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14-54-106. Cities and towns on state line.
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14-54-106. Cities and towns on state line.
(a) All cities and towns which are located on the state line between Arkansas and any other state in which it is desired to erect a post office or other public building upon the state line or to create a park or lay out a street or boulevard upon, or adjacent to, the state line shall have power for these purposes to:
(1) Take lands by eminent domain, including the power to take the lands in fee simple as well as to take an easement across them;
(2) Take by eminent domain the title in, and to, lands occupied by streets or alleys and to close the streets and alleys and, where the lands are taken for a post office or other public building or its grounds, to sell and convey the fee simple title of it or of any part thereof to the federal government;
(3) Create improvement districts, including the whole or any part of the city or town in the manner provided by law for the creation of improvement districts in cities and towns, to aid the city or town in acquiring the lands needed for new streets and alleys where relocation of streets and alleys is made necessary or desirable by the improvements and for the purpose of paving the new streets and in relocating sewers and drains.
(b)(1) The procedure to be followed by the city to acquire property shall be that prescribed in Arkansas Constitution, Article 2, §§ 22, 23, and Article 12, § 9, and in §§ 14-54-601, 14-91-104, 14-262-102, 14-301-104, 14-333-101, 18-15-101 et seq., 23-11-209, and 23-12-303 for the exercise of the right of eminent domain by municipal corporations and counties.
(2) The order condemning lands for these purposes shall be by ordinance of the city council, with concurrence in the order by at least two-thirds (2/3) of the members elected to the council.
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Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-54-106
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14-54-106. Cities and towns on state line.
(a) All cities and towns which are located on the state line between Arkansas and any other state in which it is desired to erect a post office or other public building upon the state line or to create a park or lay out a street or boulevard upon, or adjacent to, the state line shall have power for these purposes to:
(1) Take lands by eminent domain, including the power to take the lands in fee simple as well as to take an easement across them;
(2) Take by eminent domain the title in, and to, lands occupied by streets or alleys and to close the streets and alleys and, where the lands are taken for a post office or other public building or its grounds, to sell and convey the fee simple title of it or of any part thereof to the federal government;
(3) Create improvement districts, including the whole or any part of the city or town in the manner provided by law for the creation of improvement districts in cities and towns, to aid the city or town in acquiring the lands needed for new streets and alleys where relocation of streets and alleys is made necessary or desirable by the improvements and for the purpose of paving the new streets and in relocating sewers and drains.
(b)(1) The procedure to be followed by the city to acquire property shall be that prescribed in Arkansas Constitution, Article 2, §§ 22, 23, and Article 12, § 9, and in §§ 14-54-601, 14-91-104, 14-262-102, 14-301-104, 14-333-101, 18-15-101 et seq., 23-11-209, and 23-12-303 for the exercise of the right of eminent domain by municipal corporations and counties.
(2) The order condemning lands for these purposes shall be by ordinance of the city council, with concurrence in the order by at least two-thirds (2/3) of the members elected to the council.
(3) The decision of the city council that it is necessary to condemn lands in fee for any of these purposes shall not be subject to review except as provided in the Arkansas Constitution.
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14-262-102. City board of health.
(a) A city of the first class or city of the second class may establish a city board of health to be constituted as follows:
(1) The mayor of the city may appoint no fewer than five (5) persons, two (2) of whom shall be physicians who shall be graduates of reputable medical colleges and of good professional standing, who shall constitute a city board of health, and who shall have and exercise the powers conferred upon those boards by law and by the ordinances of the city; and
(2) The mayor of the city shall be an ex officio member of the board.
(b)(1) The city council shall have the power to establish a board of health.
(2) The board shall have jurisdiction for one (1) mile beyond the city limits, and for quarantine purposes, in cases of epidemic, five (5) miles.
(c) The city council shall have power to invest the board with such powers and impose upon it such duties as shall be necessary to:
(1) Secure the city and its inhabitants from the evils of contagious, malignant, and infectious diseases;
(2) Provide for its proper organization and the election or appointment of the necessary officers; and
(3) Make such bylaws, rules, and regulations for its government and support as shall be required for enforcing the prompt and efficient performance of its duties and the lawful exercise of its powers.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-262-102
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14-301-104. Opening or improving street or highway — Delinquent tax.
(a) No street or highway shall be opened, straightened, or widened, nor shall any other improvement be made which will require proceedings to condemn private property, without the concurrence in the bylaw, ordinance, or resolution directing the condemnation of two-thirds (2/3) of the whole number of members elected to council.
(b) The concurrence of a like majority shall be required to direct any improvement or repair of a street or highway, the cost of which is to be assessed on the owners of the property, unless one-half (½) of the owners to be charged shall petition in writing therefor.
(c) The council of any incorporated city or town may order the clerk, or other proper officer of the council, to certify under his official seal any delinquent tax which is assessed by the city or town, for opening or grading, or otherwise improving any street or alley in the city or town, to the clerk of the proper county.
(d) The clerk is required to place the tax so certified on the tax book of his county, in a separate column, and it shall be collected in a like manner as state and county taxes.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-301-104
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 14-301-104. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-54-601. Authority generally.
Municipal corporations shall have power to:
(1) In regard to streets, alleys, public grounds, wharves, landing places, and marketplaces, lay off, open, widen, straighten, and establish them; improve and keep them in order and repair; and light;
(2) Open, construct, keep in order, and repair sewers and drains; and
(3) Enter upon, or take, for such of the above purposes as may be required, land or material, and to assess and collect a charge on the owners of lots or lands, or on lots or lands through or by which a street, alley, or public highway shall pass, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of constructing, improving, repairing, or lighting the street, alley, or public highway, to be in proportion to the value of the lot or land as assessed for taxation under the general law of the state.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-54-601
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 14-54-601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-91-104. Eminent domain proceedings.
(a)(1) A municipal board of improvement shall have power to enter upon any private property for the construction of any designed improvement.
(2) Any damages that may be sustained thereby shall be paid out of the improvement fund.
(b)(1) If the person damaged and the board cannot agree on the sum to be paid for the damages, the person aggrieved may file his petition in the circuit court of the county, setting forth his grievance, and asking compensation therefor, making the board a party defendant.
(2) The issues in the suit shall be made up as in other cases at law, and the cause shall be tried by a jury, unless dispensed with by the parties.
(3) The case shall be advanced on the docket so as to have precedence of all other causes.
(4)(A) The judge of the circuit court may hold a special term at any time for the trial of any such cause, giving ten (10) days' notice to the parties of the time of holding that special term, which may be in writing.
(B) The notice shall be served on the parties as a writ of summons is directed to be served unless it is waived by the parties or one of them.
(5)(A) The judge of the court may, in vacation, in case an agreement cannot be arrived at between the board and the owner of the property in relation to the damages claimed, fix an amount to be deposited with some person, to be designated by the court, before the entering upon and taking possession of the property to be used and taken as prescribed.
(B) Upon the amount required being deposited and a certificate thereof filed in the cause, the work may proceed.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-91-104
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 14-91-104. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.