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14-88-202. Purposes for which created.
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14-88-202. Purposes for which created.
The council of any city of the first or second class or any incorporated town may assess all real property within the city or town, or within any district thereof, for the purpose of opening, grading, or otherwise improving streets and alleys, including viaducts and underpasses either within the boundaries of an improvement district, or beyond the boundaries and beyond the limits of the city or town if the property in the district will be benefited thereby, including the acquisition of rights-of-way by purchase or the exercise of the power of eminent domain as provided in § 14-91-104 and the payment of damages for the taking or injuring of property resulting from the making of any such improvement, if the work or construction is done or paid for by the federal government or any of its agencies or by the State of Arkansas or any other public body, or to pay for any local improvement of a public nature, including sewer systems, theretofore made, by which the property within the district has benefited; for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on any bonds at any time authorized and issued by any district under and in the manner and for the purposes specified in this section; for the purpose of buying existing sewer systems, or the construction of sewers, or constructing facilities for the off-street parking of vehicles, including without limitation constructing, reconstructing, widening, extending, and maintaining and operating off-street parking facilities, or constructing sidewalks, sidewalk overhead covers, benches, recreational areas, and other facilities pertaining to the construction, maintenance, and utilization thereof; for the purpose of the making of any other local improvement of a public nature in the manne
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-88-202
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14-88-202. Purposes for which created.
The council of any city of the first or second class or any incorporated town may assess all real property within the city or town, or within any district thereof, for the purpose of opening, grading, or otherwise improving streets and alleys, including viaducts and underpasses either within the boundaries of an improvement district, or beyond the boundaries and beyond the limits of the city or town if the property in the district will be benefited thereby, including the acquisition of rights-of-way by purchase or the exercise of the power of eminent domain as provided in § 14-91-104 and the payment of damages for the taking or injuring of property resulting from the making of any such improvement, if the work or construction is done or paid for by the federal government or any of its agencies or by the State of Arkansas or any other public body, or to pay for any local improvement of a public nature, including sewer systems, theretofore made, by which the property within the district has benefited; for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on any bonds at any time authorized and issued by any district under and in the manner and for the purposes specified in this section; for the purpose of buying existing sewer systems, or the construction of sewers, or constructing facilities for the off-street parking of vehicles, including without limitation constructing, reconstructing, widening, extending, and maintaining and operating off-street parking facilities, or constructing sidewalks, sidewalk overhead covers, benches, recreational areas, and other facilities pertaining to the construction, maintenance, and utilization thereof; for the purpose of the making of any other local improvement of a public nature in the manner set forth in this subchapter; and for the purpose of maintaining, repairing, and operating any improvements.
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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.