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AR Code § 15-20-1310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1310. Full faith and credit of state pledged to repay bonds

 The bonds shall be the direct general obligations of the state for the payment of debt service on which the full faith and credit of the state are irrevocably pledged so long as any such bonds are outstanding. The bonds shall be payable from the general revenues of the state and the amount of general revenues of the state as is necessary, and shall remain pledged to the payment of debt service on the bonds.
AR Code § 15-20-1311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1311. Payment of debt service on the bonds

 (a)  (1) On or before the commencement of each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall determine the estimated amount required for payment of all or a part of the debt service on the bonds issued under this subchapter during the fiscal year and deduct from the estimated moneys to be available to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission from other sources to determine what amount of general revenues of the state will be required.  (2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall certify the estimated amount to the Treasurer of State.  (3) The Treasurer of State shall then make monthly transfers from the State Apportionment Fund to the Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund of the amount of general revenues of the state required to pay the maturing debt service on bonds issued under this subchapter.    (b)  (1) The obligation to make monthly transfers of general revenues of the state from the State Apportionment Fund to the Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund shall constitute a first charge against the general revenues of the state prior to all other uses to which the general revenues of the state are devoted, either under present law or under any laws that may be enacted in the future.  (2) However, to the extent other general obligation bonds of the state have been issued or may subsequently be issued, all general obligation bonds shall rank on a parity of security with respect to payment from general revenues of the state.    (c) Moneys credited to the Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund shall be used only to pay debt service on the bonds, either at maturity or upon redemption prior to maturity, and for such purposes the Treasurer of State is designated disbursing officer to administer such funds in accordance with this subchapter.  (d) Moneys in the Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007 Bond Fund over and above the amount necessary to ensure the prompt payment of debt service on the bonds and the establishment and maintenance of a reserve fund, if any, may be used for the redemption of bonds prior to maturity under the provisions pertaining to redemption prior to maturity, as set forth in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds.
AR Code § 15-20-1312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1312. Bonds exempt from state, county, and municipal taxes

 Bonds and the interest on the bonds issued under this subchapter are exempt from state, county, and municipal taxes, including income taxes, inheritance taxes, and property taxes. The bonds shall be eligible to secure deposits of all public funds and shall be legal for investment of bank funds, fiduciary funds, insurance company funds, trust funds, and public funds.
AR Code § 15-20-1313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1313. Refunding bonds

 (a)  (1) Bonds may be issued under this subchapter to refund any outstanding bonds issued under this subchapter or to refund any outstanding bonds of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission issued pursuant to the prior act.  (2) Bonds issued under this section:  (A) Do not require the commission to submit a written plan to the Governor under § 15-20-1303(c); and  (B) Are not subject to the requirements for the approval and proclamation of the Governor under § 15-20-1303(d).      (b)  (1) The refunding bonds may be either sold for cash or delivered in exchange for the outstanding obligations.  (2) If sold for cash, the proceeds may be applied to the payment of the obligations refunded or may be deposited in irrevocable trust for the retirement of the outstanding obligations either at maturity or on an authorized redemption date.    (c)  (1) Refunding bonds shall in all respects be authorized, issued, and secured as provided for the bonds being refunded and shall have all the attributes of the refunded bonds.  (2) To the extent that the refunding bonds are not in a greater principal amount than the outstanding principal amount of the bonds being refunded, the principal amount of the refunding bonds shall not be subject to the limit of three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) set forth in § 15-20-1303(a) or the limit of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) set forth in § 15-20-1303(b).    (d) The resolution or trust indenture under which the refunding bonds are issued shall provide that any refunding bonds shall have the same priority of payment as the obligations refunded.
AR Code § 15-20-1315 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1315. No impairment of bond obligations

 (a) This subchapter constitutes a contract between the state and the registered owners of all bonds issued under this subchapter.  (b) The contract shall never be impaired, and any violation of its terms whether under purported legislative authority or otherwise shall be enjoined by the courts at the suit of any bondholder or any taxpayer.  (c) In like suit against the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, the Treasurer of State, or other appropriate agency, officer, or official of the state, the courts shall prevent a diversion of any revenues pledged hereunder and shall compel the restoration of diverted revenues by injunction or mandamus.  (d) Without limiting any other appropriate remedy at law or in equity, a bondholder may by an appropriate action including without limitation injunction or mandamus compel the performance of all covenants and obligations of the state and its officers and officials under this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-20-1316 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1316. No obligations until bonds issued

 This subchapter shall not create any right of any character unless the first series of bonds authorized by this subchapter has been sold and delivered.
AR Code § 15-20-1317 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1317. No impairment of outstanding bonds

 The issuance of bonds authorized by this subchapter shall not impair or affect any outstanding bonds of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission issued pursuant to the prior act.
AR Code § 15-20-1319 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1319. Effect of election

 (a) If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question vote for the issuance of the bonds, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall proceed with the sale and the issuance of the bonds as provided in this subchapter.  (b) If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question vote against the issuance of the bonds, the bonds authorized by this subchapter shall not be sold or issued, and this subchapter shall be of no further effect.
AR Code § 15-20-1320 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1320. No waiver of previous authority to issue bonds

 This subchapter shall not constitute a waiver of the authority to issue bonds under the prior act or any other legislation authorizing the issuance of bonds for similar purposes.
AR Code § 15-20-1321 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1321. Severability

 If, for any reason, any section or provision of this subchapter shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this subchapter, but this subchapter, insofar as it is not in conflict with the Arkansas Constitution or the United States Constitution, shall be permitted to stand, and the various provisions of this subchapter are hereby declared to be severable for that purpose.
AR Code § 15-20-1322 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1322. Cases involving bonds

 A case involving the validity of this subchapter or involving the bonds issued under this subchapter shall be deemed of public interest and shall be advanced by all courts and heard as a preferred cause, and all appeals from judgments or decrees rendered in such cases shall be taken within thirty (30) days after rendition of the judgment or decree.
AR Code § 15-20-1323 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 13 - Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2007|§ 15-20-1323. Construction of subchapter

 (a) This subchapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes. This subchapter shall constitute the sole authority necessary to accomplish the purposes hereof, and to this end it shall not be necessary that the provisions of other laws pertaining to the development of public facilities and properties and the financing thereof be complied with.  (b) This subchapter shall be interpreted to supplement existing laws conferring rights and powers upon the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, and the rights and powers set forth in this subchapter shall be regarded as alternate methods for the accomplishment of the purposes of this subchapter.  (c) Nothing set forth in this subchapter repeals or reduces the powers conferred by the prior act.
AR Code § 15-20-1401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 14 - Premium Biosolid Marketing Incentive Act|§ 15-20-1401. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Premium Biosolid Marketing Incentive Act”.
AR Code § 15-20-1403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 14 - Premium Biosolid Marketing Incentive Act|§ 15-20-1403. Land application setbacks

 (a) Application of eligible premium biosolids shall not be made within:  (1) One hundred feet (100') of streams including:  (A) Intermittent streams;  (B) Ponds;  (C) Lakes;  (D) Springs;  (E) Sinkholes;  (F) Rock outcrops;  (G) Wells; and  (H) Water supplies; or    (2) Three hundred feet (300') of extraordinary resource waters, ecologically sensitive waterbodies, and natural and scenic waterways, as defined by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission.    (b) Buffer distances for streams, ponds, and lakes shall be measured from the ordinary high-water mark.
AR Code § 15-20-1404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 14 - Premium Biosolid Marketing Incentive Act|§ 15-20-1404. Cost-share incentive

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission may provide a cost-share incentive for the sale and purchase within the State of Arkansas of an eligible premium biosolid.  (2) The cost-share incentive from the Arkansas Water Development Fund shall not exceed fifteen dollars ($15.00) per ton of an eligible premium biosolid.    (b) An eligible premium biosolid for which an incentive certification has been submitted under this subchapter shall be applied only:  (1) To land located within the state; and  (2) In accordance with the requirements stated in 40 C.F.R. Part 503, 40 C.F.R. § 503.1 et seq., as it existed on November 1, 2010.    (c) Cost-share incentive funds for an eligible premium biosolid shall be available to a natural person or a business entity that:  (1) Sells an eligible premium biosolid to a purchaser for application to land that meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this section;  (2) Gives the purchaser a credit against the purchase price equal to the amount of the cost-share incentive that will be paid to the seller from the fund as provided in this section; and  (3) Submits to the commission an incentive certification in the form and manner required by the commission within ninety (90) days after the purchaser has accepted delivery of the eligible premium biosolid.
AR Code § 15-20-1405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 14 - Premium Biosolid Marketing Incentive Act|§ 15-20-1405. Application procedure — Administration

 (a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall promulgate rules necessary to administer the cost-share program under this subchapter.  (b)  (1) The commission may charge a reasonable application fee to process an application for the payment of cost-share incentive funds under this subchapter.  (2) All fees received under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be deposited into the Arkansas Water Development Fund.
AR Code § 15-20-1406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Subchapter 14 - Premium Biosolid Marketing Incentive Act|§ 15-20-1406. Source of program funding

 The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission may use the Arkansas Water Development Fund to finance the cost-share incentives under this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-21-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-21-101. Restoration of General Land Office corners

 (a) In order to expedite the restoration of original United States General Land Office, or GLO, corners by placement of markers and monuments, a contract between certified land surveyors of this state and the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office shall not be required.  (b) Compensation may be made to any certified surveyor who provides proof of restoration according to specifications prescribed by the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board.
AR Code § 15-21-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 2 - Surveys|§ 15-21-201. Division of Land Surveys — Creation

 (a) There is created the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office.  (b) The primary functions of the division shall be the establishment, maintenance, and preservation of land monuments, section corners, and other physical accessories of the United States Public Land Survey within the State of Arkansas, the field notes, plats, and other documents relating and evidencing the United States Public Land Survey, and the prescribing of general land survey regulations.
AR Code § 15-21-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 2 - Surveys|§ 15-21-202. Land Survey Advisory Board — Creation — Members

 (a)  (1) There is created the Land Survey Advisory Board.  (2) The Land Survey Advisory Board shall assist and advise the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office and the State Surveyor concerning the powers, authority, and duties conferred upon the office and the State Surveyor under this subchapter.    (b) The Land Survey Advisory Board shall consist of the following:  (1) One (1) person who is a professional engineer and registered professional surveyor designated by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors;  (2) One (1) person who is a registered professional surveyor designated by the Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors;  (3) One (1) person designated by the Arkansas Realtors Association;  (4) One (1) person who is a registered professional engineer and registered professional surveyor with the Arkansas Department of Transportation designated by the State Highway Commission;  (5) One (1) person designated by the County Judges Association of Arkansas;  (6) One (1) licensed abstractor designated by the Arkansas Abstractors Association; and  (7) One (1) registered professional surveyor designated by the Arkansas Forestry Commission.    (c) All members of the Land Survey Advisory Board shall serve for terms of six (6) years.  (d) Members of the Land Survey Advisory Board shall serve without compensation but may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 15-21-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 2 - Surveys|§ 15-21-203. Land Survey Advisory Board — Chair and meetings

 The Land Survey Advisory Board shall select a chair from its membership. The board shall meet at least quarterly and at any other times as shall be determined by the chair.
AR Code § 15-21-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 2 - Surveys|§ 15-21-204. Land Survey Advisory Board — Duties

 The Land Survey Advisory Board shall act in an advisory capacity to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office and the State Surveyor in all matters relative to formulating policies of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office and the State Surveyor and in promulgating the rules designed to establish uniform professional surveying and mapping methods and standards for the state and in formulating other policies, practices, and rules as the office and the State Surveyor shall deem necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-21-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 2 - Surveys|§ 15-21-205. State Surveyor

 (a) The Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board shall employ, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, a State Surveyor to be the head of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office.  (b) The State Surveyor shall:  (1) Be a person of proven administrative ability, a registered professional surveyor, and a resident of the State of Arkansas with training and experience properly qualifying the person for the performance of his or her official duties;  (2) Be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services after consultation with the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors and the Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors;  (3) Devote his or her full time to the performance of his or her official functions and duties as prescribed in this subchapter;  (4) Hold no other lucrative position while serving as State Surveyor; and  (5) Receive such compensation as may be prescribed by law.
AR Code § 15-21-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 21 - Land|Subchapter 2 - Surveys|§ 15-21-207. Surveyors generally

 (a) Every employee of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office or the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, who performs any work required by law to be done by a registered professional surveyor shall be a registered surveyor.  (b) Neither the State Surveyor nor any employee of the department performing work on behalf of the division shall engage in private land surveying or consultation while so employed by the department.  (c) The State Surveyor and employees of the department performing work on behalf of the division shall cooperate with and assist county surveyors in performing their duties as prescribed by law and shall cooperate with and assist other surveyors in locating or establishing section corner markers and other land description markers and monuments.  (d) In performing the duties and responsibilities provided for in this subchapter, the State Surveyor and employees of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office and the department may solicit the advice and assistance of the county surveyor in each county and other surveyors in the county.  (e) If there are no registered professional surveyors in a particular county, the department on behalf of the division may employ qualified registered professional surveyors from other areas of the state to assist the division in carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this subchapter.