Ark. Code Ann. § 14-282-114: Issuance of negotiable notes

(a) In order to acquire equipment and to do the work, the board may issue the negotiable notes of the improvement district signed by the members of the board and bearing a rate of interest not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum and may pledge and mortgage a portion of future annual benefit assessments as collected for the payment thereof.

(b) Any petitions for the creation of a district and the court order creating a district, shall limit the total amount of notes that may be outstanding at any one (1) time to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).

(c) The improvement district shall have no authority to issue bonds.