(a) The consulting engineer and the State Geologist shall make such investigations and reports as the State Highway Commission may from time to time require. (b) They shall be especially charged with the study of the road materials of the state, their location, relative value, cost, and durability, and the cost of transporting road materials […]
(a) The members of the State Highway Commission and the Director of State Highways and Transportation, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall take oaths that they will faithfully and honestly execute the duties of their offices during their continuance therein. (b) All employees of the commission shall take the following oath before […]
(a) Each commissioner of the State Highway Commission shall give bond, as required by law. (b) Upon appointment, the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall execute a bond to the State of Arkansas in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for faithful performance of his or her duties. (c) The premium on these bonds shall […]
(a) Every person who shall have charge of any supplies, materials, or equipment of any kind, exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) in aggregate value at any time, when deemed expedient by the State Highway Commission, shall furnish a surety bond in an amount equal to the value thereof, conditioned upon the proper care and use […]
(a) Engineers, attorneys, or other employees of the State Highway Commission are prohibited from making any contract with that commission, other than their contracts of employment. (b) None shall be pecuniarily interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract made by the commission or in the location or improvement of any state road. (c) Willful violation […]
Whoever, being a member of the State Highway Commission or an engineer, agent, or other employee, acting for or on behalf of the commission, shall accept or agree to accept, receive or agree to receive, ask or solicit, either directly or indirectly, and any person who shall give or offer to give, or promise, or […]
(a) Suits against any state officer involving any act done or proposed to be done in the administration of the Arkansas Department of Transportation or of any law pertaining to the state highway system shall be brought only at the seat of government, in Pulaski County. (b) However, where any suit may be filed against […]
(a) The fiscal year of the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall be from July 1 to June 30 of each year. (b) The State Highway Commission is exempted from the provisions of Acts 1971, No. 585, §§ 9, 10 [superseded].
(a) Within ninety (90) days preceding any primary election, the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall not increase the number of its employees beyond the average number of employees the department employed and supervised during the twelve (12) months prior to the primary election, except in case of floods. (b) The commissioners of the State Highway […]
(a) Due to his or her exacting and special duties, the Director of State Highways and Transportation is hereby authorized an expense allowance of five hundred dollars ($500) per month upon approval of the State Highway Commission. (b) The commission shall provide for an expense allowance of up to two thousand dollars ($2,000) per annum […]
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any laws to the contrary, the Arkansas Department of Transportation, acting on behalf of the State Highway Commission, is hereby authorized, on acquiring whole taxable parcels of property upon which real estate taxes or assessments are due and payable or which shall become due and payable for any time period […]
(a) (1) The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to pay from funds appropriated for maintenance and operation a uniform allowance not to exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum for all uniformed personnel of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation. (2) The above-mentioned per annum allowance shall […]
(a) The State Highway Commission may pay from funds appropriated for maintenance and operation a tool allowance of five hundred forty dollars ($540) per annum for each mechanic, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical repairer, welder, or body repairer and painter employed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation who works on highway equipment and facilities. (b) The […]
The Arkansas Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to pay amounts not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per claim for damages to personal property of others resulting from the operation of any motor vehicle or other motorized equipment of the department upon determination by the Arkansas State Claims Commission that the claim is valid […]
The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to pay from funds appropriated from maintenance and operation the actual expense of moving the household and personal property of those employees of the Arkansas Department of Transportation who because of their job assignments are required to move their places of residence by the commission by the Director […]
When a highway police patrol officer of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation retires from service or dies while still employed with the Arkansas Department of Transportation, in recognition of and appreciation for the service of the retiring or deceased officer, the State Highway Commission may award the pistol or […]
(a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall analyze all reported wrong-way crashes on interstate highways and other freeways that are a part of the state highway system to determine whether the installation of additional traffic control devices is warranted and feasible in order to reduce the possibility of future wrong-way crashes. (b) Any additional traffic […]
(a) As used in this section, “transportation-related research” means the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions to provide resilient and sustainable logistics, processes, materials, and methods to ensure cost-effectiveness and the furtherance of education and economic development concerning all forms of transportation, including […]
(a) By December 1 of each year immediately preceding a regular session of the General Assembly, the Director of State Highways and Transportation shall present to the State Highway Commission for its approval, by recorded vote, all draft legislation that will be presented for filing during the regular session by the Arkansas Department of Transportation. […]
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Congested route” means a street or highway that is part of the state highway system and is: (A) A rural two-lane street or highway with an average daily traffic count of nine thousand (9,000) or more vehicles each day; (B) An urban two-lane street or highway with an […]
