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AR Code § 14-188-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 11 - Economic Development Improvement Districts, Facilities, And Authorities|Chapter 188 - Rural Development Authorities|§ 14-188-118. Security for deposits

 (a) A rural development authority shall provide by resolution that all moneys deposited by it shall be secured by:  (1) Obligations of the United States or of the state of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposits;  (2) Any securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds within their control;  (3) An undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the authority faithfully to keep and pay over upon the order of the authority any such deposits and agreed interest on them; or  (4) Other obligations allowed by law.    (b) All banks and trust companies are authorized to give any such security for such deposits.
AR Code § 14-188-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 11 - Economic Development Improvement Districts, Facilities, And Authorities|Chapter 188 - Rural Development Authorities|§ 14-188-119. Cooperation by authorities

 Any two (2) or more rural development authorities, created by or pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness and giving security for them, planning, undertaking, constructing, operating, or contracting with respect to development projects located within the area of operation of any one (1) or more of the authorities.
AR Code § 14-188-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 11 - Economic Development Improvement Districts, Facilities, And Authorities|Chapter 188 - Rural Development Authorities|§ 14-188-120. Aid and cooperation by state public bodies

 For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of rural development projects, including development projects of the federal government, located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine, may:   (1) Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its property to a rural development authority;  (2) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works, which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with development projects;  (3) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;  (4) Enter into agreements, which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with a development authority or the federal government respecting action to be taken by the state public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by this chapter; and  (5) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of such projects.
AR Code § 14-188-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 11 - Economic Development Improvement Districts, Facilities, And Authorities|Chapter 188 - Rural Development Authorities|§ 14-188-121. Federal aid and assistance

 (a) In addition to the powers conferred upon a rural development authority by other provisions of this chapter, an authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for, or in aid of, any development project within its area of operation. To these ends, an authority may comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable.  (b) It is the purpose and intent of this section to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance, or operation of any development project and in any other activity or undertaking of the authority.
AR Code § 14-188-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 11 - Economic Development Improvement Districts, Facilities, And Authorities|Chapter 188 - Rural Development Authorities|§ 14-188-122. Agreements with federal government

 (a) In any contract or amendatory or superseding contract for a loan entered into between any rural development authority and the federal government, or any of its agencies, with respect to any development project undertaken by the authority, any authority is authorized to make such covenants, including covenants with holders of obligations of the authority issued for purposes of the project involved, and to confer upon the federal government, or any of its agencies, such rights and remedies as the authority deems necessary to assure the fulfillment of the purposes for which the project was undertaken.  (b) In any such contract, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the authority may agree to sell and convey the project, including all lands appertaining to it to which the contract relates, to the federal government, or any agency of it, upon the occurrence of such conditions as may be prescribed in the contract, and at a price, which may include the assumption by the federal government, or any agency of it, of the payment, when due, of the principal of, and interest on, outstanding obligations of the authority issued for purposes of the project involved, determined as prescribed in it and upon such other terms and conditions as are provided in it.  (c) Any authority is authorized to enter into such supplementary contracts and to execute such conveyances as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
AR Code § 14-200-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 200 - Municipal Authority over Utilities|§ 14-200-102. Violation of municipal franchise — Penalty — Damages

 (a) Whenever a person, company, or corporation which has secured a franchise from any municipality in this state to furnish power, water, gas, or electricity to the municipality and to consumers thereof fails or refuses to keep, erect, or use due diligence to maintain reasonably adequate facilities or instrumentalities to enable it to carry out its contractual obligations with the municipality and the consumers therein, and negligently or willfully fails or refuses to furnish an adequate supply of the utility it has contracted and agreed to furnish and provide, then, and in every such case, the person, company, or corporation so failing or refusing shall be subject to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day such negligent or willful failure or refusal continues to exist. Each day shall constitute a separate offense.  (b) This penalty shall be recovered by the city attorney of any municipality in a suit instituted by him, or by the prosecuting attorney filing information in behalf of the state, for the use and benefit of the municipality affected, in a court of competent jurisdiction, from any utility because of the negligent or willful failure or refusal of the person, company, or corporation to furnish an adequate supply of the utility as provided by its contract.  (c) Any person or consumer of the utility having a contract with any such utility for service, upon the failure or refusal of the utility, shall have the right to institute a suit in his own behalf in a court of competent jurisdiction. He shall recover compensatory damages for any failure or refusal in whatsoever amount the proof may show he has been damaged.  (d) This section shall not apply to cities or towns with a population of less than three thousand (3,000) that have granted franchises for electric current for lighting and other purposes that is furnished by a manufacturing establishment not solely engaged in the manufacture of electric current for lighting and other purposes.
AR Code § 14-200-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 200 - Municipal Authority over Utilities|§ 14-200-103. Duration of permits granted by municipalities

 (a) All permits, licenses, or franchises granted by any municipality to any public utility authorizing it to occupy the streets, highways, alleys, and other public ways in the municipality, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining any facilities for the supplying of any public service or commodity, shall be unlimited as to time.  (b) The utility or its successors and assigns shall hold the permit, license, or franchise in accordance with the terms, conditions, and limitations of this act and any future regulatory acts.  (c) The permit, license, or franchise shall continue in force until such time as a municipality having authority to do so shall purchase the property operating under such permit, license, or franchise in accordance with the provisions of this act, or until terminated according to the law for misuser or nonuser.
AR Code § 14-200-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 200 - Municipal Authority over Utilities|§ 14-200-104. Continuation of existing franchises and permits

 Any permit, license, or franchise heretofore granted to a public utility by the state or a municipality to occupy the streets, highways, alleys, or other public ways of any municipality for the purpose of carrying on any of the public services defined in this act, is amended in such manner that the permit, license, or franchise shall continue in force until such time as the municipality having authority to do so shall purchase the property operated under the permit or franchise in accordance with the terms and provisions of this act or until terminated according to law for misuser or nonuser.
AR Code § 14-200-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 200 - Municipal Authority over Utilities|§ 14-200-105. Acceptance of permit as consent to future sale

 (a) Any public utility accepting or operating under any permit, license, or franchise shall by acceptance of any permit, license, or franchise be deemed to have consented to a future purchase of its property actually used and useful for the convenience of the public by the municipality in which it is situated, upon notice of not less than ninety (90) days from the municipality of its intention to make the purchase for the just compensation and the damages, including severance damages, if any, and under the terms and conditions of purchase and sale determined by the Arkansas Public Service Commission in the manner provided in §§ 14-200-106 — 14-200-108.  (b) The public utility shall thereby be deemed to have waived the right of the necessity of such taking to be established by the verdict of a jury and to have waived all other remedies and rights relative to condemnation except such rights and remedies as are provided in § 14-200-108.
AR Code § 14-200-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 200 - Municipal Authority over Utilities|§ 14-200-106. Municipal power to acquire, construct, or operate public utility plant

 Any municipality shall have the power, subject to the provisions of this act, to acquire by purchase or otherwise or construct and operate a public utility plant and equipment, or any part thereof, for the production, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of any public service.
AR Code § 14-200-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 200 - Municipal Authority over Utilities|§ 14-200-107. Election to authorize purchase by municipality

 Any municipality may determine to acquire the property of a public utility as authorized under the provisions of this act by the vote of the municipal council or city commission, taken after a public hearing, of which at least thirty (30) days' notice has been given, and ratified and confirmed by a majority of the electors voting thereon at any general or special municipal election held in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq.
AR Code § 14-200-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 200 - Municipal Authority over Utilities|§ 14-200-108. Compensation and damages for purchase

 (a) Whenever the Arkansas Public Service Commission has been notified by either party that a municipality has, pursuant to law, decided to purchase a plant property or facilities of a public utility and that the parties to the purchase and sale have been unable to agree on just compensation to be paid and to be received, or any other terms and conditions of the sale, the commission shall thereupon proceed to set a time and place for a public hearing after thirty (30) days' notice to the utility and municipality upon the matters of the just compensation to be paid for the taking of the property of the public utility actually used and useful for the convenience of the public, and damages, if any, caused by the severance of the property purchased or to be purchased by the municipality, and of all other terms and conditions of the purchase and sale.  (b)  (1) Within a reasonable time after the time fixed for the hearings and notice, the commission shall by order fix, determine, and certify to the municipal council, to the public utility, and to any bondholders, mortgagees, and lienors of the utility appearing upon the hearing, the just compensation, and damages, if any, to be paid for the taking and severance of the property of the public utility used and useful for the convenience of the public, and all other terms and all conditions of sale and purchase which it shall ascertain to be reasonable, which terms and conditions shall constitute a compensation and damages, and terms and conditions, to be paid.  (2) Upon the filing of the order by the commission with the clerk of the municipality, the municipality shall thereupon be obligated to make the payments and otherwise comply with the terms and conditions of the order in order to consummate the purchase.    (c) Upon the consummation of the purchase, the public utility shall execute an instrument conveying the property purchased and so paid for.
AR Code § 14-200-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 200 - Municipal Authority over Utilities|§ 14-200-109. Municipal power to finance electric facilities system

 (a) Any municipality, board, commission, or other authority duly established by any municipality owning and operating any system for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric power or energy may issue revenue bonds and pledge the revenues derived from the system, whether the revenues are derived from within or beyond the corporate limits of the municipality, as may be permitted or authorized by applicable law, without obtaining the approval of the Arkansas Public Service Commission.  (b) Nothing in this section should be construed to authorize any municipality, board, commission, or authority to issue or sell bonds or use the proceeds thereof to purchase, condemn, or otherwise acquire a utility plant or distribution system or portion thereof owned or operated by a public utility without the consent of the public utility.
AR Code § 14-200-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 200 - Municipal Authority over Utilities|§ 14-200-110. Municipal access to utility records

 The municipal councils or city commissions shall have authority, by order, to require:   (1) From the utility certified copies of all reports, rates, classifications, rules, or other practices in force on the part of the utility at any time;  (2) From the utility for the purpose of examination or investigation all books, records, and other information as to any matter pertaining to its business or organization; and  (3) The utility to furnish from time to time, for consideration, verified itemized and detailed inventory and valuation of any or all of its property as to which the municipal council or city commission should properly have knowledge, in order to enable it to perform its duties under this chapter.
AR Code § 14-200-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 200 - Municipal Authority over Utilities|§ 14-200-111. Rural service

 (a) Municipalities owning or operating facilities for supplying a public service or commodity to its citizens may extend its electric service into rural territory contiguous to the municipality upon order of the Arkansas Public Service Commission.  (b)  (1) Rates and rules for the rural electric service shall be established from time to time by the city council, board of directors, or local water and light commission governing such municipally owned electric utility and without the approval of the Arkansas Public Service Commission.  (2) However, at no time shall the rates for rural territory so served exceed the rates charged to ratepayers receiving service within the municipality, provided, however, that, where the municipality serves less than three thousand (3,000) customers outside its corporate limits, rates may be ten percent (10%) higher than rates inside its corporate limits if, but only if, such rates for service with the ten percent (10%) surcharge are equal to, or less than, rates for service of electric public utilities adjacent to the municipality's service territory.
AR Code § 14-200-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 200 - Municipal Authority over Utilities|§ 14-200-112. Exemption from regulation by state commissions

 Municipalities owning or operating any public utilities are exempt from any supervision or regulation by the Arkansas Transportation Commission and the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
AR Code § 14-202-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 202 - Joint Municipal Electric Power Generation|§ 14-202-101. Title

 This chapter may be referred to and cited as the “Joint Municipal Electric Power Generation Act.”
AR Code § 14-202-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 202 - Joint Municipal Electric Power Generation|§ 14-202-103. Authorization to construct and operate project

 (a)  (1) A municipality is authorized and empowered to acquire, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, equip, operate, and maintain an interest in a project, jointly with one (1) or more municipalities, persons, or public utilities, and is authorized and empowered to enter into agreements for the joint or cooperative ownership, financing, construction, or operation and maintenance of any project, and to enter into agreements for the exchange of, and to exchange with, other municipalities, persons, or public utilities an interest in one (1) or more portions of a project for an interest in one (1) or more other portions of the project.  (2) In particular, but without limiting the generality of subdivision (a)(1) of this section, any municipality may participate in the financing of any project owned or to be owned by the other party or parties to the agreement, in exchange for the ownership of a portion thereof, for the use of the project or for an agreed-upon portion of the power and energy output thereof.  (3) Any agreement may provide for the creation of a joint board or committee for administration of the undertaking covered by the agreement or for the delegation of authority to administer an undertaking to one (1) or more parties to the agreement and may contain such other terms and conditions as the parties consider appropriate.    (b) Prior to exercising any such authority or power, the governing body of the municipality shall determine the needs of the municipality for power and energy for the present and a reasonable period in the future as shall be determined by the governing body of the municipality. In determining the desirability of a proposed project, there shall be taken into account the following:  (1) The economies, efficiencies, and revenues estimated to be achieved in acquiring, constructing, and operating the proposed project;  (2) The municipality's estimated requirements for power and energy from the project and for reserve capacity and to meet obligations under pooling and reserve sharing agreements reasonably related to its needs for power and energy to which it is or is anticipated to become a party;  (3) The cost of existing or alternative power supply sources; and  (4) The marketability of electric power in excess of the power requirements of the municipality.    (c) Any municipality is authorized to make, or cause to be made, and pay for engineering and other studies as it may deem necessary or desirable.  (d) A municipality shall not undertake the acquisition, construction, enlarging, or equipping of an interest in the project which will result in the municipality's owning electric power capacity that shall exceed two hundred fifty percent (250%) of the power requirements of the municipality.
AR Code § 14-202-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 202 - Joint Municipal Electric Power Generation|§ 14-202-105. Sale of excess capacity

 Capacity or output derived by a municipality from a project not then required by the municipality may be sold or exchanged by the municipality, for such consideration, for such period, and upon such other terms and conditions as may be determined by the parties to any other municipality, improvement district, federal or state political subdivision or agency, or other person, which other municipality, improvement district, federal or state political subdivision or agency, or other person owns an electric system or electric system facilities whether operated by it, or by a person under a franchise, lease, or other agreement.
AR Code § 14-202-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 202 - Joint Municipal Electric Power Generation|§ 14-202-106. Acquisition of licenses and permits

 (a) Municipalities proceeding under this chapter are authorized to apply to the appropriate agencies of the state, the United States or any state thereof, and to any other proper agency for such licenses, permits, certificates, or approvals as may be necessary, and to obtain, hold and use such licenses, permits, certificates, and approvals.  (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a municipality to obtain any license, certificate, permit, or approval from the Arkansas Public Service Commission not otherwise required by other laws of the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 14-202-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally|Chapter 202 - Joint Municipal Electric Power Generation|§ 14-202-107. Contracts to exchange and transmit electric power

 Municipalities are authorized to enter into contracts for the exchange, interchange, wheeling, pooling, and transmission of electric power and energy produced by a project with any other municipality, improvement district, federal or state political subdivision or agency, or other person which owns an electric system, or electric system facilities, whether operated by it or by a person under a franchise, lease, or other agreement.