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AR Code § 15-22-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 4 - Abandoned or Unused Artesian Wells|§ 15-22-405. Filing of expense statement by judge

 Any county judge sealing or directing the sealing of any artesian well shall file an expense statement on behalf of the county in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) with the county recorder.
AR Code § 15-22-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 4 - Abandoned or Unused Artesian Wells|§ 15-22-406. Expense statements recorded as part of landowner's deed

 Any and all expense statements filed with the county recorder shall be filed by him or her and recorded as a part of the deed of the land upon which a well as described in § 15-22-405 is situated.
AR Code § 15-22-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 4 - Abandoned or Unused Artesian Wells|§ 15-22-407. Prohibition on recording deed before payment of expenses

 It shall be unlawful for any county recorder to record a deed or allow the same to be done by any deputy without first demanding and procuring payment of all items of expense on record as provided in §§ 15-22-405 and 15-22-406.
AR Code § 15-22-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 4 - Abandoned or Unused Artesian Wells|§ 15-22-408. Deposit of collected sums

 Any sums collected by the county recorder as provided in § 15-22-407 shall be deposited by the county recorder within ten (10) days with the county treasurer into the county general revenue fund.
AR Code § 15-22-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 5 - Water Development Projects Generally|§ 15-22-501. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, “water development project” means the construction, acquisition, ownership, replacement, operation, and maintenance of facilities, including land, easements, and works of improvement, for the protection, conservation, preservation, development, utilization, and proper disposal of the state's water resources and related land resources in order to:   (1) Provide for the people of the state adequate supplies of quality water for municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational, and domestic purposes, water for navigation, and access to the state's lakes and streams, parks, and other recreational sites along their shores;  (2) Reclaim, preserve, and protect the state's land resources and adequately protect the wealth of the state from disastrous floods; and  (3) Collect or treat sewage, including without limitation, wastewater treatment plants, intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, force mains, pumping stations, instrumentation and control systems, and other appurtenances necessary or useful for the collection, removal, reduction, treatment, purification, disposal, and handling of liquid and solid waste, sewage and industrial waste, and refuse.
AR Code § 15-22-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 5 - Water Development Projects Generally|§ 15-22-502. Construction — Surveys, reports, etc

 (a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be so construed as to impair or restrict the right of any municipality, drainage district, water district, county, or other political subdivision or agency of this state to cooperate with the United States or any department or agency thereof with respect to planning water development projects, nor to impair or prevent the consummation of any contract between local interests and agencies of the federal government respecting any existing or planned water development project as of August 7, 1969, by requiring any other or additional assurances, approvals, or contracting parties.  (b)  (1) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to repeal, amend, alter, or affect any of the laws now governing levee or drainage districts or any of the powers, functions, and duties of the respective boards of any levee or drainage district in this state.  (2) However, each levee or drainage district shall file with the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission a copy of any preliminary survey or report for any water development project being undertaken by the levee or drainage district as provided in § 15-22-503 and may otherwise cooperate with the commission under the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-22-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 5 - Water Development Projects Generally|§ 15-22-504. Publication and availability of plan

 (a) In accordance with §§ 15-20-207, 15-22-204, and 15-22-501, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall publish an “Arkansas Water Plan”, which shall from time to time be revised, updated, and amended as new information, projects, and developments shall occur.  (b) The plan shall be made available to all interested state agencies, departments, commissions, and individuals in order to ensure that the provisions of this subchapter are complied with concerning water resource planning and development.
AR Code § 15-22-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 5 - Water Development Projects Generally|§ 15-22-505. Powers and duties of commission generally

 In addition to such other powers, authorities, and duties as are provided to it by law, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this subchapter, including, but not limited to, the following powers and duties:   (1) To be responsible for the proper distribution and allocation of water stored in the ownership of the state as developed by the commission under the provisions of this subchapter;  (2) To approve a reasonable method of delivery and measurement of water sold from storage;  (3) To sell, assign, or lease water or water storage capacity at costs designed to return the investment to the state and to sufficiently discharge as they mature all obligations pertaining to the principal of and interest on any water development bonds issued by the commission;  (4)  (A) To make and execute contracts for financial assistance to political subdivisions of the State of Arkansas which are engaged as local sponsors of any water development project which is an integral part of the Arkansas Water Plan.  (B) The financial assistance shall be funded by the Arkansas Water Development Fund established under § 15-22-507 and may consist of long-term loans designed to return the investment to the state, or the financial assistance may consist of the underwriting of local assurances for the payment of water development project costs;    (5) To acquire by lease, purchase, gift, devise, or otherwise water rights, water storage capacity, and the facilities of any water development project, including lands, rights-of-way, and easements;  (6)  (A) To invest any cash funds of the fund by converting the funds into bonds of the United States or into certificates of deposit in banks or savings and loan associations qualifying for the deposit of public funds.  (B) However, if any condition shall arise whereof the investment of federal funds is restricted by the United States Government, such federal funds may not be invested;    (7)  (A) To adopt and enforce such rules as are necessary for the proper and efficient administration of this subchapter.  (B) However, all rules adopted by the commission are subject to judicial review in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.; and    (8) To institute a civil action in the Pulaski County Circuit Court or in the circuit court of the county where the water development project is located to restrain any political subdivision or agency of the state from spending any state funds from any source on or engaging in any water development project which has not been approved as in compliance with the plan, to compel compliance with the provisions of this subchapter, and to recover all costs and expenses of the commission and any inappropriately spent state funds.
AR Code § 15-22-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 5 - Water Development Projects Generally|§ 15-22-506. Cooperation with state or federal agencies — Project costs

 (a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission is authorized to engage in any water development project or any phase thereof in cooperation with any political subdivision or agency of the State of Arkansas, provided it is included in and made a part of the Arkansas Water Plan.  (b) Whenever any water development project of any federal agency is included in the plan, the commission shall so advise the appropriate federal agency and shall obtain from that federal agency an estimate of the entire amounts of nonfederal costs involved in the water development project.  (c)  (1) Whenever it shall make a determination, based upon such estimates and its own study that the local nonfederal costs of the water development project may be amortized over the life of the water development project, the commission may give the appropriate federal agency constructing the water development project reasonable assurance, in writing, that the demands for the use of the water development project will be made within a period of time which will permit the paying out of the costs within the life of the water development project.  (2) Nothing in subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be construed as to commit the state government either to pay or guarantee the payment of such costs, and a statement to that effect shall be contained in any such writing.  (3) Subdivision (c)(2) of this section shall not be so construed as to inhibit the right of the commission to pay any such costs as related to anticipated future demand or need whenever it shall have been provided with funds for that purpose.    (d) Whenever funds are appropriated for that purpose and to the extent that they are available, the commission may use such funds for the following water development project costs:  (1) Planning and engineering costs;  (2) Costs of acquisition of necessary lands, rights-of-way, and easements;  (3) Costs of necessary relocation of roads, highways, bridges, railroads, pipelines, power transmission lines, and other such properties;  (4) Construction costs;  (5) Project operation, maintenance, and replacement costs; and  (6) Payment of interest on the unpaid balance of any of the itemized costs in this subsection.
AR Code § 15-22-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 5 - Water Development Projects Generally|§ 15-22-507. Arkansas Water Development Fund

 (a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission is authorized to establish, maintain, and administer the “Arkansas Water Development Fund”, which shall be used for the payment of any water development project costs set out in § 15-22-506 and to discharge obligations pertaining to the principal of and interest on any water development bond issued by the commission.  (b) The fund may consist of the following:  (1) Cash funds, from whatever source received, on deposit by the commission in any one (1) or more banks qualifying for the deposit of public funds;  (2) Savings accounts in any one (1) or more banks qualifying for such deposits of public funds; and  (3) Bonds of the United States.
AR Code § 15-22-511 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 5 - Water Development Projects Generally|§ 15-22-511. Exemption of commission property from mortgages and forced sales

 All property controlled and operated by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall be exempt from forced sale. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize the commission to mortgage or otherwise encumber any of the property, except that the revenues thereof may be pledged as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-22-512 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 5 - Water Development Projects Generally|§ 15-22-512. Tax exemptions for commission property

 All of the property controlled and operated by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall be exempt from taxation by the State of Arkansas or by any municipal corporation, county, or other political subdivision or taxing district of the state.
AR Code § 15-22-513 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 5 - Water Development Projects Generally|§ 15-22-513. Use of appropriated funds

 (a) In addition to being available for use in the operation of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission for current water development project costs and for such other and additional purposes as provided for by law, appropriated funds for the maintenance of the commission may be used in the discretion of the commission for meeting the debt service requirements of outstanding revenue bonds issued by the commission including the retirement thereof in advance of maturity by call or purchase on tender.  (b) However, no tax moneys appropriated for maintenance of the commission may be pledged, as distinguished from used, to meet the debt service requirements of any revenue bonds issued by the commission.
AR Code § 15-22-514 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 5 - Water Development Projects Generally|§ 15-22-514. Disposition of fees, earnings, etc

 All fees, earnings, and other collections of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall be converted by the commission to the Arkansas Water Development Fund to be used by the commission as provided by law and shall not be paid into the State Treasury.
AR Code § 15-22-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Water Resources Development Act of 1981|§ 15-22-601. Title

 This subchapter may be referred to and cited as the “Arkansas Water Resources Development Act of 1981”.
AR Code § 15-22-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Water Resources Development Act of 1981|§ 15-22-602. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Commission” means the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission;  (2) “Debt service” means principal, interest, redemption premiums, if any, and trustees' and paying agents' and like servicing fees;  (3) “Develop” means to construct, acquire by purchase or, as set forth in this subchapter, by eminent domain, install, or equip any lands, buildings, improvements, machinery, equipment, or other properties of whatever nature, real, personal, or mixed;  (4) “Person” means any individual, partnership, or corporation or any county, municipality, school district of the State of Arkansas, or agency thereof or any agency of the State of Arkansas;  (5) “Project” or “water resources project” means any lands, buildings, improvements, machinery, equipment, or other property, real, personal, or mixed or any combination thereof developed in pursuance of all or any of the purposes of this subchapter, including, without limitation, any reservoir;  (6) “Project costs” means all or any part of the costs of developing any project under this subchapter, costs incidental or appropriate thereto and costs incidental or appropriate to the financing thereof, including, without limitation, capitalized interest, appropriate reserves and fees and costs for engineering, legal, and other administrative and consultant services;  (7) “Reservoir” means any impoundment of water accomplished as a project under this subchapter; and  (8) “Water” means water created by precipitation or other forces of nature, including, without limitation, surface, spring, or other subsurface water which percolates to the surface of the earth, whether carried in a watercourse, carried in a man-made channel, or carried on the surface of the earth and not in any watercourse or channel or held in any reservoir, or other impoundment or standing body of water.
AR Code § 15-22-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Water Resources Development Act of 1981|§ 15-22-603. Construction

 (a) This subchapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes set forth. This subchapter shall constitute the sole authority necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter, 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 alternative methods for the accomplishment of the purposes of this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-22-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Water Resources Development Act of 1981|§ 15-22-604. Powers of commission

 In addition to powers conferred under other laws, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall have the power under this subchapter:   (1) To develop water resources projects;  (2) To acquire absolute title to and use for any purpose and at any place water stored in any reservoir or other impoundment;  (3) To acquire, collect, impound, store, transport, distribute, sell, furnish, and dispose of water to any person at any place;  (4) To construct, lease as lessee, and in any manner acquire, own, hold, maintain, operate, sell, dispose of, lease as lessor, exchange, and mortgage all or any part of any project;  (5) To purify, treat, and process water;  (6) To assist persons in the preparation of their premises for the use of water furnished by the commission and to construct upon such premises project properties of any kind and character and, in connection therewith, to receive, acquire, endorse, pledge, hypothecate, and dispose of notes, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness;  (7) To acquire, own, hold, use, exercise, sell, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, and in any manner to dispose of franchises, rights, privileges, licenses, rights-of-way, and easements necessary, useful, or appropriate;  (8) To sell and convey, mortgage, pledge, lease as lessor, and otherwise dispose of all or any part of any project or other properties, tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, franchises, rights, privileges, licenses, rights-of-way, and easements;  (9) To use the bed of any watercourse without adversely affecting existing riparian rights, any highway, or any right-of-way, easement, or other similar property rights or any tax-forfeited land owned or held by the State of Arkansas or by any political subdivision thereof;  (10) To have and exercise the right of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring lands, whether by the fee title thereto or any easement, right-of-way, or other interest or estate therein, for reservoirs and other projects or portions thereof utilizing the procedure now provided for condemnation by railroads by §§ 18-15-1201 — 18-15-1207;  (11) To accept gifts or grants of moneys, services, franchises, rights, privileges, licenses, rights-of-way, easements, or other property, real, personal, or mixed;  (12) To make any and all contracts necessary or convenient for the exercise of the powers or implementation of the purposes set forth in this subchapter;  (13) To fix, regulate, and collect rates, fees, rents, or other charges for water or for the use of any properties or services furnished by the commission; and  (14) To take such other action as may be appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter.
AR Code § 15-22-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Water Resources Development Act of 1981|§ 15-22-605. Water resources development bonds — Authority to issue

 The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission is authorized to issue bonds of the State of Arkansas, to be known as “State Water Resources Development General Obligation Bonds”. For the purposes set forth in this subchapter, the total principal amount of the bonds shall not exceed one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000).
AR Code § 15-22-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 22 - Water Resources|Subchapter 6 - Arkansas Water Resources Development Act of 1981|§ 15-22-606. Bonds — Principal amount

 The total principal amount of bonds to be issued during any fiscal biennium shall not exceed fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), unless the General Assembly by law shall have authorized a greater principal amount of bonds to be issued during a fiscal biennium.