Arkansas Code Title 15. Natural Resources and Economic Development § 15-22-505. Commission authorities

(1) To be responsible for the proper distribution and allocation of water stored in the ownership of the state as developed by the commission under the provisions of this subchapter;

(2) To approve a reasonable method of delivery and measurement of water sold from storage;

(3) To sell, assign, or lease water or water storage capacity at costs designed to return the investment to the state and to sufficiently discharge as they mature all obligations pertaining to the principal of and interest on any water development bonds issued by the commission;

(5) To acquire by lease, purchase, gift, devise, or otherwise water rights, water storage capacity, and the facilities of any water development project, including lands, rights-of-way, and easements;

(8) To institute a civil action in the Pulaski County Circuit Court or in the circuit court of the county where the water development project is located to restrain any political subdivision or agency of the state from spending any state funds from any source on or engaging in any water development project which has not been approved as in compliance with the plan, to compel compliance with the provisions of this subchapter, and to recover all costs and expenses of the commission and any inappropriately spent state funds.