Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
8-6-707. Creation of new regional districts.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
8-6-707. Creation of new regional districts.
(a)(1)(A) After notification of the appropriate regional solid waste management board or boards, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may designate a county or counties within each regional solid waste management district or counties within two (2) or more districts as a new district pursuant to the limitations of this section.
(B) New districts shall be designated for purposes that address local exigencies, needs, and other requirements of this subchapter.
(C) A district shall only be composed of whole county jurisdictions, and each district shall contain more than one (1) county unless that county has a population of:
(i)(a) At least fifty thousand (50,000) according to the most recent federal decennial census.
(b) However, a single-county district that has been approved under this section shall not cease to be a valid district under this section if the population of the single county composing the district is determined to be less than fifty thousand (50,000) according to a federal decennial census occurring after the approval of the single-county district; or
(ii) At least twenty-five thousand (25,000) according to the most recent federal decennial census and the county is served by one (1) county sanitation authority under § 14-233-104.
(2) Commission approval of district boundaries shall be sought and obtained pursuant to administrative procedures promulgated by the commission.
(b)(1) Counties and municipalities included in a new or revised district shall cease to be members of any other district.
(2) The term of a board member representing a county or municipality shall immediately expire upon the inclusion of the county or municipality within a new district.
(c) After notification
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 8-6-707
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:8-6-707
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.08.odt
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: dad46af7fa4dd8d5487ab254cd554bfeb39209db12b5e1b44885545e11768016
Source location: content.xml paragraph 5029
Stored source content
8-6-707. Creation of new regional districts.
(a)(1)(A) After notification of the appropriate regional solid waste management board or boards, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may designate a county or counties within each regional solid waste management district or counties within two (2) or more districts as a new district pursuant to the limitations of this section.
(B) New districts shall be designated for purposes that address local exigencies, needs, and other requirements of this subchapter.
(C) A district shall only be composed of whole county jurisdictions, and each district shall contain more than one (1) county unless that county has a population of:
(i)(a) At least fifty thousand (50,000) according to the most recent federal decennial census.
(b) However, a single-county district that has been approved under this section shall not cease to be a valid district under this section if the population of the single county composing the district is determined to be less than fifty thousand (50,000) according to a federal decennial census occurring after the approval of the single-county district; or
(ii) At least twenty-five thousand (25,000) according to the most recent federal decennial census and the county is served by one (1) county sanitation authority under § 14-233-104.
(2) Commission approval of district boundaries shall be sought and obtained pursuant to administrative procedures promulgated by the commission.
(b)(1) Counties and municipalities included in a new or revised district shall cease to be members of any other district.
(2) The term of a board member representing a county or municipality shall immediately expire upon the inclusion of the county or municipality within a new district.
(c) After notification of the appropriate boards, the commission, upon the request of a county or district, may transfer a county into an existing district.
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
14-233-104. Creation of authority — General powers and restrictions.
(a)(1) Any two (2) or more municipalities or suburban improvement districts, any two (2) or more counties, or any one (1) or more municipalities or suburban improvement districts together with any one (1) or more counties are authorized to create and become members of a sanitation authority as prescribed in this chapter.
(2) Any city of the first class, city of the second class, or incorporated town may create a sanitation authority under this chapter, and the sanitation authority shall have the same powers as other sanitation authorities vested under this chapter.
(3) Any district may become a member of a sanitation authority if approved for membership unanimously by the other members.
(b)(1) Each authority may be empowered to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, operate, maintain, sell, lease, contract concerning, or otherwise deal in or dispose of a project.
(2) Unless limited by the members of the authority in the manner provided in this chapter, any project may be located at any place that in the judgment of the board of directors of the authority best serves the needs of the member governments, whether within or without the boundaries of the member governments.
(c) All projects accomplished by sanitation authorities pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to all applicable federal and state requirements for the disposal, treatment, or other handling of solid waste.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-233-104
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 14-233-104. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.