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Arkansas bill would require water authority board contact info on public websites; committee adds ANRC listing
Summary
House Bill 1387, a constituent-driven measure, would require water authority board members’ names and telephone numbers to be posted on public websites; the Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee amended the bill to require the same information on the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission website and advanced the measure by voice vote.
House Bill 1387, a constituent-driven measure requiring members of water authority boards to have their names and telephone numbers displayed online, moved forward in the Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee after members adopted a verbal amendment to expand where the information must appear.
Representative Cameron Cooper, R-District 57, told the committee the bill responds to constituent complaints after a water authority outage left customers without running water and with no clear way to contact board members. “This is a constituent driven bill. It will require the members of a water…
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