Opinion No.

The Honorable Wayne Dowd State Senator P.O. Box 2631 Texarkana, Arkansas 75502

Dear Senator Dowd:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on three questions involving a drainage dispute in Miller County, Arkansas. You have enclosed a photograph of the particular location giving rise to the drainage dispute and have outlined the facts as follows:

A rural drainage district in Miller County, Arkansas has certain geographical boundaries. There is a natural drainage ditch which has been improved by the drainage district and within the geographic boundaries of the drainage district there is…