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AR Code § 14-232-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 232 - Refuse Disposal Generally|§ 14-232-115. County dumping grounds

 (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 assure that the trash, garbage, or other forms of waste materials dumped at the designated site will not be blown or otherwise deposited upon adjoining lands. The county shall at reasonable intervals dispose of the trash, garbage, or other forms of waste materials by open burying or other approved means.  (3) The several counties of this state shall be allowed to charge an appropriate fee as set by the county quorum court.    (b) The several counties of this state are authorized to do all things necessary to provide countywide dumping grounds, including the power to acquire real or personal property of every kind, or any interest therein within the county by grant, purchase, gift, or lease, and to hold, manage, occupy, dispose of, convey, and encumber the same and create a leasehold interest in the same for the benefit of the county and to equip, operate, and maintain the services authorized by this section.  (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the several counties of this state to provide dumping grounds for any municipality located within those counties.
AR Code § 14-232-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 232 - Refuse Disposal Generally|§ 14-232-116. Sites or facilities in another county

 (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 site or facility is proposed to be located.  (b) Any official of a county or a municipality which violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), and the conviction shall be grounds for removal from office.
AR Code § 14-233-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-101. Title

 This chapter may be referred to and cited as the “Joint County and Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Act.”
AR Code § 14-233-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-103. Construction

 (a) This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized by this chapter and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws.  (b) Except as expressly provided in this chapter, the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, equipment, or operation and maintenance of projects under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, equipment, and operation and maintenance of public works or facilities including, without limitation, laws pertaining to public bidding, paying prevailing wages, transfer or exchange of title to real or personal property, or any other aspect of the acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, equipping, or operation or maintenance of public works or public projects, or transfer or exchange of title to real or personal property, none of which laws shall be applicable to projects under this chapter.  (c) This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.
AR Code § 14-233-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-104. Creation of authority — General powers and restrictions

 (a)  (1) Any two (2) or more municipalities or suburban improvement districts, any two (2) or more counties, or any one (1) or more municipalities or suburban improvement districts together with any one (1) or more counties are authorized to create and become members of a sanitation authority as prescribed in this chapter.  (2) Any city of the first class, city of the second class, or incorporated town may create a sanitation authority under this chapter, and the sanitation authority shall have the same powers as other sanitation authorities vested under this chapter.  (3) Any district may become a member of a sanitation authority if approved for membership unanimously by the other members.    (b)  (1) Each authority may be empowered to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, operate, maintain, sell, lease, contract concerning, or otherwise deal in or dispose of a project.  (2) Unless limited by the members of the authority in the manner provided in this chapter, any project may be located at any place that in the judgment of the board of directors of the authority best serves the needs of the member governments, whether within or without the boundaries of the member governments.    (c) All projects accomplished by sanitation authorities pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to all applicable federal and state requirements for the disposal, treatment, or other handling of solid waste.
AR Code § 14-233-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-106. New members — Withdrawal of old members

 (a)  (1) After the creation of a sanitation authority, any other municipality, county, or district may become a member upon application to the authority, after adoption of an ordinance or resolution by its governing body making the determination prescribed in § 14-233-105 and authorizing the municipality, county, or district to participate, and with the unanimous consent of the members of the authority evidenced by ordinance or resolution of their governing bodies.  (2) Copies of the ordinances or resolutions, certified by the respective clerks or secretaries of the member municipalities, counties, and districts, together with an amendment to the application signed by the county judge, mayor, or presiding officer of each member and prospective member in the manner provided in § 14-233-105, shall be filed with the Secretary of State, whereupon the Secretary of State shall make and issue an amendment to the certificate of incorporation setting forth the then-current names of the member municipalities, counties, and districts.    (b)  (1) Any municipality, county, or district may withdraw from a sanitation authority at any time without the consent of the other members of the authority. All contractual rights acquired and obligations incurred while the municipality, county, or district was a member shall remain in full force and effect.  (2) The withdrawal shall become effective upon the adoption of an ordinance by the withdrawing municipality or county or, in the case of a district, the adoption of a resolution, and the filing of the ordinance or resolution with the Secretary of State together with an amendment signed by the mayor of the withdrawing municipality, the county judge of the withdrawing county, or the presiding officer of a district in the manner provided in § 14-233-105, whereupon the Secretary of State shall make and issue an amendment to the certificate of incorporation setting forth the then-current names of the member municipalities, counties, and districts.
AR Code § 14-233-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-110. Bonds — Trust indenture

 (a) The resolution authorizing the bonds may provide for the execution by the authority with a bank or trust company within or without this state of a trust indenture that defines the rights of the holders and registered owners of the bonds.  (b) The resolution or indenture may control the priority between and among successive issues and may contain any other terms, covenants, and conditions that are deemed desirable, including without limitation those pertaining to the custody and application of proceeds of the bonds, the maintaining of rates and charges, the collection and disposition of revenues, the maintenance of various funds and reserves, the nature and extent of the security and pledging of revenues, the rights, duties, and obligations of the agency and the trustee for the holders or registered owners of the bonds, and the rights of the holders and registered owners of the bonds.  (c) The resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing any bonds issued under this chapter may or may not impose a foreclosable mortgage lien upon or security interest in the project financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of the bonds or other properties of the authority, and the nature and extent of the mortgage lien or security interest may be controlled by the resolution or trust indenture, including without limitation provisions pertaining to the release of all or part of the authority's properties from the mortgage lien or security interest and the priority of the mortgage lien or security interest in the event of the issuance of additional bonds.  (d) Subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions that may be contained in the resolution or trust indenture, any holder or registered owner of bonds issued under this chapter or of any coupon attached thereto may either at law or in equity enforce the mortgage lien or security interest and may by proper suit compel the performance of the duties of the members and employees of the sanitation authority as set forth in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds.
AR Code § 14-233-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-111. Bonds — Default

 (a)  (1) In the event of a default in the payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on any bonds issued under this chapter, any court having jurisdiction may appoint a receiver to take charge of all or any part of the project in which there is a mortgage lien or security interest securing the bonds in default.  (2) The receiver shall have the power and authority to operate and maintain the project, to charge and collect rates, payments, rents, and charges sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on the bonds, after providing for the payment of any costs of receivership and operating expenses of the project, and to apply the revenues derived from the project in conformity with this chapter and the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds.  (3) When the default has been cured, the receivership shall be ended and the project returned to the sanitation authority.    (b) The relief afforded by this section shall be construed to be in addition and supplemental to the remedies that may be afforded the trustee for the bondholders and the bondholders in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds and shall be so granted and administered as to accord full recognition to priority rights of bondholders as to the pledge of revenues from, and the mortgage lien on and security interest in, the project as specified in and fixed by the resolutions or trust indentures authorizing or securing successive bond issues.
AR Code § 14-233-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-112. Bonds — Liability — Payment and security

 (a) It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it has been issued under the provisions of this chapter, that the bonds are obligations only of the sanitation authority, and that in no event shall they constitute an indebtedness for which the faith and credit of the member municipalities, counties, or districts or any of their revenues are pledged.  (b) No member of the board of directors shall be personally liable on the bonds or for any damages sustained by anyone in connection with any contracts entered into in carrying out the purpose and intent of this chapter unless he or she shall have acted with corrupt intent.  (c) The principal of and interest on the bonds shall be payable from and may be secured by a pledge of revenues received by the sanitation authority or obligations of the owners of projects.
AR Code § 14-233-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-113. Refunding bonds — Issuance

 (a) Bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under this chapter or any other interest-bearing indebtedness of the sanitation authority. Refunding bonds may be combined with bonds issued under the provisions of § 14-233-109 into a single issue.  (b) When refunding bonds are issued, they may either be sold or delivered in exchange for the bonds being refunded. If sold, the proceeds may either be applied to the payment of the bonds or indebtedness being refunded or deposited in escrow for the retirement thereof.  (c) The resolution under which refunding bonds are issued may provide that any of the refunding bonds shall have the same priority of lien on and security interest in sanitation authority revenues and the sanitation authority's properties as was enjoyed by the bonds refunded by them.
AR Code § 14-233-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-115. Rights of bondholders

 Any holder or registered owner of bonds or coupons pertaining to the bonds, except to the extent the rights given in this chapter may be restricted by the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds and coupons may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceeding protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted under this chapter or, to the extent permitted by law, under the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds or under any agreement or other contract executed by a municipality, county, or sanitation authority pursuant to this chapter, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter or by the resolution or trust indenture to be performed by any municipality, county, or sanitation authority, or by any officer of the foregoing, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of rates, fees, and charges.
AR Code § 14-233-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-116. Bonds — Tax exemption

 Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, and the interest thereon, shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes, including property, income, inheritance, and estate taxes.
AR Code § 14-233-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-117. Tax exempt status of property and income of authority

 Each sanitation authority created pursuant to this chapter will be performing public functions and will operate in a governmental capacity as a public instrumentality of the municipalities or counties which are members of the authority. Accordingly, all properties at any time owned by the authority and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Arkansas and the authority shall retain all immunities of the municipalities and counties which are members of the authority.
AR Code § 14-233-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-118. Investment of public funds in bonds

 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 any retirement system created by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, may in its discretion, invest any of its funds not immediately needed for its purposes in bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter. Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be eligible to secure the deposit of public funds.
AR Code § 14-233-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-119. Transfer of facilities to authority by county or municipality

 (a)  (1) Any municipality or county may acquire facilities for a project or any portion thereof, including a project site, by gift, purchase, lease, or condemnation, and may transfer the facilities to a sanitation authority by sale, lease, or gift.  (2) The transfer may be authorized by ordinance of the governing body without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations, or other provisions contained in any other law.    (b) Any municipality may also contribute funds from its sewer system, grant funds, or proceeds of revenue bonds issued by it to pay, in whole or in part, the cost of a project which will be utilized by the municipality.
AR Code § 14-233-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-120. Annual report

 Within the first ninety (90) days of each calendar year, each sanitation authority shall make a written report to the governing body of each municipality and county which are members of the authority concerning its activities for the preceding calendar year. Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operation during the year.
AR Code § 14-233-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-121. Dissolution of authority

 (a) Whenever the member municipalities and counties shall by ordinance determine that the purposes for which the sanitation authority was formed have been substantially fulfilled and that all bonds issued and all other obligations incurred by the authority have been fully paid or satisfied, the member municipalities and counties may by ordinance declare the authority to be dissolved.  (b) On the effective date of the dissolution, the title to all funds and other property owned by the authority at the time of the dissolution shall vest in all or any number of the member municipalities and counties in the manner provided in the ordinances declaring the dissolution.  (c) Copies of all the ordinances, certified by the respective clerks of the member municipalities and counties, shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
AR Code § 14-233-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 233 - Joint County And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal|§ 14-233-122. Purchasing procedures

 The board of each sanitation authority shall adopt county purchasing procedures, as provided in § 14-22-101 et seq., as the approved purchasing procedures for the sanitation authority.
AR Code § 14-236-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 236 - Arkansas Sewage Disposal Systems Act|§ 14-236-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Sewage Disposal Systems Act.”
AR Code § 14-236-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 236 - Arkansas Sewage Disposal Systems Act|§ 14-236-104. Certain individual systems excepted from chapter

 (a)  (1) No individual sewage disposal system in existence on July 1, 1977, nor any individual sewage disposal system installed after July 1, 1977, in a subdivision, wherein individual lots have been developed or sold for use with individual sewage disposal systems, for which a plat has been filed of record prior to July 1, 1977, shall be required to conform to more stringent specifications and requirements as to design, construction, density of improvements, lot size, and installation than those standards contained in any applicable, duly adopted, and published regulation in effect at the time of the platting of record of the subdivision.  (2) No individual sewage disposal system to be installed on a residential lot for which the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department of Health or its authorized agent has issued a construction permit on or before July 1, 1977, shall be required to conform to the design, construction, and installation provisions of this chapter, or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.  (3) In a subdivision for which a master plan has been approved by the Department of Health, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, or the Division of Environmental Quality prior to July 1, 1977, or for which the Department of Health, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, or the Division of Environmental Quality has otherwise previously issued its written approval for the installation of individual sewage disposal systems and where individual lots have been developed or sold in reliance upon the prior written approval, individual sewage disposal systems shall not be required to conform to more stringent specifications as to design, construction, and installation than those standards in effect at the time of or referred to in the prior written approval.    (b) However, any individual sewage disposal system which is determined by the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department of Health to be a health hazard or which constitutes a nuisance due to odor or unsightly appearance must conform with the provisions of this chapter and applicable rules and regulations within a reasonable time after notification that the determination has been made.  (c) The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to any individual sewage disposal system or alternate and experimental system which is situated on a tract of land ten (10) acres or larger, in which the field line or sewage disposal line is no closer than two hundred feet (200') to the property line.
AR Code § 14-236-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 236 - Arkansas Sewage Disposal Systems Act|§ 14-236-105. Interpretation with other laws

 The provisions of any law or regulation of any municipality establishing standards affording greater protection to the public health or safety shall prevail within the jurisdiction of the municipality over the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted hereunder.