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Issue No. 4: Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2025.

Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2025.

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Data note

Arkansas publishes no official arguments, yes/no statements, or fiscal notes for referred measures.

Sponsor: This question is Act 578 of the Regular 2025 Session by Senator Hester

Ballot choice text used as yes/no meaning (FOR/AGAINST lines printed on ballot).

Ballot text (Ballot question)

Shall the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission be authorized to issue general obligation bonds under the authority of the Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 2025, for the financing and refinancing of the development of water, waste disposal, water pollution control, abatement and prevention, drainage, irrigation, flood control, and wetlands and aquatic resources projects to serve the citizens of the State of Arkansas, in total principal amount not to exceed five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), with no more than one hundred sixty-five million dollars ($165,000,000) in total principal amount of such bonds to be issued to finance and refinance the development of irrigation facilities, in series from time to time in principal amounts not to exceed, without prior approval of the General Assembly, sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) in any two-year period beginning on July 1 of each odd-numbered year, which bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State of Arkansas?

What a YES vote means

FOR Issuance of State of Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities general obligation bonds.

What a NO vote means

AGAINST Issuance of State of Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal, and Pollution Abatement Facilities general obligation bonds.

Explanatory statement

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Fiscal impact

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Argument FOR

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Argument AGAINST

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Both columns use the same layout. Text is quoted from the official state guide. Views expressed belong to the argument authors.

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