- (a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation encourages utility owners to more effectively carry out the installation, relocation, maintenance, or removal of their utility facilities on department right-of-way or property, including vegetation control, by maintaining a standing bond based on the number of customers served in the State of Arkansas.
- (b) The standing bond will be used by the department in restoring the highway right-of-way or property to its former condition if the utility owner fails to do so.
- (c) The standing bond must be provided in the name of the utility owner.
- (d) The following standing bond amounts shall apply:
| Number of Arkansas customers | Standing bond required |
| Over 250,000 | $250,000 |
| 100,000 to 249,999 | $100,000 |
| 50,000 to 99,999 | $50,000 |
| 10,000 to 49,999 | $25,000 |
| Under 10,000 | $10,000 |