§ 14-269-304. Commissioners — Rules and regulations
The commissioners shall adopt such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and expedient for the proper operation and management of the municipal parks and recreation program, and they shall have the authority to alter, change, or amend the rules and regulations at their discretion.
§ 14-269-305. Commissioners — Park fund
(a) The commissioners appointed pursuant to this subchapter shall have the authority to utilize all revenues derived from the operation of the parks and recreation program in the operation of the parks and recreation program. (b) (1) All funds derived from the use of the parks and recreation program shall be segregated into a park […]
§ 14-269-306. Commissioners — Reports — Appropriations
(a) (1) The commissioners shall submit quarterly reports, beginning three (3) months after they take their oath of office and each three (3) months thereafter, reporting in full on the operations including an accounting of receipts and disbursements, to the mayor and city council and shall furnish such other and further reports, data, and information […]
§ 14-270-101. Purpose
(a) The General Assembly recognizes that there are numerous unincorporated rural communities and small incorporated rural cities and towns in this state which do not have adequate fire protection or social, recreational, cultural, or other facilities available for the benefit of their citizens or comparable to the facilities available in larger cities of this state. […]
§ 14-270-102. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Community, city, or town projects” means, but shall not be limited to, parks, playgrounds, community meeting halls, community cultural facilities, picnic grounds, community recreation facilities, firefighting equipment and facilities, and similar projects to be available to the members of the unincorporated community or citizens […]
§ 14-270-103. Grant of state funds
(a) From funds provided by the General Assembly therefor, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, with the advice of the Arkansas Rural Development Commission, is authorized to make grants to unincorporated communities and small cities or towns in this state, whenever: (1) Representatives of unincorporated communities or small cities or towns in this state […]
§ 14-270-104. Funding upon exhaustion of state funds
(a) In the event sufficient state funds have not been appropriated to provide the state’s matching share of all eligible approved community, city, or town projects certified to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State by the respective county judges or mayors of this state, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, with the advice […]
§ 14-269-201. Authority for creation of commission in cities of the first and second class
Any city of the first or second class that may desire to set up a recreational park or parks for the municipality may, by appropriate action of the city council, create a commission or commissions, if desired, for the purpose of operating and managing the park within the municipality.
§ 14-270-105. Audit of funds
All state and county funds made available for community, city, or town projects under the provisions of this chapter shall be audited by the Division of Legislative Audit in connection with the annual audit of each county or city or town to assure that the funds have been used for the purposes for which they […]
§ 14-269-202. Commission — Creation — Members
(a) Any city of the first or second class desiring to avail itself of the benefits of this subchapter, by a majority vote of the elected and qualified members of the city council, may enact an ordinance creating a recreation commission to be composed of five (5) citizens who are qualified electors of the municipality […]