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14-91-601. Procedure generally.
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14-91-601. Procedure generally.
(a)(1) All improvement districts in cities and towns organized under §§ 14-88-203 — 14-88-205, 14-88-207 — 14-88-210, 14-88-301 — 14-88-303, 14-88-305, 14-88-306, 14-88-308, and 14-88-407 may be prolonged or continued after the completion of the improvement for which they were organized for the purpose of maintaining and keeping those improvements in a good state of repair, upon a petition of a majority in value of the owners of real property within the district adjoining the locality to be affected, to the city or town council, requesting that the life of the district be prolonged or continued for that purpose.
(2) The petition shall designate the time during which the maintenance and repair shall be undertaken, and the manner and estimated cost thereof, requesting that the cost be assessed and charged upon the real property situated within the district.
(b)(1) Thereupon, the council shall provide by ordinance for the prolongation or continuation of the district as requested, and the board of assessors shall thereupon assess the value of all benefits to be received by the land owned by reason of the maintenance and keeping in repair of the improvement as affecting each of the blocks, lots, or parcels of land within the district.
(2) The board shall at once proceed to inscribe in the assessment book of the district the value of the benefits to accrue to each of the blocks, lots, or parcels of land.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-91-601
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14-91-601. Procedure generally.
(a)(1) All improvement districts in cities and towns organized under §§ 14-88-203 — 14-88-205, 14-88-207 — 14-88-210, 14-88-301 — 14-88-303, 14-88-305, 14-88-306, 14-88-308, and 14-88-407 may be prolonged or continued after the completion of the improvement for which they were organized for the purpose of maintaining and keeping those improvements in a good state of repair, upon a petition of a majority in value of the owners of real property within the district adjoining the locality to be affected, to the city or town council, requesting that the life of the district be prolonged or continued for that purpose.
(2) The petition shall designate the time during which the maintenance and repair shall be undertaken, and the manner and estimated cost thereof, requesting that the cost be assessed and charged upon the real property situated within the district.
(b)(1) Thereupon, the council shall provide by ordinance for the prolongation or continuation of the district as requested, and the board of assessors shall thereupon assess the value of all benefits to be received by the land owned by reason of the maintenance and keeping in repair of the improvement as affecting each of the blocks, lots, or parcels of land within the district.
(2) The board shall at once proceed to inscribe in the assessment book of the district the value of the benefits to accrue to each of the blocks, lots, or parcels of land.
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14-88-203. Petition and notice.
(a)(1)(A) When persons claiming to be a majority in value, as shown by the last county assessment of the owners of real property, in the whole or any part, of any city or incorporated town, file with the city or town clerk or recorder a petition for the organization of an improvement district for any purposes authorized by § 14-88-202, it shall be the duty of the city or town clerk or recorder to give notice that the petition will be heard at a meeting of the governing body of the city or town named in the notice, which will be held more than thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition.
(B) A petition under this section shall contain a bold heading stating that a signature on the petition is a vote to create the district.
(2) The notice shall be published one (1) time a week for two (2) weeks, the last insertion to be not less than seven (7) days before the date fixed for the hearing, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county and, if available, on the website of the county or of the Secretary of State.
(b) The mayor, if he sees fit, may call a special meeting of the governing body for the purpose of hearing the petition. The called meeting shall be held not less than fifteen (15) days after the date of the call, and the notice of the hearing thereat shall be published for the time and in the manner prescribed in subdivision (a)(2) of this section.
(c) The notice may be in the following form:
“All owners of real property within the following described territory (here describe the territory to be included in the district) in the City (or Town) of , are hereby notified that a petition has been filed with the City Clerk (or Town Recorder) of the said City (or Town) of , purporting to be signed by a major
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-88-203
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 14-88-203. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-88-205. Apportionment of assessed value for signers.
(a) If the boundaries of a local improvement district as petitioned for embrace a part of any lot, block, or parcel of land which, upon the county assessment books, is assessed as a whole, any signer of the petition may demand, in writing, of the county assessor that he shall apportion the assessment for state and county purposes upon the lot, block, or parcel of land so as to show the assessed value of that portion which is within the proposed district and the assessed value of the remainder which is without the district.
(b) It shall be the duty of the county assessor, within ten (10) days after the request is made of him, to make the reassessment and to deliver to the city or town clerk or recorder a certificate showing the assessed value of that portion of the lot, block, or parcel of land that is within the district, to the end that in determining whether a majority in value has signed the petition, the city or town council can compute the value of the portion of the lot, block, or parcel of land that is within the district.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-88-205
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 14-88-205. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-88-207. Hearing and establishment.
(a)(1) At the time named in the notice, the municipal governing body shall meet and hear all owners of real property within the proposed district who desire to be heard on the question as to whether a majority in assessed value of the property owners has signed the petition and shall make a finding as to whether the petition is signed by a majority in assessed value of the property owners.
(2)(A) The finding of the governing body shall be expressed in an ordinance.
(B)(i) If it finds that a majority has signed the petition, it shall then be the duty of the governing body, by the same ordinance, to establish the district.
(ii)(a) The ordinance shall designate the boundaries of the district and the object of the proposed improvement as described in the petition.
(b) The ordinance shall also give the district a name descriptive of the nature of the proposed improvement and a number to prevent its being confused with other similar districts.
(b)(1) The ordinance shall be published within thirty (30) days after its adoption for one (1) insertion, in some newspaper published in the city or town where the district lies, or if there is no such newspaper, then in some newspaper published in the county.
(2)(A) Where improvement districts are organized in any city or town in which no newspaper is regularly published, all notices required may be published in any newspaper that is published and has a bona fide circulation in the county.
(B) If there is no newspaper published in the county where the city or town lies, the ordinances and notices provided for in the cases of local improvement districts in cities and towns may be published by posting them in at least ten (10) conspicuous places in the city or town where the improveme
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-88-207
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 14-88-207. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-88-210. Corporate powers.
Municipal improvement districts shall be bodies corporate and shall have power to sue and be sued and to contract by the corporate name.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-88-210
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 14-88-210. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.