Arkansas Code Title 14. Local Government § 14-94-110. Districts--Authorities

(a) Any district, in furtherance of any of the purposes set forth in § 14-94-105, shall have the authority to hire managers and other employees and to pay their salaries incident to the operation and maintenance of any of the improvements authorized by this chapter. It shall also have the authority to acquire and purchase equipment and machinery incident to the operation and maintenance of these improvements and shall be further authorized to do any and all other acts which shall be deemed necessary in order to purchase, construct, accept as a gift, operate, and maintain any and all improvements authorized by this chapter.

(b) Any district shall have the power to sell or lease any improvements owned by it to any nearby municipality or district or other improvement district within the nearby municipality serving on behalf of the property owners of the district or to any other person. The district may make contracts with any person, or it may operate any improvement and may connect any improvement with the improvements, systems, and transmission lines of any nearby municipality or other district or improvement district and, with respect to sewers, may carry its sewers to any proper outlet within or without the district.

(c) Any district may accept as a gift any or all of the improvements and facilities authorized in this chapter upon the assumption of the maintenance and operation of the improvements and shall have the authority to assess and collect benefits as provided in this chapter, in order to provide the revenue for the costs of the maintenance and operation.