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AR Code § 14-238-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 238 - Rural Waterworks Facilities Boards|§ 14-238-118. Receiver

 (a)  (1) In the event of a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, any court having jurisdiction may appoint a receiver to take charge of the waterworks facilities and/or wastewater facilities projects upon or 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:  (A) Operate and maintain the waterworks facilities project in receivership;  (B) Charge and collect payments, fees, rents, and charges sufficient to provide for the payment of any costs of receivership and operating expenses of the project in receivership; and  (C) Apply the revenues derived from the project in receivership in conformity with this chapter and the resolution or trust indenture securing the bonds in default.    (3) When the default has been cured, the receivership shall be ended and the project returned to the board.    (b) The relief provided for in this section shall be construed to be in addition and supplemental to the other remedies provided for in this chapter and the remedies that may be provided for 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 mortgage lien on or security interest in projects as specified in and fixed by the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing successive issues of bonds.
AR Code § 14-238-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 238 - Rural Waterworks Facilities Boards|§ 14-238-119. Bonds as obligation of issuing board

 (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 board, and that in no event shall they constitute an indebtedness for which the faith and credit of the creating county or any of its revenues are pledged.  (b) No member of the board 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 shall have acted with a corrupt intent.
AR Code § 14-238-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 238 - Rural Waterworks Facilities Boards|§ 14-238-120. Bonds tax exempt

 Bonds issued under this chapter and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes. This exemption includes income and estate taxes.
AR Code § 14-238-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 238 - Rural Waterworks Facilities Boards|§ 14-238-121. Property exempt

 (a) It is declared that each board created pursuant to this subchapter will be performing public functions and will be a public instrumentality of the county creating the board. Accordingly, all properties at any time owned by the board and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Arkansas.  (b) Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be eligible to secure the deposit of public funds.
AR Code § 14-238-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 238 - Rural Waterworks Facilities Boards|§ 14-238-122. Report by boards

 (a) Within the first ninety (90) days of each calendar year, each board shall make a written report to the quorum court of the county which created the board concerning its activities for the preceding calendar year.  (b) Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operation during the year.
AR Code § 14-238-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 238 - Rural Waterworks Facilities Boards|§ 14-238-123. Audits

 (a) Each board shall annually contract with a certified public accountant to perform an audit of the board's revenues which are not pledged to outstanding bonded indebtedness.  (b) The board shall furnish a copy of the audit report to the quorum court of the county which created the board, and the board shall make the audit report available to the public for inspection under the Freedom of Information Act, § 25-19-101 et seq.
AR Code § 14-238-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 238 - Rural Waterworks Facilities Boards|§ 14-238-124. Alternative membership selection

 (a) If so prescribed, successor members shall be elected by a majority of members from a list of nominated candidates.  (b) A candidate may be nominated by petition of twenty-five (25) users or ten percent (10%) of the number of total users as of January 1 preceding the election, whichever is less. A petition shall be filed thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the term of the member whose seat the candidate seeks.  (c) Each water or sewer service connection, or both, shall be considered a “user” for purposes of this chapter.  (d) Use of this alternative member selection may be prescribed by the ordinance creating the board or the board may irrevocably select this method of member selection by properly adopted resolution. The resolution shall be filed with the county clerk of the creating county.
AR Code § 14-249-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 249 - Suburban Sewer Districts|§ 14-249-101. Applicability

 Sections 14-249-103 — 14-249-106 are primarily intended to regulate connections to sewer systems operating where there are now no regulations or rules as to sewer connections, and they shall not apply to connections made to sewer lines located in cities or towns of the first or second class.
AR Code § 14-249-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 249 - Suburban Sewer Districts|§ 14-249-102. Formation authorized

 The property owners adjacent to any city of the first or second class are authorized to form a sanitary sewer district in the same manner and under the same provisions as drainage districts are now formed.
AR Code § 14-249-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 249 - Suburban Sewer Districts|§ 14-249-103. Procedure for tapping service

 (a) The commissioners of any suburban sewer district, which has built sanitary sewer lines outside the corporate limits of towns and cities of the first and second class, are given the right to establish rules and regulations for tapping the sewer mains built by the district, and the commissioners may require that all parties desiring to tap the sewer main shall obtain a permit before making any excavation to make the tap or sewer connection, and the commissioners shall have the right to charge for the connection permit whatever sum they deem equitable not in excess of six dollars ($6.00) for each connection or tap.  (b) The commissioners shall provide a form of permit for all connections, which shall be issued in triplicate, one (1) going to the party who secured the permit, one (1) to be filed with the secretary of the commission, and one (1) to be retained by the inspector or party issuing the permit.  (c) Any party who makes an excavation for a connection or a connection to the lines of a sanitary sewer district coming under the provisions of §§ 14-249-101 and 14-249-103 — 14-249-106 and who fails to obtain a permit shall be required to pay to the district double the regular connection charge and shall be required to remove the earth so that the inspector can see the connection made. Furthermore, the person shall be subject to prosecution and to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) for the first offense and one hundred dollars ($100) for the second offense.
AR Code § 14-249-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 249 - Suburban Sewer Districts|§ 14-249-104. Employment of inspector

 (a) The board of commissioners of any sewer district may employ an inspector and fix the inspector's compensation, which shall be a portion of each connection fee collected.  (b) The inspector shall make an inspection after the party making the connection has excavated down to the sewer main but before the sewer main is tapped, and then the inspector shall make a second inspection after the tap or connection is made to the sewer main but before the section of the sewer main, which is tapped, is backfilled with earth, so that the inspector can see that the connection is properly made and well cemented in place.  (c) Where two (2) or more sewer districts embrace an area that is adjacent to or overlapped by the various sewer districts, the boards of the several sewer districts may jointly employ an inspector who shall look after connections on the lines of the different sewer systems by which he is employed, in which case, the permit issued shall show not only the location of the connection to be made, for which the permit was issued, but on the lines of what sewer district the connection is to be made.
AR Code § 14-249-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 249 - Suburban Sewer Districts|§ 14-249-105. Settlement and report of inspector

 (a) The inspector shall make a settlement, quarterly, with the board of commissioners or with each board of commissioners if he is in the employ of more than one (1) sewer district. Annually the inspector shall make a report to each district, showing each connection made and the fee collected therefor.  (b) This report shall be in triplicate, one (1) copy to be retained by the inspector, one (1) copy to be filed with the secretary of the district, and one (1) copy to be filed with the clerk of the county court.
AR Code § 14-249-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 249 - Suburban Sewer Districts|§ 14-249-106. Disposition of fees

 All funds received by the district from connection fees over and above the amount paid the inspector shall be kept in a bank in a separate maintenance account of the sewer district and shall be used in maintaining the sewer system.
AR Code § 14-250-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-101. Title

 This chapter may be referred to and cited as the “Wastewater Treatment Districts Act.”
AR Code § 14-250-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-102. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Acquire” means and includes construct or acquire by purchase, lease, devise, gift, or other mode of acquisition;  (2) “Board” or “board of directors” means the board of a wastewater district organized under the authority of this chapter;  (3) [Repealed.]  (4) “District” or “wastewater district” means a nonprofit regional wastewater treatment district organized under the authority of this chapter;  (5) “Obligation” includes bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates or receipts, and all other evidences of indebtedness issued by a regional wastewater district formed under this chapter; and  (6) “Person” includes any natural person, firm, association, corporation, business trust, partnership, federal agency, state agency, state or political subdivision thereof, municipality, or any body politic.
AR Code § 14-250-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-103. Provisions controlling

 (a) This chapter is complete in itself and shall be controlling.  (b) The provision of any other law of this state, except as provided in this chapter, shall not apply to a wastewater district organized under this chapter.
AR Code § 14-250-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-104. Exemption from jurisdiction of Arkansas Public Service Commission

 Districts organized under this chapter shall be exempt in any and all respects from the jurisdiction and control of the Public Service Commission of this state.
AR Code § 14-250-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-105. Construction

 (a) This chapter shall be construed liberally.  (b) The enumerating of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things.
AR Code § 14-250-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-106. Petition to establish

 (a) When resolutions proposing creation of a regional wastewater collection and treatment district are passed by the councils or other governing bodies of two (2) or more municipalities, a petition to establish a regional wastewater collection and treatment district may be submitted to the circuit court of a county which contains a significant portion of the proposed district.  (b) The petition shall contain a duly executed resolution from each entity authorizing each entity to be included in the district, provided that, in any unincorporated area, fifty-one percent (51%) of property owners by number shall approve by petition before being included in the district. The petition shall also contain:  (1) An accurate description and a map of the area to be served initially;  (2) A brief statement showing the need for formation of the district and describing the benefits to be received by residents or property owners in the area;  (3) The proposed name of the district;  (4) The proposed location of the principal office of the district; and  (5) A bold heading stating that a signature on the petition is a vote to create the district.
AR Code § 14-250-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-107. Review of petition

 (a)  (1) Upon the filing of the petition in the office of the circuit court for the county, or any one of the counties, where the district is to be located, in whole or in part, the clerk shall prepare a certified copy of the petition and transmit the copy to the department within five (5) days from the date of the filing of the petition.(2) Upon receipt of the certified copy, the department shall institute an investigation of the proposed district, its territory, and purposes and, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the copy, shall transmit a written report of its findings on the petition to the clerk of the circuit court.    (b) Between thirty (30) and sixty (60) days after the report of the department has been filed in the office of the circuit clerk, the petition shall be presented to the judge of the circuit court of the county, either in term or vacation, and the court shall thereupon enter its order setting a hearing upon the petition and directing the clerk of the court to give notice of the hearing by publication for two (2) consecutive weeks on the website of the county or of the Secretary of State, if available, and in a newspaper or newspapers having a general circulation in each of the entities comprising the proposed district. The notice shall contain:  (1) A brief and concise statement describing the purpose of the hearing;  (2) A description of the territory to be embraced within the district;  (3) A brief and concise statement of the action of the department; and  (4) A warning to all persons residing or owning property within the boundaries of the proposed district to appear upon the date and at the time and place of the hearing to show cause, if there is any, why the petition should not be granted.       (3)  The report shall include any pertinent information related to the advisability or inadvisability of establishment of the proposed district.
AR Code § 14-250-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-108. Hearing on petition — Appeal

 (a) Upon the date and at the time and place named in the notice, the circuit court shall meet, and shall hear all persons who wish to appear and advocate or resist the establishment of the district and, if the court, after being satisfied as to the sufficiency of the petition and the proceedings thereon, finds and deems it is in the best interests of the persons residing or owning property within the boundaries of the proposed district that the district be established under the terms of this chapter, then the court shall enter its order establishing a district embracing the territory described in the petition, subject to all the terms and provisions in this chapter, and designating a name for the wastewater district. The order establishing the wastewater district shall have all the force and effect of a judgment.  (b) Any person aggrieved by the entry of the order by the court may appeal, as in other cases of appeal to the Supreme Court, from the order within thirty (30) days after the order has been made, but, if no appeal is taken within that time, the order authorizing and creating the district shall be deemed conclusive and any person residing in the district may, in like manner and time appeal from any order refusing to establish the district.
AR Code § 14-250-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-109. Board of directors — Appointment

 (a) All powers granted a district created under this chapter shall be executed by a board of directors. The board shall equal a total of nine (9) directors, which members shall be ascertained by the circuit court according to the population of each entity which is enumerated in the formation order creating the district.  (b) When the circuit court has established any such district, it shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, appoint one (1) director from each of the entities to act as director of said district, and the remaining number of directors as previously ascertained by the court shall be appointed by the city council of the entity within which they are domiciled.  (c) Each of the directors, and all directors appointed thereafter, shall take the oath of office required by Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, § 20, and shall also swear that he will not, directly or indirectly, be interested in any contract made by the board.  (1) Any commissioner failing to take the oath within thirty (30) days after his appointment or election shall be removed from office, and his place shall be filled as are other vacancies.  (2) All oaths of directors shall be executed in writing and filed in the office of the circuit clerk in the county where the petition was originally filed.    (d) Each director shall serve a term as set forth in the district's bylaws, but not to exceed four (4) years. Initial appointments shall be of varying lengths so that no more than one (1) director for each entity shall be replaced at any one time.  (e) Three (3) directors shall be appointed by the governing body of each participating entity which they are to represent.  (f) The petition shall be filed with the county board of election commissioners at least sixty (60) days prior to the general election.  (g) Any director who resigns or vacates his office for any reason other than expiration of his term shall be replaced by the entity he represented.
AR Code § 14-250-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-110. Board of directors — Proceedings

 (a) Immediately upon the appointment of the board of directors, the directors shall meet and organize and shall elect a president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer from their membership and shall adopt bylaws which shall govern their proceedings.  (b)  (1) Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held quarterly in the office of the district on a day to be selected by the board.  (2) Notice of the meetings shall be mailed to each director at least five (5) days prior to the date thereof. Special meetings may be held at any time, upon waiver of notice of the meetings by all directors, or may be called by the president or by any two (2) directors at any time, provided that notice in writing, signed by the persons calling any special meeting, shall be mailed to each director at least five (5) days prior to the time fixed for the special meeting.    (c) A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and, in the absence of any of the elected officers of the district, a quorum at any meeting may select a director to act as the officer pro tempore.  (d) Each meeting of the board, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public, and the board shall at no time go into executive session. All regular board meetings shall be advertised by at least one (1) insertion in a newspaper serving the district. The insertion shall be at least two (2) days prior to the meeting.  (e) The directors provided for in this chapter may receive as compensation the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) each day for attending meetings of the board, provided that not more than forty dollars ($40.00) shall be paid to any director for meetings held in any one (1) calendar month, together with the director's reasonable and necessary expenses.  (f) The board shall have the right, power, and authority to employ such attorneys, agents, and personnel as it may deem necessary, and to fix their respective compensation.
AR Code § 14-250-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-112. Expansion of service area

 Service may be extended to any person upon majority vote of the board if the extension will not cause injury to any person already served and if the costs for the service are calculated and billed in an equitable manner.