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8-6-711. District solid waste management system.
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8-6-711. District solid waste management system.
(a) A regional solid waste management district is authorized to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, operate, maintain, sell, lease, contract concerning, or otherwise deal in facilities of any nature necessary or desirable for the control, collection, removal, reduction, disposal, treatment, or other handling of solid waste.
(b)(1) A regional solid waste management district may elect to acquire the ownership or use of elements of solid waste management systems owned or controlled by municipalities, counties, improvement districts, or sanitation authorities within the regional solid waste management district by contract on such terms as are mutually agreed to be necessary, convenient, or desirable.
(2)(A) If the regional solid waste management district has elected such acquisition of ownership or use, the regional solid waste management district shall also have assumed the responsibility associated with that project or element, as contemplated by § 8-6-714.
(B) If the regional solid waste management district and the other entity or entities which are parties to the acquisition cannot mutually agree on the fair value to be paid and the method of compensation for the acquired asset, then either party may have that value and method adjudicated as to fairness by the circuit court having jurisdiction of the regional solid waste management district's principal office, in the manner of a declaratory judgment and not in the nature of eminent domain.
(C) The regional solid waste management district shall have the discretion to proceed or not to proceed with the acquisition after the declaration is obtained.
(c)(1)(A) A regional solid waste management district may elect to seek a permit for a Cla
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 8-6-711
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8-6-711. District solid waste management system.
(a) A regional solid waste management district is authorized to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, operate, maintain, sell, lease, contract concerning, or otherwise deal in facilities of any nature necessary or desirable for the control, collection, removal, reduction, disposal, treatment, or other handling of solid waste.
(b)(1) A regional solid waste management district may elect to acquire the ownership or use of elements of solid waste management systems owned or controlled by municipalities, counties, improvement districts, or sanitation authorities within the regional solid waste management district by contract on such terms as are mutually agreed to be necessary, convenient, or desirable.
(2)(A) If the regional solid waste management district has elected such acquisition of ownership or use, the regional solid waste management district shall also have assumed the responsibility associated with that project or element, as contemplated by § 8-6-714.
(B) If the regional solid waste management district and the other entity or entities which are parties to the acquisition cannot mutually agree on the fair value to be paid and the method of compensation for the acquired asset, then either party may have that value and method adjudicated as to fairness by the circuit court having jurisdiction of the regional solid waste management district's principal office, in the manner of a declaratory judgment and not in the nature of eminent domain.
(C) The regional solid waste management district shall have the discretion to proceed or not to proceed with the acquisition after the declaration is obtained.
(c)(1)(A) A regional solid waste management district may elect to seek a permit for a Class I landfill to be owned by the State of Arkansas.
(B) Provided, however, that only one (1) such Class I landfill shall be sited in each of the eight (8) planning and development districts established pursuant to § 14-166-202.
(2) Upon the regional solid waste management district's obtaining a permit to operate, ownership interest in said Class I landfill shall be vested with the State of Arkansas through deed or other conveyance.
(d) An existing and operating solid waste facility within the regional solid waste management district shall be incorporated into the regional solid waste management district solid waste management plan, or the regional solid waste management district shall acquire ownership of that solid waste facility in the manner set forth in subsection (b) of this section.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to give a regional solid waste management district the power to make an acquisition described in this section without the consent of the municipalities, counties, improvement districts, or sanitation authorities involved.
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14-166-202. Designation of districts.
(a) The General Assembly recognizes as planning and development districts the boundaries of the following eight (8) economic development districts:
(1) Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Benton, Washington, Madison, Carroll, Boone, Newton, Marion, Searcy, and Baxter counties;
(2) North Central Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Fulton, Izard, Sharp, Stone, Independence, Jackson, Van Buren, Cleburne, White, and Woodruff counties;
(3) Northeast Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Randolph, Clay, Lawrence, Greene, Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett, Cross, Crittenden, St. Francis, Lee, and Phillips counties;
(4) Southeast Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Grant, Jefferson, Arkansas, Cleveland, Lincoln, Desha, Bradley, Drew, Chicot, and Ashley counties;
(5) Southwest Economic Development District of Arkansas, Inc., consisting of Sevier, Howard, Little River, Hempstead, Nevada, Ouachita, Dallas, Calhoun, Miller, Lafayette, Columbia, and Union counties;
(6) Western Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Logan, Scott, and Polk counties;
(7) West Central Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Johnson, Pope, Conway, Yell, Perry, Montgomery, Garland, Pike, Clark, and Hot Spring counties; and
(8) Central Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc., consisting of Faulkner, Saline, Pulaski, Lonoke, Prairie, and Monroe counties.
(b)(1) If a municipality is located in two (2) or more counties which are situated in different planning and development districts, then if the governing body of the municipality so determines by ordinance, the entire area
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-166-202
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 14-166-202. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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8-6-714. Rents, fees, and charges.
(a)(1)(A) A regional solid waste management board may fix, charge, and collect rents, fees, and charges of no more than two dollars ($2.00) per ton of solid waste related to the movement or disposal of solid waste within the regional solid waste management district, including without limitation fees and charges:
(i) Related to the district's direct involvement with the district's disposal or treatment; or
(ii) That support the district's management of the solid waste needs of the district.
(B) The board may fix, charge, and collect fees or charges under subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii) of this section only if the board:
(i) Employs or otherwise makes available from another agency an enforcement officer to:
(a) Enforce all local ordinances, statutes, rules, and regulations for which the district has been previously given enforcement authority regarding solid waste, including the Environmental Compliance Resource Act, § 8-6-2001 et seq.; and
(b) Seek to prevent and to identify and eliminate illegal dump sites;
(ii) Has a program for household hazardous waste collection and disposal; and
(iii) Has a program for recycling that includes rural areas of the district and the recycling of bulky waste.
(2) The board may fix, charge, and collect fees or charges for solid waste generated:
(A) Within or without the district delivered to a landfill or transfer station within the district, regardless of whether the disposal facilities are owned or operated by the district; or
(B) Within the district but delivered to a location outside the district.
(3) The board may fix, charge, and collect penalties from entities that fail to timely remit rents, fees, and charges under this section.
(4) Solid waste generated within one (1) distr
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 8-6-714
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 8-6-714. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.