(a) A municipal levee or flood control improvement district may enter into contracts with the federal government, or any of its agencies, for the construction of levee or flood control projects and may give such assurances to the federal government, or any of its agencies, as may be required by or under any act of Congress, subject only to such limitations as may be imposed on the district by the Constitution of the State of Arkansas or the acts of the General Assembly under which the district is organized.(b) The district may authorize the federal government, and its officers, agents, and contractors, to construct levee and flood control projects and to enter upon lands or rights-of-way acquired or occupied by the district pursuant to the terms of this subchapter.Acts 1947, No. 23, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 20-334.
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