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AR Code § 14-234-517 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 234 - Waterworks and Water Supply|Subchapter 5 - Joint Systems|§ 14-234-517. Management of system

 (a) Municipalities desiring to avail themselves of the benefits of this subchapter and join together in the issuance of bonds as provided under the provisions of this subchapter, by proper ordinances, passed by all of the respective municipalities, may employ, under terms and for a compensation satisfactory to the respective municipalities, the same person, or persons, or corporation to manage and operate on behalf of all of the municipalities all of the several waterworks systems.  (b) The person or persons or corporation so employed jointly by the several municipalities may be vested with full and complete authority to manage, operate, employ, extend, and maintain the several waterworks systems and shall have full and complete charge of the waterworks systems including the right to employ or remove any and all assistants and employees of whatsoever nature, kind, or character and to fix, regulate, and pay their salaries, it being the intention of this section to vest in the person or persons or corporation unlimited authority to operate, manage, maintain, improve, and extend the waterworks systems and to have full and complete charge thereof.  (c) The person, or persons, or corporation shall not have authority or power to sell, mortgage, or encumber the waterworks systems, or any of them.
AR Code § 14-234-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 234 - Waterworks and Water Supply|Subchapter 6 - Collection of Delinquent Water Bills|§ 14-234-601. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Water association” means any entity organized under the laws of the State of Arkansas, whether for profit or not for profit, that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps, or stores raw or potable water for the benefit of members of the general public or commercial, industrial, and other users; and  (2) “Water system” means any entity that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps, or stores raw or potable water, wastewater, or sewage for the benefit of members of the general public and commercial, industrial, and other users, including without limitation, the following entities that perform such activities:  (A) Municipalities;  (B) Counties;  (C) Public facilities boards;  (D) Public water authorities;  (E) Central Arkansas Water;  (F) Regional water distribution districts; and  (G) Water associations.
AR Code § 14-234-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 234 - Waterworks and Water Supply|Subchapter 6 - Collection of Delinquent Water Bills|§ 14-234-602. Liability

 Any person who is delinquent on the payment for water, wastewater service, or sewer service provided by a water system may be held liable, at the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction, for attorney's fees and costs incurred in the collection of the delinquency.
AR Code § 14-234-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 234 - Waterworks and Water Supply|Subchapter 6 - Collection of Delinquent Water Bills|§ 14-234-603. Refusal of water service for delinquency

 If a person who is delinquent on the payment of an undisputed bill for water service, wastewater service, or sewer service provided by a water system within this state moves into another area of this state and that person applies for or receives water from another water system, if the person's former water system establishes that there is no dispute that the delinquent amount is properly due and owed by that particular individual in that amount, the new water system shall refuse to provide water service to the delinquent person until the person provides proof of curing the delinquency.
AR Code § 14-234-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 234 - Waterworks and Water Supply|Subchapter 6 - Collection of Delinquent Water Bills|§ 14-234-604. Applicability

 No provision of this subchapter shall apply to a water system that is regulated by the Arkansas Public Service Commission as a public utility as provided in § 23-1-101(9).
AR Code § 14-234-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 234 - Waterworks and Water Supply|Subchapter 6 - Collection of Delinquent Water Bills|§ 14-234-605. Termination of water service for delinquency

 A public water system that is not otherwise regulated by a municipality or municipal improvement district may terminate water service to a water user when the water user:   (1) Is more than twenty-five (25) days past the earliest due date shown on the face of the bill in making a payment for water, wastewater, or sewer service to the public water system or other public entity; and  (2) Has been sent notice via the United States Postal Service to an address provided by the water user that service will be terminated in no less than fifteen (15) days from date of mailing if the balance due on the service and any applicable late fees are not paid.
AR Code § 14-234-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 234 - Waterworks and Water Supply|Subchapter 7 - The Sewer Utility Collection Act|§ 14-234-701. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Sewer Utility Collection Act”.
AR Code § 14-234-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 234 - Waterworks and Water Supply|Subchapter 7 - The Sewer Utility Collection Act|§ 14-234-702. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Corresponding water utility” means an individual or entity that owns or operates in this state equipment or facilities for diverting, developing, pumping, impounding, distributing, or furnishing water to or for the public for compensation; and  (2) “Sewer utility” means an individual or entity that maintains a sewage collection system or a sewage treatment plant, intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, force mains, pumping stations, ejector stations, and other appurtenances necessary or useful for the collection or treatment, purification, and disposal of liquid and solid waste, sewage, or wastewater.
AR Code § 14-234-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 234 - Waterworks and Water Supply|Subchapter 7 - The Sewer Utility Collection Act|§ 14-234-703. Cooperation between sewer and water utilities — Termination of water service

 (a)  (1) A sewer utility may request notification from a corresponding water utility of any change to customer information, including without limitation a change:  (A) To a billing address; and  (B) In service, including a new or additional connection or a disconnection.    (2) A corresponding water utility shall provide the customer information requested to the sewer utility within fifteen (15) days of the change in customer information.    (b)  (1) A corresponding water utility shall terminate water service to a customer of the sewer utility who is also a customer of the corresponding water utility upon receiving a signed statement from a representative of the sewer utility that states:  (A) That the customer has not paid for sewer utility service for more than fifteen (15) days past the due date shown on the face of the sewer utility bill; and  (B) That the sewer utility has sent notice to the customer by the sewer utility's preferred delivery method of notification from the choices of notification that the United States Postal Service can provide.    (2) The signed statement required under this subsection shall be accompanied by a copy of the following:  (A) Documentation showing that the customer has not paid for sewer utility service for more than fifteen (15) days past the earliest due date shown on the face of the sewer utility bill;  (B) The notice required under subdivision (b)(1)(B) of this section; and  (C) Documentation showing that the sewer utility mailed the termination notice required under subdivision (b)(1)(B) of this section.    (3) The signed statement required under this subsection may be sent to a water utility electronically.    (c) Upon receipt of payment for the outstanding balance for sewer utility service, the sewer utility shall promptly notify the corresponding water utility to reconnect the customer's water service.  (d)  (1) If water service is terminated under subsection (b) of this section, a corresponding water utility may charge the customer a fee to reestablish water service.  (2) A corresponding water utility shall not:  (A) Charge a sewer utility a fee for:  (i) Terminating water service under subsection (b) of this section; or  (ii) Reestablishing water service under subdivision (d)(1) of this section; or    (B) Have any liability for complying in good faith with a requirement of this section.
AR Code § 14-234-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 234 - Waterworks and Water Supply|Subchapter 7 - The Sewer Utility Collection Act|§ 14-234-704. Cooperative billing arrangements

 (a) A corresponding water utility may enter into a written agreement with a sewer utility or other entity, including without limitation an entity responsible for trash collection, for the regular billing and collection of the bills of the sewer utility or other entity by the corresponding water utility on behalf of the sewer utility or other entity for a fee to be paid by the sewer utility or other entity.  (b) When a corresponding water utility is responsible for the regular billing and collection of bills for a sewer utility or other entity based on a written agreement under subsection (a) of this section:  (1) The requirements of § 14-234-703 do not apply; and  (2) The corresponding water utility may terminate water service to a customer for the customer's failure to pay any portion of the collective bill sent by the corresponding water utility on behalf of itself and any sewer utility or other entity under this section.
AR Code § 14-235-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 235 - Municipal Sewage Systems|Subchapter 2 - Operation of Systems by Municipalities|§ 14-235-201. Definition

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term “works” shall be construed to mean and include:   (1) The structures and property as provided in § 14-235-203;  (2) Storm water management;  (3) The creation and operation of a storm water utility;  (4) The creation and operation of a storm water department; and  (5) Other like organizational structures related to the disposal or treatment of storm water by municipalities.
AR Code § 14-235-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 235 - Municipal Sewage Systems|Subchapter 2 - Operation of Systems by Municipalities|§ 14-235-202. Construction

 This subchapter, being necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of it.
AR Code § 14-235-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 235 - Municipal Sewage Systems|Subchapter 2 - Operation of Systems by Municipalities|§ 14-235-204. Extent of authority

 (a) Except as provided in § 14-235-203, this subchapter shall, without reference to any other statute, be deemed full authority for the construction, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance, operation, and repair of the works provided for in this subchapter and for the issuance and sale of the bonds authorized by this subchapter and shall be construed as an additional and alternative method for them and for the financing of them.  (b) No petition or election or other or further proceeding in respect to the construction or acquisition of the works or to the issuance or sale of bonds under this subchapter, and no publication or any resolution, ordinance, notice, or proceeding relating to such construction or acquisition or to the issuance or sale of such bonds shall be required except such as are prescribed by this subchapter, any provisions of other statutes of the state to the contrary notwithstanding. However, all functions, powers, and duties of the State Board of Health shall remain unaffected by this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-235-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 235 - Municipal Sewage Systems|Subchapter 2 - Operation of Systems by Municipalities|§ 14-235-205. Authority to own, etc., systems

 (a) A municipality shall have authority to:  (1) Acquire, by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all necessary lands, rights-of-way, and property within or without the corporate limits of the city or town; and  (2) Issue revenue bonds to pay the cost of these works and property.    (b) No obligation shall be incurred by the municipality in the construction or acquisition except such as is payable solely from the funds provided under the authority of this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-235-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 235 - Municipal Sewage Systems|Subchapter 2 - Operation of Systems by Municipalities|§ 14-235-206. Appointment of sewer committee

 (a)  (1)  (A) The construction, acquisition, improvement, equipment, custody, operation, and maintenance of any works for the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage and the collection of revenue from it for the service rendered by it, shall be effected and supervised by a committee to be designated for that purpose by the municipal council.  (B) The committee will function under the control of the council to such extent as may be provided in the ordinance or resolution appointing the committee.    (2) The council may remove any member of the committee, with or without cause, and may appoint any substitute members in case of death, removal, or resignation.  (3)  (A) The committee will be called the “sewer committee.”  (B) Provided, however, any city may by ordinance change the name of its sewer committee to “wastewater treatment committee”, and, in such instance, the wastewater treatment committee shall have all powers, duties, and functions prescribed by this chapter for wastewater treatment committees.      (b) The council may appoint one (1) sewer committee to handle all municipal sewer projects, or it may entrust each project to a separate committee.
AR Code § 14-235-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 235 - Municipal Sewage Systems|Subchapter 2 - Operation of Systems by Municipalities|§ 14-235-207. Powers and duties of sewer committee

 (a)  (1)  (A) The sewer committee shall have power to take all steps and proceedings and to make and enter into all contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this subchapter.  (B) Any contract relating to the financing of the acquisition or construction of any works or any trust indenture as provided in § 14-235-219 shall be approved by the municipal council before it shall be effective.    (2) The committee may employ engineers, architects, inspectors, superintendents, managers, collectors, attorneys, and such other employees as, in its judgment, may be necessary in the execution of its powers and duties and may fix their compensation, all of whom shall do such work as the committee shall direct.  (3) All compensation and all expenses and liabilities incurred in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter shall be paid solely from funds provided under the authority of this subchapter, and the committee shall not exercise or carry out any authority or power given it in this subchapter so as to bind the committee or the municipality beyond the extent to which money has been or may be provided under the authority of this subchapter.  (4)  (A) No contract or agreement with any contractor for labor or material exceeding the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) shall be made without advertising for bids.  (B) The bids shall be publicly opened and the award made to the best bidder, with power in the committee to reject any or all bids.      (b) After the construction, installation, and completion of the works or the acquisition of them, the committee shall:  (1) Operate, manage, and control them and may order and complete any extensions, betterments, and improvements of and to the works that it may deem expedient if funds for them are available, or are made available, as provided in this subchapter;  (2) Establish rules and regulations for the use and operation of the works and of other sewers and drains connected with them so far as they may affect the operation of the works; and  (3) Do all things necessary or expedient for the successful operation of the works.    (c) All public ways or public works damaged or destroyed by the committee in carrying out its authority under this subchapter shall be restored or repaired by the committee and placed in their original condition, as nearly as practicable, if requested to do so by proper authority, out of funds provided by this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-235-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 235 - Municipal Sewage Systems|Subchapter 2 - Operation of Systems by Municipalities|§ 14-235-208. Appointment, members, etc., of sanitary board

 (a)  (1) The municipal council may, in its discretion, provide by ordinance that the custody, administration, operation, and maintenance of sewage system works shall be under the supervision and control of a sanitary board created as provided in this section.  (2)  (A)  (i) A sanitary board shall be composed of the mayor of the municipality and two (2) persons appointed by the council.  (ii) No officer or employee other than the mayor of the municipality, whether holding a paid or unpaid office, shall be eligible to appointment on the board until at least one (1) year after the expiration of the term of his public office.    (B)  (i) The appointees shall originally be appointed for terms of two (2) and three (3) years, respectively, and, upon the expiration of each term and each succeeding term, an appointment of a successor shall be made in like manner for a term of three (3) years.  (ii) Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.      (3) Each member shall give such bond, if any, as may be required by ordinance.    (b)  (1)  (A) The mayor shall act as chairman of the board, which shall select a vice chairman from its members and shall designate a secretary and treasurer, who need not be members of the sanitary board.  (B) The secretary and the treasurer may be one (1) and the same.    (2) The vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer shall hold office as such at the will of the board.    (c)  (1)  (A) The members of the board shall receive such compensation for their services, either as a salary or as payments for meetings attended, as the council may determine, not in excess of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per month for each member, and shall be entitled to payment for their reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.  (B) The council shall, in its discretion, fix the reasonable compensation of the secretary and treasurer and shall fix the amount of bond to be given by the treasurer.    (2) All compensation, together with the expenses referred to in this section, shall be paid solely from funds provided under the authority of this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-235-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 235 - Municipal Sewage Systems|Subchapter 2 - Operation of Systems by Municipalities|§ 14-235-209. Powers and duties of sanitary board

 (a) The board shall have power to establish bylaws, rules, and regulations for its own government.  (b) The board, in respect to all matters of custody, operation, administration, and maintenance of the works, shall have all the powers and perform all the duties provided in § 14-235-207 for the sewer committee in respect of these matters.
AR Code § 14-235-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 235 - Municipal Sewage Systems|Subchapter 2 - Operation of Systems by Municipalities|§ 14-235-210. Power of eminent domain

 (a)  (1) Under this subchapter, every municipality shall have power to condemn any works to be acquired and any land, rights, easements, franchises, and other property, real or personal, deemed necessary or convenient for the construction of any works, or for extensions, improvements, or additions to them. In this connection, they may have and exercise all the rights, powers, and privileges of eminent domain granted to municipalities under the laws relating to them.  (2) Title to property condemned shall be taken in the name of the municipality.  (3) Proceedings for such appropriation of property shall be under and pursuant to the provisions of §§ 18-15-301 — 18-15-303 and any acts supplemental to it. However, a municipality shall be under no obligation to accept and pay for any property condemned or purchased except from the funds provided pursuant to this subchapter.  (4)  (A) In any proceedings to condemn, such orders may be made as may be just to the municipality and to the owners of the property to be condemned.  (B) An undertaking or other security may be required securing the owners against any loss or damage to be sustained by reason of the failure of the municipality to accept and pay for the property. However, the undertaking or security shall impose no liability upon the municipality except such as may be paid from the funds provided under the authority of this subchapter.      (b) In event of the acquisition by purchase, the sewer committee may obtain and exercise an option from the owner of the property for the purchase of it, or may enter into a contract for the purchase of it, and the purchase may be made upon such terms and conditions, and in such manner, as the committee may deem proper.  (c) In event of the acquisition of any works already constructed by purchase or condemnation, the committee, at or before the time of the adoption of the ordinance described in § 14-235-213, shall cause to be determined what repairs, replacements, additions, and betterments will be necessary in order that the works may be effective for their purpose. An estimate of the cost of these improvements shall be included in the estimate of cost required by § 14-235-213, and improvement shall be made upon the acquisition of the works and as a part of the cost of them.
AR Code § 14-235-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 14 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally|Chapter 235 - Municipal Sewage Systems|Subchapter 2 - Operation of Systems by Municipalities|§ 14-235-211. Acquisition of encumbered property

 No property shall be acquired under this subchapter upon which any lien or other encumbrance exists unless at the time the property is acquired a sufficient sum of money be deposited in trust to pay and redeem the lien or encumbrance in full.