HB 1827 Summary

• Authorizes the Arkansas Department of Transportation to offer road millings (recycled asphalt and concrete from highway milling operations) at no cost to counties where the materials are generated.

• Road millings from projects with limited milling operations at project endpoints must be offered to the generating county; unused materials are then offered to adjacent counties on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Existing road millings held by the department may be offered to any requesting county on a first-come, first-served basis, and counties may transfer accepted materials to adjacent counties at no cost.

• The department provides no guarantees regarding the condition or suitability of materials, counties are responsible for determining fitness for intended use, and no legal claims may be brought against the department for damages from the materials' use.

• Accepted road millings must be used only for projects within the recipient county; the department may refuse future offerings to counties that fail to comply with this restriction.