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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 68 - ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL (§§ 6-68-101 — 6-68-108) › Section 6-68-103 - Student use requirement

(a)
An individual, firm, partnership, or corporation specified in §
6-68-102
may also require that, in addition to the conditions enumerated in §
6-68-102
, the request shall include a statement signed by the student, or if the student is a minor, the student's parent or legal guardian, agreeing to both of the following:
(1)
The student will use the electronic copy of the printed instructional material in specialized format solely for his or her own educational purposes; and
(2)
The student will not copy or duplicate the printed instructional material for use by others.
(b)
If an institution of higher education permits a student to directly use the electronic version of an instructional material, the disk or file shall be copy-protected or reasonable precautions shall be taken to ensure that students do not copy or distribute electronic versions of instructional materials in violation of the Copyright Revisions Act of 1976,
17 U.S.C. § 101
et seq.
Acts 2001, No. 758, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 68 - ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL (§§ 6-68-101 — 6-68-108) › Section 6-68-104 - Electronic versions of nonprinted instructional material

An individual, firm, partnership, or corporation that publishes or manufactures nonprinted instructional materials for students attending any accredited institution of higher education in the State of Arkansas shall provide computer files or other electronic versions of the nonprinted instructional materials for use by students attending the institution, subject to the same conditions set forth in §
6-68-102
and §
6-68-103(a)
for printed instructional materials, when technology is available to convert these nonprinted instructional materials to a format that maintains the structural integrity of the nonprinted instructional materials that is compatible with braille translation and speech synthesis software.
Acts 2001, No. 758, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 68 - ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL (§§ 6-68-101 — 6-68-108) › Section 6-68-105 - Transcription into braille - Requests for electronic instructional material

(a)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a school or any educational assistant, instructor, or tutor from assisting a student with a disability by using the electronic version of printed instructional material provided pursuant to this chapter solely to transcribe or arrange for the transcription of the printed instructional material into braille or to otherwise assist the student. In the event that a transcription is made, the school shall have the right to share the braille copy of the printed instructional material with other students with disabilities.
(b)
The president of each institution of higher education may each or in combination with others establish one (1) or more centers to process requests for electronic versions of instructional materials pursuant to this chapter. If a center or centers is established, each of the following shall apply:
(1)
The student and the educational institution shall submit requests for instructional material made pursuant to §
6-68-102(4)
to the center, which shall transmit the request to the publisher or manufacturer with the appropriate certification;
(2)
If there is more than one (1) center, each center shall make every effort to coordinate requests within its segment;
(3)
The publisher or manufacturer of instructional material shall be required to honor and respond only to those requests submitted through a designated center; and
(4)
If a publisher or manufacturer has responded to a request for instructional materials by a center, or on behalf of all the centers within a segment, all subsequent requests for these instructional materials shall be satisfied by the center to which the request is made.
Acts 2001, No. 758, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 68 - ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL (§§ 6-68-101 — 6-68-108) › Section 6-68-106 - Copyright protection

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to authorize any use of instructional materials that would constitute an infringement of copyright under the Copyright Revision Act of 1976,
17 U.S.C. § 101
et seq.
Acts 2001, No. 758, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 68 - ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL (§§ 6-68-101 — 6-68-108) › Section 6-68-107 - Guidelines

The institution of higher education or any center which requests instructional material pursuant to this chapter shall each adopt guidelines consistent with this chapter for its implementation and administration. At a minimum, the guidelines shall address all of the following:
(1)
The designation of materials deemed required or essential to student success;
(2)
The determination of the availability of technology for the conversion of nonprinted materials pursuant to §
6-68-104
and the conversion of mathematics and science materials pursuant to §
6-68-104
;
(3)
The procedures and standards relating to distribution of files and materials pursuant to §
6-68-102
and §
6-68-103(a)
; and
(4)
Other matters as are deemed necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Acts 2001, No. 758, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 68 - ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL (§§ 6-68-101 — 6-68-108) › Section 6-68-108 - Violation

Failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter shall be an act of discrimination pursuant to §
16-123-107(a)(2)
.
Acts 2001, No. 758, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-101 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Assessors" means the assessors named by the improvement district commissioners as provided for in this chapter;
(2)
"Collector" means the improvement district collector named by the commissioners of the district;
(3)
"Commission" means the five-member board to be appointed as provided for in this chapter;
(4)
"Commissioner" means the board of improvement district commissioners appointed by the county judge of the county in which the district is located;
(5)
"Corporate limits" means the municipal or city limits of any city of the first class;
(6)
"District" means the special improvement districts provided for in this chapter; and
(7)
"Real property" shall have the same meaning and signification as are attached to the words in the acts providing for the collection of state, county, and city revenue.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3601.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-102 - Applicability

Nothing in this chapter shall apply to cities having a commission form of government.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 2; 1951, No. 119, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3602.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-103 - City of first class - Special improvement district

(a)
Any city of the first class in this state is created and constituted a special improvement district and shall be a public agency and body politic and corporate under the name of the city with the words "Special Improvement District", and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and have perpetual succession for the purposes hereinafter designated.
(b)
The district may have a common seal and may make such bylaws and regulations from time to time as may be deemed proper, not inconsistent with this chapter or the laws of this state, for the purpose of carrying into effect the object of its creation.
(c)
The district may appoint all officers and agents which it deems necessary and suitable for the conduct of the business of the corporation and may do all other acts and things not inconsistent with the laws of this state which may be proper to carry into effect the purposes and object of this chapter.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 2; 1951, No. 119, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3602.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-104 - Management commission

(a)
The affairs of the district shall be managed and controlled and all improvements authorized shall be made by a commission which shall be composed of five (5) landowners who are residents of the district.
(b)
Within fifteen (15) days after the passage of this chapter, the members of the commission shall be appointed by the county judge of the county in which the district is located, and they shall serve during the existence of the district.
(c)
The commissioners shall not be paid any salary but shall be paid on a per diem basis for the time actually engaged by them in the discharge of the duties of their office.
(d)
The commissioners shall qualify by taking an oath that they will faithfully discharge the duties of their position.
(e)
They shall elect one (1) of their number president, who shall preside at all meetings of the commission. The president shall vote on all questions and shall be the chief officer of the district.
(f)
They shall appoint a secretary who shall hold office at their pleasure, who shall keep a record of the proceedings of the commission and shall receive such compensation as the commission may determine.
(g)
A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the commission may prescribe rules for its own government and fix its time of meeting.
(h)
The commission shall have the right to employ such other persons and agents not mentioned in this chapter as, in its judgment, may be necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of this chapter.
(i)
The commission shall make an annual statement showing in full all the transactions of the commission for the year, and a copy of the annual statement shall be filed with the county clerk of the county.
Acts 1949, No. 260, §§ 5, 6, 41; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-3605, 80-3606, 80-3643.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-106 - Multidistrict counties

In all counties where there are two (2) levying courts, thereby creating separate districts, each district shall be a county for the purpose of this chapter.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3609.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-108 - Apportionment of assessments - Annual installments

(a)
As soon as all of the assessments have been equalized and adjusted as aforesaid, the commission, by resolution, shall charge each lot, tract, and parcel of real estate in the district with an assessment equal to the benefit estimated in the assessment list to accrue to the lot, tract, or parcel of land.
(b)
The commission shall apportion the assessment into annual installments so as to realize annually only that sum of money as will be necessary to meet the expenses incurred in each year for interest and a sinking fund to pay the bonded indebtedness with twenty percent (20%) for contingencies.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3611.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-109 - Assessment as lien on real property

The assessment of benefits shall be a charge and a lien against all the real property in the district from the date of the resolution and shall be entitled to preference over all judgments, executions, encumbrances, or liens whenever created and shall continue until the local assessments, with any penalty and cost that may accrue thereon, shall be paid. However, between grantor and grantee all payments not due at the date of the transfer of such real property shall be payable by the grantee.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3611.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-110 - Deferral of levy

(a)
The commission is given the authority to defer the levying of assessments for the first five (5) years after the assessments are made a lien upon the real property of the district if the district has funds with which to meet its interest charges and other debts in the five (5) years from the sale of bonds or other sources.
(b)
The authority conferred by this section shall not prevent the annual levying of the assessments unless funds are provided to meet all maturing obligations of the district during the period that the commission is authorized to withhold the annual levies, and any creditors or bondholder may compel by mandamus a levy of an annual assessment equal to one-twentieth (1/20) of the indebtedness of the district whenever it is shown that the district does not have sufficient funds to meet its annual maturing indebtedness and the levy has not been made.
(c)
(1)
The object and purpose of this authority conferred upon the commission is to permit it to withhold, in whole or in part, annual levies for a proportional part of the obligations of the district if in the first five (5) years the district has from the sale of bonds or other sources sufficient funds to meet all its obligations due in the period.
(2)
Otherwise, the levy is to be made and a collection enforced of an assessment equal to one-twentieth (1/20) of the entire indebtedness of the district.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3611.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-111 - Limitation on assessments

The improvements undertaken by this chapter shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the valuation of the real property in the district, subject to improvement district assessment, as ascertained by the county assessment of the property referred to heretofore. However, this limitation of ten percent (10%) of valuation shall not prevent an annual assessment as provided in this chapter for the maintenance of the improvement.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3611.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-112 - Assessment of railroads, tramroads, etc

(a)
All railroads, tramroads, rights-of way, roadbeds, and appurtenances in the district shall be assessed according to the betterments and increase in value in like manner as is herein prescribed for real estate, except that the assessment shall be made per mile.
(b)
No error in the name and residence of the owners or the description thereof shall invalidate the assessment if sufficient description of the property sought to be taxed is given to ascertain where it is situated.
(c)
(1)
The commissioner shall annually appoint a board of assessors, which shall each year perform the duties provided in this chapter.
(2)
The board shall continue as far as possible the assessments first made but shall take into consideration improvements and enhanced values so as to equalize the burden of taxation within the district.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3611.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-113 - Maintenance assessments

(a)
For the purpose of maintaining and keeping the improvements in good state, when authorized in the petition provided for in §
6-71-105
, the board of assessors shall each year assess the value of all benefits to be received by each lot, tract, or parcel of land in the district by reason of the maintenance and keeping of the improvement for the following year as affecting each of the lots, tracts, or parcels of land and shall at once proceed to record in the assessment book of the district the value of such benefits to accrue to each of the lots, tracts, or parcels of land.
(b)
Immediately upon the recording of the assessment of benefits, notice thereof shall be inserted in a newspaper published in the county, and the assessment shall become final unless attacked within thirty (30) days thereafter in the circuit court of the county in which the district is located.
(c)
Each annual assessment for such maintenance shall be in addition to the ten-percent limitation permitted for the original cost of the improvement by §
6-71-111
but shall not be in excess of two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) of the valuation of the real property in the district, as ascertained by the county assessment of the property referred to heretofore.
(d)
The commission shall provide by resolution for the levy of the assessment of the benefits for the purpose of maintenance as made by the assessors.
(e)
The assessment shall be a charge and lien against all the real property in the district from the date of the resolution and shall be entitled to preference over all judgments, executions, encumbrances, or liens whensoever created, except the lien for original assessments, and shall continue until such assessments, with any penalty and costs that may accrue, shall be paid. However, as between grantor and grantee, all payments not due at the date of transfer of such real property shall be payable by the grantee.
(f)
Notice and collection of the assessment, the infliction of a penalty for nonpayment, and the enforcement and foreclosure of the lien shall all be had and done in the same manner as is provided in reference to the original assessment.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3611.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-114 - Collector and treasurer

(a)
The commission shall appoint a collector and a treasurer for the district.
(b)
These officers shall execute bonds to the commission in sums equal to two (2) times the amount of money which will probably come into their hands, with good and sufficient security to be approved by the commission, conditioned that they will faithfully discharge the duties of their office and account for and pay over all moneys that may come into their hands, according to law and the order of the commission.
(c)
The collector shall receive a sum not to exceed two percent (2%) and the treasurer not to exceed one percent (1%) of the moneys that come into his or her hands for the services performed.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3612.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-115 - Borrowing of money - Bonds

(a)
In order to hasten the completion of the improvement, the commission is authorized to borrow money not exceeding the estimated cost of improvement, including in the cost of the improvement the interest which may accrue upon the bonds which may be issued to raise funds to pay for the improvement, and to issue interest-bearing bonds therefor. The commission may pledge all the uncollected assessment, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the payment therefor, except such assessment as may be required to be pledged for the acquisition of the real estate on which the improvement is to be located and such as may be necessary to create a sinking fund to pay the bonds or to retire them.
(b)
The bonds shall be a lien upon the real estate of the district.
(c)
The commission shall create a sinking fund from the annual assessments in order that the bonds may be paid at maturity or retired earlier, if possible, or the commission may provide for the annual retirement of a portion of the bonds from the assessment levied.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 12; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3614.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-118 - Delinquent assessment - Penalty

If any assessment made under this chapter is not paid within the time mentioned in the notice published by the collector, the collector shall add thereto a penalty of twenty percent (20%) and shall at once return a list of the property on which the assessments have not been paid to the commission of the district as delinquent.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 15; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3617.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-119 - Suit to enforce lien

(a)
The commission shall straightway cause a complaint in equity to be filed in the court having jurisdiction of suits for the enforcement of liens upon real property for the condemnation and sale of such delinquent property for the payment of such assessments, penalty, and costs of suit.
(b)
In the complaint it shall not be necessary to state more than the fact of the assessment and the nonpayment thereof within the time required by law, without any further statement of any step required to be taken by the commission or any other officer whatever, concluding with the prayer that the delinquent property be charged with the amount of the assessment, penalty, and costs of suit and be condemned and sold for the payment thereof.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 16; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3618.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-120 - Exhibition of resolutions or documents unnecessary

It shall not be necessary to exhibit with the complaint any copy of any resolutions or other document or paper connected with the assessment and collection for the sums assessed under this chapter.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 17; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3619.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-121 - Suits against several owners may be joined

It shall be no objection to any suit brought for the purpose that the land of two (2) or more owners are joined in the same proceedings, and such suits may be brought against one (1) or more owners, providing the suit is brought in the county in which the land is situated.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 18; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3620.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-122 - Owner as defendant - Proceedings in rem

(a)
The owner of property assessed shall be made a defendant if known.
(b)
If he or she is not known, that fact shall be stated in the complaint and the suit shall proceed as a proceeding in rem against the property assessed.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 19; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3621.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-123 - Summons - Return day - Default

(a)
Summons shall be issued, and the defendant shall be required to appear and respond within five (5) days after service.
(b)
Upon default a decree shall be rendered against such property for the amount of such assessment, penalty, costs, and attorney's fees.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 20; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3622.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-124 - Constructive service

(a)
If the sheriff or other officer to whom the writ may be directed shall return that the defendant is not to be found in his or her county, or if the owner is stated in the complaint to be unknown, service shall be made by affixing a copy of the summons to the property assessed or to some part thereof, for fifteen (15) days and by publishing a copy of the summons in some daily paper published in the county for one (1) insertion, and the cause shall be made ready for hearing within fifteen (15) days after such publication. A decree shall be rendered as in case of actual service.
(b)
The publication shall be made by the officer having the writ of service and shall be shown by his or her return.
Acts 1949, No. 260, §§ 21, 23; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-3623, 80-3625.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-125 - Suits have precedence over other cases

For the purpose of taking every step in such suits as herein referred to, the court shall be always open. All cases brought under this chapter shall have the precedence of all other cases pending in the court and shall be decided within thirty (30) days after service of publication.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 22; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3624.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-126 - Form of decree

If the decree is in favor of the district and for the condemnation of the land, it shall be for the penalty and costs of suit as well as for the amount of assessment.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 24; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3626.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-127 - Suit in name of district

The suit shall be brought in the name of the district.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 25; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3627.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-128 - Direction for sale of property

(a)
In its decree of condemnation, the court shall direct that if the sum adjudged shall not be paid within ten (10) days, the property shall be sold by a special commissioner, appointed for that purpose, upon twenty (20) days' notice.
(b)
However, only so much of the property shall be sold as will pay the assessment, costs, and penalty, and no more.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 25; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3627.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-129 - Correction of description of property

In the event that the description of any lot, tract, or parcel of property upon the list of the assessment hereinbefore provided to be made shall for any reason be uncertain, indefinite, or insufficient, then, in any suit brought to enforce the payment of any assessment, the court shall have power to correct such description and enforce the collection of any assessment therein, having due regard for the right of any party who may have intervened.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 26; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3628.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-130 - Commissioner's deed to purchaser

(a)
If any land sold under a decree as herein mentioned is not redeemed within the time allowed herein, the court in which the suit is brought for condemnation shall direct the special commissioner to execute to the purchaser or his or her assignee a deed, which may be in the form and have the force and effect of a deed of a special commissioner who has sold lands in a suit brought by an improvement district as prescribed in §
14-90-1303
.
(b)
The deed mentioned in subsection (a) of this section shall only be made on the filing of the certificate of purchase in the court, unless proof of the loss thereof shall be made to the satisfaction of the court.
Acts 1949, No. 260, §§ 27, 28; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-3629, 80-3630.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-131 - Sale to best bidder or district

(a)
The property shall be offered to the person who will pay the assessment, penalty, and costs for the least amount of the land.
(b)
(1)
If none should offer the amount of the assessment, penalty, and costs, then the delinquent land shall be stricken to the special improvement district, and a deed shall be made to it in like manner as to an individual purchaser.
(2)
It shall be lawful for the district to hold the land until such time as it may be sold advantageously in the judgment of the commission.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 29; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3631.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-132 - Allowance to special commissioner for sale of land

No allowance to the special commissioner for his or her service shall exceed five dollars ($5.00) for each lot, tract, or parcel of land sold and certificate made by him or her.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 30; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3632.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-133 - Certificate of purchase

The special commissioner shall execute to the purchaser a certificate of purchase in which shall be stated the whole sum paid by the purchaser.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 31; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3633.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-134 - Redemption

(a)
The owner may redeem from the purchaser any time within one (1) year after the sale by paying the purchaser the amount paid by the purchaser with twenty percent (20%) thereon, which redemption shall be noted upon the margin of the decree by the purchaser.
(b)
(1)
If the purchaser cannot be found, the court may redeem by paying the amount to the clerk of the court wherein the decree is rendered, who shall then note the redemption as aforesaid.
(2)
The clerk shall hold the redemption money subject to the order of the purchaser, free of charge or commission, and pay it over on demand.
(3)
If the redemption money is not called for in twenty (20) days, the clerk shall advertise the receipt of the money by a notice inserted one (1) time in some newspaper published in the county.
Acts 1949, No. 260, §§ 32, 33; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-3634, 80-3635.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-135 - Reimbursement for assessments paid by purchaser

If, in the period allowed for redemption, the purchaser pays any other assessment or tax lawfully levied upon the property, the owner, upon making redemption, shall repay the assessment or tax to the purchaser, with twenty percent (20%) added thereto.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 34; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3636.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-136 - Appeals to Supreme Court

(a)
If any appeal is taken from any decree mentioned in this chapter, the Supreme Court shall advance the cause on its docket and shall hear and decide the cause on as early a day as practicable.
(b)
The transcript shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court within twenty (20) days after rendering the decree appealed from.
(c)
The Supreme Court shall either affirm or reverse the decree appealed from or render such a decree as should have been rendered by the lower court or shall remand the decree to the inferior court without delay.
(d)
In taking such an appeal, the appellant shall only include in the transcript so much of the records as are related to his or her own land.
(e)
No appeal shall be prosecuted from any decree after the expiration of the twenty (20) days herein granted for filing the transcript in the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court.
Acts 1949, No. 260, §§ 35-38; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-3637 -- 80-3640.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-137 - Notice by publication

If the owners of such property are nonresidents of this state, infants, or persons of unsound mind, notice shall be given by publication in any newspaper in the county where the land is situated which is authorized by law to publish legal notices, which notice shall be published for the same length of time as may be required in other civil causes.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 39; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3641.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-138 - Appointment of guardian ad litem

In all cases of infants or persons of unsound mind where no legal representative or guardian appears in their behalf at the hearing, it shall be the duty of the court to appoint a guardian ad litem who shall represent their interest for all purposes.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 40; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3642.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-139 - Power to hold and acquire property

(a)
The special improvement district created in this chapter shall have the power to acquire and hold real and personal property and may receive gifts, donations, and bonuses for the purpose of carrying out the object and purpose of the chapter.
(b)
The district shall have power to acquire such real estate as may be necessary for the reestablishment and expansion of the college or university, and the commission is clothed with authority to contract for the necessary land for the improvement and to pledge so much of the revenues of the district as may be necessary to pay for the improvement.
(c)
The district herein created may construct, operate, and maintain the improvement on the lands of private individuals or corporations, provided that, just damages shall be paid to the private owners of land taken or used for the improvement.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 42; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3644.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-140 - Acquisition of private property

(a)
In the event that the special improvement district fails to obtain, by agreement with the owner, property for the improvement or the right thereto, it may apply to the circuit court of the county in which the property is assessed, giving the owner of such property at least ten (10) days' notice in writing of the time and place where the petition will be heard.
(b)
The petition shall describe, as nearly as may be, the real estate which is sought and for which damages are asked to be assessed, whether improved or unimproved, and be sworn to by one (1) of the commissioners.
(c)
It shall be the duty of the court to impanel a jury of twelve (12) persons, as in other civil cases, to ascertain the amount of compensation which the district shall pay, and the matter shall proceed and then be determined as in other civil causes.
(d)
The amount of damages to be paid the owner of the lands for the use of such district shall be determined and assessed irrespective of any benefit the owner may receive from any improvement proposed by such district.
(e)
In all cases where damages for the site of expansion for the use of the district have been assessed in the manner hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of such district to deposit with the court or pay to the owners the amount so assessed and pay such costs as may, in the discretion of the court, be adjudged against it, within thirty (30) days after such assessment, whereupon it shall and may be lawful for such district to enter upon and use such lands forever.
(f)
Where the determination of questions in controversy in such proceedings is likely to retard the progress of the work on the special improvement, the court or judge, in vacation, shall designate an amount of money to be deposited by such district, subject to the order of the court, for the purpose of making compensation when the amount thereof shall have been assessed as aforesaid, and the judge shall designate the place of such deposit.
(g)
Whenever a deposit shall have been made in compliance with the order of the court or judge, it shall be lawful for such district to enter upon the land and proceed with its work through and over the land in controversy prior to the assessment and payment of damages for the use and right to be determined as aforesaid.
Acts 1949, No. 260, §§ 43-49; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-3645 -- 80-3651.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-141 - Construction and maintenance of college or university - Inducing existing institutions to move to district

The district shall have power to construct and maintain a college or university within the boundaries of the district and shall have power to negotiate and contract with and grant inducements to any other college or university now in existence for the removal of the college or university now in existence to that district. However, new buildings shall be constructed by the special improvement district.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3603.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 71 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 6-71-101 — 6-71-142) › Section 6-71-142 - Requirements for receipt of benefits

(a)
No college or university shall be established or reestablished under the provisions of this chapter in the district created by this chapter or shall be made the recipient of or receive any benefits under provisions of this chapter or by reason thereof unless the college or university has conferred upon its graduates at the time of their graduation regular written degrees of bachelor of arts and bachelor of science for at least ten (10) years prior to January 1, 1949.
(b)
No college or university shall be made the recipient of or receive any benefits under the provisions of or by reason of this chapter unless the college or university shall conduct regular four-year academic and scientific courses of study which are adequate and properly qualified for conferring the degrees of bachelor of arts and bachelor of science and other degrees and unless all the buildings occupied by the college or university in the district are wholly new and not in existence on January 1, 1949, and to be constructed thereafter for such college or university.
Acts 1949, No. 260, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-3604.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 6 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (§§ 6-80-101 — 6-85-604) › Chapter 80 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-80-101 — 6-80-109) › Section 6-80-101 - Records - Reports

(a)
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville shall maintain records of all applicants applying for financial assistance and shall adopt proper administrative procedures to ensure that students attending any state-supported or private institution in Arkansas shall be given the same consideration for receiving financial assistance from the appropriations provided for financial assistance.
(b)
In addition, records shall be maintained in a manner such that timely reports shall be filed with the Governor, the General Assembly, and its interim committee stating by name of individual:
(1)
The applications received;
(2)
The schools in which the applicant did his or her undergraduate college study;
(3)
The action taken by the administrator of these aid programs at the university; and
(4)
The reason for the action if the financial assistance was denied.
Acts 1973, No. 745, § 13.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 6 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (§§ 6-80-101 — 6-85-604) › Chapter 80 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-80-101 — 6-80-109) › Section 6-80-102 - Compliance with Selective Service Act required - Definitions

(a)
"Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by the Division of Higher Education.
(b)
"Statement of selective service status" means a statement certifying that:
(1)
The individual filing the statement is registered with the United States Selective Service System in accordance with the Military Selective Service Act,
50 U.S.C. § 3801
et seq.; or
(2)
The individual filing the statement is not required to register with the United States Selective Service System because the individual is:
(A)
Under eighteen (18) years of age;
(B)
In the United States Armed Forces on active duty, other than in a reserve or national guard unit;
(C)
Neither a United States citizen nor a resident alien;
(D)
A permanent resident of the trust territory of the Pacific Islands or the Northern Mariana Islands; or
(E)
Excused from registration for some other reason provided by federal law and that reason is included in the filed statement.
(c)
A male under twenty-six (26) years of age is not eligible to receive any loan, grant, scholarship, or other financial assistance for educational expenses that is partially or fully funded by the state or a state agency unless the individual has filed a statement of selective service status with the institution in which the individual plans to enroll.
(d)
The division shall specify by rule the form of statements of selective service status and the supporting documents to be filed to be in compliance with this section. The division shall distribute to each institution of higher education a copy of all rules adopted under this section.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2016, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2015, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1989, No. 188, §§ 1-3.