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15-24-105. Cooperation with United States — Applications for allotment or assistance.
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15-24-105. Cooperation with United States — Applications for allotment or assistance.
(a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission is authorized and empowered on behalf of the state to:
(1) Cooperate with the United States Department of Defense in every way contemplated by any of the acts of the United States Congress passed in connection with flood control on any of the streams in Arkansas; and
(2) Make necessary application for allotment or assistance from the federal government, to submit all project statements, surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates and other reports or information required by the constituted federal authority, and to enter into all necessary contracts with the proper federal authorities in order to secure the full cooperation of the United States Government and the benefits of all present and future allotments in aid of flood control.
(b)(1) However, the jurisdiction and authority of the commission shall not extend to the works, improvements, nor to the territory embraced within any levee district or drainage district now existing or hereafter organized.
(2) All of the limitations and reservations in favor of such levee districts or drainage districts apply as set out in § 15-24-102(c).
(3)(A) Any levee district or drainage district may voluntarily contract with the United States Government or any of its agencies of whatsoever nature and may contract voluntarily with the commission created in this chapter, subject to court approval and recordation as set out in § 15-24-102, to the extent only as the governing board of each individual levee district or drainage district may deem proper.
(B) This chapter shall not require approval by the commission of any application, petition, contract, improvements, legal proceedings, or any o
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-24-105
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15-24-105. Cooperation with United States — Applications for allotment or assistance.
(a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission is authorized and empowered on behalf of the state to:
(1) Cooperate with the United States Department of Defense in every way contemplated by any of the acts of the United States Congress passed in connection with flood control on any of the streams in Arkansas; and
(2) Make necessary application for allotment or assistance from the federal government, to submit all project statements, surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates and other reports or information required by the constituted federal authority, and to enter into all necessary contracts with the proper federal authorities in order to secure the full cooperation of the United States Government and the benefits of all present and future allotments in aid of flood control.
(b)(1) However, the jurisdiction and authority of the commission shall not extend to the works, improvements, nor to the territory embraced within any levee district or drainage district now existing or hereafter organized.
(2) All of the limitations and reservations in favor of such levee districts or drainage districts apply as set out in § 15-24-102(c).
(3)(A) Any levee district or drainage district may voluntarily contract with the United States Government or any of its agencies of whatsoever nature and may contract voluntarily with the commission created in this chapter, subject to court approval and recordation as set out in § 15-24-102, to the extent only as the governing board of each individual levee district or drainage district may deem proper.
(B) This chapter shall not require approval by the commission of any application, petition, contract, improvements, legal proceedings, or any other proceedings whatsoever as to the territory within the boundaries of any levee district or drainage district or to any official act of any levee district or drainage district.
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15-24-102. Commission powers and duties generally.
(a) It shall be the duty of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission to:
(1) Study, consider, and determine upon a sound public policy with regard to flood prevention, flood control, and flood protection;
(2) Compile figures and other information on current and previous flood damage and scientific data relative to the recurrence of floods such as rainfall, runoff, flowing channels, stream obstruction, existing facilities for storing surplus waters, and existing protection works; and
(3) Accredit persons having requisite knowledge in floodplain management and in minimization and prevention of flood hazards and losses.
(b) The commission shall have the power to:
(1) Clean out, widen, deepen, straighten, change, alter, divert, or eliminate in whole or in part the course or terminus of any natural or artificial water streams;
(2) Shape or protect stream banks for the improvement of hydraulic efficiency in the discharge of flood waters;
(3) Acquire lands necessary for reservoir dam sites and lines;
(4) Construct, take over, maintain, and operate dams, reservoirs, holding or impounding basins, flood gates, revetments, or any other works and improvements deemed necessary to prevent floods and to control, preserve, and regulate the flow of rivers and streams;
(5) Construct dikes, levees, or other artificial barriers to protect against inundation of property when deemed advisable by the commission; and
(6) As an incident to the foregoing, relocate or revise bridges, buildings, roads, streets, railroads, service lines and connections of public service utilities, and fences and do generally all things necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes of this chapter.
(c) The commission shall have the power to
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-24-102
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 15-24-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.