Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
14-90-102. Applicability of 1949 provisions.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-90-102. Applicability of 1949 provisions.
(a)(1) All municipal improvement districts created after June 9, 1949, shall be governed by the provisions of §§ 14-88-401, 14-88-404, 14-90-102, 14-90-801, 14-90-802, 14-90-901 — 14-90-915, 14-90-1002, 14-90-1107, 14-90-1301, 14-90-1303(a)-(b), 14-90-1405, and 14-90-1406.
(2)(A) All municipal improvement districts existing on June 9, 1949 shall continue to function under laws existing prior to June 9, 1949 except with respect to foreclosure suits.
(B)(i) Within sixty (60) days after any annual installment becomes delinquent, the board of commissioners shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of §§ 14-90-911, 14-90-1002, 14-90-1301, 14-90-1405, and 14-90-1406, excepting the first sentence of § 14-90-1002.
(ii) Sections 14-90-1107, 14-90-1301 and 14-90-1303(a)-(b) shall also be applicable to municipal improvement districts existing prior to June 9, 1949.
(b)(1) Sections 14-88-401, 14-88-404, 14-90-102, 14-90-801, 14-90-802, 14-90-901 — 14-90-915, 14-90-1002, 14-90-1107, 14-90-1301, 14-90-1303 (a)-(b), 14-90-1405, and 14-90-1406 shall not apply to any city which has a commission form of government organized under the provisions of Acts 1913, No. 13 and all municipal improvement districts heretofore or hereafter created in cities having such a commission form of government shall continue to function under the laws pertaining to them as they existed prior to February 28, 1949.
(2)(A) In cities having a commission form of government, improvements may be undertaken which will not exceed in cost sixty percent (60%) of the value of the real property in these municipal improvement districts as shown by the last county assessment.
(B) In computing the sixty percent (60%), interest on borrowed money shall not be tre
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-90-102
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. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Issuing source page ↗
Authority boundary: historical statutory source snapshot not current law.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:14-90-102
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.14.odt
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 8e753e7001179d3bd331d1642569f80be033a466e780b3b5d0bf29f82eaae553
Source location: content.xml paragraph 23282
Stored source content
14-90-102. Applicability of 1949 provisions.
(a)(1) All municipal improvement districts created after June 9, 1949, shall be governed by the provisions of §§ 14-88-401, 14-88-404, 14-90-102, 14-90-801, 14-90-802, 14-90-901 — 14-90-915, 14-90-1002, 14-90-1107, 14-90-1301, 14-90-1303(a)-(b), 14-90-1405, and 14-90-1406.
(2)(A) All municipal improvement districts existing on June 9, 1949 shall continue to function under laws existing prior to June 9, 1949 except with respect to foreclosure suits.
(B)(i) Within sixty (60) days after any annual installment becomes delinquent, the board of commissioners shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of §§ 14-90-911, 14-90-1002, 14-90-1301, 14-90-1405, and 14-90-1406, excepting the first sentence of § 14-90-1002.
(ii) Sections 14-90-1107, 14-90-1301 and 14-90-1303(a)-(b) shall also be applicable to municipal improvement districts existing prior to June 9, 1949.
(b)(1) Sections 14-88-401, 14-88-404, 14-90-102, 14-90-801, 14-90-802, 14-90-901 — 14-90-915, 14-90-1002, 14-90-1107, 14-90-1301, 14-90-1303 (a)-(b), 14-90-1405, and 14-90-1406 shall not apply to any city which has a commission form of government organized under the provisions of Acts 1913, No. 13 and all municipal improvement districts heretofore or hereafter created in cities having such a commission form of government shall continue to function under the laws pertaining to them as they existed prior to February 28, 1949.
(2)(A) In cities having a commission form of government, improvements may be undertaken which will not exceed in cost sixty percent (60%) of the value of the real property in these municipal improvement districts as shown by the last county assessment.
(B) In computing the sixty percent (60%), interest on borrowed money shall not be treated as a part of the cost of it.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-88-401. Penalty for misuse of funds generally.
Any commissioner, treasurer, attorney, or other subordinate officer appointed by a municipal board of improvement who uses or lends, or who participates, directly or indirectly, in any loan or use of funds belonging to the improvement district, for other than district purposes, shall be guilty of a felony. Upon conviction, he shall be confined in the penitentiary for a period of not more than five (5) years nor less than two (2) years.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-88-401
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 14-88-401. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-88-404. Appointment of treasurer.
(a)(1) A municipal board of improvement may appoint a treasurer of the district, who shall take the oath of office prescribed by § 14-88-302 and shall execute a bond in favor of the board in a sum equal to the amount of moneys that will probably come into his or her hands in any one (1) year.
(2) The bond shall be signed by a corporate surety company authorized to do business as such in this state. It shall be conditioned that the treasurer will faithfully discharge the duties of his or her office and that he or she will account for and pay over all moneys that may come into his or her hands according to law and the orders of the board.
(b) The same person may be treasurer of more than one (1) district, but moneys of each shall be kept separately.
(c)(1) The treasurer shall pay out no moneys except on order of the board.
(2) Upon order of the board to pay out moneys, the chair or one (1) of the other commissioners appointed to act on behalf of the chair shall approve the warrant.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-88-404
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 14-88-404. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-90-801. Ordinance providing for installments.
(a) It shall be provided, by ordinance, that the municipal improvement district assessment of benefits shall be paid in successive annual installments so that the tax levied in any one (1) year shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the assessed benefits accruing to real property.
(b)(1) The ordinance shall provide that the first annual installment shall be collected by the county tax collector on the date fixed in the ordinance, and the second and subsequent annual installments shall be paid thereafter with the first installment of general taxes beginning with the installment of general taxes becoming due more than five (5) months after the date fixed in the ordinance.
(2) The municipality may provide in the ordinance that, after payment of the initial installment, the annual assessment of benefits may be paid in quarterly installments along with the quarterly installments of ad valorem taxes at the election of the taxpayer.
(c) The ordinance may provide that the collection of the annual installment shall be suspended, in whole or in part, for any year upon the filing with the collector, by December 1 of the preceding year, by the commissioners of the district of a certificate reciting the amount of funds available to meet the debt service requirements of the bonds of the district and, if necessary to provide additional funds sufficient therefor, certifying the percentage of the next annual installment on the amount of benefits necessary to be collected.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-90-801
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 14-90-801. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-90-802. Form of ordinance.
The ordinance referred to in § 14-90-801 may be in substantially the following form:
“Whereas, a majority in value of the property holders owning property adjoining the locality to be affected and situated in District No. organized for the purpose of have petitioned the governing body of the city (or town) of for the construction of said improvement, and that the cost thereof shall be assessed upon the real property of said district according to the benefits received; and “Whereas, said benefits received by each and every block, lot, and parcel of real property situated in said district equals or exceeds the local assessment thereon; and “Whereas, the estimated cost of said improvement is Dollars: “Therefore, it is now ordained by the governing body of the city (or town) of , that said several blocks, lots, and parcels of real property in said district be assessed according to the assessment list for said improvement district as the same now remains in the office of the recorder or city clerk, and that percent of the assessment of each of said blocks, lots, and parcels shall be collected by the County Collector on or before the day of , and percent of the assessment shall be collected with the first installment of general taxes becoming due more than five (5) months thereafter, and annually thereafter, with the first installment of general taxes until the whole of said local assessment shall be paid.”
Click to view form.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-90-802
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 14-90-802. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.