Title 14, Local Government

(a) The board of improvement of the consolidated district is authorized to pay any notes or bonds given by either of the separate districts before the notes or bonds become due including accrued interest on the notes or bonds up until the date of payment. (b) In order to facilita…

(a) The board of assessors of a consolidated district shall annually revise and readjust the assessment of property made by them for the district. (b) The annual readjustment shall be made, and the list showing it filed with the city clerk at least ninety (90) days before the dat…

(a) Immediately after making the annual readjustment and revision, the board of assessors shall file with the city clerk a list of the tracts, lots, and parcels of land upon which the assessment has been charged by them. This list shall show the name of the owner of each tract, l…

(a) Any owner of real estate located in the district, at any time within five (5) days from the giving of the notice, may appeal from the action of the board of assessors in readjusting or refusing to readjust the assessment against his property by filing with the clerk, in writi…

The annual tax or installment shall be computed and extended upon the assessment as readjusted and revised as hereinbefore provided by the clerk without further ordinance or levy by the council.

(a) If any assessment made under this chapter shall not be paid within the time mentioned in the notice published by the collector, the collector shall add thereto a penalty of twenty percent (20%) and shall at once return a list of the property on which the assessments have not …

(a) The city in which the consolidated district is located, through its proper officers, shall have full power and authority to operate the consolidated plant and system acquired and improved by the consolidated district instead of the board of improvement of the consolidated dis…

It shall be lawful for money raised by assessment in the district to be expended in the purchase of lands or erection of houses, reservoirs, or other improvements outside of the limits of the city in which the district is located, which may be necessary for the proper constructio…

(a) The board of improvement shall have control of the construction of improvements of the district. (b) The board may:(1) Advertise for proposals for doing any work by contracts and may accept or reject any proposals;(2) Appoint all necessary agents and engineers for carrying on…

All contractors shall be required to give bond for the faithful performance of such contracts as may be awarded them, with good and sufficient securities, in an amount equal to the amount of the contract work. The board shall not remit or excuse the penalty or forfeiture of the b…

(a) In order to hasten the work provided for in the original or any additional or supplementary plans and to pay the indebtedness owed by any separate district whose plant or system is acquired by such consolidated district, the board may borrow money at a rate or rates of intere…

(a) If the assessment first levied shall be insufficient to complete the improvement and pay the debts of the district, additional assessments may be levied and collected from time to time. (b) (1) The total assessment against any piece of property shall never exceed the benefits…

(a) The right of eminent domain is conferred upon any consolidated district for the purpose of securing any lands or rights-of-way needed in making an improvement. (b) Suits brought by the board for condemnation of lands or rights-of-way shall be deemed cases of public interest a…

(a) The board of commissioners of any improvement district, operating a system of waterworks, gas plants, or electric plants belonging to and owned by any improvement district, may lease the system of waterworks, gas plants, or electric plants for such period of time and upon suc…

(a) The board of commissioners of any improvement district owning a system of waterworks, gas plants, or electric plants may sell the system or any of them, together with the right to operate them, when they shall determine by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the board th…

(a) Where the sale price is an amount greater than the outstanding secured indebtedness of the district, at least the excess over the amount of the secured indebtedness shall be paid in cash. (b) (1) All deferred payments, if any, shall be secured by a bond for one and one-half (…

(a) The transfer of property under this chapter shall be evidenced by a deed of conveyance in the usual form and with the usual covenants or warranty. However, a lien against the property sold shall be retained in the deed for all of the unpaid sale price with the right, upon def…

The proceeds of any initial cash payment from the sale of any plant or system of any improvement district shall be applied first to the payment of all unsecured debts outstanding against the district on account of the plant or system. The remainder shall be, by the commissioners,…

(a) There is established an advisory committee to be known as the “Individual Sewage Disposal Systems Advisory Committee”, for the purpose of making recommendations, advising, and providing assistance to the Program Administrator of the Environmental Program Section of the Divisi…

(1) The Individual Sewage Disposal Systems Advisory Committee shall have the following powers and duties:(1) To advise with and make recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Health and the Director of the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department …

(a) A municipality owning or operating a public sewer system or sewer improvement district that provides sewer service to its citizens may request a water association, a water improvement district, or a water authority that provides the water service to terminate the water servic…

(1) All rural water and rural wastewater entities, however organized, may disburse funds for payment of debts by electronic funds transfer if:(1) The person responsible for the disbursement maintains a ledger including without limitation the following information:(A) The name and…

This chapter shall be known as “The Water, Sewer, and Solid Waste Management Systems Finance Act of 1975.”

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Eligible applicant” means a city, a town, a county, a regional water district, a special improvement district, a public facilities board, a rural development authority, a rural waterworks facilities board inc…

(1) The Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall:(1) Administer the loan and grant programs authorized under this chapter;(2) Take necessary action to ensure that the funds are used for the purposes established in this chapter and in accordance with state and federal…

(a) The commission is authorized to make loans and grants to provide funds for water, sewer, or solid waste management financial assistance. (b) The commission may provide financial assistance up to the total project cost for water, sewer, or solid waste management systems projec…

(a) An eligible applicant is eligible to apply for loans and grants specified in this chapter. Combinations of eligible applicants may apply jointly for loans or grants authorized under this chapter in accordance with § 25-20-101 et seq. (b) (1) Award of a loan or grant may be ma…

(a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall promulgate such rules and forms as are needed for the efficient administration of the chapter. (b) Applications shall be submitted to the commission. (c) (1) The commission shall consider the merits of the application and, in ac…

(1) In selecting the recipients for loans and grants authorized in this chapter, the following factors shall be taken into consideration by the commission:(1) The financial ability of the eligible applicant to provide the funds for the project;(2) The burden placed on low income,…

(a) A special fund, entitled the “Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Systems Revolving Fund”, is created to provide a depository for funds which may be appropriated or otherwise secured. (b) The revolving fund shall be used to provide low interest loans or grants to an eligible applica…

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:(1) “Governing body” means the council, board of directors, or city commissioner of any municipality or the county judge and quorum court of any county;(2) “Municipality” means a city of the first class or a city …

This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.

(a) Any county or municipality in this state is authorized to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, operate, maintain, sell, lease, contract concerning, or otherwise deal in facilities of any nature necessary or desirable for the control, collection, remov…

(a) Counties and municipalities are authorized to use any available revenues for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in § 14-232-103(a), including the proceeds of revenue bonds issued under the authority of this chapter, either alone or together with other available fund…

(a) The issuance of revenue bonds shall be by order of the county court or by ordinance of the municipality. (b) The bonds may be coupon bonds payable to bearer but subject to registration as to principal and interest, may be made exchangeable for bonds of another denomination, m…

(a) Revenue bonds may be issued under this chapter for the purpose of refunding any obligations issued under this chapter. The refunding bonds may be combined with bonds issued under the provisions of § 14-232-105 into a single issue. (b) When bonds are issued under this section …

(a) The revenue bonds issued under this chapter shall not be general obligations of the county or municipality but shall be special obligations. (b) In no event shall the revenue bonds constitute an indebtedness of the county or municipality within the meaning of any constitution…

(a) In the event of a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any revenue bonds issued under this chapter, any court having jurisdiction may appoint a receiver to take charge of any project acquired, constructed, reconstructed, extended, equipped, or improved, i…

Any municipality; any board, commission, or other authority established by ordinance of any municipality, or the boards of trustees, respectively, of the firemen's relief and pension fund and the policemen's pension and relief fund of any municipality; or the board of trustees of…

(a) Counties and municipalities are authorized to impose and collect rates and charges for the services provided by projects of the type authorized by this chapter whether or not acquired, constructed, reconstructed, extended, or improved under the authority of this chapter. (b) …

Counties and municipalities are authorized to enter into leases, as lessor, leasing any project or any facilities thereof. The lease rentals shall be treated as project revenues for all purposes of this chapter.

(a) Any county or any municipality is authorized and empowered to enter into a compact with any county or counties, any municipality or municipalities, the United States of America, or the State of Arkansas, or any agency or political subdivision thereof, for the purpose of a coo…

(a) In the event that necessary lands needed for the accomplishment of the purposes authorized by this chapter cannot be acquired by negotiation, any county or municipality is authorized to acquire the needed lands by condemnation proceedings under the power of eminent domain. (b…

Bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes. This exemption includes income taxes.

(a) (1) The several counties of this state shall designate appropriate areas throughout each county as public dumping grounds for the residents of such counties for the disposal of trash, garbage, and other forms of waste materials.(2) Each county shall take necessary measures to…

(a) No county or municipality in a county shall acquire land for or establish a solid waste disposal site or facility in another county without the prior approval of the county judge and the quorum court of the county wherein the land is proposed to be acquired or wherein the sit…