§ 14-86-103 - Reporting.
14-86-103. Reporting.
(a) Definitions.
As used in this section, "district" means any levee, drainage, irrigation, watershed, or river improvement district in Arkansas, including, but not limited to, those districts:
(1) Formed or operating under this chapter, 14-87-101 et seq., 14-88-101 et seq., 14-89-101 et seq., 14-90-101 et seq., 14-91-101 et seq., 14-92-101 et seq., 14-93-101 et seq., 14-94-101 et seq., 14-95-101 et seq., 14-114-101 et seq., 14-115-101 et seq., 14-117-101 et seq., 14-118-101 et seq., 14-119-101 et seq., 14-120-101 et seq., 14- 121-101 et seq., 14-122-101 et seq., 14-123-101 et seq., 14-124-101 et seq., and 14-125-101 et seq.; or
(2) Created by a special act of the General Assembly.
(b) (1) On or before December 31, 2009, each district shall file an initial report with the clerk of the county court in whose jurisdiction any property of the district is located.
(2) The initial report shall include the following:
(A) The name of the district;
(B) The date on which the district was formed;
(C) The statutory or other legal authority under which the district was formed;
(D) A description of the district's boundaries and a map of the district;
(E) The names and addresses of the district's directors and its officers and their respective terms of office;
(F) An identification of any vacancy on the district board or district commission;
(G) A map of the parcels of property located in the district; and
(H) The time, date, and location of the district board's or district commission's next annual meeting or, if the annual meeting is unscheduled, the time, date, and location of the district board's or district commission's next meeting.
(c) On or before December 31, 2010, and annually afterwards, the district shall file with the clerk of the county court in whose jurisdiction any property of the district is located a report that:
(1) Provides the names and addresses of the members of the district board or district commission and its officers;
(2) Identifies any vacancy on the district board or the district commission; and
(3) Provides the time, date, and location of the district board's or district commission's next annual meeting, if scheduled, and its next regularly scheduled meeting.
(d) (1) A district that fails to perform any of the requirements of subdivision (b) or (c) of this section:
(A) Commits a violation punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense.
(B) Any fine recovered under subdivision (d)(1)(A) of this section shall be deposited into the county clerk's cost fund.
(2) A district shall not receive financial assistance from any state agency for a two-year period following the date the fine was assessed under subdivision (d)(1)(A) of this section.