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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 68 - CONTROLLED-ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 27-68-101 — 27-68-111) › Section 27-68-106 - Designation and establishment of facilities

(a)
The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, towns, or villages may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within a controlled-access facility.
(b)
The state or any of its subdivisions shall have authority to provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of controlled-access facilities with existing state and county roads, and city or town or village streets, by separation or service road, or by closing off the roads and streets at the right-of-way boundary line of such controlled-access facility.
(c)
After the establishment of any controlled-access facility, no highway or street which is not a part of the facility shall intersect it at grade.
(d)
No city, town, or village street, county or state highway, or other public way shall be opened into or connected with any controlled-access facility without the consent and previous approval of the highway authority in the state, county, city, town, or village having jurisdiction over the controlled-access facility. Consent and approval shall be given only if the public interest shall be served thereby.
Acts 1953, No. 383, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2207.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 68 - CONTROLLED-ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 27-68-101 — 27-68-111) › Section 27-68-107 - Regulation of use

The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, villages, and towns may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the use of controlled-access facilities by the various classes of vehicles or traffic in a manner consistent with §
27-68-102
.
Acts 1953, No. 383, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2203.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 68 - CONTROLLED-ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 27-68-101 — 27-68-111) › Section 27-68-108 - Acquisition of property

(a)
The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, towns, or villages may acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and light. The property and property rights may be acquired by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same manner as the units are authorized by law to acquire property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within their respective jurisdictions.
(b)
All property rights acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall be in fee simple.
(c)
In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for any controlled-access facility or portion thereof, or service road in connection therewith, the state, county, city, town, or village highway authority may, in its discretion, acquire an entire lot, block, or tract of land if by so doing the interests of the public will be best served, even though the entire lot, block, or tract is not immediately needed for the right-of-way proper.
(d)
Court proceedings necessary to acquire property or property rights for purposes of this chapter shall take precedence over all other causes not involving the public interest to the end that the provision of controlled-access facilities may be expedited.
Acts 1953, No. 383, §§ 5, 6; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-2205, 76-2206.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 68 - CONTROLLED-ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 27-68-101 — 27-68-111) › Section 27-68-109 - Agreements with other highway authorities and the United States Government

The highway authorities of the state, cities, counties, towns, or villages are authorized to enter into agreements with each other or with the United States Government respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation, or vacation of controlled-access facilities or other public ways in their respective jurisdictions, to facilitate the purposes of this chapter.
Acts 1953, No. 383, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2208.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 68 - CONTROLLED-ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 27-68-101 — 27-68-111) › Section 27-68-110 - Jurisdiction over service roads

(a)
In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility, the state, county, city, town, or village highway authorities are authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets or to designate as local service roads and streets any existing road or street and to exercise jurisdiction over service roads in the same manner as authorized over controlled-access facilities under the terms of this chapter, if, in their opinion, local service roads and streets are necessary or desirable.
(b)
Local service roads or streets shall be of appropriate design and shall be separated from the controlled-access facility property by means of all devices designated as necessary or desirable by the proper authority.
Acts 1953, No. 383, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2209.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 68 - CONTROLLED-ACCESS FACILITIES (§§ 27-68-101 — 27-68-111) › Section 27-68-111 - Service stations and commercial establishments prohibited

No automotive service station or other commercial establishment for serving motor vehicle users shall be constructed or located within the right-of-way of or on publicly owned or publicly leased land acquired or used for or in connection with a controlled-access highway facility.
Acts 1959, No. 123, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2211.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION (§§ 27-69-101 — 27-69-109) › Section 27-69-101 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Parkway" means and includes parkway areas of varying widths principally through rural areas with sightly, landscape, scenic, safety, and wayside development grants and easements, with minimum frontage and private access rights, featuring a parkway road designed primarily for passenger car traffic and specifically adapted to leisurely travel as a tourway for outdoor recreation and market-to-farm use by tourists, including service and recreational facilities and the preservation of scenic, historic, and scientific features;
(2)
"Scenic, landscape, sightly, or safety easement" means a servitude devised to permit land to remain in private ownership for its normal agricultural, residential, or other use consistent with parkway purposes determined by the United States Secretary of the Interior and at the same time placing a control over the future use of the area to maintain its scenic, landscape, sightly, or safety values for the parkway in this state; and
(3)
"Secretary" means the United States Secretary of the Interior.
Acts 1939, No. 45, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1804.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION (§§ 27-69-101 — 27-69-109) › Section 27-69-102 - Department acquisition of land and conveyance to United States

(a)
The Arkansas Department of Transportation is designated, authorized, and directed as the state agency of this state to acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation as a public highway and convey to the United States all parkway lands and easements as and when required by surveys and maps hereafter approved by the United States Secretary of the Interior.
(b)
If, as a result of required surveys, maps, and estimates, the United States Secretary of the Interior shall be satisfied that one (1) or more desirable parkway routes are available and the President of the United States shall approve thereof, then the department may accept donations of and acquire lands, interests in lands, islands, waters, easements, and other properties bordering the Mississippi River. Thereafter the department may convey them to the United States on behalf of this state or of its political subdivisions. Private parties may convey necessary or convenient properties or easements for the projected parkway, together with sites in connection therewith acquired or to be acquired for recreational or naturalistic purposes.
(c)
Thereafter, the areas together with the parkway right-of-way of a width sufficient to include the road and all bridges, ditches, cuts, and fills appurtenant thereto shall constitute the national parkway in this state.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 403, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1939, No. 45, §§ 1, 3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-1801, 76-1803.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION (§§ 27-69-101 — 27-69-109) › Section 27-69-103 - State agency authorization to cooperate in conveyances

State agencies owning or controlling various state-owned areas or state-owned easements or interest therein of state agencies are authorized to cooperate in the conveyance of the lands, easements, or interest to and in favor of the United States for this national parkway.
Acts 1939, No. 45, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1802.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION (§§ 27-69-101 — 27-69-109) › Section 27-69-105 - State acquisition procedure

(a)
Directly or indirectly from or through its political subdivisions, this state shall acquire and convey to the United States the necessary areas in fee simple, together with landscape, sightly, safety, or scenic easements, and rights-of-way for connections to the approaches of trans-Mississippi River bridges, subject to such flowage, revetment, bank protection, levee, or other river control, harbor line, and navigation reservations or rights as the United States Secretary of Defense may determine are essential for navigation or flood control purposes.
(b)
The titles and evidences of titles to areas so acquired, for protection to the United States in case of use or occupancy thereof, shall be satisfactory to the United States Secretary of the Interior.
(c)
Deeds shall be accompanied by land maps, survey notes, and closure sheets.
(d)
Parkway areas as acquired by this state and scenic, landscape, sightly, or safety easements on additional areas shall be in accordance with preliminary development and property maps submitted to the state by the United States Secretary of the Interior.
(e)
State agencies and interstate or intrastate utilities having fiscal or other interests in any properties may join in or execute releases for parkway areas or easements.
(f)
Parkway area acquisition shall be undertaken in units of sufficient length to justify placing the units under contract for construction of the parkway road as soon as acquired by the state and accepted by the United States Secretary of the Interior.
Acts 1939, No. 45, §§ 6, 7; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-1806, 76-1807.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION (§§ 27-69-101 — 27-69-109) › Section 27-69-106 - Right-of-way

(a)
An average right-of-way of not less than one hundred (100) acres per mile in fee simple, plus scenic, landscape, sightly, or safety easement control up to a total average of fifty (50) acres per mile, shall be provided for the gross length of the parkway in this state for parkway purposes.
(b)
At no point shall the width of parkway area through state or private lands be less than two hundred feet (200'), except as the United States Secretary of the Interior may determine in particular cases.
(c)
If the total acreage acquired by this state and its political subdivisions or other parties and transferred to the United States for parkway purposes is less than the above-stated minimum per mile, then other public areas adjacent to or near the parkway having scenic, recreational, conservation, floodway, or historic value shall be owned, acquired, or administered satisfactorily to the United States Secretary of the Interior or leased thereto sufficient to bring the total acreage up to the minimum.
(d)
The area boundaries need not be mechanically determined or measured by a uniform distance from the center line of the parkway.
(e)
The variation of the width shall be dependent upon the topographical and other natural conditions, requirements of design, easements, and time and cost of acquisition.
(f)
Owing to proximity in numerous locations of vertical picturesque bluffs close to the Mississippi River at high water stages and the narrow range of location of existing railway facilities, the parkway road may be constructed over or under such precipitous cliffs and caverns and around and across river bends and through back country as will best diversify the rugged, wooded, and open pastoral scenery and water vistas, and also tend toward economical cost of land acquisitions and parkway road construction and maintenance.
(g)
The state may include in its fee simple parkway right-of-way requirement such nearby areas of the Mississippi River within its boundaries, other than the navigable channel thereof at normal river stage, provided the nearest edge of such supplementary water, island, flo-way, or floodway areas shall be within five hundred feet (500') of the center line of the parkway road and shall not exceed a width of one thousand feet (1,000').
Acts 1939, No. 45, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1805.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION (§§ 27-69-101 — 27-69-109) › Section 27-69-107 - Use of existing or projected highways

(a)
When the construction of sections of the parkway road parallel to existing highways will result in unnecessary expense and the United States Secretary of the Interior may, in his or her discretion, use existing or projected sections of streets or highways, bridges, parks, or other areas as connecting links between other sections of this parkway, and federal funds may be expended for parkway purposes thereon under the provisions of this subchapter, no parkway area credits need be allowed the state.
(b)
In the event it is determined that the connecting links of highways should provide for other than passenger car traffic, a cooperative agreement with respect to use and the reconstruction, maintenance, and control thereof may be entered into by the United States Secretary of the Interior with the Arkansas Department of Transportation or local public authorities concerned.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 405, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1939, No. 45, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1808.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION (§§ 27-69-101 — 27-69-109) › Section 27-69-108 - Alternate routes

Alternate routes through or around urban areas, along scenic country, or connecting historic sites may be provided or required for acceptance by the United States Secretary of the Interior for parkway purposes.
Acts 1939, No. 45, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1808.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION (§§ 27-69-101 — 27-69-109) › Section 27-69-109 - Concurrent jurisdiction - Reserved powers and jurisdiction

(a)
This state cedes to the United States and current jurisdiction to so regulate that the United States shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction:
(1)
To regulate use of parkway areas and traffic on the parkway road and protect the areas and property thereon belonging to the United States from damage, depredation, or destruction;
(2)
To operate and administer the areas and property of the United States embraced in the parkway as a national parkway, when consistent with the current uses of other federal departments through whose areas the parkway extends; and
(3)
To prosecute in the federal courts any violation of parkway regulations.
(b)
There is preserved to this state or its political subdivisions thereof in which parkway areas are located:
(1)
All other powers and expressly and specifically reserves thereto jurisdiction in all civil and criminal matters;
(2)
The power to levy and collect a tax on all motor vehicle fuels and lubricants on the parkway and a tax on the sale thereof and of other products and services sold on the parkway, or on any part of the property conveyed to the United States pursuant to this subchapter, except sales to and for exclusive use of the federal government;
(3)
The jurisdiction and power to tax and license or to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors on any areas so conveyed, or to be conveyed;
(4)
The right to levy and collect a tax on all property, including buildings erected thereon, not belonging to the United States; and
(5)
The authority to require licenses and impose license taxes upon any business or businesses conducted thereon under lease with the United States.
(c)
The above powers enumerated as expressly and specifically reserved to this state or political subdivisions thereof, in which parkway areas are situated, shall not be construed as being in any respect inconsistent with or impairing the powers of the United States.
(d)
By mutual agreement between federal and state or local authorities, their respective patrolmen may cooperate in the enforcement of parkway regulations and controlling parades or convoys on the parkway road.
Acts 1939, No. 45, §§ 9, 10; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-1809, 76-1810.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 2 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION OF ARKANSAS (§§ 27-69-201 — 27-69-207) › Section 27-69-201 - Creation

There is created and established a commission to be known as the "Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas".
Acts 1961, No. 151, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1812.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 2 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION OF ARKANSAS (§§ 27-69-201 — 27-69-207) › Section 27-69-202 - Members

(a)
(1)
The Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas shall be composed of ten (10) members appointed by the Governor:
(A)
One (1) member shall be a resident of Mississippi County;
(B)
One (1) member shall be a resident of Crittenden County;
(C)
One (1) member shall be a resident of St. Francis County;
(D)
One (1) member shall be a resident of Lee County;
(E)
One (1) member shall be a resident of Phillips County;
(F)
One (1) member shall be a resident of Monroe County;
(G)
One (1) member shall be a resident of Arkansas County;
(H)
One (1) member shall be a resident of Desha County;
(I)
One (1) member shall be a resident of Drew County; and
(J)
One (1) member shall be a resident of Chicot County.
(2)
All members shall be appointed for terms of five (5) years.
(b)
[Repealed.]
(c)
Immediately upon making any appointment to the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas, the Governor making the appointment shall notify the Mississippi River Parkway Planning Commission, hereinafter called the national commission, giving the names and addresses of the member or members so appointed.
(d)
(1)
Members of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas shall not receive compensation for their services but may receive expense reimbursement as provided in §
25-16-901
et seq.
(2)
These expenses shall be paid upon claims for reimbursement approved by the Chair of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 631,§ 5, eff. 8/1/2023.
Acts 1961, No. 151, §§ 2, 6; 1963, No. 197, § 1; 1975, No. 496, § 6; 1981, No. 892, § 1; 1983, No. 20, § 1; 1985, No. 522, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 5-907.5, 76-1813, 76-1813.1, 76-1817; Acts 1995, No. 1296, § 98; 1997, No. 250, § 247.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 2 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION OF ARKANSAS (§§ 27-69-201 — 27-69-207) › Section 27-69-203 - Organization and meetings

(a)
At the first meeting of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas and annually thereafter, the members shall select a Chair of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas and a secretary from the membership.
(b)
Meetings of the commission shall be called by motion of the chair or on request of any five (5) members.
(c)
Except in the case of an emergency, notice of the time and place of each meeting shall be given to each member at least five (5) days prior to the date of the meeting.
(d)
Every meeting of the commission shall be held at some suitable place in one of the ten (10) counties in which the Great River Road is situated, except that any meeting may be held at any other suitable place upon majority vote of the members of the commission.
(e)
Any four (4) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting any business of the commission.
Acts 1961, No. 151, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1814.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 2 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION OF ARKANSAS (§§ 27-69-201 — 27-69-207) › Section 27-69-204 - National affiliation - Advisory capacity

(a)
The Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas created herein shall be an affiliate of the National Mississippi River Parkway Commission and shall cooperate with and assist the National Mississippi River Parkway Commission in promoting interest in, and the development and use of, the Great River Road as designated by the Federal Highway Administration. It shall also serve in an advisory capacity to the Arkansas Department of Transportation in regard to the exercise of the powers and duties granted the department by §
27-69-101
et seq.
(b)
The Chair of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas shall be the Arkansas representative on the National Mississippi River Parkway Commission.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 406, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1961, No. 151, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1815.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 2 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION OF ARKANSAS (§§ 27-69-201 — 27-69-207) › Section 27-69-205 - Advisors and assistants

The Director of State Highways and Transportation shall designate one (1) employee of the Arkansas Department of Transportation who is an engineer or who has engineering experience, and the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall appoint one (1) member of his or her staff, who shall advise and assist the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas in carrying out its functions and duties under this subchapter.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5730, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 407, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1961, No. 151, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1816.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 2 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION OF ARKANSAS (§§ 27-69-201 — 27-69-207) › Section 27-69-206 - Standard road signs

(a)
The State Highway Commission is authorized and directed to erect and maintain signs designating the route of the Great River Road through Arkansas.
(b)
The signs used to designate the route shall be the standard marker developed and approved for the Great River Road by the National Mississippi River Parkway Planning Commission.
Acts 1961, No. 151, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-1818.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 69 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY (GREAT RIVER ROAD) › Subchapter 2 - MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION OF ARKANSAS (§§ 27-69-201 — 27-69-207) › Section 27-69-207 - Funds

(a)
The State Highway Commission is authorized to:
(1)
Expend from its regular appropriation for any fiscal year, in addition to the other purposes enumerated in the appropriation act, funds to cover the state's pro rata share, as a participating member, of the costs in the activities and work of the National Mississippi River Parkway Planning Commission; and
(2)
Match any federal-aid apportionment for the planning and coordination of the Great River Road, also called the Mississippi River Parkway.
(b)
The authorizations made for expenditures from the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund in subsection (a) of this section shall be made by the State Highway Commission as it deems in the best interests of the State of Arkansas and shall be limited to expenditures not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for fees, dues, and other expenses during any one (1) fiscal year.
Acts 1961, No. 148, §§ 1, 2; 1965, No. 300, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-1819, 76-1820.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 70 - HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-301) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-104) › Section 27-70-101 - Certification of vouchers, etc

(a)
The designated disbursing officers for the Arkansas Department of Transportation are hereby authorized to complete and sign one (1) certification for each state voucher or other designated document that authorizes the Auditor of State, or other official, to draw a state warrant or check on a fund administered by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
(b)
The voucher or other authorizing document can consist of one (1) or more pages and in the event that more than one (1) page is used, then the designated disbursing officer is to manually sign the last page only, and any certification is to be so worded that it will apply to all pages of the document.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 408, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1991, No. 872, § 16.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 70 - HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-301) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-104) › Section 27-70-102 - Certification of amounts due - Distribution

(a)
The Arkansas Department of Transportation, through the Director of State Highways and Transportation, is authorized to certify to the Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State any amount that is due the department from a city or county of this state.
(b)
Upon certification, the Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall record and transfer the amount so certified from the funds next to be distributed to the designated city or county, under the provisions of the Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law, §
27-70-201
et seq., to the fund designated by the department. The amount may be a lump sum or in installments, as instructed by the department.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 409, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1987, No. 742, § 20.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 70 - HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-301) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-104) › Section 27-70-103 - State Highway Special Construction Account

(a)
All taxes, penalties, and other amounts collected pursuant to the additional taxes and fees levied in §
26-55-205(b)
and §
26-56-201(a)(2)
shall be classified as special revenues.
(b)
After deducting therefrom the three percent (3%) for credit to the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund as required by §
27-70-206(1)
, the Treasurer of State shall transfer the net amount remaining to the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund to be set aside in a special account therein to be known as the State Highway Special Construction Account to be used solely and exclusively by the State Highway Commission:
(1)
For construction of roads and highways on the state highway system; and
(2)
To provide funds for transfer to the State Aid Road Fund as may be provided by law.
(c)
None of these funds shall be used for the construction of highway buildings, for the payment of salaries, for the purchase of supplies and materials, for highway maintenance, or any other purpose other than the construction of state highways.
(d)
All taxes, penalties, and other amounts collected pursuant to §
26-55-205(b)
and §
26-56-201(a)(2)
shall be distributed solely and exclusively for the purposes set forth in this section. None of the amounts shall be distributed as provided by §
27-70-206(2) and (3)
.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-336; Acts 1989, No. 821, § 12.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 70 - HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-301) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-104) › Section 27-70-104 - Federal excise tax on motor fuels

(a)
Should the United States Congress extend an option to the State of Arkansas to collect all or part of the existing excise tax on motor fuels imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, Chapter 31, Retailers Excise Tax, §§ 4041 and 4081, it is declared that the option is executed.
(b)
Further, if the federal excise tax is reduced in any amount, the amount of the reduction will continue to be collected as state highway user revenues.
(c)
Any increase in the federal excise tax, accompanied by state option, shall be disbursed as set forth in subsection (d) of this section.
(d)
Any revenues derived under subsection (a) of this section will be classified as special revenues and shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the State Apportionment Fund for distribution under the Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law, §
27-70-201
et seq., there to be used for the construction of state highways, county roads, and municipal streets.
Acts 1975, No. 610, §§ 1, 2; 1981, No. 719, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-337, 76-338.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 70 - HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-301) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION LAW (§§ 27-70-201 — 27-70-209) › Section 27-70-201 - Title

This subchapter may be referred to and cited as the "Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law".
Acts 1965 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 39, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-330.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 70 - HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-301) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION LAW (§§ 27-70-201 — 27-70-209) › Section 27-70-202 - Definition

(a)
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "highway revenues" means and includes the following special revenues:
(1)
Fees for the registration and licensing of motor vehicles, levied and collected under §§
27-14-305
,
27-14-601
,
27-14-603
,
27-14-605
, 2714-614,
27-14-702
,
27-14-704
,
27-14-709
,
27-14-716
,
27-14-717
,
27-14-914
, 2714-915, §
27-14-501
et seq., §
27-14-1101
et seq., the Permanent Trailer Licensing Act of 1979, §
27-14-1201
et seq., §
27-14-1301
et seq., § 27-141401 et seq., §
27-14-1501
et seq., §
27-14-1801
et seq., §
27-14-1901
et seq., §
27-14-2101
et seq., and §
27-15-101
et seq., except motor vehicle intransit taxes and drive-out tag fees levied, respectively, under §§ 27-14 1805 and
27-14-2104
;
(2)
Taxes levied and collected under the Motor Fuel Tax Law, §
26-55-201
et seq., and the Special Motor Fuels Tax Law, §
26-56-101
et seq., commonly referred to, and denominated by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration for tax distribution purposes, as the "gasoline tax"; and
(3)
Ninety-five percent (95%) of the severance tax levied and collected on natural gas under §
26-58-111(5)
.
(b)
For the purposes of this section, any penalties, fines, charges, or other amounts paid in connection with or in lieu of any of the foregoing enumeration shall be deemed, unless otherwise expressly provided for by law, to be highway revenues and shall be added to and considered as a part of the particular foregoing enumeration to which it shall respectively belong.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 211,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4815, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1965 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 39, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-331; Acts 2008 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 4, § 11; 2008 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 5, § 11.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 70 - HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-301) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION LAW (§§ 27-70-201 — 27-70-209) › Section 27-70-203 - Deposit in State Apportionment Fund

All highway revenues shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the State Apportionment Fund. After deducting the amount of uncollected checks and reserving the amount as shall be required to liquidate claims for taxes erroneously paid, the Treasurer of State shall, on the last business day of each month, transfer these highway revenues in the amounts or proportions, and to the State Treasury funds, specified in §
27-70-206
.
Acts 1965 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 39, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-332.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 70 - HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-301) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION LAW (§§ 27-70-201 — 27-70-209) › Section 27-70-204 - Interest on funds of Arkansas Department of Transportation

(a)
On the second business day that the State Treasury is open after the twenty-fifth day of the month, the Treasurer of State shall compute the balance of the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund, including all internal accounts and funds, including, but not limited to, the State Highway Special Construction Account, the State Aid Road Fund, the State Aid Street Fund, the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund, and any other funds administered by the Arkansas Department of Transportation during the preceding month and shall transfer on that day to the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund interest on the balance to be computed as authorized under §
19-3-518(d)(4)
, excluding the interest rate paid on open account deposits, during the preceding month.
(b)
(1)
Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2) of this section, interest earned on the accounts described in subsection (a) of this section shall be classified as special revenues to be used as authorized under §
19-6-405
.
(2)
Interest income generated from the Arkansas Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bond Account shall be distributed as required under §
27-70-206
.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 704,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2018.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 410, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 555,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2017.
Acts 1979, No. 438, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-332.1, 76-332.2; Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 70 - HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-301) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION LAW (§§ 27-70-201 — 27-70-209) › Section 27-70-205 - Federal Revenue Sharing State Highway Trust Fund Account

Commencing with the federal funds received by the State of Arkansas under the provisions of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, Pub. L. No. 92-512, as amended, commonly and hereinafter referred to as "federal revenue-sharing funds", all federal revenue sharing funds received each fiscal year by the State of Arkansas for the use and benefit of the State of Arkansas shall be transferred to and allocated to a special trust fund to be established in the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund, to be known as the Federal Revenue Sharing State Highway Trust Fund Account, to be set aside and used by the State Highway Commission solely and exclusively for construction of highways on the state highway system and the state aid street system. All funds shall be administered and the controls and accounting thereof shall be in accordance with the provisions of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, Pub. L. No. 92-512, as amended, and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and in accordance with the laws of this state governing the advertising and awarding contracts for, and payment of, construction contracts to be awarded by the commission.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 3; 1977, No. 241, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-335.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 70 - HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-301) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION LAW (§§ 27-70-201 — 27-70-209) › Section 27-70-206 - Distribution to state funds

Excluding the interest income classified as special revenue under §
27-70-204(b)(1)
, all highway revenues which are available for distribution during each fiscal year shall be transferred to the following State Treasury funds, and in the order specified, with transfers to be made monthly until all available revenues have been transferred:
(1)
First, except as provided by §
19-5-207
, three percent (3%) of the amount thereof to the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund, there to be used for the purposes specified for each fund by the Revenue Stabilization Law, §
19-5-101
et seq.;
(2)
Next, to the Gasoline Tax Refund Fund, such amount as the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall, from time to time, certify to the Treasurer of State as being necessary to pay approved gasoline tax refund claims under the provisions of §§
26-55-301
-
26-55-321
[repealed] and §§
26-55-401
-
26-55-408
, or other applicable law. However, the aggregate total amount of all transfers under this subdivision (2) shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) during any fiscal year; and
(3)
After meeting the requirements set out in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section, all remaining highway revenues which are available for distribution during each fiscal year shall be transferred in the following manner: Fifteen percent (15%) of the amount thereof to the County Aid Fund; fifteen percent (15%) of the amount thereof to the Municipal Aid Fund; and seventy percent (70%) of the amount thereof to the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4816, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 704,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2018.
Amended by Act 2016EX3, No. 1,§ 18, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1965 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 39, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-333.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 70 - HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION (§§ 27-70-101 — 27-70-301) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS HIGHWAY REVENUE DISTRIBUTION LAW (§§ 27-70-201 — 27-70-209) › Section 27-70-208 - Disposition of gross receipts taxes on gasohol

The gross receipts taxes levied and collected on gasohol shall be used by the Arkansas Department of Transportation to defray, in whole or in part, the cost of constructing, widening, reconstructing, maintaining, resurfacing, or repairing the public highways, and retiring highway indebtedness of this state. These taxes shall be remitted to the department in accordance with this subchapter.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 413, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1981, No. 865, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-334.1; Acts 1989, No. 821, § 13.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§ 27-72-101) › Section 27-72-101 - Plans and engineering services for county federal-aid secondary road projects

(a)
The Arkansas Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to furnish, without cost to counties, all plans and engineering services necessary in connection with all county negotiated contracts for federal-aid secondary road projects in all counties of this state.
(b)
The cost of plans and engineering services shall be included in the cost of projects but shall not be chargeable to the county.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 414, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1963, No. 263, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-462.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 2 - VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL-AID AGREEMENTS (§§ 27-72-201 — 27-72-205) › Section 27-72-201 - Funds to be withheld

Where any political subdivision of the State of Arkansas has entered into an agreement with the United States Government, any agency or subdivision thereof, or the State Highway Commission to maintain projects constructed off the state highway system by the commission, with the use of United States governmental funds, upon written notice to the commission from the Federal Highway Administration that projects are being maintained insufficiently according to the agreement, the commission is authorized, ordered, and empowered to instruct the Treasurer of State to withhold payment from the County Aid Fund, which is payable or to be payable to the various political subdivisions of the State of Arkansas, if the commission, after investigation, finds the political subdivisions have failed to live up to the agreement.
Acts 1939, No. 338, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-416.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 2 - VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL-AID AGREEMENTS (§§ 27-72-201 — 27-72-205) › Section 27-72-202 - Duties of commission and Treasurer of State

(a)
The State Highway Commission, upon receipt of written notice from the Federal Highway Administration to the effect that political subdivisions have violated the agreement set out in §
27-72-201
, shall immediately proceed to investigate the report and shall make a final determination of the amount of money necessary to maintain the projects properly.
(b)
After this determination, the commission shall, by resolution, inform the Treasurer of State of the facts.
(c)
The Treasurer of State shall immediately withhold payment as set out in §
27-72-201
and transmit his warrants as funds accrue from time to time to the commission until the amount determined by the commission is fully satisfied.
(d)
In the event the amount of the County Aid Fund payable or to be payable to the respective political subdivisions is over and above the amount determined by the commission, then after being informed by the commission, the Treasurer of State shall release and transmit his warrant for the remainder to the proper authorities of the respective counties who have violated the agreement.
Acts 1939, No. 338, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-417.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 2 - VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL-AID AGREEMENTS (§§ 27-72-201 — 27-72-205) › Section 27-72-203 - Project maintenance - Application of funds

(a)
Upon receipt of the warrant or warrants from the Treasurer of State, the State Highway Commission shall apply such funds to the maintenance of the project or projects on which agreements have been violated for the amount or amounts pro rata as the commission shall deem best.
(b)
In the event the commission has expended its own funds for maintenance of the projects, then the amounts so expended from state maintenance funds shall be replaced by funds from the warrants received from the Treasurer of State in the amount expended.
Acts 1939, No. 338, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-418.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 2 - VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL-AID AGREEMENTS (§§ 27-72-201 — 27-72-205) › Section 27-72-204 - Project maintenance - Commission's discretion

When the State Highway Commission finds the agreements relative to the various projects have been violated, the commission may, at its discretion, commence and cease to maintain the projects, subject to reimbursement as set out in §
27-72-203
.
Acts 1939, No. 338, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-419.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 2 - VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL-AID AGREEMENTS (§§ 27-72-201 — 27-72-205) › Section 27-72-205 - Priority of charge against funds

Upon determination by the State Highway Commission that the agreement has been violated, and commencing on the date of notice to the Treasurer of State, there shall be a charge upon funds set out in this subchapter which shall take priority over any other obligations on the funds.
Acts 1939, No. 338, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-420.