{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-14-234-601","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 14-234-601","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Water association\" means any entity organized under the laws of the State of Arkansas, whether for profit or not for profit, that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps, or stores raw or potable water for the benefit of members of the general public or commercial, industrial, and other users; and (2) \"Water system\" means any entity that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps, or stores raw or potable water, wastewater, or sewage for the benefit of members of the general public and commercial, industrial, and other users, including without limitation, the following entities that perform such activities: (A) Municipalities; (B) Counties; (C) Public facilities boards; (D) Public water authorities; (E) Central Arkansas Water; (F) Regional water distribution districts; and (G) Water associations. Acts 2003, No. 769, § 1; 2007, No. 360, § 1.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Water association\" means any entity organized under the laws of the State of Arkansas, whether for profit or not for profit, that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps, or stores raw or potable water for the benefit of members of the general public or commercial, industrial, and other users; and\n\n(2) \"Water system\" means any entity that provides, distributes, transmits, treats, pumps, or stores raw or potable water, wastewater, or sewage for the benefit of members of the general public and commercial, industrial, and other users, including without limitation, the following entities that perform such activities: (A) Municipalities; (B) Counties; (C) Public facilities boards; (D) Public water authorities; (E) Central Arkansas Water; (F) Regional water distribution districts; and (G) Water associations.\n\n(A) Municipalities;\n\n(B) Counties;\n\n(C) Public facilities boards;\n\n(D) Public water authorities;\n\n(E) Central Arkansas Water;\n\n(F) Regional water distribution districts; and\n\n(G) Water associations.","path":["AR Code","Title 14","Chapter 234","Subchapter 6"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:35:43Z","sha256":"ed8b547da0b146f137217acf896f694376634a19631073e707cfdd5b4aebd46d","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-14-234-517","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-14-234-602","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ar","title":"Arkansas Release 78 supplement","text":"Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ar.code"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}