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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 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-301 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Betterment" means any construction or reconstruction on a state aid-designated road which results in an improvement which exceeds or equals any previous improvement whether or not the previous improvement was financed in part or in whole through the provisions of this subchapter;
(2)
"Construction", "reconstruction", or "improvement" means any proposal submitted by a county court which meets the definition of betterment as opposed to maintenance;
(3)
"Maintenance" means any act of work which maintains the improvement in serviceable condition;
(4)
"State aid", by way of funds to be expended on state aid roads, means any sum or sums provided by the General Assembly to supplement funds furnished by the several counties for the purpose of constructing, improving, widening, straightening, surfacing, or reconstructing roads on the state aid system and shall be available to the several counties in a proportion to be fixed and determined by law; and
(5)
"State aid roads" means that classification of county roads, including bridges and ferries, composing the major collector and minor collector routes feeding into local trade areas or into the state highway system, which are not designated as state highways, and particularly those essential to the conservation and development of natural resources, of economic and social value and encouraging desirable land utilization, having in addition one (1) or more of the following characteristics:
(A)
They extend to the larger communities, including all incorporated towns;
(B)
They connect with roads of major importance in adjoining counties;
(C)
They connect with the state highways to form a complete network of main feeder roads;
(D)
They carry heavy volumes of traffic serving major business and agricultural interests of the county; and
(E)
They collect traffic at reasonable intervals from several local roads.
Acts 1973, No. 445, §§ 6, 7, 14; 1975, No. 607, § 4; 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), No. 1037, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-452, 76-453, 76-460; reen. Acts 1987, No. 863, § 3.
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 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-302 - Establishment - Scope

(a)
There is established a system of state aid roads in each county consisting of the major collector and minor collector routes not on the state highway system feeding into local trade areas or into the state highway system and providing a program for the construction and improvement of state aid roads.
(b)
There is set up for designation by cooperative action of the state and counties a state aid system of roads, as classified and defined in this subchapter, which system shall be designated by the several county judges of their respective counties with the consent and approval of the state aid engineer and the State Highway Commission to a total mileage not in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) miles, and initially established at five thousand (5,000) miles, which five thousand (5,000) miles shall include all county roads on the federal-aid secondary road system. The system will periodically be expanded in one thousand-mile increments after the initial five thousand-mile system has been established.
(c)
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to deprive or diminish the powers and duties of the county judge of any county in the exercise of his constitutional control over county roads.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 212,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Acts 1973, No. 445, §§ 5, 7; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-451, 76-453; Acts 1993, No. 244, § 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 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-303 - Division of State Aid Road Construction

There is created within the Arkansas Department of Transportation a division to be called the Division of State Aid Road Construction.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 415, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-454.
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 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-305 - State Aid Road Fund

(a)
(1)
There is created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the State Aid Road Fund, to which the Treasurer of State shall transfer one hundred percent (100%) of the revenues credited to the State Highway Special Construction Account of the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund each month until an aggregate total of thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) each fiscal year is so transferred, there to be used for construction, reconstruction, and improvements of the state aid road system.
(2)
(A)
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, the limitation on the transfer of funds in this subsection (a) shall be increased to fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000);
(B)
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, the limitation on the transfer of funds in this subsection (a) shall be increased to seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000);
(C)
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, the limitation on the transfer of funds in this subsection (a) shall be increased to nineteen million dollars ($19,000,000); and
(D)
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and for all fiscal years thereafter, there shall be no limitation on the transfer of funds to the State Aid Road Fund.
(b)
(1)
All revenues deposited into the State Aid Road Fund shall be apportioned to each county as prescribed in §
27-72-309
for the distribution of mileage on the state aid road system among the various counties.
(2)
The apportioned funds shall remain for a period of two (2) years from the date they are apportioned.
(3)
Any unused funds shall be returned to the State Aid Road Fund for redistribution in accordance with the above formula.
(4)
For a county to receive these funds, they must be matched in the ratio of ninety percent (90%) state aid road funds to not less than ten percent (10%) county matching funds, and the county must comply with all provisions of this subchapter.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 13; 1975, No. 607, § 3; 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), No. 1037, § 2; 1983, No. 467, § 1; 1985, No. 996, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-459; reen. Acts 1987, No. 863, § 2; Acts 1993, No. 670, § 1; 1999, No. 1028, § 5.
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 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-306 - County Supplement Fund Account

In the event that any county desires to provide funds in excess of the minimum matching requirements as provided in §
27-72-305
, the Treasurer of State shall credit the amount above matching requirements to the County Supplement Fund Account of the State Aid Road Fund, there to be used as provided by law.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 21; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-459.1.
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 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-307 - Expenses paid prior to allocation

The salaries of the state aid engineer, his or her assistants, and all other employees of the Division of State Aid Road Construction, as well as all other expenses incurred by the Division of State Aid Road Construction in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, shall be paid from the State Aid Road Fund in the State Treasury prior to allocation to the several counties.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-454.
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 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-308 - Eligibility for state aid - Notice

(a)
Before any county shall be eligible to receive the benefits of the provisions of this subchapter, the county, through its county judge, shall agree to comply with the terms, provisions, and limitations of this subchapter.
(b)
When any county shall have met the requirements of this subchapter and shall have become eligible for state aid, the state aid engineer, as soon as practicable, shall notify such county in writing of such eligibility and that its proportionate part of any state funds allocated to the county for state aid may be utilized for construction on the state aid system in the manner provided in this subchapter.
Acts 1973, No. 445, §§ 5, 11; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-451, 76-457.
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 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-309 - Allocation of state aid

(a)
State aid roads in the several counties shall receive state aid in the manner and under the terms and conditions set out in this subchapter.
(b)
The state aid system shall be allocated to the several counties of the state on a mileage basis in the following proportions:
(1)
Fifty percent (50%) to be divided equally among the seventy-five (75) counties;
(2)
Twenty-five percent (25%) to be divided in the proportion that the area of each county bears to the area of the state; and
(3)
Twenty-five percent (25%) to be divided in the proportion that the rural population of each county bears to the rural population of the state as shown by the most recent federal decennial census.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-453.
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 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-310 - Contracts for work to be performed

(a)
All proposals covering work to be performed on state aid roads in each county in this state shall be under contract let and approved by the State Highway Commission upon a request from the county judge of the county and in accordance with the procedures prescribed in §
27-67-206
, and other laws of this state pertaining to contracts for the construction of state highways, which laws shall be equally applicable to all contracts let by the commission for the construction of state aid roads under this subchapter.
(b)
The county judge of any county is authorized to submit bids for work to be performed on state aid roads under the provisions of this subchapter, and nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit or restrict the right of a county judge to submit bids for work to be performed by county forces so long as the bids are in accordance with procedures prescribed in §
27-67-206
, and the aggregate cost thereof does not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
Amended by Act 2023, No. 212,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 299,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 12; 1985, No. 996, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-458; Acts 1997, No. 1091, § 1; 2007, No. 164, § 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 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-311 - Conditions for use of state aid

Any county shall be entitled to receive state aid and to expend state aid moneys in conjunction with moneys furnished by said county on state aid roads in such county on projects approved for construction in such county provided:
(1)
The state aid system in the county has been designated and approved as provided in this subchapter;
(2)
(A)
The county has employed a county engineer who is a professional engineer as defined in §
17-30-101
to act on behalf of the county as a whole.
(B)
If a county judge is a professional engineer as defined in §
17-30-101
, the county judge may perform the duties provided in this section for the county engineer.
(C)
A county may contract with the Arkansas Department of Transportation for engineering services instead of employing a county engineer.
(D)
The cost of employing a county engineer or contracting with the department for engineering services is paid from the county road funds of the county and is not payable from the County Aid Fund.
(E)
Engineering costs on federal-aid projects may be included as a cost item of the projects;
(3)
An annual program shall have been filed by the county with the Division of State Aid Road Construction and approved by the state aid engineer and in accordance with the uniform design standards and specifications set up by the state aid engineer. However, the program may be modified or revised in whole or in part by the state aid engineer, with the agreement of the county involved; and
(4)
The county has complied with all rules promulgated by the state aid engineer.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 417, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-456; Acts 2011, No. 897, § 19.
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 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-312 - Use of state aid

(a)
Funds deposited into the State Aid Road Fund shall be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction, and improvements of roads on the state aid road system, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter.
(b)
A county's allotment from the fund may be used for the purposes of resealing, micro surfacing, and other methods of pavement preservation.
(c)
Other than funds spent on pavement preservation projects under subsection (b) of this section, funds shall not be spent on a project that does not culminate directly in a paved hard-surfaced road.
(d)
No such funds shall be used for maintenance of state aid roads.
(e)
All fund expenditures hereunder shall be made after publication of notice to bidders of the date for final reception of bids and the address at which specifications can be acquired. After a public opening of the bids thereon, all contracts shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 212,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2023.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 14; 1975, No. 607, § 4; 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), No. 1037, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-460; reen. Acts 1987, No. 863, § 3.
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 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-313 - Use of federal-aid secondary road funds

(a)
Each year, fifty percent (50%) of all federal-aid secondary road funds allocated to this state shall be set aside by the State Highway Commission for use on county secondary road projects on the federal-aid secondary roads that are included in the state aid road system.
(b)
County funds are to be matched in accordance with the applicable federal law relative thereto.
(c)
No federal-aid secondary funds shall be used to match any revenue-sharing funds appropriated hereunder.
(d)
Federal-aid secondary road funds that are not committed for use on county secondary federal-aid road projects during any current two-year period shall revert to, and may be used by, the Arkansas Department of Transportation on state secondary highways.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 418, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 14; 1975, No. 607, § 4; 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), No. 1037, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-460; reen. Acts 1987, No. 863, § 3.
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 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-314 - Disaster counties

(a)
(1)
It is the intent and purpose of this section to make available moneys in the State Aid Road Fund to the credit of disaster counties to be used to restore and repair county bridges or roads which are destroyed or which have suffered extensive damage as a result of tornadoes, heavy rainfall, flooding conditions, or other natural disasters occurring after December 1, 2002, and to provide, together with county funds, the necessary matching moneys required to enable the disaster counties to obtain federal disaster relief funds for the projects.
(2)
Only counties designated by the appropriate federal or state official as disaster counties for public assistance shall be authorized to use moneys in the fund under the matching provisions and for the purposes set forth in this section.
(3)
All other moneys deposited into the fund shall be used solely on the matching basis and for the purposes set forth in §§
27-72-301
,
27-72-305
,
27-72-312
,
27-72-313
, and
27-72-315
.
(b)
(1)
Notwithstanding the provisions of §§
27-72-301
,
27-72-305
,
27-72-312
,
27-72-313
, and
27-72-315
, a county that has been determined by the appropriate federal or state official as being a disaster county for public assistance due to tornadoes, excessive rainfall, flooding conditions, or other natural disasters occurring after December 1, 2002, shall be eligible to receive state aid road funds credited to the account of the disaster county on a basis of ninety percent (90%) state aid road funds to not less than ten percent (10%) county matching funds.
(2)
Funds distributed to a disaster county under the special matching provisions of this subsection shall be used solely for the restoration or repair of county bridges or roads destroyed or which suffered extensive damage as a result of tornadoes, heavy rainfall, flooding conditions, or other natural disasters occurring after December 1, 2002, regardless of whether the roads or bridges are a part of the state aid system of county roads.
(c)
In addition to the uses provided for in subsection (b) of this section, funds distributed to a disaster county under the matching provisions of this section may be used to provide the necessary matching funds required to match federal disaster relief funds available for the restoration or repair of county bridges or roads which are destroyed or extensively damaged as a result of tornadoes, heavy rainfall, flooding conditions, or other natural disasters occurring after December 1, 2002, regardless of whether the roads or bridges are a part of the state aid system of county roads.
Acts 1985, No. 255, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-472 -- 76-474; Acts 2003, No. 83, § 1; 2003, No. 1186, § 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 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-315 - Rights-of-way - Exception

(a)
All rights-of-way required on state aid road projects shall be acquired by the county, and any cost of rights-of-way shall not be considered a part of the cost of any project contemplated by this subchapter.
(b)
The costs of reconstructing fencing, and the construction of property access passages shall not be considered as rights-of-way costs but shall be considered as a component of project cost.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 14; 1975, No. 607, § 4; 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), No. 1037, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-460; reen. Acts 1987, No. 863, § 3.
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 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-316 - Road maintenance by county - Failure to maintain

(a)
It shall be the duty of each county to properly maintain all state aid roads in their respective counties after construction of any such roads with state aid moneys.
(b)
(1)
If essential maintenance is not properly and regularly carried on, in the opinion of the state aid engineer, then notice thereof shall be given in writing to the county judge in default.
(2)
If maintenance is not done and continued within sixty (60) days from date of notice, then the state aid engineer may proceed to have done the necessary maintenance and repair work on the road and charge the work to any funds in the State Aid Road Fund in the State Treasury allocated to the county.
(3)
If failure to maintain continues, then the county shall be no longer eligible for state aid until proper maintenance is resumed by it. Notice of withdrawal of state aid shall be duly given the Auditor of State and Treasurer of State. However, such ineligibility shall not affect payment from the State Aid Road Fund of progress and final estimates on contracts awarded prior to notice of ineligibility.
(c)
When any county road, or sections of county roads constructed under the provisions of this subchapter, as amended, is within an area annexed to any first or second-class city or incorporated town, the county shall thereafter be relieved of the responsibility for maintaining the road or sections of roads as required in this subchapter, and the responsibility for maintenance thereof shall be transferred, at the time of annexation, to the annexing city or incorporated town.
(d)
Whenever any county is ineligible for state aid under the provisions of this subchapter for a continuous period of five (5) years, then the county shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to any part of the funds in the State Aid Road Fund theretofore allocated to it. The balance of such funds as theretofore allocated to it shall be reallocated pro rata among all other eligible counties in the same relative proportions as those specified for distribution of funds to the respective counties.
Acts 1973, No. 445, § 15; 1985, No. 553, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-461.
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 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-317 - County Road Construction and Maintenance Revolving Fund

(a)
There is created and established on the books of the Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, in the State Treasury, a fund to be designated and known as the County Road Construction and Maintenance Revolving Fund, the exclusive jurisdiction for the administration of which is vested in the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, subject, however, to the limitations, conditions, uses, and purposes hereinafter prescribed.
(b)
For each fiscal year, the Treasurer of State and Auditor of State, from time to time shall transfer upon their books of record, upon certification by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, from the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund to the County Road Construction and Maintenance Revolving Fund, sums of money as may be required to accomplish the purposes of this act. In no event and at no time shall the accumulative transfers in the total exceed the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000).
Acts 1975, No. 607, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-461.1.
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 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 3 - STATE AID ROADS (§§ 27-72-301 — 27-72-321) › Section 27-72-319 - Advance transfers from revolving fund - In general

(a)
Moneys at any time in the County Road Construction and Maintenance Revolving Fund shall be available to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State only for the purposes of making advance transfers to the several county highway funds, state aid road funds, federal-aid secondary road funds, and all other provisions of county road construction assistance which may be enacted by the General Assembly and governed by the Revenue Stabilization Law, §
19-5-101
et seq.
(b)
The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall be guided by §§
27-72-320
and
27-72-321
, with respect to the making of advance transfers of moneys from the County Road Construction and Maintenance Revolving Fund to other State Treasury funds or fund accounts which, under the provisions of this section, are eligible to receive advances.
Acts 1975, No. 607, § 2; 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), No. 1037, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-461.2; reen. Acts 1987, No. 863, § 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 72 - HIGHWAY REVENUES FOR LOCAL AID (§§ 27-72-101 — 27-72-503) › Subchapter 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-401 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
"Betterment" means any construction or reconstruction on a state aid-designated street that results in an improvement that exceeds or equals any previous improvement whether or not the previous improvement was financed in part or in whole through the provisions of this subchapter;
(2)
(A)
"Construction" means any proposal submitted by a municipality that meets the definition of betterment as opposed to maintenance.
(B)
"Construction" includes reconstruction or improvement;
(3)
"Maintenance" means any act of work that maintains the improvement in serviceable condition;
(4)
"Municipality" means a city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town;
(5)
(A)
"State aid" means funds to be expended on state aid streets and includes any sum or sums provided by the General Assembly to supplement funds furnished by the several municipalities for the purpose of constructing, improving, widening, straightening, surfacing, or reconstructing streets or bridges on the state aid system.
(B)
"State aid" shall be available to the several municipalities in a proportion to be fixed and determined by law; and
(6)
(A)
"State aid streets" means the classification of municipal streets composing the major and minor arterial and collector routes feeding into local trade areas or into the state highway system that are not designated as state highways.
(B)
"State aid streets" includes those routes that:
(i)
Are particularly essential to the conservation and development of economic and social value;
(ii)
Encourage desirable land utilization; and
(iii)
Have in addition one (1) or more of the following characteristics:
(a)
Extend to communities within or beyond the municipality;
(b)
Connect with roads of major importance to municipalities or to counties;
(c)
Connect with state highways to form a complete network of main feeder roads;
(d)
Carry heavy volumes of traffic serving major business interests of the municipality; or
(e)
Collect traffic at reasonable intervals from several local streets.
(C)
"State aid streets" includes bridges and ferries.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 303,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 1973, No. 445, Title II, § 1, as added by Acts 1975, No. 982, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-463; Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-402 - Establishment - Scope

(a)
A system of state aid streets in each municipality is established to:
(1)
Consist of the major and minor arterial and collector routes not on the state highway system feeding into local trade areas or into the state highway system; and
(2)
Provide a program for the construction and improvement of state aid streets.
(b)
(1)
A state aid system of streets is established for designation by cooperative action of the state and municipalities, as classified and defined in this subchapter.
(2)
This system shall be designated by the several mayors or chief executive officers of the respective municipalities with the consent and approval of the state aid engineer.
(c)
This subchapter shall not be construed to deprive or diminish the powers and duties of the mayor or chief executive officer of any municipality in the exercise of his or her constitutional control over municipal streets.
Acts 1973, No. 445, Title II, § 1, as added by Acts 1975, No. 982, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-463; Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-403 - State Aid Division

There is created in the Arkansas Department of Transportation a division to be known as the "State Aid Division".
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 419, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 303,§ 2, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 1973, No. 445, Title II, § 7, as added by Acts 1975, No. 982, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-469; Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-406 - Eligibility for state aid - Notice

(a)
Before a municipality is eligible to receive benefits under this subchapter, the municipality through its mayor or chief executive officer shall agree to comply with the terms, provisions, and limitations of this subchapter.
(b)
(1)
When a municipality meets the requirements of this subchapter and is eligible for state aid, the state aid engineer, as soon as practicable, shall notify the eligible municipality in writing.
(2)
The notice shall state that any state funds allocated to the municipality for state aid may be used for construction on the state aid system in the manner provided in this subchapter.
Acts 1973, No. 445, Title II, § 4, as added by Acts 1975, No. 982, § 1; 1977, No. 809, § 2; 1977 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 24, § 3; 1979, No. 199, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-466; Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-407 - State Aid Street Fund

(a)
There is created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the "State Aid Street Fund", there to be used for construction, reconstruction, and improvements of the state aid street system.
(b)
(1)
All revenues deposited into the fund shall be apportioned to the municipalities as prescribed in §
27-72-413
for the distribution on the state aid street system among the various municipalities.
(2)
The apportioned funds shall remain for a period of two (2) years from the date they are apportioned.
(3)
Any unused funds shall be returned to the fund for redistribution in accordance with §
27-72-413
.
(4)
(A)
For a municipality to receive these funds, the municipality must be matched in the ratio of ninety percent (90%) of moneys from the fund to not less than ten percent (10%) municipal matching funds for all municipalities with a population in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) residents.
(B)
For all other municipalities, the state aid street project shall be funded at one hundred percent (100%), and all municipalities receiving moneys from the fund shall comply with the provisions of this subchapter.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 303,§ 3, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 1973, No. 445, Title II, § 5, as added by Acts 1975, No. 982, § 1; 1977, No. 241, § 2; 1977 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 23, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-467; Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-411 - Street maintenance by municipality - Failure to maintain

(a)
It is the duty of each municipality to properly maintain all state aid streets in that municipality after construction of any such streets with state aid moneys.
(b)
(1)
If, in the opinion of the state aid engineer, essential maintenance is not properly and regularly carried on, notice of the deficiency shall be given in writing to the mayor or chief executive officer.
(2)
If maintenance is not initiated within sixty (60) days from date of notice, the state aid engineer may proceed to have the necessary maintenance and repair work on the street performed and charge the work to any funds in the State Aid Street Fund allocated to that municipality.
(3)
(A)
If failure to maintain continues, the municipality is no longer eligible for state aid until proper maintenance is resumed by that municipality.
(B)
Notice of withdrawal of state aid shall be duly given the Auditor of State and the Treasurer of State.
(C)
However, such ineligibility shall not affect payment from the fund of progress and final estimates on contracts awarded prior to notice of ineligibility.
(c)
When a municipality is ineligible for state aid under the provisions of this subchapter for a continuous period of five (5) years, the municipality shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to any part of the funds in the fund later allocated to it.
Acts 1973, No. 445, Title II, § 9, as added by Acts 1975, No. 982, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-471; Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-412 - Expenses paid prior to allocation

The pro rata salaries of the state aid engineer, his or her assistants, and all other employees of the State Aid Division, as well as all other expenses incurred by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, shall be paid from the State Aid Street Fund prior to allocation to the several municipalities.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 421, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-413 - Allocation of state aid - State Aid Street Committee established

(a)
State aid streets in the several municipalities shall receive state aid in the manner and under the terms and conditions set out in this section.
(b)
The state aid street system shall be allocated to the several municipalities of the state by the State Aid Street Committee.
(c)
(1)
The committee shall be established to select the state aid street projects for submittal to the state aid engineer for funding and construction pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
(2)
(A)
The committee shall consist of nine (9) mayors to be appointed as follows:
(i)
Three (3) mayors appointed by the Governor;
(ii)
Three (3) mayors appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
(iii)
Three (3) mayors appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(B)
The Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall each appoint at least one (1) mayor from a municipality with a population in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000).
(3)
(A)
Each appointed mayor shall serve a term of four (4) years.
(B)
A mayor shall be eligible to serve two (2) full terms of four (4) years on the committee.
(C)
Committee members shall serve staggered terms.
(D)
Should a mayor selected for the committee leave office before the end of his or her term, the party who made the original nomination shall appoint a successor mayor to serve the remainder of the term.
(4)
The committee shall select a chair and a vice chair by majority vote to serve a term of one (1) year.
(5)
A quorum is necessary to transact the business of the committee.
(6)
The committee shall meet at least two (2) times each calendar year.
(d)
The committee may establish a formula or criteria to facilitate the identification and selection of state aid street projects, subject to the approval of the state aid engineer and consistent with the provisions of this subchapter.
(e)
All state aid street projects proposed by a municipality shall meet the requirements of §§
27-72-406
,
27-72-415
, and
27-72-417
before the committee may consider the projects for submission to the state aid engineer.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 303,§ 4, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-414 - Contracts for work to be performed

(a)
All proposals covering work to be performed on state aid streets in a municipality in this state shall be:
(1)
Under contract let and approved by the State Highway Commission upon a request from the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality; and
(2)
In accordance with the procedures prescribed in §
27-67-206
and other laws of this state pertaining to contracts for the construction of state highways, which shall be equally applicable to all contracts let by the commission for the construction of state aid streets under this subchapter.
(b)
(1)
The mayor or chief executive officer of a municipality is authorized to submit bids for work to be performed on state aid streets in his or her municipality under the provisions of this subchapter.
(2)
This section shall not be construed to limit or restrict the right of a mayor or chief executive officer to submit bids for work to be performed by municipal forces in his or her municipality so long as the bids are:
(A)
In accordance with procedures of §
27-67-206
; and
(B)
The aggregate cost does not exceed one hundred sixty-five thousand dollars ($165,000).
Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-415 - Conditions for use of state aid

A municipality is entitled to receive state aid and to expend state aid moneys in conjunction with moneys furnished by the municipality on state aid streets in the municipality on projects approved for construction in the municipality, provided:
(1)
The state aid system in the municipality has been designated and approved as provided in this subchapter;
(2)
(A)
The municipality has employed or retained an engineer who is a registered professional engineer to act for and on behalf of the municipality as a whole.
(B)
However:
(i)
If any mayor or chief executive officer is a registered professional engineer, the mayor or chief executive officer may perform the duties provided under this section for the municipal engineer; and
(ii)
A municipality may contract with the Arkansas Department of Transportation for engineering services in lieu of employing or retaining a municipal engineer.
(C)
The cost of employing or retaining a municipal engineer or contracting with the department for engineering services shall be paid from the municipal street funds of the municipality and shall not be payable from the State Aid Street Fund.
(D)
Engineering costs on federal-aid projects may be included as a cost item of the projects; and
(3)
The municipality has complied with all rules promulgated by the state aid engineer.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 422, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-416 - Use of state aid

(a)
Funds deposited into the State Aid Street Fund shall be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction, and improvements of streets or bridges on the state aid street system, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter.
(b)
The funds shall not be spent under this subchapter on any project that shall not culminate directly in a paved hard-surfaced street and the associated nonmotorized facilities that may be required by municipal design standards.
(c)
The funds shall not be used for maintenance of state aid streets.
(d)
(1)
All expenditures from the fund under this subchapter shall be made after publication of:
(A)
Notice to bidders of the date for final reception of bids; and
(B)
The address at which specifications can be acquired.
(2)
After a public opening of the bids, all contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder.
Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-417 - Rights-of-way - Exception

(a)
(1)
All rights-of-way required on state aid street projects shall be acquired by the municipality.
(2)
Any cost of rights-of-way or utility relocation shall not be considered a part of the cost of a project contemplated by this subchapter.
(b)
The cost of reconstructing fencing and the construction of property access passages shall not be considered as rights-of-way costs but shall be considered as a component of project cost.
Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-418 - Municipal highway revenue estimates

(a)
(1)
For each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall prepare and file quarterly statements setting forth an estimate of the total amount of highway revenues and other state revenues made available by this subchapter and all other laws providing state resources for and to municipal governments for street construction, improvements, and betterments made within the spirit of this subchapter for the express use of the several municipalities of the state.
(2)
The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall prepare and file the statement on or before July 10, October 10, January 10, and April 10 of each fiscal year.
(b)
(1)
Each statement shall be designated and known as the "Official Estimate of Municipal Highway Revenues Distribution" for the then-current fiscal year.
(2)
Copies shall be filed with the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Auditor of State, the Treasurer of State, and the Arkansas Municipal League.
(c)
(1)
In preparing each official estimate of municipal highway revenues distribution, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall begin with a basic amount arrived at in the manner prescribed under this subsection.
(2)
The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall add or subtract his or her estimate of the net increase or net decrease in municipal street funds as may be affected by various factors, as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, including without limitation:
(A)
Changes in the laws pertaining to tax rates and exemptions;
(B)
Administration of tax laws;
(C)
Indexing; and
(D)
Distribution of revenues.
(3)
The basic amount of municipal street funds shall be ascertained as follows:
(A)
The July estimate shall be the amount of the next-preceding fiscal year's municipal street funds, increased or decreased by that certain percentage determined by the average of percentage changes in the amount of the total municipal street funds by legislated source category of each of the three (3) preceding fiscal years in relation to its preceding fiscal year; and
(B)
The October, January, and April estimates shall be the total amount of municipal street funds by legislated source category collected in the preceding months of the then-current fiscal year plus the total amount of municipal street funds by legislated source category collected in all of the other months of the preceding fiscal year, increased or decreased by that certain percentage determined by the average of percentage changes in the collections during all other months of each of the three (3) preceding fiscal years in relation to the same other months of its preceding fiscal years.
Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 4 - STATE AID STREETS (§§ 27-72-401 — 27-72-419) › Section 27-72-419 - Title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "State Aid Streets Law".
Acts 2011, No. 1032, § 2.
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 5 - STATE AID BRIDGES (§§ 27-72-501 — 27-72-503) › Section 27-72-501 - Definition

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term "reconstruction" shall include not only a complete rebuilding or replacement of a bridge, but shall also include major renovations which will extend the service life of an existing bridge.
Acts 1989 (3rd Ex. Sess.), No. 24, § 1.