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14-186-205. Authority — Activities in which city or town may engage.
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14-186-205. Authority — Activities in which city or town may engage.
Through the municipal port authority created under § 14-186-203, any city or incorporated town may engage in promoting, developing, acquiring, constructing, equipping, maintaining, and operating harbors, ports, river-rail terminals, barge terminals, parks for industrial and commercial operations and improvements, and facilities incident to them, within or without the corporate limits of the city or town, including the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of such harbors, ports, river-rail terminals, barge terminals, parks for industrial and commercial operations, improvements, and facilities including, without limitation, highways, railroads, bridges, utilities, and other facilities necessary or essential for the proper operation of them, subject to the purposes and restrictions set forth in § 14-186-204.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-186-205
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14-186-205. Authority — Activities in which city or town may engage.
Through the municipal port authority created under § 14-186-203, any city or incorporated town may engage in promoting, developing, acquiring, constructing, equipping, maintaining, and operating harbors, ports, river-rail terminals, barge terminals, parks for industrial and commercial operations and improvements, and facilities incident to them, within or without the corporate limits of the city or town, including the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of such harbors, ports, river-rail terminals, barge terminals, parks for industrial and commercial operations, improvements, and facilities including, without limitation, highways, railroads, bridges, utilities, and other facilities necessary or essential for the proper operation of them, subject to the purposes and restrictions set forth in § 14-186-204.
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14-186-203. Creation of authority — Members.
(a)(1) The municipal port authority shall be created by ordinance of the governing body of the city or town and shall be an instrumentality of the city or town creating the authority.
(2)(A) Any city or incorporated town in the State of Arkansas shall have the right, by ordinance, to create and set up a port authority.
(B)(i) The authority shall consist of and be governed by a board of not less than five (5) members and not more than seven (7) members, one (1) of whom may be the mayor of the city or incorporated town creating the authority.
(ii) If the mayor is a member of the port authority, the mayor shall be chair.
(iii) If the mayor is not a member of the port authority, the chair shall be elected by the members of the authority.
(b)(1) The members shall be appointed by the mayor of the city or town creating the authority and shall be qualified electors residing in the city or town or within the county in which the city or town is located.
(2)(A)(i) The members of the board shall be appointed for a period of one (1) year, two (2) years, three (3) years, four (4) years, and five (5) years, respectively.
(ii) If the authority consists of more than five (5) members, the new members shall initially be appointed for staggered terms so that in no year will more than two (2) members be appointed to a full five-year term.
(B)(i) Upon the termination of office of each member, his or her successor shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years and shall serve until his or her successor has been appointed and qualified.
(ii) In the event of a vacancy, however caused, the successor shall be appointed by the mayor for the unexpired term.
(3)(A) The board shall elect one (1) of their number as vice chair and shal
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-186-203
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-186-204. Authority — Purposes.
(a) The authority may be created to accomplish the following general purposes:
(1) To establish, acquire, develop, improve, or maintain harbors, ports, river-rail terminals, barge terminals, parks for industrial and commercial operations, and related improvements and facilities in or near any city or town in the State of Arkansas as it may deem feasible for the expeditious and efficient handling of commerce, by water, roadway, highway, air, or other, from and to any other part of the State of Arkansas or any other states and foreign countries;
(2) To acquire, purchase, construct, install, equip, lease, maintain, own, hold, develop, use, control, and improve lands and facilities of whatever nature necessary or desirable in connection with the establishing, developing, improving, and maintaining the ports, harbors, river-rail terminals, barge terminals, and parks for industrial and commercial operations, including, without limitation, buildings, warehouses, utilities, and the improvement of portions of waterways, highways or roadways, and other facilities not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government;
(3) To foster and stimulate the shipment of freight and commerce, by water, roadway, highway, air, or other, and industrial and commercial development at and through the ports, harbors, river-rail terminals, barge terminals, parks for industrial and commercial operations and industries, and businesses located on them, whether originating within or without the State of Arkansas, including the investigation, handling, and dealing with matters pertaining to all transportation rates and rate structures affecting them.
(4) To cooperate with the federal government, the State of Arkansas, and any agency, department, corp
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-186-204
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 14-186-204. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.