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Ark. Code Ann. § 14-207-101

Definitions

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation v. City Water and Light Plant of Jonesboro Arkansas (2002)

Most recently applied in Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation v. City Water and Light Plant of Jonesboro Arkansas (January 2002)

Acts 1989, No. 639, § 1; 1991, No. 745, § 1; 2019, No. 315, § 1013.

As used herein the following terms shall have the following definitions:

(1) “Municipality” shall mean both Arkansas municipal corporations and consolidated municipal utility improvement districts;

(2) “Electric public utility” and “electric public utility system” shall include persons, corporations, and other entities providing electric power to the public at wholesale or retail, but shall not include electric cooperative corporations providing electric power predominantly for resale;

(3) “Franchise” or “franchise agreement” shall mean an agreement between a municipality which owns or operates an electric utility system and an electric public utility, including, but not limited to franchise agreements within the meaning of Acts 1935, No. 324, as amended, whereby the electric public utility continues to serve customers in its allocated service area and pays to the municipality which owns or operates an electric utility system franchise fees in accordance with applicable law and the rules of the Arkansas Public Service Commission.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.