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AR Code § 14-125-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 5 - Land-Use Regulations|§ 14-125-503. Notice of referendum — Proposed ordinance

 (a) The directors shall not have authority to enact such land-use regulations into law until after:  (1) They shall have caused due notice to be given of their intention to conduct a referendum for submission of the regulations to the owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the district for their indication of approval or disapproval of the proposed regulations; and  (2) The directors have considered the result of the referendum.    (b) The proposed regulations shall be embodied in a proposed ordinance.  (c) Copies of the proposed ordinance shall be available for the inspection of all eligible voters during the period between publication of notice and the date of the referendum.  (d) The notices of the referendum shall recite the contents of the proposed ordinance or shall state where copies of the proposed ordinance may be examined.
AR Code § 14-125-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 5 - Land-Use Regulations|§ 14-125-504. Referendum

 (a) The question shall be submitted by ballots, upon which the words “FOR approval of proposed ordinance No. , prescribing land-use regulations for conservation of soil and prevention of erosion” and “AGAINST approval of proposed ordinance No. prescribing land-use regulations for conservation of soil and prevention of erosion” shall be printed, with a direction to cross out or scratch off one (1) or the other of the propositions, leaving unmarked the proposition for which the voter wishes to vote.  (b) The directors shall supervise the referendum, shall prescribe appropriate regulations governing the conduct thereof, and shall publish the result thereof.  (c) All owners of lands within the district shall be eligible to vote in the referendum. Only such landowners shall be eligible to vote.  (d) No informalities in the conduct of the referendum or in any matters relating thereto shall invalidate the referendum or its result if notice thereof shall have been given substantially as provided in this section and if the referendum shall have been fairly conducted.
AR Code § 14-125-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 5 - Land-Use Regulations|§ 14-125-505. Effect of referendum

 (a) The directors shall not have authority to enact the proposed ordinance into law unless at least three-fourths (¾) of the votes cast in the referendum shall have been cast for approval of the proposed ordinance.  (b) The approval of the proposed ordinance by three-fourths (¾) of the votes cast in the referendum shall not be deemed to require the directors to enact the proposed ordinance into law.
AR Code § 14-125-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 5 - Land-Use Regulations|§ 14-125-506. Copies of regulations

 Copies of land-use regulations adopted under the provisions of this subchapter shall be printed and made available to all occupiers of lands lying within the district.
AR Code § 14-125-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 5 - Land-Use Regulations|§ 14-125-507. Force and effect of regulations

 Land-use regulations prescribed in ordinances adopted pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter by the directors of any district shall have the force and effect of law in the district and shall be binding and obligatory upon all owners of lands within the district.
AR Code § 14-125-509 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 5 - Land-Use Regulations|§ 14-125-509. Amendment, supplementation, or repeal of regulations

 (a) Any owner of land within the district may at any time file a petition with the directors asking that any or all of the land-use regulations prescribed in any ordinance adopted by the directors under the provisions of this subchapter shall be amended, supplemented, or repealed.  (b) Land-use regulations prescribed in any ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall not be amended, supplemented, or repealed except in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this section for adoption of land-use regulations.  (c) Referenda on adoption, amendment, supplementation, or repeal of land-use regulations shall not be held more often than once in six (6) months.
AR Code § 14-125-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 6 - Improvement Plans|§ 14-125-601. Proposed improvement plan for project areas within districts — Petition

 (a) The board of directors of a district may from time to time, on its own motion, and upon the filing of a petition by a majority in number of the owners of the lands or the owners of a majority in value of the lands, as shown by the last assessment of real property within a proposed improvement project area within the district, adopt a proposed plan for the construction, operation, and maintenance of works of improvement for the prevention of erosion, floodwater and sediment damages, or for the conservation, development, and utilization of soil and water resources and the disposal of water within the proposed project area.  (b) The petition shall describe generally the territory intended to be included in the project area and shall state the general nature and purposes of the proposed improvements and their necessity, feasibility, and estimated cost, with such reasonable detail and definiteness as will demonstrate the utility, feasibility, and need for the improvements.  (c) The petition of the landowners shall also be accompanied by a surety bond to pay for the expenses of survey of the proposed area, in case the proposed improvement plan for the project area is not approved by the court.
AR Code § 14-125-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 6 - Improvement Plans|§ 14-125-602. Court approval of plan generally

 (a) Upon its adoption of a proposed improvement plan for an improvement project area, a copy of the plan shall be submitted to appropriate federal and state agencies for comment and the board of directors shall file the plan with the clerk of the chancery court of the county in which the district is located, with a petition that the court approve such plan for the project area therein described.  (b)  (1) The court shall enter an order appointing an engineer to be selected by the board, subject to approval by the court, who shall give bond in a sum not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), to be fixed by the court, for the faithful discharge of his duties.  (2) The engineer shall forthwith proceed to make a survey and ascertain the limits of the region which would be benefited by the proposed improvements. He shall file with the clerk of the court a report showing the territory which will be benefited by the proposed improvements, giving a general idea of the character and expense thereof, and making such suggestions as to the proposed improvements and their location as he may deem advisable.  (3) The territory need not consist of contiguous parcels of land.    (c)  (1) The chancery clerk shall, upon the filing of the report, give notice by publication for two (2) weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in the county calling upon all persons owning property within the proposed project area, which shall be described in the notice, to appear at a hearing before the court on some day to be fixed by the court, to show cause in favor of or against the proposed improvement plan for the project area.  (2) If the court deems it to be in the best interests of the owners of land within the project area that the plan for the area shall be approved, it shall enter an order approving such plan and establishing the project area described therein.  (3) Any owner of land within the territory of such project area may petition the court at the hearing to exclude his property.  (4) If the court finds that the land would not be benefited by the proposed plan, the court, in its order, shall exclude the land of the petitioner or petitioners from the project area.  (5) All such improvement plans for project areas shall be appropriately identified by a number or a name selected by the court.
AR Code § 14-125-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 6 - Improvement Plans|§ 14-125-603. Court approval of plan based on preliminary survey and report prepared with agency assistance

 (a) If the plan adopted by the board and filed with the clerk of the court is based on, and accompanied by, a preliminary survey and report prepared with the assistance of a federal or state agency, which sets forth the purpose of the plan, delineates the area to be benefited, describes the general nature of the works of improvement, the necessity, feasibility, and estimated cost thereof, with such reasonable detail and definiteness that the court may understand therefrom the purpose, utility, feasibility, and need therefor, and if the court deems it to be in the best interests of the owners of land within the proposed project area, the court may, without the appointment of an engineer, hold a hearing in the manner provided in § 14-125-602. If, after the hearing, the court deems it to be in the best interests of the owners of land within the proposed project area, it shall enter an order approving the plan and establishing the project area described therein, subject to the filing of a final work plan with the court.  (b) When completed, the final work plan shall be filed by the board of directors, together with a map showing the location of the proposed improvements and an estimate of the costs thereof, with the court as a supplement to the preliminary survey and report, and if the court deems it to be in the best interests of the landowners of the project area, it shall enter an order approving such final plan as the improvement plan for the improvement project area delineated in such final plan.  (c) If the final work plan includes in the project area lands in addition to those included in the project area in the preliminary survey and report, the court shall, before entering an order approving the plan as the improvement plan for the project area described therein, hold a hearing with respect to the additional lands in the manner provided in § 14-125-602, and make a determination as to whether the improvement plan is in the best interests of the owners of land within the modified project area described therein.
AR Code § 14-125-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 6 - Improvement Plans|§ 14-125-604. Expense of plan preparation, adoption, and approval

 All costs and expenses incurred in the preparation, adoption, and approval of an improvement plan shall be paid by the district out of its general funds, but all such costs and expenses paid by the district, upon the approval of the improvement plan, shall be repaid to the general funds of the district out of the proceeds of the first taxes or other revenues collected by the district for carrying out the improvement plan.
AR Code § 14-125-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 6 - Improvement Plans|§ 14-125-605. Effect of order approving improvement plan and establishing project area

 (a) The order of the court approving the improvement plan as provided in § 14-125-602 or the final improvement plan as provided in § 14-125-603, and establishing the improvement project area described therein, shall have all the force and effect of a judgment.  (b) Any landowner within the project area may appeal from the order within thirty (30) days after it has been made, but if no appeal is taken within that time, the order shall be deemed conclusive and binding upon all the land within the boundaries of the project area, and upon the landowners.  (c) Any owner of land within a proposed project area may within like time appeal from any order refusing to approve a proposed plan and establish a project area.
AR Code § 14-125-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 6 - Improvement Plans|§ 14-125-607. Alteration of plans

 (a) The board of directors may at any time alter the plan for works of improvement, but, before constructing the work according to the changed plan, the changed plan shall be filed with the clerk of the chancery court, and notice of the filing shall be given by publication for two (2) weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in each of the counties containing lands within the project area.  (b) If the court approves the changes, it shall enter its order approving the alteration of plans. However, if the changes add lands to the established project area, the court shall, before entering the order, hold a hearing with respect to the additional lands in the manner provided in § 14-125-602 to determine whether the improvement plan is in the best interests of the owners of land within the modified project area, and the owners shall have the same right of appeal as provided in connection with the original improvement plan.
AR Code § 14-125-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 6 - Improvement Plans|§ 14-125-608. Additional works of improvement

 After the work contemplated by the original improvement plan has been completed, the board of directors may adopt and file with the clerk of the chancery court where the original plan was filed a plan for additional works of improvement for the project area, and the proceedings with respect to such additional plan, including the right of appeal, shall be the same insofar as may be practicable as those required in connection with the original plan.
AR Code § 14-125-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 7 - Taxes and Assessments|§ 14-125-702. Filing and record of assessment

 (a) When an assessment is completed, the assessors shall subscribe an original and one (1) copy of the assessment and deposit the original with the clerk of the chancery court, where it shall be kept and preserved as a public record.  (b) The copy shall be certified by the clerk and returned to the assessors to be preserved with the records of the district.  (c) If the project area includes land in more than one (1) county, a certified copy of the assessment shall also be deposited with the clerk of the chancery court in such other county or counties to be kept and preserved as a public record.
AR Code § 14-125-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 7 - Taxes and Assessments|§ 14-125-703. Notice — Hearing of complaints — Appeal

 (a) Upon the filing of assessment, the clerk shall give notice thereof by publication for two (2) weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in the county or counties in which the lands in the project area are located.  (b) The notice shall give a description of the land assessed and state that the owners of the land may appear before the court on a day named therein and present complaints, if they have any, against the assessment of any land in the project area.  (c) The day so named shall be not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days after the last publication of the notice.  (d) If no complaint is made as provided in this section, the assessment as deposited with the clerk shall be conclusive and the court shall enter an order confirming the assessment.  (e) Any owner of land within the project area who conceives himself to be aggrieved by the assessment of benefits or damages or deems that the assessment of any land within the project area is inadequate shall present his complaint to the court on the day named in the notice.  (f) The court shall consider the complaint and enter its finding thereon, either confirming the assessment or increasing or diminishing it.  (g) Its findings shall have the force and effect of a judgment, from which an appeal may be taken within thirty (30) days, either by any such owner of land or by the board of directors.
AR Code § 14-125-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 7 - Taxes and Assessments|§ 14-125-704. Acquiescence in damage assessment — Demand for assessment — Condemnation

 Any owner of land may accept the assessment of damages in his favor made by the assessors or acquiesce in their failure to assess damages in his favor. He shall be construed to have done so unless he gives to the board, not later than the date of the hearing provided for in § 14-125-703, notice in writing that he demands an assessment of his damages by a jury. In this event, the board shall institute an action to condemn the land that will be taken or damaged in carrying out the works of improvement included in the approved improvement plan, which action shall be in accordance with the proceedings provided in § 14-125-303(a)(3).
AR Code § 14-125-705 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 7 - Taxes and Assessments|§ 14-125-705. Reassessment of benefits generally

 (a) The board shall have the power to order a reassessment of the benefits not more often than once a year, and this reassessment shall be made, advertised, and equalized as is provided for the original assessment of benefits.  (b) All appeals of landowners objecting thereto must be taken and perfected within thirty (30) days from the time of the action of the court thereon.  (c) If any obligation of the district shall be outstanding at the time of the reassessment, the liability thereon of land against which assessments of benefits have been confirmed shall be no less than the liability of the property by reason of the original assessment.
AR Code § 14-125-706 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 7 - Taxes and Assessments|§ 14-125-706. Reassessment after alteration of plans

 (a) If by reason of a change of plans pursuant to § 14-125-607, either the board or any landowners deem that the assessment on any land has become inequitable, they may petition the court. The court may thereupon refer the petition to the assessors, which shall reassess the land mentioned in the petition, increasing the assessment if greater benefits will be received and allowing damages if less benefits will be received or if damages will be sustained. A copy of the reassessment shall be deposited with the clerk of the chancery court as provided in § 14-125-702 in connection with the original assessment.  (b) In no event shall a reduction of assessments be made after the assessment of benefits has been confirmed by the court as provided in § 14-125-703 and obligations based on the assessments have been incurred, but any reduction in benefits shall be paid for by the district as damages. The claim for those damages shall be secondary and subordinate to the rights of the holders of bonds or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness which have theretofore been issued.  (c) The landowners shall have the same right of appeal from reassessment as provided for in this chapter in the case of the original assessment.
AR Code § 14-125-707 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 7 - Taxes and Assessments|§ 14-125-707. Taxes payable in full or in installments

 (a) The amount of interest which will accrue on notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by a district shall be included in and added to the taxes levied against the land in the project area, but the interest to accrue on the notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness shall not be construed as a part of the costs of construction in determining whether the expenses and the costs of making the improvements exceed the assessment of benefits.  (b)  (1) When the tax levies are made, the landowners shall have the privilege of paying the taxes in full, without interest, within thirty (30) days after the levy becomes final.  (2) But all these taxes shall be made payable in installments, so that not more than ten percent (10%) of the taxes shall be collectible in any one (1) year against the wishes of the landowner. In the event that any landowner avails himself of this privilege, the deferred installments of the taxes shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum and shall be payable only in installments as levied.  (3) However, the commencement of the payment of the taxes in installments may be deferred for such period after the completion of the improvement plan as the chancery court deems to be in the best interests of the landowners in the project area.  (4) If any landowner shall pay in full the levy of taxes against his land as herein provided, that land shall not be further liable by reason of the assessment of benefits or any reassessment thereof except a reassessment because of changed plans as provided in § 14-125-705, and then only to the extent of the increase in assessment, if any, because of the greater benefit thereby received. However, in case of any additional assessment for greater benefit, any landowner who shall have paid his previous tax levy in full shall have the privilege of paying in full the increase in tax levy in the manner herein provided.
AR Code § 14-125-708 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts|Chapter 125 - Conservation Districts Law|Subchapter 7 - Taxes and Assessments|§ 14-125-708. Levy of tax — Lien — Appeal from tax assessment

 (a) The chancery court shall at the same time that the assessment of benefits is filed or at any subsequent time when called upon by the board enter an order, which shall have the force and effect of a judgment, providing that there shall be levied against the land within the project area a tax sufficient to pay the estimated cost of the improvement, with ten percent (10%) added for unforeseen contingencies. This tax shall be a charge against the land in the proportion to the amount of the assessment of benefits thereon and may be paid in full or in annual installments as provided in § 14-125-707.  (b) The tax so levied shall be a lien upon the land within the project area from the time that the tax is levied by the court and shall be entitled to preference over all demands, executions, encumbrances, or liens whensoever created. It shall continue until the tax, with such penalties and costs as may accrue thereon, shall have been paid.  (c) The remedy against such levy of taxes shall be by appeal, and this appeal shall be taken within twenty (20) days from the date of the order by the court. On this appeal, the presumption shall be in favor of the legality of the tax.