HB2182 Summary

• Changes the notification process for selling surplus highway property by replacing multiple weekly newspaper publications with a single newspaper publication and a 21-day posting on the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department website.

• Requires newspaper publications to identify property by legal description (job number and tract number) and physical address if available, and include a website link to the department's publication.

• Mandates website publication include the legal description in metes and bounds format.

• Allows the State Highway Commission to proceed with public or negotiated sales if the original owner does not exercise their option to purchase within 60 days of written notice or first publication.

• Repeals Arkansas Code § 27-67-323, which previously required the State Highway Commission to offer reconveyance of abandoned land to cities or towns at the original purchase price.