Arkansas Code Title 14. Local Government § 14-199-401. Consolidation--Joint management

All cities of the first class whose population exceeds seven thousand (7,000) according to the official federal census now owning both a light plant and a water plant which are operated by separate boards or commissions, the light plants having been constructed pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 13, and the water plants having been constructed by an improvement district embracing the city as a whole, are authorized and empowered to adopt a municipal ordinance providing for the consolidation of the boards or commissions, and for the joint management of the water and light plants by the consolidated boards or commissions.