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(a) As used in this section, a “levee district” means a:
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(1) Levee district formed by Act 97 of 1911 and any other levee district formed by an act of the General Assembly;
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(2) Watershed improvement district formed under the Arkansas Irrigation, Drainage, and Watershed Improvement District Act of 1949, § 14-117-101 et seq.;
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(3) Levee district or levee and drainage district formed under § 14-120-101 et seq.; and
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(4) Levee improvement district formed under § 14-123-201 et seq.
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(b)
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(1) No title or right of possession to property of a levee district or any portion of a district’s property shall be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy.
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(2) No easement or right of way of a levee district for flowage, storage rights, and any other servitude upon, over, and across any lands or any portion of lands shall be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy.
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(c) The real property rights of a levee district shall not be defeated in any cause of action or proceeding by reason of adverse possession or adverse occupancy of a district’s property or any portion of a district’s property, where the parties claiming the adverse possession commence legal action after July 16, 2003.
