Arkansas Code Title 14. Local Government § 14-120-217. Board acquisition of land

(a) In order to discharge its obligations under any contract or agreement authorized to be made by the provisions of § 14-120-216, the board of directors of any levee district or drainage district, or levee and drainage district, is authorized and empowered to:

(b) In order that the rights, easements, and servitudes conferred may be acquired, the board of directors of the district is given authority and power to condemn lands or interest therein for such purposes, and the authority and power to exercise the rights of eminent domain.

(c) Condemnation proceedings therefor shall be instituted and conducted in the manner as is now provided in §§ 18-15-1001 -- 18-15-1010. Further damages shall be paid for any easement or flowage right or increased use or servitude on any lands by reason of increasing the amount or depth of water on the lands regardless of whether the lands are protected or unprotected by levees, and these damages shall be in addition to damages set out in §§ 18-15-1001 -- 18-15-1010.

(d) Any action for taking or damaging property as provided in this section or in §§ 18-15-1001 -- 18-15-1010 shall be commenced within five (5) years from the time the cause of action accrues.