§ 14-137-112 — Acquiring and transferring facilities

(a) Any municipality or county may acquire facilities for a public facilities project, or any portion thereof, including a project site, by gift, purchase, lease, or condemnation, and may transfer any such facilities to a public facilities board created by the municipality or county by sale, lease, or gift. (b) Transfer may be authorized by ordinance of the governing body without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations, or other provisions contained in any other law. (c) Public facilities boards which operate water works facilities may exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with the procedures prescribed by § 18-15-201 et seq. (d) A county public facilities board may transfer land to the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission with or without compensation, provided that the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission agrees to develop a wildlife management area or to construct, stock, and maintain a public fishing lake thereon.

Legislative History

Acts 1975, No. 142, § 17; A.S.A. 1947, § 20-1717; Acts 1991, No. 279, § 3; 1991, No. 1091, § 6.