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AR Code § 17-50-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Water Well Rig Confiscation Act|§ 17-50-402. Legislative findings

 It has been found by the General Assembly that:   (1) Certain persons continuously violate Arkansas law requiring that they first obtain the proper registration, licensure, and training for construction of water wells and that such persons do not have the required bond to protect well owners;  (2) Construction of water wells by those persons is a threat to the general health, safety, and welfare because the Commission on Water Well Construction does not have knowledge of their actions and has no means of holding them accountable for failure to develop water in an orderly, sanitary, reasonable, and safe manner; and  (3) Because those persons pose a great threat to the people of Arkansas, the commission must have the ability to obtain the forfeiture of the property of violators.
AR Code § 17-50-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Water Well Rig Confiscation Act|§ 17-50-403. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Contraband property” means property of any nature, including personal, tangible, or intangible, but not real property, that is used or intended to be used in violation of § 17-50-104;  (2)  (A) “Pumping equipment” means all machinery and parts of pumps such as deep well turbine pumps with right angle gear drive, vertical hollow shaft motors, jet pumps and motors, submersible pumps and motors, and other parts and fittings installed or attached to the well.  (B) “Pumping equipment” does not include cooling units, horizontal electric motors, heat pump circulating pipe, and stationary diesel or gas engines;    (3) “Rig” means any power-driven, percussion, rotary, digging, jetting, direct push, vibrating, hydrofracturing, or augering machine used in the construction, alteration, or abandonment of water wells, or any hoist or machine used in installing or removing pumps from wells with the lifting capacity of one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) or more; and  (4)  (A) “Water well” means any excavation that is drilled, redrilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise artificially constructed for the purpose of locating, acquiring, diverting, or artificially recharging ground water.  (B)  (i) “Water well” includes excavations made for the purpose of exchanging the geothermal energy found in the earth as heat pump wells as defined in § 17-50-103.  (ii) “Water well” does not include an excavation made for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural gas, minerals, or products of mining or quarrying, or for inserting media to repressure oil or natural gas-bearing formations, or for storing petroleum, natural gas, or other products.
AR Code § 17-50-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Water Well Rig Confiscation Act|§ 17-50-404. Property subject to forfeiture

 The following are subject to forfeiture upon the initiation of a civil proceeding filed by the prosecuting attorney and when so ordered by the circuit court in accordance with this subchapter:   (1) Contraband property used or intended to be used in violation of § 17-50-104;  (2) The proceeds gained from a violation of § 17-50-104;  (3) Personal property acquired with proceeds gained from a violation of § 17-50-104;  (4)  (A) All conveyances, including vehicles and rigs, that are used or intended for use to facilitate a violation of § 17-50-104.  (B) No conveyance used as a common carrier by any person in business as a common carrier is subject to forfeiture unless it appears that the owner or other person in charge of the conveyance is a consenting party or privy to a violation of this chapter.  (C) No conveyance is subject to forfeiture under this subchapter by reason of any act or omission established by the owners to have been committed or omitted without the owners' knowledge or consent.  (D) A forfeiture of a conveyance encumbered by a bona fide security interest is subject to the interest of the secured party or parties;    (5) All materials including pumping equipment, casing, piping, motors, and other equipment used or intended for use in violation of § 17-50-104;  (6)  (A) Everything of value furnished or intended to be furnished in exchange for a violation of § 17-50-104 or all profits, proceeds, or property, excluding real property, traceable to such an exchange.  (B) It may be presumed that the property described in subdivision (6)(A) of this section was acquired with proceeds gained from a violation of § 17-50-104 and is subject to forfeiture; and    (7) Property used in a violation of § 17-50-104 that has title of ownership with two (2) parties on the title or a cosigner if one (1) party on the title uses the property in violation of § 17-50-104 or receives titled property as the proceeds of the violation even if the second party claims that he or she did not have knowledge or involvement in the violation.
AR Code § 17-50-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Water Well Rig Confiscation Act|§ 17-50-406. Sale of forfeited property

 If a law enforcement agency desires to sell property forfeited to it under § 17-50-404, the law enforcement agency shall:   (1) Publish at least two (2) times a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the county notice of the sale, including the time, place, conditions of the sale, and a description of the property to be sold;  (2) Send a copy of the notice of the sale to each person having ownership of or a security interest in the property by certified mail, return receipt requested, or in the manner provided in Rule 4 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure if:  (A) The property is of a type for which title or registration is required by law;  (B) The owner of the property is known in fact to the law enforcement agency at the time of seizure; or  (C) The property is subject to a security interest perfected in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code, § 4-1-101 et seq.; and    (3) Dispose of the property at public auction to the highest bidder for cash without appraisal.
AR Code § 17-50-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Water Well Rig Confiscation Act|§ 17-50-407. Application of proceeds from sale

 (a) The proceeds of any sale under § 17-50-406 shall be applied as follows:  (1) To payment of the balance due on any lien preserved by the court in the forfeiture proceedings;  (2) To payment of the costs incurred by the seizing agency in connection with the storage, maintenance, security, and forfeiture of the property;  (3) To payment of the costs incurred by the court;  (4) To payment of the costs incurred by the prosecuting attorney or attorney for the law enforcement agency to which the property is forfeited or to the Commission on Water Well Construction in investigating and developing the case; and  (5) The remaining proceeds shall be equally divided between the commission to be used in furtherance of the commission's activities and the law enforcement agency to which the property is forfeited.    (b) If more than one (1) law enforcement agency is substantially involved in effecting a forfeiture under § 17-50-404, the circuit court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceeding shall equitably distribute the law enforcement agency portion of the property among the law enforcement agencies.
AR Code § 17-51-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 51 - Waterworks Operators|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-51-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Community public water system” means any public water system which serves at least fifteen (15) connections or twenty-five (25) persons who are year-round residents;  (2) “Drinking Water Operator Certification Program” means those activities conducted by the Department of Health and the Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee related to the training, examination, and licensing and certification of public water system operators;  (3) “Late renewal” means an application for renewal when the application for renewal or the associated fee is received more than thirty (30) days following the beginning of a renewal period;  (4) “Noncommunity public water system” means a public water system that serves fifteen (15) service connections or twenty-five (25) persons, at least sixty (60) days per year, that is not a community public water system;  (5) “Nontransient noncommunity public water system” means a public water system that is not a community public water system and that regularly serves at least twenty-five (25) of the same persons over six (6) months per year;  (6) “Public water system ” means all sources and their surroundings from which water is derived for drinking or domestic purposes by the public, and all structures, conduits, and appurtenances in connection therewith by which water for such use is obtained, treated, conditioned, stored, and delivered to consumers;  (7) “Treatment” means the application of physical processes or the addition of chemicals, or both, to water which a public water system provides to the public for the purpose of improving the quality of the water, except that the addition of gaseous chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, or calcium hypochlorite alone shall not be defined as treatment; and  (8) “Water system operator” means any person who, during the performance of his or her regular duties at a community public water system, a nontransient noncommunity public water system, or any other noncommunity public water system which utilizes a surface water or surface water-influenced source, exercises individual judgment by which, either directly or indirectly, the safety, quality, and quantity of water delivered from the water system might be affected.
AR Code § 17-51-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 51 - Waterworks Operators|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-51-102. Penalties

 (a)  (1) Any person or persons representing a firm, corporation, municipality, or other political authority who violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be 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 in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both fine and imprisonment.  (2) Each day during which a violation continues shall be a separate offense.    (b)  (1) Every firm, person, or corporation that violates this chapter or any of the rules issued or promulgated by the State Board of Health, or that violates any condition of a license, permit, certificate, or any other type of registration issued by the board, may be assessed a civil penalty by the board.  (2) The penalty shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation.  (3) Each day of a continuing violation may be deemed a separate violation for purposes of penalty assessments.    (c) All fines collected under this section shall be deposited into the State Treasury and credited to the Waterworks Operators Licensing Fund to be used to defray the costs of administering this chapter.  (d) Subject to such rules as may be implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the disbursing officer of the Department of Health is authorized to transfer all unexpended funds relative to fines collected under this section, 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.
AR Code § 17-51-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 51 - Waterworks Operators|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-51-103. Powers and duties of the board

 (a) The State Board of Health shall have the authority to:  (1) Adopt rules in accordance with this chapter as may be necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter;  (2) Set fees to cover the cost of the administration of this chapter;  (3) Revoke a water system operator's license for cause; and  (4) Establish minimum educational standards for all applicants for licensure.    (b) All rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter 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 § 17-51-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 51 - Waterworks Operators|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-51-104. Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee — Creation — Members

 (a)  (1) There is created the Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee to consist of seven (7) members to be appointed by the State Board of Health.  (2) One (1) shall be a member of the staff of the Engineering Section of the Department of Health who shall be a registered engineer and who shall act as executive secretary for the board for water system operator licensing activities, and also act as executive secretary for the committee.  (3) One (1) shall be an engineer on the teaching staff of any state-supported institution of higher education who shall be either a sanitary engineer, civil engineer, environmental engineer, or chemical engineer with expertise in the drinking water field.  (4) Four (4) members shall be active water system operators who shall hold the highest grade licenses.  (5) One (1) member shall be a consulting engineer specializing in drinking water systems design.    (b) Each regular appointment shall be for a term of six (6) years, provided that no person shall be appointed to serve more than one (1) full six-year term.  (c) In the event of a vacancy, a new member shall be appointed by the board to serve out the unexpired term.  (d) A member of the committee may be removed for cause only after the board has made an investigation at which the accused has had an opportunity to defend himself or herself against any and all charges.  (e) The committee shall serve without remuneration but may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.  (f) All members of the committee shall be residents of the State of Arkansas.  (g) The member of the committee who is a member of the staff of the Engineering Section of the Department of Health shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of the Department of Health.
AR Code § 17-51-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 51 - Waterworks Operators|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-51-105. Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee — Duties

 The duties of the Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee shall be as follows:   (1) To assist the Department of Health in examining applicants for water system operator licenses;  (2) To advise the department as to the fitness of the applicant for licensing and certification;  (3) To advise the State Board of Health in cases of suspension or revocation of license;  (4) To advise the board and department in all matters, upon request by the board or department, or upon its own motion, relating to the operations of, and the development of rules for, the public water system supervision program operated by the Engineering Section of the Department of Health; and  (5) To advise the board or department in all matters, upon request by the board or department, relating to training programs for water system operators.
AR Code § 17-51-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 51 - Waterworks Operators|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-51-106. Fees

 (a) The State Board of Health shall have the authority to:  (1) Set fees to cover only the cost of the administration of this chapter; and  (2) Establish fees for:  (A) Examination;  (B) Licensing;  (C) Renewal of license;  (D) Penalty for late renewal;  (E) Evaluation for reciprocity; and  (F) Temporary permit issuance or renewal.      (b) Fees shall not exceed:  (1) Fifty dollars ($50.00) for examination;  (2) Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for licensing;  (3) Fifty dollars ($50.00) for renewal of licenses;  (4) Ten dollars ($10.00) for penalty for late renewal;  (5) Fifty dollars ($50.00) for evaluation for reciprocity; and  (6) Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for temporary permits or renewal of temporary permits.    (c)  (1) All fees collected under this chapter are declared special revenues and shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Public Health Fund, and such moneys shall be expended only for the administration of this chapter.  (2) 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 the Drinking Water Operator Certification Program that pertain to fees collected, as certified by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, to be carried forward and made available for expenditures for the same purpose in any following fiscal year.
AR Code § 17-51-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 51 - Waterworks Operators|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-51-201. License required

 (a) In order to safeguard the public health, all water system operators of community and certain noncommunity public water systems from which water is sold, distributed, or otherwise offered for human consumption, whether such water systems are publicly or privately owned and operated, shall be licensed and certified as competent by the Department of Health under the provisions of this chapter and under such rules as the State Board of Health may adopt under the provisions of this chapter.  (b) It shall be unlawful for any person, municipality, political subdivision, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or any authority that furnishes water for domestic consumption to operate any type of community public water system, nontransient noncommunity public water system, or any other noncommunity public water system utilizing a surface water or surface water-influenced source, unless the water system operator in charge is duly licensed and certified competent by the department.  (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to perform the duties of a water system operator without being duly licensed or to falsely represent himself or herself as a licensed water system operator.  (d) It shall also be unlawful for any public or private official, not duly licensed, to attempt to influence the judgment of a licensed water system operator in matters where the public health may be involved unless this official is an authorized representative of the department.
AR Code § 17-51-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 51 - Waterworks Operators|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-51-202. Classifications — Examinations

 (a) Water system operators shall be licensed in appropriate grades according to responsibilities and in accordance with classifications designated by the State Board of Health which consider both the population served and the level of treatment required to produce an acceptable quality of water.  (b) Applicants for examination for licensing shall be examined in the various phases of water system operation as designated by the board.  (c) At its discretion, the Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee may delete or modify any of the adopted requirements where they are not applicable, but the licenses granted shall be limited and valid only under the conditions described.  (d) The committee at its discretion may waive the requirements or any part of the requirements for formal examination of an applicant for a license if the applicant holds a valid license or certificate from another state in which the requirements for license in the appropriate grade are at least equal to the requirements set forth by the board.  (e) The Department of Health shall conduct examinations to establish the qualifications of applicants for licensure. The department shall conduct regular examination sessions, at least annually, and may conduct additional examination sessions whenever it deems necessary.
AR Code § 17-51-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 51 - Waterworks Operators|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-51-203. Issuance — Temporary permits

 (a) The Department of Health shall license and certify all applicants for licenses under this chapter who satisfy the requirements of the chapter. Licenses shall be granted according to classifications set forth by the State Board of Health.  (b) In an emergency, the department at its discretion may grant temporary permits for operation of a water system when and only when the public health and safety are not jeopardized. The temporary permit shall be valid for a period of not more than one (1) calendar year and may be renewed only one (1) time, with the approval of the department.
AR Code § 17-51-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 51 - Waterworks Operators|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-51-204. Renewal — Standing

 (a) Licenses shall be valid for a period of two (2) years and shall be renewable by the Department of Health upon application without examination, provided that the applicant is in good standing.  (b) The licensee, in order to remain in good standing, shall demonstrate his or her interest in the technical developments of water system operation by fulfilling requirements as the State Board of Health may direct.
AR Code § 17-51-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 51 - Waterworks Operators|Subchapter 2 - Licensing|§ 17-51-205. Suspension — Revocation — Reinstatement

 (a) The Department of Health shall suspend the license of a water system operator for cause.  (b) The suspension shall remain in effect until the case can be reviewed by the Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee, where the licensee shall have the opportunity to present his or her defense.  (c) After the committee has reported its findings to the State Board of Health, the board shall uphold the department's suspension of the license, reinstate the licensee, or revoke the license.  (d) A license so revoked may be reinstated only if all the conditions that caused revocation have been removed.
AR Code § 17-52-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 52 - Home Inspectors|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Home Inspectors Registration Act|§ 17-52-301. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Home Inspectors Registration Act”.