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14-299-204. Board of commissioners — Determination of cost.
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14-299-204. Board of commissioners — Determination of cost.
(a) The statement and agreement referred to in §§ 14-299-201 and 14-299-202 must contain the names of three (3) of the signers thereto who shall constitute a board of commissioners to have supervision, direction, and control of the improvement. It shall be their duty to see that the improvement is properly made.
(b) The board of commissioners shall first determine the cost of the proposed improvement and then shall calculate and determine the pro rata cost of each landowner. Each landowner shall be required to pay that amount to the board of commissioners within sixty (60) days after having been notified in writing by the board of the amount of his payment.
(c) If the improvement cannot be completed for the sum first determined by the board of commissioners and if the total cost as first determined by the board shall be less than the total amount of the cost of the improvement fixed in the agreement referred to in § 14-299-203, then the board is authorized to require additional pro rata payment from the various landowners for the purpose of completing the improvement. In no event shall the total cost of the improvement exceed the amount fixed in the agreement.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-299-204
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14-299-204. Board of commissioners — Determination of cost.
(a) The statement and agreement referred to in §§ 14-299-201 and 14-299-202 must contain the names of three (3) of the signers thereto who shall constitute a board of commissioners to have supervision, direction, and control of the improvement. It shall be their duty to see that the improvement is properly made.
(b) The board of commissioners shall first determine the cost of the proposed improvement and then shall calculate and determine the pro rata cost of each landowner. Each landowner shall be required to pay that amount to the board of commissioners within sixty (60) days after having been notified in writing by the board of the amount of his payment.
(c) If the improvement cannot be completed for the sum first determined by the board of commissioners and if the total cost as first determined by the board shall be less than the total amount of the cost of the improvement fixed in the agreement referred to in § 14-299-203, then the board is authorized to require additional pro rata payment from the various landowners for the purpose of completing the improvement. In no event shall the total cost of the improvement exceed the amount fixed in the agreement.
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14-299-201. Filing the agreement — Contents.
Whenever the landowners of one (1) or more adjoining townships in any county or in a certain described portion thereof, amounting to three-fourths (¾) of the number of landowners in the territory described in the petition, shall file with the county court of the county a written statement and agreement signed by the landowners wherein they represent to the court that they have voluntarily agreed among themselves to improve certain county roads or parts thereof in the township or in the area described in the agreement, by contributing in cash the necessary funds therefor, and that the costs of the proposed improvements shall not exceed a total sum to be stated in the agreement, and that the costs shall be paid pro rata by the signers of the agreement in the proportion that the assessed value of their land shall bear to the total cost of the improvements, then the statement and agreement shall be spread in full upon the records of the county court. Thereafter, each and every owner and signer of the agreement shall be bound by the terms of the agreement and shall be personally liable for his proportionate part of the costs of the improvement as set out in this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-299-201
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14-299-202. Signer's failure to pay pro rata costs.
If any signer of the agreement fails to pay his part of the costs according to the terms of the agreement, the board of commissioners created in § 14-299-204 is authorized to bring suit against the owner, his successors, and assigns for the recovery of the amount due. Until that amount is paid, it shall constitute a lien upon the land of the delinquent owner in the township or area affected.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-299-202
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14-299-203. Liability of all area landowners.
When any such agreement has been entered of record by the county court as directed in §§ 14-299-201 and 14-299-202, then all the owners of land in the township or in the area affected, whether they have signed the statement and agreement or not, shall become liable to pay their proportionate part of the costs of the improvement to the same extent, in the same manner, and subject to the same procedure to collect the costs, as applies to the signers of the agreement.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-299-203
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 14-299-203. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.