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AR Code § 22-3-918 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Justice Building Act|§ 22-3-918. Notice for bids for construction — Bonds — Execution of contracts

 (a)  (1) After the Building Authority Division has approved the plans and specifications prepared by the architect, it shall proceed to advertise for bids for the construction of the Arkansas Justice Building.  (2) The notice shall be published one (1) time each week for not less than three (3) consecutive weeks in one (1) or more newspapers of general circulation published in the City of Little Rock, and in such other newspapers and trade or construction journals as may, in the opinion of the division, be desirable.  (3) The notice shall provide for the receipt of sealed bids, shall set forth the time and place at which the bids will be received, shall give the name and address of the architect from whom copies of plans, specifications, and drafts of the proposed contract to be entered into with the successful bidder may be obtained, and shall contain any other information and requirements as, in the opinion of the division, may be necessary or desirable.    (b)  (1) On the date and time fixed in the notice, the division shall open, tabulate, and compare the bids and shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.  (2) The division shall have the right to reject any or all bids.    (c) The successful bidder shall be required to furnish bonds to the State of Arkansas for the use and benefit of the division, with a corporate guaranty of indemnity sureties thereon. Bond shall be both for the completion of the construction free of all liens and encumbrances in an amount fixed by the division and for the protection of the division and its members against all liability for injury to person or damage to or loss of property arising or claimed to have arisen in the course of the construction, within limits fixed by the division.  (d) The Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services shall execute all contracts awarded by the division.
AR Code § 22-3-924 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Justice Building Act|§ 22-3-924. Legislative intent

 It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals shall not be required to pay any rental fees for space utilized in the Arkansas Justice Building.
AR Code § 22-3-1002 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 10 - War Memorial Stadium|§ 22-3-1002. Powers and duties generally

 (a)  (1) The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism has and is subject to the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the department by this subchapter concerning the War Memorial Stadium Commission.  (2) The department may make, amend, and enforce all necessary or desirable rules not inconsistent with law to regulate the commission's procedure, powers, and duties.    (b) Subject to the applicable limitations provided in this subchapter, the department shall:  (1) Have exclusive jurisdiction for the government of War Memorial Stadium;  (2) Purchase, lease, or rent any real property, or acquire any real property by the exercise of its right of eminent domain, that right being vested in the department;  (3) Purchase, lease, or rent any corporeal or personal property;  (4) Receive bequests or donations of any real, corporeal, or personal property;  (5) Sell, barter, lease, or rent any real, corporeal, or personal property or convert into money any property that cannot be used in the form received;  (6) Fix the amount of admissions, fees, commissions, concessions, rents, and other charges to be collected by the department for the use of War Memorial Stadium for athletic or other events;  (7) Establish accounts in one (1) or more banks and thereafter, from time to time, make deposits in and withdrawals from these accounts;  (8) Contract and be contracted with;  (9) Exercise such police powers within the bounds of any real property owned or controlled by the department as may be necessary to abate nuisances and otherwise keep the peace; and  (10) Take such other action, not inconsistent with law, as the department may deem necessary or desirable to carry out the intent and purposes of this subchapter.
AR Code § 22-3-1008 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 10 - War Memorial Stadium|§ 22-3-1008. Bonds — Tax exemptions

 The bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be exempt from all taxes.
AR Code § 22-3-1010 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 10 - War Memorial Stadium|§ 22-3-1010. Audit of accounts — Reports

 An audit of the records and accounts of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism concerning the War Memorial Stadium Commission shall be made each year, and a copy of the report shall be filed with the Legislative Council, the Governor, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.
AR Code § 22-3-1011 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 10 - War Memorial Stadium|§ 22-3-1011. Establishment by Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism of bank accounts — Deposits and withdrawals — Preaudit

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism on behalf of the War Memorial Stadium Commission may open accounts in the name of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism in one (1) or more banks and deposit into those bank accounts all moneys received from the sale of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism's bonds and from admissions, fees, concessions, rents, and other charges collected for the use of War Memorial Stadium or from any other source.  (b) From the bank accounts, the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism on behalf of the commission may withdraw funds for payment of the following:  (1) Cost of the construction of War Memorial Stadium;  (2) Expenses of the commission's members;  (3) Salaries of a custodian, groundskeepers, and such other personnel as the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism may employ;  (4) Insurance premiums for fire, lightning, and tornado insurance;  (5) Such other items of reasonable expense as, in the opinion of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism with advice from the commission, may be required to maintain and operate War Memorial Stadium; and  (6) Amounts paid contesting colleges or schools.    (c)  (1) All withdrawals of funds in the bank accounts shall be made by use of voucher-checks, the form of which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.  (2) All voucher-checks so drawn are subject to preaudit by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.
AR Code § 22-3-1102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 11 - Livestock Show Facilities|§ 22-3-1102. Eminent domain

 (a) From and after the passage and approval of this section, the Building Authority Division may acquire by eminent domain any real property, including the improvements and fixtures on the property that it may deem necessary to provide a permanent site and show facilities for a state fair and livestock show and for aid to the livestock industry.  (b) The division, upon adoption of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described in the resolution is in the public interest and necessary for public use, may exercise the power of eminent domain:  (1) In the manner provided by §§ 18-15-1202 — 18-15-1207 for taking private property for rights-of-way for railroads;  (2) In the manner provided by §§ 18-15-301 — 18-15-307; or  (3) Pursuant to any other applicable statutory provision for the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
AR Code § 22-3-1103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 11 - Livestock Show Facilities|§ 22-3-1103. Use of showgrounds — Future Farmers of America State Horse Show

 (a) The Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show Association shall permit organizations and associations to use the association's showgrounds and facilities for the Future Farmers of America State Horse Show and other related livestock and poultry activities without charge, where the use involves no additional costs to the association.  (b) When any organization or association is permitted to use the showgrounds and facilities for the Future Farmers of America State Horse Show and other related livestock and poultry activities, the organization or association so using the grounds and facilities shall clean the livestock showgrounds and facilities and remove all trash and debris resulting from that use and shall leave the grounds and facilities in at least as good condition as the grounds and facilities were prior to the activities.
AR Code § 22-3-1201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983”.
AR Code § 22-3-1202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1202. Purpose

 It has been found by the General Assembly that adequate construction, equipping, maintenance, and operation of facilities for the Division of Correction and the state-supported institutions of higher education are essential to the well-being of this state and that the pledging of the motor vehicles safety inspection fee, the fees derived from the agriculture and livestock activities and rentals of farm properties, the fees collected from the sale or disposition of articles and products manufactured through the operations of the prison industries program, and the rental fees collected by state-supported institutions of higher education from tenants other than state agencies is essential to the fulfillment of the purposes of this subchapter.
AR Code § 22-3-1204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1204. Provisions exclusive and overriding

 (a) This subchapter shall be the complete and sole authority for the establishment of the purposes set forth in this subchapter.  (b) To the extent that there is a conflict between the purposes of this subchapter and Chapter 2 of this title, the provisions of this subchapter shall govern.
AR Code § 22-3-1205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1205. Powers of Building Authority Division generally

 (a) In addition to the powers, purposes, and authorities set forth elsewhere in this subchapter or in other laws, the Building Authority Division is authorized and empowered to:  (1) Acquire, construct, repair, renovate, alter, maintain, and equip existing or new buildings and capital improvements and the sites upon which they are situated for use by the Division of Correction for the housing, treatment, care, and rehabilitation of inmates committed to or in the custody of the Division of Correction;  (2) Acquire, construct, repair, renovate, alter, maintain, and equip existing or new buildings and capital improvements and the sites upon which they are situated for use by the Division of Correction for the prison agriculture and industry programs;  (3) Acquire, construct, repair, renovate, alter, maintain, and equip existing or new buildings and capital improvements and the sites upon which they are situated for use by state-supported institutions of higher education;  (4) Redeem or pay and discharge, or provide therefor, the outstanding 1977 Bonds and 1979 Bonds;  (5) Obtain the necessary funds for accomplishing its powers, purposes, and authorities from any source, including, without limitation, the proceeds of certificates of indebtedness issued under this subchapter; funds appropriated and made available under Chapter 2 of this title; and funds, if any, appropriated for the buildings defined in this subchapter;  (6) Purchase, lease or rent, and receive the bequests or donations of, or otherwise acquire, sell, trade, or barter any property either real, personal, or mixed, and convert such property into money or other property;  (7) Contract and be contracted with;  (8) Apply for, receive, accept, and use any moneys and property from the United States Government, any agency, any state or governmental body or political subdivision, any public or private corporation or organization of any nature, or any individual;  (9) Invest and reinvest any of the Building Authority Division’s moneys in securities selected by the Building Authority Division; and  (10) Take such other action, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the powers, purposes, and authorities set forth in this subchapter and to carry out the intent of this subchapter.    (b) The powers, purposes, and authorities set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall be carried out in accordance with the duly promulgated policies of the Building Authority Division, under and pursuant to Chapter 2 of this title.
AR Code § 22-3-1206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1206. Plan for proposed construction — Hearings and review — Filing of financial statement

 (a) Before certificates of indebtedness as authorized by this subchapter may be issued by the Building Authority Division and purchased by the State Board of Finance, the division shall develop a plan for all proposed construction work to be performed, the location at which the work is to be performed, and the proposed use of the improvements to be carried out under the construction, together with the estimated cost thereof, and shall file a copy thereof with the Legislative Council, the Governor, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State at least sixty (60) days prior to the issuance of the certificates of indebtedness.  (b)  (1) Upon receipt of a copy of a plan for proposed construction, the Legislative Council shall review the plan and may hold hearings in connection therewith, and upon the conclusion of the hearings and review, the Legislative Council may offer such advice to the division as it deems appropriate in accomplishing the purposes set forth in this subchapter.  (2) Copies of the advice of the Legislative Council shall be furnished to the division, the Governor, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State for their respective review and consideration.  (3) Nothing in this subsection is intended to prohibit or limit the authority of the division to proceed in accordance with the purposes and intent of this subchapter, but in each instance in which the division shall elect not to follow the advice of the Legislative Council, the division shall file a written statement of the reasons therefor with the Legislative Council within thirty (30) days after receiving the advice of the Legislative Council.  (4) The Legislative Council shall report to the next following regular session of the General Assembly its advice offered to the division in performing its duties under the provisions of this subchapter and shall attach to the report any statements in writing filed with the Legislative Council by the division setting forth its reasons for not following the advice of the Legislative Council.    (c)  (1) Whenever any certificates of indebtedness are issued under the provisions of this subchapter, the division shall thereafter quarterly file with the Legislative Council a detailed financial statement reflecting all expenditures or transfers of funds, by major categories, made during the calendar quarter.  (2) The division shall furnish the Legislative Council additional information concerning the use of funds provided in this subchapter that the Legislative Council may reasonably request.
AR Code § 22-3-1207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1207. Certificates of indebtedness — Issuance and purchase authorized

 (a)  (1) For the purpose of providing funds for the construction of buildings as authorized in this subchapter, the Director of the Building Authority Division, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, is authorized and empowered to issue, and the State Board of Finance is authorized and empowered to purchase, division certificates of indebtedness of a total principal amount not to exceed twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000).  (2) However, this authority shall be continuing, solely for the purposes as authorized in § 22-3-1205(a)(1) and (2), so long as the total outstanding principal amount of the Building Authority Division certificates of indebtedness shall not exceed, at any one time, more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000).    (b) The sale and purchase price of the certificates shall be at their par value.
AR Code § 22-3-1208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1208. Certificates of indebtedness — Terms and execution

 (a)  (1) The certificates of indebtedness shall be in such form and denomination, and shall have such dates and maturities, and may be issued in such series, as the Building Authority Division shall determine.  (2) The schedule of principal and interest maturities shall be arranged so that the aggregate amount maturing each year, except for the initial year or portion thereof, shall be equal, to the nearest hundred dollars, to each other annual installment, and that not more than twenty-one (21) years from date of issue will be required to retire all the certificates of any one (1) issue or series of certificates of indebtedness.    (b) The certificates shall contain a provision providing for their redemption in advance of maturity, at par, in inverse number order, at the option of the division.  (c)  (1) The certificates shall bear interest from the date of issuance at the rate of eight and one-half percent (8½%) per annum, payable semiannually on January 1 and July 1; the payment of the interest is to be evidenced by endorsement on the certificates by the Treasurer of State.  (2) Payment of the principal of and interest on the certificates shall be made in lawful money of the United States at the office of the Treasurer of State.    (d) The certificates of indebtedness shall be executed on behalf of the division by the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services.
AR Code § 22-3-1209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1209. Certificates of indebtedness — Pledge of revenues and restrictions generally

 (a) The certificates shall be the obligations of the Building Authority Division, and the nontax revenues available to the division under the provisions of § 22-3-1210, as distinguished from any tax moneys which may be made available for the operation of the division, are pledged to secure the payment of the certificates.  (b) The certificates shall contain a provision that neither the faith nor credit of the State of Arkansas nor any of its revenues are pledged to the payment of the certificates and that the debt is not the obligation of the division.
AR Code § 22-3-1211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1211. Certificates of indebtedness — Tax exemption

 Certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this subchapter, and the interest thereon, shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes. This exemption shall include income, property, inheritance, and estate taxes.
AR Code § 22-3-1212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1212. Certificates of indebtedness — Funds used for purchase — Retirement

 (a)  (1) The state funds which may be used by the State Board of Finance in making the purchases of the certificates of indebtedness are those specifically referred to under the provisions of the State Treasury Management Law, § 19-3-501 et seq.  (2) All certificates purchased or received shall be held in trust for the use and benefit of the various state funds used in the purchase.    (b) With respect to each certificate of indebtedness, at maturity thereof, the Treasurer of State shall:  (1) Withdraw the certificate from the Securities Account, charge the Securities Account with the principal thereof, and cancel the certificate;  (2) Withdraw from the Public Facilities Debt Service Fund established by this subchapter the aggregate amount of principal and interest then due on the certificate;  (3) Deposit into the State Treasury to the credit of the Cash Account that part of the aggregate amount representing the principal indebtedness evidenced by the certificate; and  (4) Deposit into the Securities Reserve Fund, as nonrevenue receipts, that part of the aggregate amount representing interest then due on the certificate.    (c) The certificates of indebtedness which have been paid and cancelled by the Treasurer of State shall be delivered to the Building Authority Division.
AR Code § 22-3-1213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1213. Certificates of indebtedness — Alternative method of payment

 (a) In the event it shall be determined that the procedure set forth in § 22-3-1212 for the retirement of the certificates is unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the Building Authority Division is authorized and directed to establish an account in its name in a bank to be approved by the State Board of Finance and to deposit therein so much of the first moneys received by it each year under the provisions of § 22-3-1210 as shall be required to meet the next ensuing principal and interest maturities of its outstanding certificates, together with such additional amounts as may be necessary to pay any certificates which it shall determine to retire in advance of maturity.  (b) The division is authorized and directed to reimburse the funds so deposited for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on the division's outstanding certificates of indebtedness authorized under this subchapter.
AR Code § 22-3-1214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1214. Certificates of indebtedness — Disposition of proceeds

 Proceeds from the sale of the certificates of indebtedness shall be deposited into the State Treasury as follows:   (1) All funds held as a debt service reserve fund in the Public Facilities Debt Service Fund pursuant to the provisions hereof and the earnings thereon shall be applied on or after January 2, 1990, to redeem, to the extent possible, certificates of indebtedness identified as Series B; and  (2) The remainder thereof shall be credited as trust funds to the “Public Facilities Construction Fund”, which is established by this subdivision (2), and shall be used only for the redemption of the 1977 Bonds and the 1979 Bonds and for the construction of buildings authorized under this subchapter.