Opinion No.

The Honorable Doug Wood State Representative P.O. Box 7078 Sherwood, Arkansas 72116

Dear Representative Wood:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on behalf of some local property owner on two questions concerning the provision of services to territory recently annexed to the City of Sherwood. Your first question is whether a city of the first class has a duty to provide water, sewer, fire and police protection to property owners annexed within their boundaries if such services are likewise provided to other citizens. Your second question relates to the fact that these property…