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AR Code § 14-250-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-113. Nonprofit operation

 (a) Wastewater districts formed pursuant to this chapter shall be operated without profit, but the rates, fees, rent, or other charges for wastewater disposal and other facilities, supplies, equipment, or services furnished by the wastewater district shall be sufficient at all times:  (1) To pay all operating and maintenance expenses necessary or desirable for the prudent conduct of its affairs and the principal of and interest on the obligations issued or assumed by the district in the performance of the purposes for which it was organized;  (2) For the creation of adequate reserves.    (b) The revenues of the wastewater district shall be devoted first to the payment of operating and maintenance expenses and the principal and interest on outstanding obligations and, thereafter, to such reserves for improvements, new construction, depreciation, and contingencies as the board may prescribe from time to time.  (c) Revenues not required for the purposes set forth in subsection (b) of this section shall be returned from time to time to the customers of the wastewater district on a pro rata basis, according to the amount of business done with each customer during the period for which the return is made, either in cash, in abatement of current charges for wastewater disposal, or otherwise as the board determines. The return may be made by way of a general rate reduction to customers if the board so elects.
AR Code § 14-250-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-114. Tax and assessment exemption

 Districts formed pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from all excise taxes of whatsoever kind or nature and, further, shall be exempt from payment of assessments in any general or special taxing district levied upon the property of the water district, whether real, personal, or mixed.
AR Code § 14-250-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 250 - Wastewater Treatment Districts|§ 14-250-115. Service or rate grievance — Right to petition

 (a) Any person aggrieved by the service furnished or rates charged by a district shall have, as a matter of right, the right to petition the grievance from the decision or action of the district to the circuit court of the county in which the district was formed.  (b) Upon the petition being filed, the circuit court shall hear the petition de novo and is empowered to make such orders as may be necessary and proper in equity.
AR Code § 14-251-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 251 - Water Improvement Districts|§ 14-251-101. Definition

 The term “operating authority”, as used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires, is defined to mean either the legislative body or the board of commissioners, whichever is charged in a given instance with the responsibility of operating the municipal waterworks system.
AR Code § 14-251-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 251 - Water Improvement Districts|§ 14-251-102. Applicability

 The provisions of this chapter, with the exception of §§ 14-251-104 and 14-251-108, shall apply to all water improvement districts.
AR Code § 14-251-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 251 - Water Improvement Districts|§ 14-251-103. Penalty

 The violation of this chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted by the operating authority shall constitute a misdemeanor, and upon conviction the offender shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense.
AR Code § 14-251-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 251 - Water Improvement Districts|§ 14-251-104. Summons and prosecution for offense

 (a) Wardens may issue a special summons returnable to the municipal court of the municipality owning the waterworks system. The summons shall specify the date of the offense and the law or the number of the rule or regulation violated.  (b) The original of the summons shall be retained by the warden. A copy shall be delivered to the offender and two (2) copies delivered to the clerk of the municipal court within ten (10) days after issuance of the summons.  (c) The clerk of the court shall insert the date of hearing on one (1) copy of the summons and the copy shall be served on the offender by regular mail or may be served in person by the warden or by any other person authorized by law to serve process.  (d) It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of the county where the municipality is located to prosecute offenders.
AR Code § 14-251-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 251 - Water Improvement Districts|§ 14-251-105. Injunction

 (a) Anything to the contrary in this chapter notwithstanding, the State Board of Health may obtain an injunction restraining the operating authority from permitting a recreational activity if the rules and regulations adopted by the operating authority or if the provisions of any lease granted by the operating authority, do not adequately protect the water supply from pollution, or if the rules and regulations or the terms of any lease are not properly enforced by the operating authority.  (b) Any operating authority may obtain prohibitive and mandatory injunctions against any person, firm, or corporation polluting its water supply or refusing to obey lawful rules and regulations adopted by the operating authority or the State Board of Health for the protection of any municipal water supply.
AR Code § 14-251-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 251 - Water Improvement Districts|§ 14-251-106. Recreational activities on lands and waters authorized — Exceptions

 (a) The operating authority of any municipally owned waterworks system which maintains adequate controls against pollution shall have the authority to permit recreational activities upon the lands and waters owned by the municipality for waterworks purposes, to construct recreational facilities, to collect fees and rentals for permitting recreational activities, and to prescribe rules and regulations prohibiting, permitting, and governing recreational activities.  (1) The rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of any other laws of this state and shall be effective wherever the lands and waters are located.  (2) A copy of all rules and regulations, or amendments thereto, adopted by the operating authority shall be furnished to the State Board of Health within thirty (30) days after adoption.  (3) If the operating authority elects to permit hunting or fishing upon its premises, the laws of this state and the rules and regulations of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission governing hunting and fishing shall remain in full force and effect and may not be abrogated by the rules and regulations of the operating authority.    (b) Regardless of any rule or regulation adopted by the operating authority, it shall be unlawful for any person to wade, bathe, or swim in any lake or reservoir of less than seven hundred (700) acre surface used by a municipality for its water supply, or to wade, bathe, or swim in that part of any nonnavigable stream located upon land belonging to the municipality which lies above the water intake or impounding dam owned by the municipality. However, the prohibition set forth in this subsection shall not apply to reservoirs whose water is diverted into a natural stream and flows by gravity down the stream three (3) or more miles before reaching the water intake of the municipality unless all of the land of the stream belongs to the municipality.  (c) It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to camp upon land not owned by him which is located above any impounding dam for the municipal water supply and within the drainage area of the reservoir, lake, or nonnavigable stream from which the water supply is taken. However, where any land adjoining the drainage area, reservoir, lake, or nonnavigable stream from which the water supply is taken is within the confines of any national forest reserve or national park, persons may camp upon the lands enclosed in the national forest reserve or national park upon such terms and conditions which are or may be permitted by the rules and regulations governing the national forest reserves or national parks.
AR Code § 14-251-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 251 - Water Improvement Districts|§ 14-251-107. Lease of property for recreational purposes

 (a) The operating authority may lease portions of its property for recreational purposes upon such terms as it deems advisable and may permit the lessee to construct upon the leased premises such recreational and merchandising facilities as the operating authority thinks proper.  (b) Public notice of intention to lease the premises shall be published at least one (1) time and at least two (2) weeks before the bid date in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the municipality is situated.  (c) The operating authority may reject all bids or may accept the bid which it believes most advantageous, bearing in mind the experience and financial resources of the bidder.
AR Code § 14-251-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 251 - Water Improvement Districts|§ 14-251-108. Designation of warden

 (a) Any employee of the operating authority may be designated as a warden.  (b) Wardens shall have the authority to arrest or apprehend any person whom they believe to have violated this chapter, or the boating laws of this state, or the rules and regulations of the operating authority which are authorized in this chapter, or the rules of the State Board of Health pertaining to protection of municipal water supplies and may take the offender when apprehended before any court having jurisdiction of the offense. Wardens shall have no authority to make arrests for violation of the game and fish laws, rules, and regulations of this state.
AR Code § 14-251-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 251 - Water Improvement Districts|§ 14-251-109. Nonliability of employees

 No municipality or operating authority permitting any activities authorized by this chapter shall be liable for the torts of its servants, agents, or employees, committed while acting within the scope of their employment in carrying out the duties assigned to them in connection with the aforesaid recreational activities.
AR Code § 14-251-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 15 - Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewer Improvement Districts|Chapter 251 - Water Improvement Districts|§ 14-251-110. Disposition of fees, rentals, etc

 All fees, rentals, or other income of any type derived by the operating authority as a result of the acts authorized in this chapter, may be treated as recreational rather than as water revenues and may be used to defray the cost of providing or maintaining recreational facilities and providing for protection of the water supply against pollution because of recreational activities.
AR Code § 14-262-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 262 - Local Health Authorities|§ 14-262-101. Penalties

 (a) Every firm, person, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or any of the orders, rules, or regulations made and promulgated in pursuance hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) month, or both. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.  (b)  (1) Every firm, person, or corporation who violates any of the rules or regulations issued or promulgated by the board, or who violates any condition of a license, permit, certificate or any other type of registration issued by the State Board of Health may be assessed a civil penalty by the board. The penalty shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation. Each day of a continuing violation may be deemed a separate violation for purposes of penalty assessments. However, no civil penalty may be assessed until the person charged with the violation has been given the opportunity for a hearing on the violation.  (2) All fines collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the State Treasury and credited to the Public Health Fund to be used to defray the costs of administering this section.  (3) Subject to such rules as may be implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the disbursing officer for the Department of Health is authorized to transfer all unexpended funds relative to fines collected under this subsection, as certified by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, to be carried forward and made available for expenditures for the same purpose for any following fiscal year.  (4) All rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof.
AR Code § 14-262-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 262 - Local Health Authorities|§ 14-262-102. City board of health

 (a) A city of the first class or city of the second class may establish a city board of health to be constituted as follows:  (1) The mayor of the city may appoint no fewer than five (5) persons, two (2) of whom shall be physicians who shall be graduates of reputable medical colleges and of good professional standing, who shall constitute a city board of health, and who shall have and exercise the powers conferred upon those boards by law and by the ordinances of the city; and  (2) The mayor of the city shall be an ex officio member of the board.    (b)  (1) The city council shall have the power to establish a board of health.  (2) The board shall have jurisdiction for one (1) mile beyond the city limits, and for quarantine purposes, in cases of epidemic, five (5) miles.    (c) The city council shall have power to invest the board with such powers and impose upon it such duties as shall be necessary to:  (1) Secure the city and its inhabitants from the evils of contagious, malignant, and infectious diseases;  (2) Provide for its proper organization and the election or appointment of the necessary officers; and  (3) Make such bylaws, rules, and regulations for its government and support as shall be required for enforcing the prompt and efficient performance of its duties and the lawful exercise of its powers.
AR Code § 14-262-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 262 - Local Health Authorities|§ 14-262-103. City health officer

 (a) The office of city health officer may be created by the governing body of a city of the first class, city of the second class, or an incorporated town.  (b) The office of city health officer shall be filled by a competent physician who is legally qualified to practice medicine within this state, a graduate of a reputable medical college, and of reputable professional standing.  (c)  (1)  (A) It is the duty of the mayor of each incorporated city and town within this state to elect a qualified person to the office of city health officer if the governing body of the city or town creates the office.  (B) The appointment shall be approved by a majority of the votes of the city or town council.    (2) After appointment, the city health officer shall:  (A) Take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office;  (B) File a copy of the appointment with the State Board of Health; and  (C) Not be deemed to be legally qualified until the copies have been so filed.      (d)  (1) Each city health officer shall perform such duties as may be required by the ordinances of his or her city or town.  (2) The officer shall discharge and perform such duties as may be prescribed for him or her under the directions, rules, regulations, and requirements of the board.  (3) The officer shall be required to aid and assist the board in all matters of quarantine, vital and mortuary statistics, inspection, disease prevention and suppression, and sanitation within his or her jurisdiction.  (4) The officer shall at all times report to the board, in such manner and form as shall be prescribed by the board, the presence of all contagious, infectious, and dangerous epidemic diseases within his or her jurisdiction and shall make such other and further reports in the manner and form and at the times as the board shall direct, touching all matters as may be proper for the board to direct.  (5) The officer shall aid the board at all times in the enforcement of proper rules, regulations, and requirements in the enforcement of all sanitary laws, quarantine regulations, and vital statistics collections and shall perform any other duties the board shall direct.    (e) The compensation of city health officers shall be fixed by the mayor and council of the respective towns and cities within this state.
AR Code § 14-262-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 262 - Local Health Authorities|§ 14-262-105. Expenses and claims

 (a) All expenses legally incurred for the work of protecting the public health outside of cities and towns shall be paid by the county in which the expense is incurred, and claims shall be allowed by the county court when proved as other claims against a county are required by law to be proved; however, every claim must be approved by the county health officer before allowance.  (b) The expense legally incurred for the protection of public health inside corporate limits of cities and towns shall be paid out of the treasury of the cities and towns in which the work is done.  (c) All of the expenditures made by representatives of the State Board of Health and chargeable, under the provisions of this act, to any county, city, or town shall be made only with the advice and consent of the county judge of the county, or of the city board of health in any city of the first or second class, or of the mayor and town council in any incorporated town.  (d) From the judgment of the county court upon a claim, the claimant or any taxpayer of the county may appeal to the circuit court and thence to the Supreme Court.
AR Code § 14-262-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 262 - Local Health Authorities|§ 14-262-107. County or district health departments — Jurisdiction

 (a) The jurisdiction of any county or district health department shall extend over all unincorporated areas and over all municipal corporations within the territorial limits of the county or the counties comprising the district, but not over the territory of any municipal corporation which at the time of the establishment of the county or district health department had a population in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) according to the most recent federal census and which maintains its own health department and employs a supervising health officer; however, any such municipal corporation not otherwise within the jurisdiction of a department, by the passage of an ordinance by three-fourths (¾) of the elected members of its city council, board of trustees, or other governing body, and by agreement with the county or district board of health approved by the State Board of Health, may merge its department with the county or district health department.  (b) All local boards of health existing within the county or district, except those of any municipal corporation which at the time of the establishment of the county or district health department had a population in excess of twenty-five thousand (25,000) according to the most recent federal census and which maintains its own health department, employs a supervising health officer, and does not elect to merge its health activities with the county or district health department shall be dissolved upon the organization of a county or district health department under the provisions of this act, or upon the acceptance of a county into a district health department.  (c) All cities of the first class under twenty-five thousand (25,000) in population incorporated in any county or district health department may contribute an equitable share of the annual financial cost of the health department.
AR Code § 14-262-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 262 - Local Health Authorities|§ 14-262-108. County or district health departments — Personnel

 (a) The administrative and executive head of each county and district health department shall be a public health officer, which office is created by this section.  (b)  (1) The public health officer shall be appointed by the county or district board of health to serve for a term of four (4) years and shall possess such qualifications as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health.  (2) He shall be employed on a full-time basis and shall receive such compensation and expense allowance as may be recommended by the county or district board and with the approval of the State Board of Health.    (c)  (1) All other personnel required by a department shall be appointed by the public health officer from the civil service list, where one exists, and shall possess qualifications approved by the State Board of Health.  (2) All personnel shall perform the duties as shall be prescribed by the public health officer.