27-72-401. Definitions.

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27-72-401. Definitions.

27-72-401. Definitions. As used in this subchapter: (1) “Betterment” means any construction or reconstruction on a state aid-designated street that results in an improvement that exceeds or equals any previous improvement whether or not the previous improvement was financed in part or in whole through the provisions of this subchapter; (2)(A) “Construction” means any proposal submitted by a municipality that meets the definition of betterment as opposed to maintenance. (B) “Construction” includes reconstruction or improvement; (3) “Maintenance” means any act of work that maintains the improvement in serviceable condition; (4) “Municipality” means a city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town; (5)(A) “State aid” means funds to be expended on state aid streets and includes any sum or sums provided by the General Assembly to supplement funds furnished by the several municipalities for the purpose of constructing, improving, widening, straightening, surfacing, or reconstructing streets or bridges on the state aid system. (B) “State aid” shall be available to the several municipalities in a proportion to be fixed and determined by law; and (6)(A) “State aid streets” means the classification of municipal streets composing the major and minor arterial and collector routes feeding into local trade areas or into the state highway system that are not designated as state highways. (B) “State aid streets” include those routes that: (i) Are particularly essential to the conservation and development of economic and social value; (ii) Encourage desirable land utilization; and (iii) Have in addition one (1) or more of the following characteristics: (a) Extend to communities within or beyond the municipality; (b) Connect with

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-72-401

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. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.