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14-166-203. Recognition and qualification of organizations.
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14-166-203. Recognition and qualification of organizations.
(a) The governing boards of directors of the eight (8) economic development districts are recognized as the representative organizations of the initial planning and development districts as recognized in § 14-166-202.
(b) In order to qualify for the benefits of the provisions of this subchapter, the representative organization of a planning and development district shall have a governing board of directors, a majority of whose members are elected officials of local governments and the remainder of whose members represent economic development organizations and organizations broadly representative of diverse community interests.
(c)(1) The operations of representative organizations of planning and development districts shall be solely within the discretion and control of the local governing boards of directors of the respective districts, it not being the intention of the General Assembly that anything in this subchapter creates any power, authority, or control in any state agency over the management and operations of the organizations.
(2) Continued state financial support of organizations as provided in this subchapter shall terminate with respect to any organization that uses state funds for any purpose not within the intent and purposes of this subchapter until the organization shall make restitution for any misused funds and furnishes proof of compliance with respect to future operations.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-166-203
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14-166-203. Recognition and qualification of organizations.
(a) The governing boards of directors of the eight (8) economic development districts are recognized as the representative organizations of the initial planning and development districts as recognized in § 14-166-202.
(b) In order to qualify for the benefits of the provisions of this subchapter, the representative organization of a planning and development district shall have a governing board of directors, a majority of whose members are elected officials of local governments and the remainder of whose members represent economic development organizations and organizations broadly representative of diverse community interests.
(c)(1) The operations of representative organizations of planning and development districts shall be solely within the discretion and control of the local governing boards of directors of the respective districts, it not being the intention of the General Assembly that anything in this subchapter creates any power, authority, or control in any state agency over the management and operations of the organizations.
(2) Continued state financial support of organizations as provided in this subchapter shall terminate with respect to any organization that uses state funds for any purpose not within the intent and purposes of this subchapter until the organization shall make restitution for any misused funds and furnishes proof of compliance with respect to future operations.
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14-166-202. Designation of districts.
(a) The General Assembly recognizes as planning and development districts the boundaries of the following eight (8) economic development districts:
(1) Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Benton, Washington, Madison, Carroll, Boone, Newton, Marion, Searcy, and Baxter counties;
(2) North Central Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Fulton, Izard, Sharp, Stone, Independence, Jackson, Van Buren, Cleburne, White, and Woodruff counties;
(3) Northeast Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Randolph, Clay, Lawrence, Greene, Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett, Cross, Crittenden, St. Francis, Lee, and Phillips counties;
(4) Southeast Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Grant, Jefferson, Arkansas, Cleveland, Lincoln, Desha, Bradley, Drew, Chicot, and Ashley counties;
(5) Southwest Economic Development District of Arkansas, Inc., consisting of Sevier, Howard, Little River, Hempstead, Nevada, Ouachita, Dallas, Calhoun, Miller, Lafayette, Columbia, and Union counties;
(6) Western Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Logan, Scott, and Polk counties;
(7) West Central Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Johnson, Pope, Conway, Yell, Perry, Montgomery, Garland, Pike, Clark, and Hot Spring counties; and
(8) Central Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Faulkner, Saline, Pulaski, Lonoke, Prairie, and Monroe counties.
(b)(1) If a municipality is located in two (2) or more counties which are situated in different planning and development districts, then if the governing body of the municipality so determines by ordinance, the entire area
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-166-202
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 14-166-202. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.