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6-53-602. Formation of a proposed district.
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6-53-602. Formation of a proposed district.
(a)(1) Upon request of the local board of a technical college or the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board acting as a local board of a technical college, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall determine whether formation of a proposed technical college district is feasible according to criteria established by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the formation of a technical college district.
(2) The boundaries of the technical college district are to be determined by the local board or the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board acting as the local board.
(b)(1) Within ten (10) calendar days after the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board determines that the formation of a proposed district is feasible, the local board or the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board acting as the local board shall notify the county board of election commissioners in each county of which any portion is in the proposed technical college district that an election will be held to determine whether the district shall be formed and whether an ad valorem tax shall be levied on property in the district to fund site acquisition, construction, equipping, and operation of the college.
(2) The local board or acting local board shall issue a proclamation and set a date for the election under § 7-11-201 et seq., but the date set for the election shall not be later than ninety (90) days after the publication of the proclamation.
(3) The local board or acting local board shall specify the wording of the ballot to be used for the election utilizing appropriate language similar to that found in § 6-61-513(c), and the county boards of election commissioners shall conduct the election in the manner
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-53-602
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6-53-602. Formation of a proposed district.
(a)(1) Upon request of the local board of a technical college or the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board acting as a local board of a technical college, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall determine whether formation of a proposed technical college district is feasible according to criteria established by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the formation of a technical college district.
(2) The boundaries of the technical college district are to be determined by the local board or the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board acting as the local board.
(b)(1) Within ten (10) calendar days after the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board determines that the formation of a proposed district is feasible, the local board or the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board acting as the local board shall notify the county board of election commissioners in each county of which any portion is in the proposed technical college district that an election will be held to determine whether the district shall be formed and whether an ad valorem tax shall be levied on property in the district to fund site acquisition, construction, equipping, and operation of the college.
(2) The local board or acting local board shall issue a proclamation and set a date for the election under § 7-11-201 et seq., but the date set for the election shall not be later than ninety (90) days after the publication of the proclamation.
(3) The local board or acting local board shall specify the wording of the ballot to be used for the election utilizing appropriate language similar to that found in § 6-61-513(c), and the county boards of election commissioners shall conduct the election in the manner provided by law for special elections.
(c)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (c)(2) of this section, if the establishment of a proposed technical college district fails because of an adverse vote by a majority of the qualified electors of the proposed district voting thereon at the election, no new election for the establishment thereof shall be held within a period of one (1) year after the date of the election.
(2)(A) If the formation of a proposed technical college district fails and the majority of votes cast in one (1) or more counties or cities in a proposed district were against the formation of the district, the local board or acting local board may notify the county boards of election commissioners that an election will be held on the issue of forming a proposed district that does not include the county, city, counties, or cities in which the issue failed.
(B) The local board or acting local board shall issue a proclamation and set a date for the election in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq.
(C) The procedures for an election to form a proposed reconstituted district shall be identical to the procedures for an election to establish a technical college district.
(d)(1) If the local board or acting local board of a technical college determines that the question of a tax levy in the technical college district should be submitted to the electors after the district is formed, it shall certify the millage requested to the county board of election commissioners of each county of which any portion is in the technical college district.
(2) The county boards shall place the question of the levy on the ballot at the next general election if the date of the general election is not less than sixty (60) calendar days after the county boards receive certification from the local board or acting local board.
(3) In the alternative, the local board or acting local board may set a date for a special election in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq.
(4) The special election shall be conducted in the manner provided by law for other special elections.
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6-61-513. Formation of district — Election — Ballot.
(a) The State Community College Board shall specify the wording of the ballot to be used for each election to create a community college district utilizing appropriate language similar to that provided in subdivision (c)(1) of this section.
(b)(1) The ballot for the election shall state the purpose of the election, giving the names of the counties or cities in the proposed district, the proposed rate of ad valorem tax to be voted upon, if any, and the purposes for which such tax shall be used, including the amount thereof which may be pledged for bonded indebtedness purposes.
(2) A city shall be listed separately only if the boundaries of the city are used to describe the district separate from the boundaries of the county in which the city is located.
(c)(1) The form of the ballot may be as follows:
Vote FOR or AGAINST the establishment of a community college district to be composed of , (This includes authorizing the levy of a tax not to exceed mills on the dollar of the assessed value of the taxable property of the district (to be used for the support of such community college) and authorizing the pledging of mills of the aforementioned tax for the issuance of bonds to provide all or part of the funds for the construction and furnishing of buildings and facilities for such college.) ♦ FOR the establishment of a community college district. ♦ AGAINST the establishment of a community college district.
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(2) The material enclosed in parentheses is inserted if a local tax is to be voted on and deleted if no local tax is to be voted on.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-513
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 6-61-513. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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7-11-201. Calling special elections on measures or questions.
Except for special school elections, all special elections on measures or questions referred to the voters by governmental entities as authorized by law shall be called by proclamation, ordinance, statute, resolution, order, or other authorized document of the properly constituted authority as required by law.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-11-201
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 7-11-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.