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14-201-203. Commission to operate utilities authorized.
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14-201-203. Commission to operate utilities authorized.
(a) A city of the first class may, by ordinance, create a commission or commissions to operate, control, and supervise such of its municipally owned water, sewer, or light plants as may be prescribed by ordinance which are not now being operated by a commission created by or pursuant to valid special or local acts of the General Assembly.
(b) If either a municipally owned water or sewer or light plant belonging to a city of the first class is being operated at the time of the passage of this act by a commission or commissions created by or pursuant to valid special or local acts of the General Assembly, then the power of the city to create a commission shall be limited to such plants as are not now being operated by a commission created by or pursuant to valid special or local acts of the General Assembly.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to supersede management of any such municipally owned water, sewer, or light plant under or pursuant to any valid local or special act referred to in § 14-201-201.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-201-203
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14-201-203. Commission to operate utilities authorized.
(a) A city of the first class may, by ordinance, create a commission or commissions to operate, control, and supervise such of its municipally owned water, sewer, or light plants as may be prescribed by ordinance which are not now being operated by a commission created by or pursuant to valid special or local acts of the General Assembly.
(b) If either a municipally owned water or sewer or light plant belonging to a city of the first class is being operated at the time of the passage of this act by a commission or commissions created by or pursuant to valid special or local acts of the General Assembly, then the power of the city to create a commission shall be limited to such plants as are not now being operated by a commission created by or pursuant to valid special or local acts of the General Assembly.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to supersede management of any such municipally owned water, sewer, or light plant under or pursuant to any valid local or special act referred to in § 14-201-201.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-201-201. Construction.
(a)(1) This subchapter shall not be construed to repeal or amend any valid local or special act heretofore passed pertaining to the operation, control, or management of any light or water plant or sewer system nor to the creation or election of any board of directors or like board elected or appointed pursuant to any special act or acts, nor to plants or systems organized as improvement districts.
(2) Any acts providing for election of members of any boards or commissions shall remain in full force and effect.
(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the city council of any city subject to the terms of this subchapter from repealing or amending any act which it may have passed pursuant to the authority conferred by this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-201-201
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 14-201-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.