Enactment of ordinance before construction or acquisition

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Local Government
  4. Solid Waste Disposal, Waterworks, And Sewers Generally
  5. Municipal Sewage Systems
  6. Operation of Systems by Municipalities
  7. Enactment of ordinance before construction or acquisition

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Before any municipality shall construct or acquire any works under this subchapter, the municipal council shall enact ordinances which shall:

  1. (1) Set forth:

    1. (A) A brief and general description of the works proposed to be constructed or purchased; and

    2. (B) If the works are to be constructed, a reference to the preliminary report or plans and specifications which shall theretofore have been prepared and filed with the clerk or recorder by an engineer chosen by such council;

  2. (2) Set forth:

    1. (A) The cost of the works estimated by the engineer chosen as prescribed; or

    2. (B) The purchase price if the works are to be purchased;

  3. (3) Order the construction or acquisition of the works, in which connection the ordinance will recite that the terms of the construction or acquisition, so far as they are not set out in the ordinance, will thereafter be fixed by the council or sewer committee;

  4. (4) State the names of the members of the sewer committee to have charge of the works and the construction or acquisition of them;

  5. (5) Direct that revenue bonds of the municipality shall be issued pursuant to this subchapter in such an amount as may be found necessary to pay the cost of the works; and

  6. (6) Contain such other provisions as may be necessary in the premises.


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