§ 27-88-118. Additional bond issues — Equality
(a) The State Highway Commission may provide in its resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture executed in connection therewith that additional bonds may thereafter be authorized and issued, at one (1) time or from time to time, when necessary for the completion of the construction or reconstruction of any […]
§ 27-88-119. Contracts with United States or other states
For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects and purposes of this chapter, the State Highway Commission shall have full power and authority to negotiate and enter into contracts with the United States and any of its agencies and with the state highway commission or other comparable authority of any adjoining state where a […]
§ 27-88-120. Conformity to federal law
All interstate bridges constructed or reconstructed under the terms of this chapter and all tolls, rents, fees, and other charges established for services rendered by the bridge or ferry shall be subject and conform to the terms and provisions of the Act of Congress known as the “General Bridge Authority Act”, approved August 2, 1946, […]
§ 27-88-121. Right of eminent domain
For the purpose of acquiring any land, rights, easements, franchises, or other real or personal property deemed to be necessary or convenient for the construction and reconstruction of any bridge or ferry, or for the acquisition of the approaches thereto, the State Highway Commission shall have the right of eminent domain, as is provided in […]
§ 27-89-201. Creation of commission — Members
(a) The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three (3) commissioners to enter into a compact on behalf of the State of Arkansas with the State of Mississippi. (b) If the Senate is not in session at the time for making these appointments, the Governor shall make temporary […]
§ 27-89-202. Text of compact
COMPACT BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI CREATING AN ARKANSAS-MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE COMMISSION ARTICLE I There is created an Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic and which shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To plan, construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across […]
§ 27-89-203. Compact binding when signed — Filing
The compact when signed by the signatories of each state as herein provided shall become binding upon the State of Arkansas and shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Arkansas.
§ 27-89-204. Consent of Congress — Effect
The commission shall have power to apply to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval of the compact; in the absence of consent of Congress and until the compact shall have been secured, the compact shall be binding upon the State of Arkansas in all respects permitted by law for the […]
§ 27-89-301. Text of compact
The Chairman of the State Highway Commission of the State of Arkansas, acting on behalf of this state, is authorized to execute a compact, to be known as the “Arkansas-Mississippi Great River Bridge Construction Compact,” in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and the General Assembly signifies in advance its approval and […]
§ 27-89-305. Use of state funds — Appropriation necessary for construction funds
The State Highway Commission is authorized to use moneys appropriated for the operation of the Arkansas Department of Transportation for payment of the State of Arkansas’s pro rata share of the administrative costs of the compact authority, but shall have no authority to authorize, or contract for, the use of moneys in the State Highway […]