§ 15-5-904 - Fees for technical and administrative services.
15-5-904. Fees for technical and administrative services.
(a) (1) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission may establish and collect fees for its technical and administrative services in connection with the planning, design, acquisition, construction, expansion, equipping, or rehabilitation of wastewater systems, water systems, solid and hazardous waste facilities, recycling facilities, nonpoint source management facilities, wetlands conservation and management facilities, and other environmental projects or parts of environmental projects and in connection with assessments, investigations, and remedial actions with respect to abandoned industrial, commercial, or agricultural sites, financed in whole or in part with moneys in the Construction Assistance Revolving Loan Fund.
(2) The authority granted in this section shall be supplemental to the authority granted to the commission under other laws to establish and collect fees for its services.
(b) The fees shall be payable in any one (1) or more of the following methods:
(1) From proceeds of loans, bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of a local governmental entity or other owner of an environmental project purchased from moneys in the fund;
(2) From proceeds of bonds issued by the commission or the Arkansas Development Finance Authority in connection with the fund; or
(3) From periodic payments due on the loans, bonds , notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of a local governmental entity or other owner of an environmental project purchased with moneys in the fund.
(c) If requested by the commission, the authority will collect the fees from the local governmental entities or other environmental project owners receiving financial assistance from the Construction Assistance Revolving Loan Fund and deposit the fees into the Construction Assistance Administrative Account within five (5) days after each periodic payment is made.