Opinion No.

The Honorable Morril Harriman State Senator 522 Main Van Buren, Arkansas 72956

Dear Senator Harriman:

This is in response to your request, on behalf of Stephen Peer, City Attorney of Mountainburg, for an opinion on the constitutionality of A.C.A. 14-234-115. Mr. Peer, in his letter, recites the facts as follows:

Since the mid-1930's, the City of Fort Smith, located in Sebastian County, has owned and operated a water impoundment system in neighboring Crawford County near the City of Mountainburg and lying within the Mountainburg Public School District. The City of Fort Smith has not paid property…