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Ark. Code Ann. § 14-234-110

Waterworks operated in governmental capacity — Services to nonresident consumers

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Mount Olive Water Ass'n v. City of Fayetteville (1993)

Most recently applied in City of Lamar v. City of Clarksville (October 1993)

Acts 1955, No. 321, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-4257.

(1) A municipality owning a waterworks system shall operate its entire system in a governmental and not proprietary capacity.

(2) The municipality shall have the option of extending its services to any consumer outside the municipal boundaries, but it shall not be obligated to do so.

(3) No municipality shall be obligated to supply any fixed amount of water or water pressure to nonresident consumers, nor shall a municipality be obligated to increase the number or size of, or change the location of, any mains or pipes outside its boundaries.

(4) Water may be supplied to nonresident consumers at such rates as the legislative body of the municipality may deem just and reasonable, and the rates need not be the same as the rates charged residents of the municipality.

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.