(a) (1) Any person under color of any official position connected with the State Highway Commission or under color of authority derived therefrom who shall perform any act detrimental to the public interest or against any private right shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, unless the act shall be plainly authorized by law. (2) […]
The administrative control of the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall be vested in the State Highway Commission.
(a) The main office of the State Highway Commission shall be located in the City of Little Rock. (b) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall have its office in Little Rock, where complete records shall be kept.
(a) All appointments to the State Highway Commission shall be made so as to assure that the commission shall be composed of: (1) One (1) member from each of the four (4) congressional districts as the districts exist at the time of a member’s appointment; and (2) One (1) member from the state at large. […]
The commissioners of the State Highway Commission, appointed pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 42, shall organize by selecting one of their members as Chair of the State Highway Commission and another as vice chair. The vice chair shall have all the powers of the chair in the event of the chair’s absence or disability or […]
(a) The State Highway Commission shall meet at least once every two (2) months and at such other times, on the call of the Chair of the State Highway Commission or of a majority of the members, as may be deemed reasonable and proper to transact such business as may properly be brought before it. […]
(a) The State Highway Commission shall be vested with the following powers and shall have the following duties: (1) To divide the state highway system into such maintenance and construction districts as the commission deems reasonable and proper for the performance of its duties hereunder; (2) To let all contracts for the construction, improvement, and […]
(a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to enter into agreements with groups or associations for the promotion of highway programs. (b) Such agreements may contain provisions for collection and assessments of dues or contributions.
(a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to enter into agreements to exchange or agreements to transfer highways with appropriate county and municipal authorities. (b) County and municipal authorities are authorized to enter into agreements with the commission to exchange or agreements to transfer highways in their respective highway systems. (c) An exchange or transfer […]
(a) The State Highway Commission shall submit annually to the Governor a report of its activities. (b) The commission shall make a biennial report to the General Assembly embodying a clear statement of all the questions that have arisen in that time and setting out such recommendations as it may think proper to make for […]
The following procedures shall be used by the State Highway Commission in the purchasing of all materials, supplies, and equipment: (1) The commission may at current prices purchase materials, supplies, and equipment where the cost does not exceed the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) without the formality of advertising or taking bids; and (2) […]
(a) The State of Arkansas assents to the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved July 11, 1916, 39 Stat. 1, 355, entitled “An Act to Provide That the United States Shall Aid the States in the Construction of Rural Post Roads, and for Other Purposes”, and to the provisions of all acts amendatory thereof […]
(a) The State of Arkansas assents to the provisions of Section 30 of the Act of Congress entitled “The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968”, Public Law 90-495, approved August 23, 1968; the same being Chapter 5, Title 23 — Highways, United States Code. (b) The State Highway Commission and the highway, road, and street authorities […]
(a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to establish and maintain tourist information bureaus and enter into agreements with and lease rights-of-way, land, and other facilities owned by the commission to persons, partnerships, associations, public or private corporations, or any agency of the State of Arkansas for the purpose of establishing and maintaining tourist information […]
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State Highway Commission is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to use any federal-aid highway funds apportioned or allocated to the State of Arkansas by the United States Secretary of Transportation or the Federal Highway Administration, which funds are authorized or may be authorized in the future […]
(a) By a majority vote of the full State Highway Commission, the commission shall appoint a Director of State Highways and Transportation. (b) The director shall be a practical business or professional person. At the time of appointment, the director may be a nonresident of the State of Arkansas. (c) The director shall: (1) Devote […]
(a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation, with the advice and consent of the State Highway Commission, shall appoint an assistant who shall serve as secretary to the commission. (b) The secretary: (1) Shall keep full and true records of the proceedings of the commission; (2) Shall be the custodian of all books, maps, documents, and […]
The State Highway Commission may employ such personnel as may be reasonable and proper and shall prescribe and fix their qualifications, duties, and salaries.
The State Highway Commission may periodically, or whenever it deems advisable, employ expert public accountants to audit its records, books, accounts, and vouchers, or any part of them, so that the commission may always be advised of the exact status of the affairs under its control, and to aid it in the administration of its […]
(a) The State Highway Commission shall have authority to employ a consulting engineer whenever it deems the services of such an engineer to be necessary or advisable, at a compensation to be agreed on by the commission and the engineer, with the amount of the compensation, however, to be subject in all cases to the […]
