Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
17-50-108. Exemptions — Limitations.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-50-108. Exemptions — Limitations.
(a) Where the Commission on Water Well Construction finds that compliance with all requirements of this chapter would result in undue hardship, an exemption from any one (1) or more such requirements may be granted by the commission to the extent the exemption can be granted without impairing the intent and purpose of this chapter.
(b)(1) This chapter or any rule or order issued under this chapter does not prevent a person who has not obtained a license under § 17-50-304 from constructing, altering, or repairing a water well or installing or repairing a pump or pumping equipment for use by him or her on his or her own land.
(2) This chapter does not apply to any person owning, operating, and maintaining on May 27, 1969, any water well unless it constitutes a public health hazard.
(c)(1)(A) A water well in existence on May 27, 1969, is not required to conform to § 17-50-205 or any rules adopted under § 17-50-205.
(B) However, any water well abandoned or repaired, including any water well deemed to have been abandoned, as defined in this chapter, shall be brought into compliance with the requirements of this chapter and applicable rules with respect to abandonment of water wells.
(2) Any water well supplying water which is determined by the commission to be a health hazard must comply with the provisions of this chapter and applicable rules within a reasonable time after notification of the determination has been given.
(d) This chapter does not apply to any distribution of water beyond the point of discharge from any storage or pressure tank, or beyond the point of discharge from the pump if no tank is employed, nor to any water well, pump, or other equipment used temporarily for dewatering purposes.
(e) A county, muni
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-50-108
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. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Issuing source page ↗
Authority boundary: historical statutory source snapshot not current law.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:17-50-108
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.17.odt
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: e9f738b274cbf0ed20fe4a4e7d11ca3e11c8137d8f8e28a098e32ab6c10724f0
Source location: content.xml paragraph 17615
Stored source content
17-50-108. Exemptions — Limitations.
(a) Where the Commission on Water Well Construction finds that compliance with all requirements of this chapter would result in undue hardship, an exemption from any one (1) or more such requirements may be granted by the commission to the extent the exemption can be granted without impairing the intent and purpose of this chapter.
(b)(1) This chapter or any rule or order issued under this chapter does not prevent a person who has not obtained a license under § 17-50-304 from constructing, altering, or repairing a water well or installing or repairing a pump or pumping equipment for use by him or her on his or her own land.
(2) This chapter does not apply to any person owning, operating, and maintaining on May 27, 1969, any water well unless it constitutes a public health hazard.
(c)(1)(A) A water well in existence on May 27, 1969, is not required to conform to § 17-50-205 or any rules adopted under § 17-50-205.
(B) However, any water well abandoned or repaired, including any water well deemed to have been abandoned, as defined in this chapter, shall be brought into compliance with the requirements of this chapter and applicable rules with respect to abandonment of water wells.
(2) Any water well supplying water which is determined by the commission to be a health hazard must comply with the provisions of this chapter and applicable rules within a reasonable time after notification of the determination has been given.
(d) This chapter does not apply to any distribution of water beyond the point of discharge from any storage or pressure tank, or beyond the point of discharge from the pump if no tank is employed, nor to any water well, pump, or other equipment used temporarily for dewatering purposes.
(e) A county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state engaged in well drilling shall be exempt from paying the license or rig fees for the operations performed for the political subdivision by employees of and with equipment owned by the governmental entity.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-50-205. Inspections.
(a) The Department of Agriculture is authorized to inspect any water well or abandoned water well. Department employees may at reasonable times enter upon, and shall be given access to, any premises for the purpose of inspection.
(b) Upon the basis of such inspections, if the Commission on Water Well Construction finds that applicable laws or rules have not been complied with or that a health hazard exists, the commission shall disapprove the water well. If disapproved, no water well shall thereafter be used until brought into compliance and any health hazard is eliminated.
(c) Any person aggrieved by the disapproval of a water well shall be afforded the opportunity of a hearing before the commission.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-50-205
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 17-50-205. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-50-304. License requirement — Exemption.
(a) Every person who wishes to engage in business as a water well contractor shall obtain from the Commission on Water Well Construction a license to conduct such a business.
(b) The license requirement shall not apply to any person who performs labor or services at the direction and under the personal supervision of a licensed water well contractor.
(c) A land owner installing pumping equipment in a water well owned by him or her for his or her own use is exempted from the licensing requirements of this chapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-50-304
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 17-50-304. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.