Any district or districts organized under the provisions of this chapter may be divided, or combined with any other district or districts, or divided and combined with any other district or districts in the manner set out in §§ 14-125-402 — 14-125-409.
(a) At least twenty-five (25) landowners of each district affected by the proposed division or combination shall sign and file with the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission a petition requesting that the district or districts, as the case may be, and the operations thereof, be divided or combined, or divided and combined, in the […]
(a) Within sixty (60) days after a petition has been filed with the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission pursuant to § 14-125-402, the commission shall give due notice of the holding of a referendum, shall supervise and conduct the referendum, and shall issue appropriate rules governing the conduct thereof. (b) Each owner of land lying within […]
(a) The commission shall publish the results of the referendum and shall thereafter consider and determine whether the division or combination requested in the petition is administratively practicable and feasible. (b) If the commission shall determine that the division or combination of the district or districts is not administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record […]
(a) If the commission shall determine that the proposed division or combination is practicable and feasible in its entirety, it shall appoint for each district to result from the proposed division or combination two (2) directors to act with three (3) directors to be elected in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions […]
(a) Upon receiving the property, assets, and rights to which they shall be entitled under the division or combination decided upon in the above manner, the directors of each resulting district shall file an application, duly verified, with the Secretary of State, for the completion of the division or combination, which application shall set forth, […]
The Secretary of State shall examine the applications, shall receive and file them, and shall record them in the book for the recording of applications for the organization of districts. The old districts shall cease to exist as districts, and the resulting districts shall constitute governmental subdivisions of this state and public bodies corporate and […]
(a) Upon the issuance of the certificate of due constitution of each such district under the provisions of this chapter, all ordinances and regulations theretofore adopted and in force within the former districts shall be of no further force and effect. (b) All contracts, agreements, and easements entered into, to which an old district or […]
The district constituted by the division or combination, and the directors thereof, shall have the same powers and be subject to the same restrictions as districts organized under §§ 14-125-201 — 14-125-209 and the directors thereof.
(a) The name of any soil and water conservation district may be changed with the approval of the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission upon: (1) The adoption of a resolution by a majority of the board of directors of the district; and (2) The filing of a certified copy of the resolution with the […]
