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§ 14-125-806. Security for bonds — Delinquencies

(a) All bonds issued under the terms of this chapter that are made payable from the proceeds of assessments shall be secured by a lien on all benefited lands in the project area unless the board of directors shall be able to sell bonds payable out of revenue only. The board shall see to it […]

§ 14-125-901. Petition

(a) At any time after five (5) years after the organization of a district under the provisions of this chapter, any twenty-five (25) owners of land lying within the boundaries of the district may file a petition with the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission praying that the operations of the district be terminated and […]

§ 14-125-902. Notice and conduct of referendum

(a) Within sixty (60) days after a petition has been received by the commission, it shall: (1) Give due notice of the holding of a referendum; (2) Supervise the referendum; and (3) Issue appropriate regulations governing the conduct of the referendum. (b) The question shall be submitted by ballots upon which the words “FOR terminating […]

§ 14-125-903. Results of referendum — Practicability and feasibility of continued operation

(a) The commission shall publish the result of the referendum and shall thereafter consider and determine whether the continued operation of the district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible. (b) If the commission shall determine that the continued operation of the district is administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record the determination […]

§ 14-125-904. Termination of district affairs — Certification of dissolution

(a) Upon receipt from the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission of a certification that the commission has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible, pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, the directors shall forthwith proceed to terminate the affairs of the district. (b) The directors shall […]

§ 14-125-905. Times for discontinuance

The Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall not, until five (5) years have elapsed for the date of the district organization nor more often than once in three (3) years thereafter: (1) Entertain petitions for the discontinuance of any district; (2) Conduct referenda upon petitions; or (3) Make determinations pursuant to such petitions in […]

§ 14-125-906. Consent requirement

No one (1) individual or corporation may be forced against his or its will into any district that may be created under the provisions of this chapter without the consent of the individual or corporation, unless lands so held by the above-named individual or persons mentioned above is wholly within the district, or the lands […]

§ 14-126-101. Resolution required

(a) This chapter shall not be in force as to any levee district until: (1) A proper resolution to that effect is adopted by the board of directors of the levee district; and (2) A copy of the resolution is published in a newspaper in each county that in whole or in part is embraced […]

§ 14-126-102. Alternative method of assessments

(a) The board of directors of a levee district that includes more than two (2) counties may, at a regular meeting or at a special meeting called for the purpose, adopt a resolution providing for assessments as provided in this section. (b) (1) The board of directors of a levee district that includes more than […]