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14-284-406. Areas with no rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district — Areas in two or more counties.
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14-284-406. Areas with no rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district — Areas in two or more counties.
(a)(1) Pursuant to § 14-284-201(a)(2)(A), in any area in any county in which there is no rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district which qualifies for funds under the provisions of this subchapter, the quorum court is authorized, in its discretion and with the approval of the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board, to designate any unincorporated area of the county to be served by a municipal fire department, if approved by the governing authorities of the municipality.
(2)(A) In addition to funds the municipality is otherwise entitled to under this subchapter, the municipality serving any such designated area shall receive the funds that the rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district would have been eligible to receive.
(B) The funds shall be used by the municipality to provide training, to purchase equipment necessary to provide fire protection in the designated unincorporated area in compliance with this subchapter, to purchase insurance for buildings, or to pay utility costs.
(b)(1) No municipality shall receive funds under this subchapter unless it is willing to provide fire protection through mutual aid agreements in areas within five (5) miles of its corporate limits.
(2) A municipality shall not be required to respond when, in the opinion of proper municipal authorities, its municipal property or fire classification rating would be jeopardized.
(c)(1) A rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district that qualifies for funds under this subchapter and that provides fire protection services in two (2) or more counties shall be eligible to receive moneys from each of the counties under § 1
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-284-406
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14-284-406. Areas with no rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district — Areas in two or more counties.
(a)(1) Pursuant to § 14-284-201(a)(2)(A), in any area in any county in which there is no rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district which qualifies for funds under the provisions of this subchapter, the quorum court is authorized, in its discretion and with the approval of the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board, to designate any unincorporated area of the county to be served by a municipal fire department, if approved by the governing authorities of the municipality.
(2)(A) In addition to funds the municipality is otherwise entitled to under this subchapter, the municipality serving any such designated area shall receive the funds that the rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district would have been eligible to receive.
(B) The funds shall be used by the municipality to provide training, to purchase equipment necessary to provide fire protection in the designated unincorporated area in compliance with this subchapter, to purchase insurance for buildings, or to pay utility costs.
(b)(1) No municipality shall receive funds under this subchapter unless it is willing to provide fire protection through mutual aid agreements in areas within five (5) miles of its corporate limits.
(2) A municipality shall not be required to respond when, in the opinion of proper municipal authorities, its municipal property or fire classification rating would be jeopardized.
(c)(1) A rural volunteer fire department or fire protection district that qualifies for funds under this subchapter and that provides fire protection services in two (2) or more counties shall be eligible to receive moneys from each of the counties under § 14-284-403(a)(2).
(2) The county quorum court of each county shall apportion the funds to the fire departments or districts eligible under this subsection in accordance with § 14-284-403(a)(2).
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14-284-201. Applicability.
(a)(1) Fire protection districts established under this subchapter shall cover only territory within the county, or within the defined district, outside the corporate limits of cities and towns.
(2)(A) However, if any city or town within the district does not have an organized or volunteer fire department and desires to be included within the fire protection district, upon the adoption of an ordinance by the governing body of the city or town, addressed to the county judge and quorum court, the area covered by the fire protection district shall be extended to provide fire protection within the city limits of the city or town by ordinance adopted by the quorum court.
(B) A limited fire protection district shall be established by county ordinance upon the petition adopted by ordinance addressed to the county judge and quorum court from a city or town fire department that serves an area outside the city or town for the purpose of contracting for the collection of assessments under this subchapter.
(b) A fire protection district under this subchapter shall be established for fire protection in rural areas for buildings, structures, and other man-made improvements and may provide other emergency services, including hazardous and toxic materials response, search and rescue services, emergency medical services, ambulance services, patient transport services, and other functions as may be assigned.
(c) This subchapter does not relieve the Arkansas Forestry Commission of responsibility for providing fire protection for forest lands.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-284-201
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 14-284-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-284-403. Apportionment of funds.
(a)(1) These premium tax moneys are assessed for disbursement from the Fire Protection Premium Tax Fund, § 19-6-468, by the Department of Finance and Administration to the counties in the following percentages:
Arkansas County — 0.78%, Ashley County — 1.39%, Baxter County — 1.78%, Benton County — 3.86%, Boone County — 1.46%, Bradley County — 0.52%, Calhoun County — 0.51%, Carroll County — 0.97%, Chicot County — 0.51%, Clark County — 1.13%, Clay County — 1.10%, Cleburne County — 1.11%, Cleveland County — 0.66%, Columbia County — 1.24%, Conway County — 1.04%, Craighead County — 2.91%, Crawford County — 1.98%, Crittenden County — 1.32%, Cross County — 0.84%, Dallas County — 0.45%, Desha County — 0.71%, Drew County — 0.80%, Faulkner County — 2.30%, Franklin County — 0.97%, Fulton County — 0.84%, Garland County — 3.12%, Grant County — 1.13%, Greene County — 1.39%, Hempstead County — 1.89%, Hot Spring County — 1.46%, Howard County — 0.75%, Independence County — 1.90%, Izard County — 0.91%, Jackson County — 0.95%, Jefferson County — 2.32%, Johnson County — 1.05%, Lafayette County — 0.71%, Lawrence County — 0.96%, Lee County — 0.73%, Lincoln County — 1.12%, Little River County — 0.77%, Logan County — 1.06%, Lonoke County — 1.70%, Madison County — 0.95%, Marion County — 1.00%, Miller County — 1.44%, Mississippi County — 1.77%, Monroe County — 0.53%, Montgomery County — 0.66%, Nevada County — 0.58%, Newton County — 0.67%, Ouachita County — 1.37%, Perry County — 0.62%, Phillips County — 1.12%, Pike County — 0.87%, Poinsett County — 1.14%, Polk County — 1.01%, Pope County — 1.73%, Prairie County — 0.83%, Pulaski County — 5.99%, Randolph County — 0.96%, St. Francis County — 1.45%, Saline County — 3.00%, Scott County — 0.59%, Searcy County — 0.7
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-284-403
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 14-284-403. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.