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14-284-211. Board of commissioners — Power and authority.
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14-284-211. Board of commissioners — Power and authority.
The board of commissioners of any district created pursuant to this subchapter shall have the power and authority to:
(1) Execute contracts and other instruments for and in behalf of the district;
(2) Cooperate with any other fire protection district, municipal fire department, or any political subdivision or agency of this state or the United States in carrying out the purposes of the district;
(3) Establish rules and regulations for the transaction of the district's business and for carrying out the purposes of the district;
(4) Make assessments of benefits against real property in the district benefited by fire protection services of the district and provide for the collection of the assessments;
(5) Issue bonds as provided in this subchapter to finance the district and its purposes. However, districts established by ordinance of the quorum court shall have no authority to issue bonds unless the question is first submitted to and approved by the electors of the district as provided in §§ 14-284-204 and 14-284-205; and
(6) Do any and all other actions necessary or desirable to enable the board to carry out its responsibilities and to accomplish the purposes of the district.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-284-211
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14-284-211. Board of commissioners — Power and authority.
The board of commissioners of any district created pursuant to this subchapter shall have the power and authority to:
(1) Execute contracts and other instruments for and in behalf of the district;
(2) Cooperate with any other fire protection district, municipal fire department, or any political subdivision or agency of this state or the United States in carrying out the purposes of the district;
(3) Establish rules and regulations for the transaction of the district's business and for carrying out the purposes of the district;
(4) Make assessments of benefits against real property in the district benefited by fire protection services of the district and provide for the collection of the assessments;
(5) Issue bonds as provided in this subchapter to finance the district and its purposes. However, districts established by ordinance of the quorum court shall have no authority to issue bonds unless the question is first submitted to and approved by the electors of the district as provided in §§ 14-284-204 and 14-284-205; and
(6) Do any and all other actions necessary or desirable to enable the board to carry out its responsibilities and to accomplish the purposes of the district.
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14-284-204. Establishment by petition and adoption of ordinance.
(a)(1)(A) If petitions containing a description of the territory for a proposed fire protection district, along with an accurate map of the proposed fire protection district boundaries, and containing the signatures of ten percent (10%) or more of the qualified electors within the proposed fire protection district are filed with the county quorum court of a county in which the proposed fire protection district is to be located to request a public hearing and the establishment of a fire protection district in the county, then the county quorum court or quorum courts, if the proposed fire protection district is located in more than one (1) county, shall conduct a public hearing to determine the support for the proposed fire protection district.
(B)(i) A petition shall be certified by the quorum court within sixty (60) days of receipt of the petition under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section.
(ii) The quorum court shall respond in writing to the petitioners within the sixty-day period under subdivision (a)(1)(B)(i) of this section if there are issues or questions the quorum court would like addressed in the petition, but in no event shall the quorum court delay the sixty-day period under subdivision (a)(1)(B)(i) of this section.
(2)(A) The quorum court shall set the time for the hearing to be held not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the petitions are certified and shall set the place for the hearing to be held within the boundaries of the proposed fire protection district.
(B) When a time and place for the hearing are set, the quorum court shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
(3)(A) Before setting the initial hear
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-284-204
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14-284-205. Establishment by election.
(a) When petitions are filed with the county court of any county wherein the fire protection district to be established is located in a single county or if the fire protection district is to be located in more than one (1) county and the petitions are filed with the county courts of all counties wherein the fire protection district is to be established, and the petitions contain the signatures of ten percent (10%) or more of the qualified electors within the proposed fire protection district boundaries, as determined by the number of votes cast by the qualified electors within the proposed fire protection district boundaries for all candidates for Governor at the last preceding general election, requesting the establishment of a fire protection district in the county or a designated portion thereof and requesting that assessments be made on the property or assessments be made on the landowners, or assessments be made both on the property and the landowners located in the district to finance the operation of the district, the county court, or county courts if the fire protection district is located in more than one (1) county, shall call a special election in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq. within the proposed fire protection district to determine whether a fire protection district shall be established for the area.
(b)(1) The county court or county courts, if the proposed fire protection district is located in more than one (1) county, shall call a special election in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq. to submit the question of the establishment and financing of a fire protection district to the electors of a proposed district.
(2) The special election shall be held within ninety (90) days after the filing of the petitions
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-284-205
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 14-284-205. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.