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AR Code § 6-62-1115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 62 - Property and Finances of State Institutions|Subchapter 11 - Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement|§ 6-62-1115. Use of bond proceeds

 (a) The proceeds of the State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds issued under this subchapter for nonrefunding purposes, after the funding of any necessary reserve and the costs associated with the issuance of and security for the bonds, shall only be disbursed for project costs when requisitioned by the Chair of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board or his or her designee and approved by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State or his or her designee.  (b) The requisition under subsection (a) of this section shall certify that the funds disbursed are for the payment of project costs that are authorized to be financed under this subchapter and that have been duly approved by the board.  (c) The proceeds of the bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter for refunding purposes, after the funding of any necessary reserve and costs associated with the issuance of and security for the bonds and the defeasance of the bonds to be refunded, shall be used by the Arkansas Development Finance Authority to directly pay or establish a trust fund to serve as an escrow account for the purpose of payment or defeasance of bonds issued under this subchapter or under the Arkansas College Savings Bond Act of 1989, § 6-62-701 et seq.
AR Code § 6-62-1116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 62 - Property and Finances of State Institutions|Subchapter 11 - Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement|§ 6-62-1116. Refunding bonds

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Development Finance Authority may issue bonds for the purpose of refunding bonds previously issued pursuant to this subchapter or the Arkansas College Savings Bond Act of 1989, § 6-62-701 et seq.  (2) To the extent that the refunding bonds are issued to refund State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds issued under this subchapter and the principal amount of the refunding bonds is not in a greater principal amount than the outstanding principal amount of the bonds being refunded, the principal amount of the refunding bonds shall not be subject to the two-hundred-fifty-million-dollar limit in § 6-62-1105.    (b) The refunding bonds shall be general obligations of the State of Arkansas, secured as set forth in this subchapter, and secured and sold in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.  (c) The proceeds of the refunding bonds may be either applied to the payment of the bonds being refunded or deposited in trust and there maintained in cash or investments for the retirement of the bonds refunded, as shall be specified by the authority and the authorizing resolution or trust indenture. The principal amount of the bonds refunded after payment and defeasance shall not be deemed outstanding for purposes of this subchapter.  (d)  (1) The authorizing resolution or trust indenture securing the refunding bonds may provide, if the bonds being refunded were issued under this subchapter, that the refunding bonds shall have the same security for their payment as provided for the bonds being refunded.  (2) Refunding bonds shall be sold and secured in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter pertaining to the sale and security of the bonds.  (3) Other than approval of the resolution or trust indenture under which refunding bonds are issued by appropriate action of the authority, no additional action or approval for the issuance of refunding bonds shall be required to be taken by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board or the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State under this subchapter or as otherwise may be provided by other law.
AR Code § 6-62-1117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 62 - Property and Finances of State Institutions|Subchapter 11 - Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement|§ 6-62-1117. Tax exemption

 All State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds issued under this subchapter and interest on the bond proceeds shall be exempt from all state taxes, including income, inheritance, and property taxes. The bonds shall be eligible to secure deposits of all public funds and shall be legal for investment of municipal, county, bank, fiduciary, insurance company, and trust funds.
AR Code § 6-62-1118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 62 - Property and Finances of State Institutions|Subchapter 11 - Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement|§ 6-62-1118. Employment of professionals

 The Arkansas Development Finance Authority is authorized to retain those professionals as it deems necessary to accomplish the issuance and sale of the State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds, including, without limitation, legal counsel, financial advisors, underwriters, trustees, paying agents, and remarketing agents.
AR Code § 6-62-1119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 62 - Property and Finances of State Institutions|Subchapter 11 - Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement|§ 6-62-1119. Construction

 (a) This subchapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes. This subchapter shall constitute the sole authority necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter, and the provisions of other laws pertaining to the development of technology projects and facility improvement projects and the financing shall not apply, except as specifically set forth in this subchapter.  (b) This subchapter shall supplement existing laws conferring rights and powers upon the Arkansas Development Finance Authority and the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the rights and powers set forth in this subchapter shall be alternative methods for the accomplishment of the purposes of this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-62-1120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 62 - Property and Finances of State Institutions|Subchapter 11 - Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement|§ 6-62-1120. Rights and liabilities — Enforcement

 (a) This subchapter shall constitute a contract between the State of Arkansas and the registered owners of all State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds issued under this subchapter that shall never be impaired. Any violation of terms of this subchapter, whether under purported legislative authority or otherwise, shall be enjoined by the courts at the suit of any bondholder or of any taxpayer.  (b) The courts in a suit against the Arkansas Development Finance Authority or the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Treasurer of State, or other appropriate officer or official of this state shall prevent a diversion of any revenues pledged under this subchapter and shall compel the restoration of diverted revenues by injunction or mandamus.  (c) Without limitation as to any other appropriate remedy at law or in equity, any bondholder by an appropriate action, including without limitation, injunction or mandamus, may compel the performance of all covenants and obligations of the State of Arkansas and its officers and officials under this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-62-1121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 62 - Property and Finances of State Institutions|Subchapter 11 - Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement|§ 6-62-1121. Rights and liabilities — Commencement

 (a) This subchapter shall not create any right of any character and no right of any character shall arise under or pursuant to this subchapter until the first series of State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds authorized by this subchapter shall have been sold and delivered.  (b) The issuance of bonds authorized by this subchapter shall not impair or affect any outstanding bonds of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority issued under the Arkansas College Savings Bond Act of 1989, § 6-62-701 et seq.
AR Code § 6-62-1122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 62 - Property and Finances of State Institutions|Subchapter 11 - Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement|§ 6-62-1122. Judicial review — Priority

 All cases involving the validity of this subchapter or any portion of this subchapter or in any way arising under this subchapter or involving the State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds issued under this subchapter shall be deemed of public interest and shall be advanced by all courts and heard as a preferred cause. All appeals from judgments or decrees rendered in these cases must be taken within thirty (30) days after the rendition of the judgment or decree.
AR Code § 6-63-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 63 - Employees of State Institutions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-63-101. Authority for teachers to wear religious clothing

 No person shall be prohibited from teaching in state institutions of higher learning for the reason that the person wears the clothing of any established and recognized religion while teaching.
AR Code § 6-63-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 63 - Employees of State Institutions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-63-102. Deductions for group insurance premiums

 For the purpose of payment of group insurance policy premiums, upon the execution by any teacher or other school employee of an appropriate form of authorization and delivery thereof to the fiscal officer of the state college or university wherein that person is employed, the fiscal officer shall withhold the designated amount from that person's monthly salary payments and shall transmit the amount, on or before the tenth day of each succeeding month, to the insurance company named in the authorization.
AR Code § 6-63-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 63 - Employees of State Institutions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-63-103. Affirmative action programs — Plans — Annual reports

 (a)  (1) Each state-supported institution of higher education shall prepare an affirmative action program for the recruitment of African-Americans and other members of minorities for faculty and staff positions and for enrollment as students.  (2) Affirmative action plans shall be prepared on a continuing basis for future five-year periods.    (b)  (1) Each state-supported institution of higher education shall prepare annually a summary report on the steps that have been taken to reach the goals of the plan.  (2) The report shall:  (A) Include information on the progress made by each institution for the various levels of employment within the institution; and  (B) Be presented in a table format limited to no more than five (5) pages.      (c) Copies of the five-year plan and annual reports summaries of each institution of higher education shall be included in the Comprehensive Arkansas Higher Education Annual Report, filed with the Governor, the Division of Higher Education, the president and board of trustees of the institution, the board of visitors of the institution, if applicable, and the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education.  (d) In carrying out the affirmative action plans, each institution of higher education shall provide for a part-time or full-time employee to assist the institution in the recruitment of African-Americans and other members of minorities for faculty and staff positions and for enrollment as students.
AR Code § 6-63-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 63 - Employees of State Institutions|Subchapter 3 - Higher Education Expenditure Restriction Act|§ 6-63-301. Title

 This subchapter shall be cited and referred to as the “Higher Education Expenditure Restriction Act”.
AR Code § 6-63-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 63 - Employees of State Institutions|Subchapter 3 - Higher Education Expenditure Restriction Act|§ 6-63-302. Applicability of subchapter — Other fiscal laws not superseded

 The provisions of this subchapter shall be applicable to all publicly supported institutions of higher education in this state and shall not supersede the provisions of the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, § 19-4-101 et seq., the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq., the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-11-201 et seq., or other fiscal control laws of this state, and their successors.
AR Code § 6-63-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 63 - Employees of State Institutions|Subchapter 3 - Higher Education Expenditure Restriction Act|§ 6-63-303. Nine-month and part-time employees — Maximum annual salary

 (a)  (1) The maximum annual salary established for any position established as a nine-month educational and general academic position in the regular salaries section of the biennial operations appropriation act of any institution of higher education is declared to be the maximum annual salary for a nine-month contract, at a rate of pay not to exceed one-ninth (1/9) of the maximum authorized salary during any one (1) month.  (2) The employee's contract or subsequent contract may exceed nine (9) months, and the maximum annual salary authorized for such position may be exceeded by not more than one-ninth (1/9) of the maximum annual salary for each additional month or part thereof contracted.  (3) However, when a faculty member is assigned overload teaching responsibilities, as defined by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, an amount in excess of one-ninth (1/9) of the maximum annual salary may be paid during any one (1) month if the applicable maximum authorized salary is not exceeded by more than ten percent (10%).    (b) For those positions identified as part-time in the biennial appropriations act for operations of any institution of higher education, payment may be made in one (1) or more payments each semester or term with the total of all payments made during a fiscal year not to exceed the applicable maximum authorized salary.  (c)  (1) Any institution of higher education may, at the option of its board of trustees, enter into contracts for the hiring of nine-month and part-time employees to provide payment of annual salaries on the basis of twelve (12) equal monthly installments.  (2) In no case shall the monthly installments under such contracts commence earlier than the first day of the month in which the employee begins work.
AR Code § 6-63-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 63 - Employees of State Institutions|Subchapter 3 - Higher Education Expenditure Restriction Act|§ 6-63-304. Payroll deductions and promotional items

 (a)  (1)  (A) The governing board for each institution of higher education may permit deductions from the payrolls of the institution's employees for contributions to the various institutional fundraising, foundations, and capital campaigns of the institutions and its entities when authorized by such employees.  (B) Provided further, that the contributions shall be strictly voluntary and in no instance shall the institutions coerce or intimidate their employees to make such contributions.    (2)  (A) In addition to other payroll deductions authorized by law, the governing board for each institution of higher education may permit deductions from the payrolls of the institution's employees for tuition, fees, or such other items as the governing board shall approve.  (B) No such deduction shall be allowed unless authorized in writing by the employee.      (b) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall establish for each requesting postsecondary educational institution a special appropriation line item to be used in the acquisition of promotional items. When an institution wishes to transfer moneys from its operating expenses appropriation to the promotional items line, the board of trustees shall approve the request and forward it to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State for processing.
AR Code § 6-63-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 63 - Employees of State Institutions|Subchapter 3 - Higher Education Expenditure Restriction Act|§ 6-63-306. Additional compensation for additional duties

 The state-supported institutions of higher education may pay additional compensation to classified employees for the performance of additional duties assigned to them at non-job-related institution-sanctioned events, provided that those additional duties are performed at times other than normal working hours.
AR Code § 6-63-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 63 - Employees of State Institutions|Subchapter 3 - Higher Education Expenditure Restriction Act|§ 6-63-307. Salary restrictions — Penalties

 (a) An employee drawing a salary or other form of compensation from an institution of higher education shall not be paid an additional salary or receive additional compensation other than reimbursement for actual expenses from that institution or from any other agency or institution of higher education except upon written certification to and approval by the Director of the Division of Higher Education and by the head of each agency or institution that the work performed by the employee for the other agency or institution of higher education does not interfere with the proper and required performance of the employee's primary duties and that the combined salary payments from both agencies or institutions of higher education will not exceed the larger maximum annual salary of the line item position authorized for either agency from which the employee is to be paid.  (b) Any employee knowingly violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to immediate termination and shall be barred from employment by any agency or institution of the State of Arkansas for a period of not less than three (3) years or until the employee shall repay to the state any sums received by the employee in violation of this section, together with interest at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum.  (c) Any compensation received by an employee for participation in a noncredit seminar, conference, or convention sponsored by an institution of higher education that is paid from funds generated by the seminar, conference, or convention shall be excluded from the maximum salary restrictions provided for in § 6-63-303 and the salary restrictions provided for in this section.
AR Code § 6-63-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 63 - Employees of State Institutions|Subchapter 3 - Higher Education Expenditure Restriction Act|§ 6-63-308. Overtime for classified positions — Limitations

 (a) The institutions of higher education are authorized to pay overtime, in critical circumstances, to those employees occupying the positions enumerated in their biennial operations appropriation acts under the heading “classified positions”.  (b)  (1) In no event, however, shall the total of all overtime payments for any institution except the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, also known as UAMS, exceed in any one (1) fiscal year an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the expenditures in the immediately preceding fiscal year for regular salaries for such institution.  (2) The total of all overtime payments for UAMS shall not exceed in any one (1) fiscal year, an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the expenditures of UAMS in the immediately preceding fiscal year for regular salaries.
AR Code § 6-63-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Chapter 63 - Employees of State Institutions|Subchapter 3 - Higher Education Expenditure Restriction Act|§ 6-63-309. Academic personnel recruitment — Exceptions to maximum salary levels — Conditions — Reports

 (a) In order that exceptionally well-qualified academic personnel may be recruited and retained, each state-supported institution of higher education may exceed the maximum salary levels by no more than twenty-five percent (25%) for no more than ten percent (10%) of the positions authorized in its biennial operations appropriation act as president, chancellor, academic dean, division head or chair, department chair, distinguished professor, university professor, professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, extension specialist IV, extension specialist III, extension specialist II, extension specialist I, county extension agent-chairman II, or county extension agent-chairman I.  (b) Within the ten percent (10%) limitation provided herein, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences may include no more than one (1) area health education center executive director, six (6) area health education center area directors, six (6) family practice coordinators, six (6) associate family practice coordinators, and six (6) assistant family practice coordinators.  (c) In order that exceptionally well-qualified non-academic, non-classified personnel may be recruited and retained, each state-supported institution of higher education may exceed the maximum salary levels by no more than twenty-five percent (25%) for no more than six percent (6%) of the positions authorized in its biennial operations appropriation act for non-academic, non-classified personnel, provided that amounts paid in excess of the maximum salary levels for the personnel shall not exceed two and six-tenths percent (2.6%) of the aggregate appropriated for the personnel costs during the preceding fiscal year for the institution.  (d) Subsection (c) of this section shall not apply to athletic directors and coaches.