municipal sewer service is not available:  (1) A political subdivision of the state;  (2) A district or an authority formed under the Joint County and Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Act, § 14-233-101 et seq., or § 8-6-723;  (3) A nonprofit corporation formed for the purpose of providing responsible management of wastewater treatment systems; or  (4) A rural water association.    (d)  (1) Any installation, operation, or maintenance performed on a wastewater treatment system on behalf of a responsible management entity shall be done in compliance with the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act, § 8-4-101 et seq., and the rules of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission as administered by the Division of Environmental Quality or its successor and the Department of Health or its successor.  (2) A responsible management entity must also ensure that all appropriate operator licenses are current and any continuing education requirements are fulfilled.    (e)  (1) A developer constructing a new wastewater treatment system where municipal sewer service is not available may transfer all liabilities for the wastewater treatment system to a responsible management entity if:  (A) Before the construction of a wastewater treatment system begins, the developer secures written approval of the proposed wastewater treatment system from the Department of Health and complies with all applicable permitting requirements, including stormwater, through the Division of Environmental Quality pursuant to the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act, § 8-4-101 et seq., and the rules of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission;  (B) Covenants are contained in the deed for the wastewater treatment system requiring payment of reasonable fees by the purchaser to the responsible management entity for ongoing operations and maintenance of the system; and  (C) Ownership of the wastewater treatment system is transferred to the responsible management entity upon completion.    (2) Under no circumstances shall the liability for fraud or negligence on the part of the developer be transferred.
AR Code § 14-40-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-40-101. Map required with Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office upon annexation, consolidation, or detachment

 Before an entity undertakes an annexation, consolidation, or detachment proceeding under this chapter, the entity shall coordinate with the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office for preparation of legal descriptions and digital mapping for the relevant annexation, consolidation, and detachment areas.
AR Code § 14-40-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-40-102. Effective date of annexation, consolidation, or detachment required

 (a)  (1) An annexation, consolidation, or detachment action that affects territory under this chapter shall include in its ordinance or resolution the date upon which the annexation, consolidation, or detachment is considered final.  (2) An ordinance or resolution that fails to include a specified effective date shall use the date of the municipal clerk or municipal recorder file mark or attestation, whichever is later in time, as the effective date for all purposes.    (b)  (1) The date specified in the ordinance or resolution is the official effective date of the annexation, consolidation, or detachment.  (2) An amendment to the ordinance or resolution shall carry its own effective date or modification of the effective date.  (3) An amendment that fails to include a specified effective date shall use the date of the municipal clerk or municipal recorder file mark or attestation, whichever is later in time, as the effective date of the amendment for all purposes.    (c)  (1) If a municipality initiates an annexation, consolidation, or detachment action under § 14-40-204 or § 14-40-501, the effective date shall be specified.  (2) An ordinance or resolution that fails to include a specified effective date shall use the date of the municipal clerk or municipal recorder file mark or attestation, whichever is later in time, as the effective date for all purposes.    (d) The effective date specified in an ordinance or resolution issued under this chapter is the official effective date to be used by any county or state official charged with recording, forwarding, maintaining, or instituting the ordinance or resolution.  (e)  (1) In the event of a circuit court challenge to a county court order approving a municipal boundary change under this chapter, the final order of the circuit court shall specify a change to the effective date, if any.  (2) In the absence of a specific attestation, the municipally designated effective date is the effective date.
AR Code § 14-40-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 2 - Annexation Generally|§ 14-40-201. Territory contiguous to county seat

 In counties having two (2) levying courts or in counties having a population of not less than thirteen thousand two hundred fifty (13,250) and not more than fourteen thousand (14,000) according to the most recent federal census where territory contiguous to the county seat needs fire, police, water, and sanitary services of that town to protect the public health, safety, and convenience of inhabitants of both the town and its contiguous territory, the council of any such incorporated town or city of the second class shall have the power to annex the territory contiguous thereto by ordinance, passed and published in the manner provided by law for the passage and publication of ordinances.
AR Code § 14-40-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 2 - Annexation Generally|§ 14-40-202. Territory annexed in different judicial district

 (a) In any county in this state in which there is more than one (1) judicial district of its county court with a separate levying or quorum court in and for each of the districts, lands lying in one (1) of the districts may be annexed to a city or incorporated town lying in another of the districts, and be and become a part of the city or incorporated town, if otherwise the lands may be annexed, in the manner provided by law.  (b) For the purposes of this section, the county court of the district in which the city or incorporated town is located is vested with jurisdiction over that portion of the county where lie the lands to be annexed in the hearing and determination of the annexation.  (c) Appeals from any orders therein of the county court shall be taken to the circuit court of the same district, all as in the manner provided by law.  (d)  (1) In the event of any such annexation, any lands so annexed shall thereafter be and become, for all purposes provided by law, including local option election status, a part of the same district in which the city or incorporated town is located.  (2) Thereafter the county, circuit, and district courts of the district shall have and exercise jurisdiction over the annexed lands and the residents thereof the same as if the lands had been located in the district when it was created.
AR Code § 14-40-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 2 - Annexation Generally|§ 14-40-203. Assignment of annexed territory to ward

 (a) When any territory shall have been annexed to any incorporated town or city, it may be, and it is, the duty of the town or city council of the incorporated town or city to attach and incorporate the annexed territory to and in one (1) or more wards of the incorporated town or city lying adjacent thereto, which may be done by ordinance duly passed by a majority of the members elected to the council.  (b) The territory so assigned and attached to a ward shall immediately be considered and become a part thereof as fully as any other part of it.
AR Code § 14-40-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 2 - Annexation Generally|§ 14-40-204. Annexation of city-owned parks and airports

 (a)  (1) From and after the passage of this subsection, all city-owned parks and city-owned airports in cities of populations between forty thousand (40,000) and eighty thousand (80,000) in counties whose population is one hundred forty thousand (140,000) or over are annexed to the cities owning the parks and airports.  (2) This subsection shall apply to other cities and counties in the future meeting the population requirements, as shown by the federal census.    (b) All city-owned parks owned by cities in this state having a population of not less than six thousand (6,000) and not more than six thousand four hundred fifty (6,450) and located in counties having a population of not less than twenty-two thousand six hundred (22,600) and not more than twenty-two thousand eight hundred (22,800), according to the most recent federal census, are annexed to the cities owning the parks.  (c) All city-owned parks with a minimum of thirty (30) acres and owned by cities in this state having a population of not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) and not more than eighteen thousand (18,000) and located in counties having a population of not less than two hundred twenty thousand (220,000) and not more than two hundred sixty thousand (260,000), according to the most recent federal decennial census, are annexed to the cities owning the parks.
AR Code § 14-40-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 2 - Annexation Generally|§ 14-40-205. Territory within one-half mile of state park

 (a) The annexation laws of this state do not apply in the area within one-half mile of the boundaries of a state park located in a county with a population in excess of three hundred fifty thousand (350,000) unless:  (1) The annexation is approved by a majority of the voters residing within the one-half-mile area;  (2) The area to be annexed is on the opposite side of a navigable river from the state park;  (3) The area to be annexed is on the opposite side of and south of an existing railroad right-of-way from the state park; or  (4) The area to be annexed contains a public or private school.    (b)  (1) An order of the county court issued in contradiction of this section is void if the order is issued after August 1, 1997.  (2) A county court order issued after August 1, 1997, annexing an area on the opposite side of and south of an existing railroad right-of-way from a state park is valid and not void.
AR Code § 14-40-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 2 - Annexation Generally|§ 14-40-206. Territory annexed with prior county permit or approval in use

 If a county had issued a permit or approval for construction, operation, or development before a municipal annexation proceeding begins for a project in the area that the municipality intends to annex, the municipality shall honor and give full effect to county permits and approvals on lands to be annexed.
AR Code § 14-40-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 2 - Annexation Generally|§ 14-40-207. Building situated or to be situated upon municipal boundary line — Option to choose municipal location

 (a)  (1) A property owner who has a building that is currently situated upon the boundary line between two (2) municipalities may choose either one (1) of the municipalities as the legal location of the building.  (2) When the expansion of a building will result in the expansion's being situated upon the boundary line between two (2) municipalities, the property owner of the building may choose either one (1) of the municipalities as the legal location of the building if the property owner has first obtained the necessary authorizations or permits for expansion of the building from the municipality upon which the building is located before the expansion or from the municipality upon which the building expansion will be located.    (b)  (1) The property owner shall provide written notice to the governing body of both municipalities as to which municipality is chosen under subsection (a) of this section.  (2) The written notice to the chosen municipality shall include a request for annexation into the chosen municipality.    (c) The property upon which the building is situated or will be situated after expansion and up to two (2) acres of the property owner's property surrounding the building and expansion shall be annexed into the municipality chosen by the owner under subsection (a) of this section.  (d) Within sixty (60) days of receipt of the written notice under subsection (b) of this section, the municipality chosen by the owner under subsection (a) of this section shall coordinate with the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office for preparation of legal descriptions and digital mapping for the relevant area.
AR Code § 14-40-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 2 - Annexation Generally|§ 14-40-208. Annexation of territory under municipal territorial jurisdiction

 (a) If a municipality states its intent by resolution or ordinance to annex a specifically defined territory or portion of the territory over which it is exercising territorial jurisdiction under § 14-56-413, the municipality shall initiate annexation proceedings within five (5) years of the stated intent.  (b)  (1) During the five (5) years under subsection (a) of this section, the municipality may continue to exercise its territorial jurisdiction under § 14-56-413, including the defined territory specified within its intent to annex.  (2) If the municipality does not initiate annexation proceedings of the territory specified within its intent to annex within five (5) years of the effective date of the resolution or ordinance under subsection (a) of this section, the municipality is prohibited from again exercising territorial jurisdiction over the territory specified within its intent to annex for the next five (5) years.
AR Code § 14-40-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Municipal Annexation of Contiguous Lands|§ 14-40-301. Construction

 The provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed to give any municipality the authority to annex any portion of another city or incorporated town.
AR Code § 14-40-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Municipal Annexation of Contiguous Lands|§ 14-40-302. Authority — Exceptions

 (a) By vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of members making up its governing body, any municipality may adopt an ordinance to annex lands contiguous to the municipality if the lands are any of the following:  (1) Platted and held for sale or use as municipal lots;  (2) Whether platted or not, if the lands are held to be sold as suburban property;  (3) When the lands furnish the abode for a densely settled community or represent the actual growth of the municipality beyond its legal boundary;  (4) When the lands are needed for any proper municipal purposes such as for the extension of needed police regulation; or  (5) When they are valuable by reason of their adaptability for prospective municipal uses.    (b)  (1) Contiguous lands shall not be annexed if they:  (A) At the time of the adoption of the ordinance, have a fair market value of lands used only for agricultural or horticultural purposes and the highest and best use of the lands is for agricultural or horticultural purposes;  (B) Are lands upon which a new community is to be constructed with funds guaranteed, in whole or in part, by the federal government under Title IV of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 or under Title VII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970;  (C) Are lands that do not include residents, except as agreed upon by the mayor and county judge; or  (D) Are lands that do not encompass the entire width of public road right-of-way or public road easements within the lands sought to be annexed, except as agreed upon by the mayor and county judge.    (2) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or joint venturer desiring to come within this exclusion must have received from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development a letter of preliminary commitment to fund the new community under one (1) of the federal acts.  (3) If any lands are annexed that are being used exclusively for agricultural purposes, the lands may continue to be used for such purposes so long as the owner desires and the lands shall be assessed as agricultural lands.    (c) However, a municipality having a population of fewer than one thousand (1,000) persons shall not annex in any one (1) calendar year contiguous lands in excess of ten percent (10%) of the current land area of the municipality.  (d)  (1) Whenever practicable, a city or incorporated town shall annex lands that are contiguous and in a manner that does not create enclaves.  (2) As used in this section, “enclave” means an unincorporated improved or developed area that is enclosed within and bounded on all sides by a single city or incorporated town.
AR Code § 14-40-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 3 - Municipal Government|Chapter 40 - Annexation, Consolidation, and Detachment by Municipalities|Subchapter 3 - Municipal Annexation of Contiguous Lands|§ 14-40-304. Judicial review

 (a) If it is alleged that the area proposed to be annexed does not conform to the requirements and standards prescribed in § 14-40-302, a legal action may be filed in the circuit court of the county where the lands lie within thirty (30) days after the election to nullify the election and to prohibit further proceedings pursuant to the election.  (b) In any such action filed in the circuit court of the county where the lands lie, the court shall have jurisdiction and the authority to determine whether the procedures outlined in this subchapter have been complied with and whether the municipality has used the proper standards outlined in § 14-40-302 in determining the lands to be annexed.