Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-401

Right to acquire property

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 2011 Ark. App. 701 - Delta Regional Airport Authority v. Gunn (2011)

Most recently applied in 2019 Ark. App. 522 - Rick A. Blanchard, as Trustee of the Rick A. Blanchard Living Trust Agreement Dated August 18, 1989 v. City of Springdale, Arkansas, a Municipal Corporation Acting by and Through Its Water and Sewer Commission (November 2019)

Acts 1957, No. 269, §§ 2, 14; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 35-908, 35-908n.

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(1) A municipality operating a waterworks system under the provisions of this subchapter shall have the right to acquire any property useful for municipal waterworks purposes by following the eminent domain proceedings set forth in this subchapter.

(2) A municipality's right of eminent domain shall be exercised by the operating authority of the municipal waterworks system.

(3) This subchapter shall be cumulative to any other laws of eminent domain in favor of municipalities operating municipal waterworks systems.

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