Arkansas Code
Title 14 - Local Government
Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally

§ 14-200-106. Municipal power to acquire, construct, or operate public utility plant - Any municipality shall have the power, subject to the provisions...

§ 14-200-107. Election to authorize purchase by municipality - Any municipality may determine to acquire the property of a...

§ 14-200-108. Compensation and damages for purchase - (a) Whenever the Arkansas Public Service Commission has been notified...

§ 14-200-109. Municipal power to finance electric facilities system - (a) Any municipality, board, commission, or other authority duly established...

§ 14-200-110. Municipal access to utility records - The municipal councils or city commissions shall have authority, by...

§ 14-200-111. Rural service - (a) Municipalities owning or operating facilities for supplying a public...

§ 14-200-112. Exemption from regulation by state commissions - Municipalities owning or operating any public utilities are exempt from...

Chapter 201 - Municipal Boards And Commissions

Subchapter 1 - Cities of the First Class Generally

§ 14-201-101. Scope of subchapter - (a) Any water or waterworks commission in this state now...

§ 14-201-102. Construction of subchapter - (a) (1) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to...

§ 14-201-103. Applicability of subchapter - The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to any...

§ 14-201-104. Powers of city council - (a) (1) Any city of the first class owning and...

§ 14-201-105. Creation of commission — Members - (a) (1) Any city of the first class in which...

§ 14-201-106. Compensation of commissioners - The commissioners shall receive ten dollars ($10.00) per day while...

§ 14-201-107. Oath of commissioners - Before entering upon their duties as commissioners, each member of...

§ 14-201-108. Removal from office of commissioner - A member of the commission may be removed from office...

§ 14-201-109. Abolition of commission - (a) (1) A utility commission established under this subchapter by...

§ 14-201-110. General powers of commission - (a) (1) The commission shall have full power to manage,...

§ 14-201-111. Authority to borrow, issue bonds or notes — Pledge of revenues - (a) The commission may borrow money and issue negotiable evidences...

§ 14-201-112. Bonds or notes — Issuance generally - The issuance of bonds or notes shall be by a...

§ 14-201-113. Bonds or notes — Terms and conditions - (a) The bonds or notes may: (1) Be coupon bonds...

§ 14-201-114. Bonds or notes — Trust indenture - (a) The authorizing resolution may provide for the execution of...

§ 14-201-115. Bonds or notes — Contents - It shall be plainly stated on the face of each...

§ 14-201-116. Bonds or notes — Sale - The bonds or notes may be sold at public or...

§ 14-201-117. Bonds or notes — Nature of indebtedness - (a) The bonds and notes shall not be general obligations...

§ 14-201-118. Bonds or notes — Priority among issues - Priority between successive issues may be controlled by the resolution.

§ 14-201-119. Refunding bonds or notes - (a) Bonds or notes may be issued for the purpose...

§ 14-201-120. Default in payment of notes or bonds — Receiver - (a) If the commission defaults in the payment of any...

§ 14-201-121. Use of fees and charges — Pledges — Surplus - (a) For so long as any bond or notes are...

§ 14-201-122. Meetings and records - All meetings of the commission shall be open to the...

§ 14-201-123. Quarterly report to city council - The commission shall report to the city council on each...

§ 14-201-124. Annual audit - At the end of each fiscal year, the commission shall...

§ 14-201-125. Rules and regulations for operation — Injunctions - (a) The commission shall adopt such rules and regulations as...

§ 14-201-126. Enforcement of rights under resolution or trust indenture - Any holder or registered owner of bonds or notes, or...

§ 14-201-127. Bonds — Tax exemption - Bonds and notes issued under the provisions of this subchapter,...

§ 14-201-128. Investment of public funds in bonds or notes - Any municipality or any board, commission, or other authority duly...

§ 14-201-129. Social security, pension, and retirement for employees - The commission is authorized to provide a plan of social...

Subchapter 2 - Cities of the First Class — Pre-1957 Provisions

§ 14-201-201. Construction - (a) (1) This subchapter shall not be construed to repeal...

§ 14-201-202. Existing boards continued - (a) (1) If, in any municipal corporation subject to the...

§ 14-201-203. Commission to operate utilities authorized - (a) A city of the first class may, by ordinance,...

§ 14-201-204. Creation of board or commission — Members — Vacancies - (a) Any city of the first class subject to the...

§ 14-201-205. Meetings of board — Organization - (a) When the city council of a city, subject to...

§ 14-201-206. Powers of board and city council - (a) The board created pursuant to this subchapter shall have...

§ 14-201-207. Employees of board — Salary of board members - (a) Subject to such restrictions or limitations as may be...

§ 14-201-208. Reports of board - The board shall make due report to the city council...

Subchapter 3 - Cities of the Second Class and Towns

§ 14-201-301. Construction - This subchapter shall not be construed to repeal or amend...

§ 14-201-302. Creation of board - (a) In each of the cities of the second class...

§ 14-201-303. Petition for election to adopt subchapter - (a) When fifty (50) or more owners of real property...

§ 14-201-304. Notice of election - Within five (5) days after the filing of the petition,...

§ 14-201-305. Form of ballots — Manner of voting - (a) The county board of election commissioners shall provide ballots...

§ 14-201-306. Conduct of election — Board created upon majority vote - (a) The polls at the election shall be opened at...

§ 14-201-307. Calling election to elect board members — Notice of election - (a) Immediately after the creation of the board of public...

§ 14-201-308. Qualifications of voters - (a) Only owners of real estate in one (1) or...

§ 14-201-309. Supplies for elections — Cost - The board of election commissioners shall provide all necessary ballots,...

§ 14-201-310. Ballots in duplicate — Conduct of election - In the conduct of the election, all ballots shall be...

§ 14-201-311. Election officials - (a) Not less than ten (10) days before the date...

§ 14-201-312. Members of board — Qualifications - (a) Boards of public utilities, when created in the manner...

§ 14-201-313. Nominations to board membership - Nominations of candidates for membership on the board of public...

§ 14-201-314. Interest of board members in contracts unlawful — Penalty - (a) It shall be unlawful for any member of the...

§ 14-201-315. Terms of initial members - The candidate receiving the highest number of votes at the...

§ 14-201-316. Election of succeeding members — Term — Conduct of election — Notice - (a) In all cities and towns where a board of...

§ 14-201-317. Commencement of term — Oath of office - The term of office of the members of the board...

§ 14-201-318. Vacancies - If any member of the board shall cease to be...

§ 14-201-319. Compensation of members - (a) The sole compensation of each member of the board...

§ 14-201-320. Officers of board — Meetings — Minutes - (a) At the first meeting of the board, one (1)...

§ 14-201-321. Subsequent election to create board - In event of a failure of the owners of real...

§ 14-201-322. General powers of board - The board of public utilities: (1) May do and perform...

§ 14-201-323. Agents and employees - The board, in the operation of the plant or plants...

§ 14-201-324. Deposit of moneys — Bond — Checks - (a) All moneys derived from the operation of utilities under...

§ 14-201-325. Disposition of profits - Any profits derived by any of the boards of public...

§ 14-201-326. Enlargements of plants and systems - (a) The board of public utilities may, in their discretion...

§ 14-201-327. Sale or mortgage of plants and machinery - No board of public utilities created under the terms of...

§ 14-201-328. Accounting books — Annual audit - (a) The board shall keep or cause to be kept...

§ 14-201-329. Suits for misappropriation or misuse of money - Any taxpayer in any city or town in this state...

§ 14-201-330. Power to sue and be sued — Hiring of attorneys - (a) The board of public utilities may collect and receipt...

Chapter 202 - Joint Municipal Electric Power Generation

§ 14-202-101. Title - This chapter may be referred to and cited as the...

§ 14-202-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Bonds” means bonds and...

§ 14-202-103. Authorization to construct and operate project - (a) (1) A municipality is authorized and empowered to acquire,...

§ 14-202-104. Contracts to acquire interest in project - (a) The acquisition of an interest in a project may...

§ 14-202-105. Sale of excess capacity - Capacity or output derived by a municipality from a project...

§ 14-202-106. Acquisition of licenses and permits - (a) Municipalities proceeding under this chapter are authorized to apply...

§ 14-202-107. Contracts to exchange and transmit electric power - Municipalities are authorized to enter into contracts for the exchange,...

§ 14-202-108. Bonds — Issuance generally - (a) Municipalities are authorized to use any available funds and...

§ 14-202-109. Bonds — Terms and conditions - (a) As the ordinance may provide, the bonds may: (1)...

§ 14-202-110. Bonds — Trust indenture - (a) The ordinance may provide for the execution of a...

§ 14-202-111. Bonds — Sale - The bonds may be sold at public or private sale...

§ 14-202-112. Bonds, coupons — Execution and seal - (a) (1) (A) Bonds issued hereunder shall be executed by...

§ 14-202-113. Bonds — Priority among issues - Priority between and among successive issues may be controlled by...

§ 14-202-114. Bonds — Mortgage lien - (a) The ordinance or trust indenture authorizing or securing any...

§ 14-202-115. Bonds — Default — Receiver - (a) In the event of a default in the payment...

§ 14-202-116. Bonds — Nature of indebtedness - (a) The bonds and coupons issued under this chapter shall...

§ 14-202-117. Refunding bonds - (a) Bonds may be issued for the purpose of refunding...

§ 14-202-118. Rates, fees, and charges — Disposition — Pledges - (a) (1) A municipality is authorized to fix, charge, and...

§ 14-202-119. Enforcement of rights under ordinance or trust indenture - Any holder or registered owner of bonds or coupons appertaining...

§ 14-202-120. Bonds and projects — Tax exemption - (a) Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, and...

§ 14-202-121. Investment of public funds in bonds - Any municipality, or any board, commission, or other authority duly...

§ 14-202-122. Contracts for grants-in-aid and loans - The governing body of any municipality is authorized to make...

§ 14-202-123. Exemption of projects from other laws - Participation by a municipality in the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, enlargement,...

Chapter 203 - Municipal Electric System Financing

§ 14-203-101. Title - This chapter may be referred to and cited as the...

§ 14-203-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 14-203-103. Scope of chapter - (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as modifying...

§ 14-203-104. Authorization to finance electric system - Municipalities are authorized to use any available funds and reserves...

§ 14-203-105. Bonds — Issuance generally - The issuance of bonds shall be by an ordinance of...

§ 14-203-106. Bonds — Terms and conditions - (a) As the ordinance may provide, the bonds may: (1)...

§ 14-203-107. Bonds — Trust indenture - (a) The ordinance may provide for the execution of a...

§ 14-203-108. Bonds — Sale - The bonds may be sold at public or private sale,...

§ 14-203-109. Bonds, coupons — Execution — Seal - (a) (1) (A) Bonds issued under this chapter shall be...

§ 14-203-110. Bonds — Priority among issues - Priority between successive issues may be controlled by the ordinance.

§ 14-203-111. Bonds — Nature of indebtedness — Surplus revenues - (a) The bonds and coupons issued under this chapter shall...

§ 14-203-112. Refunding bonds - (a) (1) Bonds may be issued for the purpose of...

§ 14-203-113. Bonds — Mortgage lien - (a) The ordinance or trust indenture authorizing or securing any...

§ 14-203-114. Bonds — Default — Receiver - (a) In the event of a default in the payment...

§ 14-203-115. Rates, fees, and charges — Disposition — Pledges - (a) For so long as any bonds are outstanding and...

§ 14-203-116. Rights of holder or owner of bonds - Any holder or registered owner of bonds or coupons appertaining...

§ 14-203-117. Bonds — Tax exemption - Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, and the...

§ 14-203-118. Investment of public funds in bonds - Any municipality, or any board, commission, or other authority duly...

Chapter 204 - Municipal And County Hydroelectric Power Development

§ 14-204-101. Title - This chapter may be referred to and may be cited...

§ 14-204-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 14-204-103. Construction - (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish the...

§ 14-204-104. Authorization to own and operate hydroelectric power project — Contracts to supply energy - (a) Any municipality and any county is authorized to own,...

§ 14-204-105. Authorization to issue bonds - (a) Municipalities and counties are authorized to use any available...

§ 14-204-106. Revenue bonds generally - (a) (1) Revenue bonds authorized in this chapter may be...

§ 14-204-107. Nature of bond indebtedness — Payment from revenue of project — Use of excess revenue - (a) (1) Revenue bonds shall not be general obligations of...

§ 14-204-108. Refunding bonds - (a) Revenue bonds may be issued under this chapter for...

§ 14-204-109. Mortgage lien — Default — Receiver - (a) The ordinance, order, or indenture referred to § 14-204-106...

§ 14-204-110. Application for licenses, permits, certificates, and approvals - (a) Municipalities and counties proceeding under this chapter are authorized...

§ 14-204-111. Bonds — Tax exemption - Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be...

§ 14-204-112. Investment of public funds in bonds - Any public funds may be invested in revenue bonds issued...

Chapter 205 - Natural Gas Distribution Systems

§ 14-205-101. Construction - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as applying to...

§ 14-205-102. Election on bond issue - (a) Any municipality, by and with the consent of a...

§ 14-205-103. Provisions of ordinance - (a) The ordinance providing for the issuance of the revenue...

§ 14-205-104. Publication of ordinance and notice - When the ordinance is adopted by the municipality's legislative body,...

§ 14-205-105. Hearing - At the hearing all objections and suggestions shall be heard...

§ 14-205-106. Bonds as negotiable instruments — Execution - (a) Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall...

§ 14-205-107. Amounts of bonds - The bonds shall be issued in whatever amounts may be...

§ 14-205-108. Sale of bonds — Use of proceeds - The bonds shall be sold at not less than ninety...

§ 14-205-109. Interest on bonds - The bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates...

§ 14-205-110. Bonds — Nature of indebtedness - (a) Bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable solely...

§ 14-205-111. Statutory lien upon system - (a) A statutory mortgage lien shall be imposed upon the...

§ 14-205-112. Eminent domain - (a) The right and power of eminent domain is conferred...

Chapter 206 - Acquisition Of Utilities By Municipalities

§ 14-206-101. Applicability - (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable...

§ 14-206-102. Power to acquire, construct, and operate — Notice - (a) When authorized by order of the Arkansas Public Service...

§ 14-206-103. Confirmation by electors - (a) Any municipality may determine to seek approval from the...

§ 14-206-104. Application — Economic impact statement — Review - (a) In its application for a certificate, the municipality shall...

§ 14-206-105. Proof of service and notice — Filing fee - (a) (1) Each application shall be accompanied by proof of...

§ 14-206-106. Public hearing - Upon receipt of an application complying with §§ 14-206-104 and...

§ 14-206-107. Parties to proceeding — Limited appearance - (a) The parties to the proceeding shall include the municipality...

§ 14-206-108. Decision upon application — Burden of proof - (a) The commission shall render a decision upon the record...

§ 14-206-109. Denial — Purchase price, terms, and conditions of sale - (a) In the event that the commission determines, on the...

§ 14-206-110. Confirmation of sale — Modification - (a) The commission shall by order fix, determine, and certify...

§ 14-206-111. Order — Findings of fact - In rendering a decision on the application for approval of...

§ 14-206-112. Rehearing — Judicial review - Any party aggrieved by any decision issued on an application...

Chapter 207 - Valuation of Properties and Facilities Upon Annexation

§ 14-207-101. Definitions - As used herein the following terms shall have the following...

§ 14-207-102. Confirmation of ownership rights - The right of Arkansas municipal corporations and consolidated municipal utility...

§ 14-207-103. Right to acquire properties, facilities, and customers - (a) (1) Unless otherwise agreed between a municipality which owns...

§ 14-207-104. Procedures and valuation formula - (a) In the event that an agreement pursuant to §...

§ 14-207-105. Valuation data - The public utility shall provide to the municipality all data...

§ 14-207-106. Exercise of power of eminent domain - (a) At the conclusion of the six-month notification period, in...

Chapter 208 - Valuation of Rural Water Service Properties and Facilities Upon Annexation

§ 14-208-101. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Municipality” means both Arkansas...

§ 14-208-102. Right to acquire rural water service properties, facilities, and customers — Definition - (a) (1) (A) Unless otherwise agreed between a municipality that...

§ 14-208-103. Procedures and valuation formula - (a) (1) (A) If an agreement under § 14-208-102 cannot...

§ 14-208-104. Valuation data - (a) The rural water service shall provide to the municipality...

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Arkansas Code Title 14 - Local Government Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally

Arkansas Code
Title 14 - Local Government
Subtitle 12 - Public Utilities Generally