Arkansas Code Title 14. Local Government § 14-123-204. Consolidation of levee districts and boards--Cooperation with other states

(a) If there is land in one (1) or more counties subject to overflow from the same crevasses or direction, and which can be protected by the same system of levees, the directors of the several levee districts of the one (1) or more counties may, by the consent of the county court or courts of the county or counties entered of record, consolidate the several levee districts into one (1) levee district, and the directors of the several levee districts shall constitute the board of directors of the consolidated levee district and shall represent the several levee districts in the consolidated levee district.

(b) The board of directors of the consolidated levee district shall elect a president, secretary, treasurer, and auditor and allow salary to each as his or her services may justify.

(c) The board of directors of the consolidated levee district shall control and supervise the interests of the several levee districts within the consolidated levee district, and the officers of all county levee boards within the consolidated levee district shall report to the board of directors of the consolidated levee district through their county directors.

(d) The board of directors of the consolidated levee district may cooperate with any levee board of another state if necessary to complete the system of levees within the consolidated levee district.

(e) The notice required under § 14-123-202 for the formation of a new levee district is not required for the consolidation of existing levee districts under this section.