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27-89-201. Creation of commission — Members.
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27-89-201. Creation of commission — Members.
(a) The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three (3) commissioners to enter into a compact on behalf of the State of Arkansas with the State of Mississippi.
(b) If the Senate is not in session at the time for making these appointments, the Governor shall make temporary appointments, as in the case of a vacancy.
(c) Any two (2) of the commissioners so appointed, together with the Attorney General of the State of Arkansas, may act to enter into the compact set out in § 27-89-202.
(d) Vacancies occurring in the office of any appointed commissioner shall be filled by appointment by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate for the unexpired term.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-89-201
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27-89-201. Creation of commission — Members.
(a) The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three (3) commissioners to enter into a compact on behalf of the State of Arkansas with the State of Mississippi.
(b) If the Senate is not in session at the time for making these appointments, the Governor shall make temporary appointments, as in the case of a vacancy.
(c) Any two (2) of the commissioners so appointed, together with the Attorney General of the State of Arkansas, may act to enter into the compact set out in § 27-89-202.
(d) Vacancies occurring in the office of any appointed commissioner shall be filled by appointment by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate for the unexpired term.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
27-89-202. Text of compact.
COMPACT BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI CREATING AN ARKANSAS-MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE COMMISSION
ARTICLE I
There is created an Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic and which shall have the following powers and duties:
1. To plan, construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River at or near Helena, Arkansas, and Friars Point, Mississippi, at a point deemed by the commission as most suitable to the interests of the citizens of the States of Arkansas and Mississippi in accordance with the provisions of an act of the Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session, of the United States entitled “The General Bridge Act of 1946”;
2. To purchase, maintain and, in its discretion, to operate all or any ferries across the Mississippi River within twenty-five (25) miles of the site selected for the bridge;
3. To contract, to sue, and be sued in its own name; to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property;
4. To acquire by proper condemnation proceedings such real property as may be necessary for the construction and operation of the bridge and the approaches thereto;
5. To issue bonds on the security of the revenues derived from the operation of the bridge and ferries for the payment of the cost of the bridge, its approaches, ferry or ferries, and the necessary lands, easements, and appurtenances thereto including interest during construction and all necessary engineering, legal, architectural, traffic surveying, and other necessary expenses. Such bonds shall be the negotiable bonds of the commission, the income of which shall be tax free. The principal and interest of the bonds, and any
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-89-202
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 27-89-202. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.