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14-116-204. Commission review of petition.
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14-116-204. Commission review of petition.
(a) Upon the filing of the petition in the office of the circuit clerk for the county or any one (1) of the counties where the reservoir or other water source as referred to in § 14-116-102(1) is located or to be located, in whole or in part, the clerk shall prepare a certified copy of the petition and transmit the copy to the commission within five (5) days from the date of the filing of the petition.
(b) Upon receipt of the certified copy, the commission shall institute an investigation of the proposed district and its territory and purposes. The commission shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the copy, transmit a written report of its findings on the petition to the clerk of the circuit court.
(c) The report of the commission shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) A finding as to how the proposed boundaries of the water district conflict with the boundaries of any existing water district of which the commission may have supervisory jurisdiction;
(2) A finding as to whether the statement of purposes contained in the petition conforms with the intent and purposes of this chapter as applied to the area proposed to be included within the boundaries of the water district;
(3) A finding as to whether the organization of the proposed water district would promote the general welfare and be conducive to the purposes of this chapter;
(4) Any conditions, revisions, including revisions of area, or limitations which the commission deems necessary to the organization of the water district, the conditions, revisions, or limitations to be stated as changes in the petition. These changes shall thereupon become a part of the petition and be deemed effective without another amendment thereto.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-116-204
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14-116-204. Commission review of petition.
(a) Upon the filing of the petition in the office of the circuit clerk for the county or any one (1) of the counties where the reservoir or other water source as referred to in § 14-116-102(1) is located or to be located, in whole or in part, the clerk shall prepare a certified copy of the petition and transmit the copy to the commission within five (5) days from the date of the filing of the petition.
(b) Upon receipt of the certified copy, the commission shall institute an investigation of the proposed district and its territory and purposes. The commission shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the copy, transmit a written report of its findings on the petition to the clerk of the circuit court.
(c) The report of the commission shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) A finding as to how the proposed boundaries of the water district conflict with the boundaries of any existing water district of which the commission may have supervisory jurisdiction;
(2) A finding as to whether the statement of purposes contained in the petition conforms with the intent and purposes of this chapter as applied to the area proposed to be included within the boundaries of the water district;
(3) A finding as to whether the organization of the proposed water district would promote the general welfare and be conducive to the purposes of this chapter;
(4) Any conditions, revisions, including revisions of area, or limitations which the commission deems necessary to the organization of the water district, the conditions, revisions, or limitations to be stated as changes in the petition. These changes shall thereupon become a part of the petition and be deemed effective without another amendment thereto.
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14-116-102. Purpose.
Public nonprofit regional water distribution districts may be organized under this chapter for any one (1) or more of the following purposes:
(1) Acquisition of water from wells, lakes, rivers, tributaries, or streams of or bordering this state or from existing reservoirs heretofore created by the construction of dams by or under the direction and supervision of the United States Army Corps of Engineers;
(2) Acquisition of water, water storage facilities, and the storage of the water in reservoirs created by the construction of multipurpose dams by or under the direction and supervision of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, or by the water district with federal financial or other assistance furnished by the United States Secretary of Agriculture under the provisions of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act or any other federal law;
(3) Purification, treatment, and processing of the water;
(4) Furnishing the water to persons desiring it;
(5) Assisting in the installation and operation of the water and transportation facilities of persons who are furnished water by the water district and the acquisition, supply, or installation of equipment necessary therefor;
(6) Transportation and delivery of the water to persons furnished it by the water district;
(7) In the case of a district in existence on January 1, 2001, other than a district the lands within which are subject to assessment under § 14-116-601 et seq., owning, acquiring, operating, constructing, equipping, improving, expanding, contracting, concerning, and otherwise dealing in and with regard to properties, real, personal, or mixed, tangible and intangible, for the purpose of the collecting, transporting, treating, and disposing of sewage and liquid waste, ind
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-116-102
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-116-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.