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15-22-1217. Violation — Penalty.
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15-22-1217. Violation — Penalty.
(a) Any registered water user or significant water user who shall fail to report as set forth in § 15-22-1215 shall be subject to an administrative penalty at the rate of two (2) times the conservation fee owed, payable to the Sparta Aquifer critical groundwater county conservation board.
(b) Any person who intentionally or willfully makes any false report under the provisions of this subchapter or who tampers with any meter required by this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-22-1217
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15-22-1217. Violation — Penalty.
(a) Any registered water user or significant water user who shall fail to report as set forth in § 15-22-1215 shall be subject to an administrative penalty at the rate of two (2) times the conservation fee owed, payable to the Sparta Aquifer critical groundwater county conservation board.
(b) Any person who intentionally or willfully makes any false report under the provisions of this subchapter or who tampers with any meter required by this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
15-22-1215. Monthly conservation fee.
(a)(1) Each registered and significant water user shall report monthly on or before the fifteenth day of the month to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission and to the Sparta Aquifer critical groundwater county conservation board on a form or forms prescribed by the commission the quantity of aquifer water which it withdrew during the preceding month on a well-by-well basis.
(2) The board shall set the date on which the conservation fee shall go into effect.
(b)(1) Any conservation fee shall be payable each month, with the report provided for in subsection (a) of this section, to the county treasurer of the county.
(2) Conservation fees shall be remitted to the board by the county treasurer after deduction of an amount equal to one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) thereof for payment or reimbursement of administrative expenses, on or before the first day of the month following the month in which the conservation fees were received.
(c) All proceeds of the conservation fee shall be applied to defray the costs of the board for operation and maintenance of and debt service in relation to the improvement plan, including, but not limited to, the water facilities and to serve the purposes of this subchapter.
(d) Any conservation fees which are determined to be delinquent for more than ninety (90) days shall constitute a lien on the real and personal property of each delinquent registered water user and significant water user and may be enforced against that property by an action in circuit court.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-22-1215
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 15-22-1215. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.