LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A new Arkansas law provides state funding for water and sewer treatment facility improvements.
Act 812, formerly House Bill 1681 , was passed with bipartisan support by the 95th General Assembly. It authorizes the state to establish a Water and Sewer Treatment Facilities Grant Program to be administered by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission.
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The law does not establish the amount funded but instructs the state treasurer, auditor and chief fiscal officer to develop the fund consisting of “any revenues authorized by law.”
Municipalities will apply to the fund for improvements in their district, and 80% of the fund will be awarded to “shovel-ready projects” in first and second-class cities, according to the act’s language, with 20% for cities and rural areas with less than 1,200 population…