§ 22-1-206 - Property of levee districts. - Arkansas Statutes

22-1-206. Property of levee districts.

(a) As used in this section, a "levee district" means a:

(1) Levee district formed by Act 97 of 1911 and any other levee district formed by an act of the General Assembly;

(2) Watershed improvement district formed under the Arkansas Irrigation, Drainage, and Watershed Improvement District Act of 1949, 14-117-201 et seq.;

(3) Levee district or levee and drainage district formed under 14-120-101 et seq.; and

(4) Levee improvement district formed under 14-123-201 et seq.

(b) (1) No title or right of possession to property of a levee district or any portion of a district's property shall be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy.

(2) No easement or right of way of a levee district for flowage, storage rights, and any other servitude upon, over, and across any lands or any portion of lands shall be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy.

(c) The real property rights of a levee district shall not be defeated in any cause of action or proceeding by reason of adverse possession or adverse occupancy of a district's property or any portion of a district's property, where the parties claiming the adverse possession commence legal action after July 16, 2003.