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14-121-302. Members — Increase in number.
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14-121-302. Members — Increase in number.
(a) Whenever a majority in value of the owners of real property in any drainage district in this state which was established pursuant to the provisions of special acts of the General Assembly, but which were, by the provisions of § 14-121-208, brought under the provisions of §§ 14-121-101, 14-121-102, 14-121-104, 14-121-105, 14-121-201 — 14-121-205, 14-121-207, 14-121-301, 14-121-304, 14-121-305, 14-121-307, 14-121-310, 14-121-311, 14-121-313, 14-121-401 — 14-121-406, 14-121-408, 14-121-411, 14-121-412, 14-121-422 — 14-121-432, 14-121-440 — 14-121-442, 14-121-802 — 14-121-805, and 14-121-808 shall file petitions with the county court of the county in which the drainage district is located requesting that the membership of the board of commissioners of the drainage district shall be increased from three (3) to five (5) members, it shall be the duty of the county court to appoint, in the manner provided by law, two (2) additional owners of real property in the district as commissioners of the district. Thereafter, the total membership of the board of commissioners of the drainage district shall consist of five (5) members.
(b) Such additional members shall be appointed in the same manner and vacancies in any position shall be filled in the same manner as now provided by law.
(c) All action by the board of commissioners of any drainage district affected by this section shall be a majority vote of the membership of the board of commissioners.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-121-302
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14-121-302. Members — Increase in number.
(a) Whenever a majority in value of the owners of real property in any drainage district in this state which was established pursuant to the provisions of special acts of the General Assembly, but which were, by the provisions of § 14-121-208, brought under the provisions of §§ 14-121-101, 14-121-102, 14-121-104, 14-121-105, 14-121-201 — 14-121-205, 14-121-207, 14-121-301, 14-121-304, 14-121-305, 14-121-307, 14-121-310, 14-121-311, 14-121-313, 14-121-401 — 14-121-406, 14-121-408, 14-121-411, 14-121-412, 14-121-422 — 14-121-432, 14-121-440 — 14-121-442, 14-121-802 — 14-121-805, and 14-121-808 shall file petitions with the county court of the county in which the drainage district is located requesting that the membership of the board of commissioners of the drainage district shall be increased from three (3) to five (5) members, it shall be the duty of the county court to appoint, in the manner provided by law, two (2) additional owners of real property in the district as commissioners of the district. Thereafter, the total membership of the board of commissioners of the drainage district shall consist of five (5) members.
(b) Such additional members shall be appointed in the same manner and vacancies in any position shall be filled in the same manner as now provided by law.
(c) All action by the board of commissioners of any drainage district affected by this section shall be a majority vote of the membership of the board of commissioners.
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14-121-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Real property” shall have the same meaning as when used in § 26-1-101 et seq. and shall embrace all railroads and tramroads within the district;
(2) “Ditch” includes branch or lateral ditches, tile drains, levees, sluiceways, floodgates, and any other construction work found necessary for the reclamation of wet and overflowed land.
(b) Whenever the words “county court” or “county judge” are used in this act, they shall be construed to mean “circuit court” or “circuit judge,” and the words “county clerk” shall mean “circuit clerk” in cases where the district contains lands in more than one (1) county.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-121-101
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14-121-102. Applicability.
(a) This act shall apply to the organization of districts, the main object of which is the construction of levees.
(b) This act shall not repeal the drainage laws now in force, but it is an alternative system.
(c) Drainage districts may be organized under this act or under the statutes which are in force at the time of the passage of this act.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-121-102
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14-121-104. Appeals not to delay work.
No appeal provided for in this chapter shall be allowed to delay the organization of the district or the progress of the work of improvement.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-121-104
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14-121-208. Making districts created by special act into districts governed by general law.
All drainage districts created by special acts are made drainage districts under Acts 1909, No. 279, with all the powers conferred by the latter and with all the liabilities and restrictions thereby imposed. However, nothing in this section shall be construed as taking away from any improvement district created by special acts any powers which are thereby conferred upon it, nor shall it displace any commissioners or directors of such districts now in office.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-121-208
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-121-208. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.