reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
AR Code § 14-140-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 140 - Public Marketplaces in Cities and Towns|Subchapter 2 - Market Facilities|§ 14-140-204. Authority to establish facilities

 The market authority of any city and town, acting alone or in cooperation with other market authorities or with any federal or state agency, is authorized to plan, design, locate, finance, acquire, and own property in order to construct, alter, enlarge, use, maintain, operate, and lease market facilities wherever and to the extent that such facilities are deemed necessary within its respective jurisdiction.
AR Code § 14-140-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 140 - Public Marketplaces in Cities and Towns|Subchapter 2 - Market Facilities|§ 14-140-205. Planning for facilities

 (a) The market authority, after a thorough investigation of the marketing problem within its jurisdiction, shall formulate for public presentation a master plan of market facilities as a guide for the further provision for market facilities properly integrated with present and proposed market facilities, subject to alteration as necessary.  (b) A program of construction and method of financing shall likewise be formulated.
AR Code § 14-140-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 140 - Public Marketplaces in Cities and Towns|Subchapter 2 - Market Facilities|§ 14-140-206. Design and location

 (a) The market authority is authorized to so design and locate, subject to approval of the planning commission, any market facilities as to best serve the public purpose for which these facilities are intended.  (b) These facilities may consist of:  (1) Lots, improved or unimproved;  (2) Single or multilevel buildings; and  (3) Such other structures and accessories that may be deemed necessary by the market authority.
AR Code § 14-140-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 140 - Public Marketplaces in Cities and Towns|Subchapter 2 - Market Facilities|§ 14-140-207. Acquisition of property and property rights

 For the purposes of this subchapter, the market authority is authorized to acquire private or public, real or personal property and property rights necessary for market facilities or other purposes by purchase, eminent domain, gift, lease, or otherwise.
AR Code § 14-140-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 140 - Public Marketplaces in Cities and Towns|Subchapter 2 - Market Facilities|§ 14-140-208. Construction — Contracts

 (a) The market authority is authorized to construct, or cause to be constructed, public market facilities including buildings, structures, equipment, entrances, exits, fencing, and all other accessories necessary or desirable for the safety or convenience of persons using the facilities.  (b) The contracts for any market facilities are to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder in the same manner as contracts are authorized by law to be awarded in connection with highways or streets within the jurisdiction of the respective market authority.
AR Code § 14-140-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 140 - Public Marketplaces in Cities and Towns|Subchapter 2 - Market Facilities|§ 14-140-210. Records and reporting

 Every market authority shall maintain proper accounting and financial records of all transactions and provide and file annual financial statements with the city clerk.
AR Code § 14-142-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-201. Title

 This subchapter shall be referred to and may be cited as the “Local Government Library Bond Act of 1993”.
AR Code § 14-142-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-202. Legislative intent

 (a) The people of the State of Arkansas by the adoption of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72, which amends Arkansas Constitution, Amendments 30 and 38, have expressed their intention to provide cities having a population of not less than five thousand (5,000) expanded powers and authority with respect to the creation of bonded indebtedness for capital improvements to or construction of public city libraries and to provide counties expanded powers and authority with respect to the creation of bonded indebtedness for capital improvements to or construction of county libraries for county library services or systems, and have empowered the General Assembly to define and prescribe certain matters with respect to the exercise of this power and authority.  (b) To that end this subchapter is adopted to enable the accomplishment and realization of the public purposes intended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72, and is not intended to otherwise limit in any manner the exercise of the powers of counties and municipalities.
AR Code § 14-142-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-203. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Bonds” means bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter;  (2) “Capital improvements to or construction of public libraries” in the case of municipalities, or “capital improvements to or construction of county libraries for county library services or systems”, in the case of counties, or “capital improvements” generally, for the purposes of Arkansas Constitution, Amendments 30 and 38, as amended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72 and this subchapter, mean, whether obtained by purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, restoration, improvement, alteration, repair, or other means:  (A) Any buildings, improvements and other physical public library betterment or improvement or any preliminary plans, studies, or surveys relative thereto;  (B) Land or rights in land, including, without limitation, leases, air rights, easements, rights-of-way, or licenses; and  (C) Any furnishings, machinery, vehicles, apparatus, or equipment, which shall include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing definition, the following:  (i) Administrative, executive, or other public library offices;  (ii) Computer systems, hardware and apparatus; and  (iii) Research and reading materials;      (3) “Chief executive” means the mayor of a municipality or the county judge of a county;  (4) “Clerk” means the clerk or recorder of a municipality or county clerk of a county;  (5) “County” means any county in the State of Arkansas;  (6) “Issuer” means a municipality or a county;  (7) “Legislative body” means the council, board of directors, board of commissioners, or similar elected governing body of a municipality;  (8) “Municipality” means any city having a population of not less than five thousand (5,000) persons in the State of Arkansas;  (9) “Order” means an order entered by the county court of a county;  (10) “Ordinance” means an ordinance or other appropriate legislative enactment of a legislative body; and  (11) “Tax” or “ad valorem tax” means a tax authorized for the payment of bonded indebtedness in Arkansas Constitution, Amendments 30 and 38, as amended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72.
AR Code § 14-142-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-204. Construction

 This subchapter shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this subchapter as complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing herein authorized, and all powers herein granted shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate the intent and purposes of this subchapter and not as a limitation of powers.
AR Code § 14-142-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-205. Subchapter supplemental

 (a) It is the specific intent of this subchapter that the provisions of this subchapter are supplemental to other constitutional or statutory provisions which may provide for the financing of capital improvements for public libraries.  (b) Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be deemed to be a restriction or limitation upon alternative means of financing previously available or hereafter made available to municipalities or counties for the purposes set forth in this subchapter.  (c) Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing coordination of the services of a city public library and a county public library, the services of libraries of different cities, or the services of libraries of different counties.
AR Code § 14-142-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-206. Venue

 For the purposes of this subchapter, when it is necessary to determine whether publication or other activity has taken place within a municipality lying in more than one (1) county, or where suit shall be filed contesting an election in that municipality, then the publication, activity, or suit shall take place in the county in which a majority of the people living in the municipality reside.
AR Code § 14-142-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-207. Bonds generally — Authorizing ordinance for municipalities

 (a) Whenever one hundred (100) or more tax-paying electors of any municipality shall file a petition with the mayor:  (1) Asking that an ad valorem tax on real and personal property be levied for capital improvements, which petition shall specify a rate of taxation not to exceed three (3) mills on the dollar; and  (2) Authorizing the legislative body of the municipality to issue bonds as prescribed by this subchapter for capital improvements to or construction of a public library and to pledge all or any part of the tax for the purpose of retiring the bonds, a legislative body shall authorize the issuance of the bonds by ordinance specifying the maximum principal amount of bonds to be issued, and the rate of any ad valorem tax to be levied and pledged to the retirement of the bonds as specified in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 30, as amended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72.    (b) Whenever one hundred (100) or more tax-paying electors of any county shall file a petition with the county court:  (1) Asking that an ad valorem tax on real and personal property be levied for capital improvements, which petition shall specify a rate of taxation not to exceed three (3) mills on the dollar; and  (2) Authorizing the county court to issue bonds as prescribed by this subchapter for capital improvements to or construction of county libraries for county library services or systems and to pledge all or any part of the tax for the purpose of retiring the bonds, the county court shall authorize the issuance of the bonds by order specifying the maximum principal amount of bonds to be issued, and the rate of any ad valorem tax to be levied and pledged to the retirement of the bonds as specified in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 38, as amended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72.
AR Code § 14-142-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-208. Bonds generally — Election to authorize issuance

 (a) The question of the issuance of such bonds shall be submitted to the electors of the municipality or county at the general election or at a special election called for that purpose in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq., as provided in the ordinance or order and held in the manner provided in this subchapter; provided, however, that no voter residing within a municipality levying a maintenance tax for libraries or levying a tax pledged for the purpose of retiring library bonds issued by the municipality or pledged to pay for capital improvements to or construction of a public library pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 30, and Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72, shall be entitled to vote on the question of the issuance of bonds by the county within which the municipality is located as authorized pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 38, and Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72, and this section.  (b)  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the election shall be held and conducted in the same manner as a special or general election under the election laws of the state.  (2) The ordinance or order shall set forth the form of the ballot question or questions in the form prescribed by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 30, or Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 38, as amended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72.  (3) Notice of the election shall be given by the clerk of the issuer by one (1) publication in a newspaper having general circulation within the municipality or county not less than ten (10) days prior to the election. No other publication or posting of a notice by any other public official shall be required.    (c) The chief executive officer of the municipality or county shall proclaim the results of the election by issuing a proclamation and publishing it one (1) time in a newspaper having general circulation within the municipality or county.  (d)  (1) The results of the election as stated in the proclamation shall be conclusive unless suit is filed in the circuit court in the county in which the issuer is located within thirty (30) days after the date of the publication.  (2) No other action shall be maintained to challenge the validity of the bonds and of the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds unless suit is filed in such circuit court within thirty (30) days after the date of adoption of an ordinance or entry of the order authorizing the sale of the bonds.
AR Code § 14-142-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-209. Bonds generally — Terms and conditions

 (a) As the ordinance, order, or trust indenture as authorized in this subchapter may provide, the bonds may:  (1) Be in registered or other form;  (2) Be in such denominations;  (3) Be exchangeable for bonds of another denomination;  (4) Be made payable at such places within or without the state;  (5) Be issued in one (1) or more series;  (6) Bear such date or dates;  (7) Mature at such time or times;  (8) Be payable in such medium of payment;  (9) Be subject to such terms of redemption; and  (10) May contain such other terms, covenants, and conditions, including, without limitation, those pertaining to:  (A) The custody and application of the proceeds of the bonds;  (B) The collection and disposition of tax collections;  (C) The maintenance of various funds and reserves;  (D) The nature and extent of the pledge and security;  (E) The maintaining of taxes;  (F) The remedies on default;  (G) The rights, duties, and obligations of the issuer and the trustee, if any, for the owners of the bonds; and  (H) The rights of the owners of the bonds.      (b) All bonds and notes issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be and are declared to be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the negotiable instruments law of the state.
AR Code § 14-142-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-210. Bonds generally — Interest rates

 Bonds for capital improvements issued pursuant to this subchapter shall not bear a rate of interest in excess of the rate provided in the Arkansas Constitution.
AR Code § 14-142-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-211. Bonds generally — Trust indenture

 (a) The ordinance or order authorizing the bonds may provide for the execution by the chief executive officer of the issuer of a trust indenture which defines the rights of the owners of the bonds and provides for the appointment of a trustee for the owners of the bonds.  (b) The trust indenture may provide for the priority between and among successive issues and may contain any of the provisions set forth in § 14-142-209, and any other terms, covenants, and conditions that are deemed desirable.
AR Code § 14-142-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-212. Bonds generally — Contents

 It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it has been issued under the provisions of this subchapter and either Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 30, in the case of municipalities, or Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 38, in the case of counties, both as amended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72.
AR Code § 14-142-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-213. Bonds generally — Sale

 The bonds may be sold at public or private sale for such price, including, without limitation, sale at a discount, and in such manner as the issuer may determine.
AR Code § 14-142-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-214. Bonds generally — Execution

 The bonds shall be executed in the manner provided by the Registered Public Obligations Act of Arkansas, § 19-9-401 et seq., as that subchapter may be amended.
AR Code § 14-142-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-215. Bonds generally — Successive issues

 There may be successive bond issues for the purpose of financing the same capital improvements.
AR Code § 14-142-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-216. Bonds generally — Pledge of taxes generally

 The bonds shall be secured by, and contain a pledge of, any tax or combination of taxes authorized to pay the bonded indebtedness and shall be payable solely from the taxes authorized by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 30 or Amendment 38, as amended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72, and this subchapter. However, the issuer is not prohibited from using other taxes, revenues, or receipts to retire the bonds.
AR Code § 14-142-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-217. Bonds generally — Liability

 No officer, employee, or member of the issuer shall be personally liable on any bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter or for any damages sustained by any person in connection with any contracts entered into to carry out the purposes and intent of this subchapter, unless that person has acted with a corrupt intent.
AR Code § 14-142-218 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 8 - Public Facilities Generally|Chapter 142 - Local Government Library Bonds|Subchapter 2 - Local Government Library Bond Act|§ 14-142-218. Bonds generally — Pledge and collection of ad valorem taxes

 (a) The ad valorem tax pledged for payment of bonds shall constitute a special fund pledged as security for the payment of such indebtedness.  (b)  (1) The ad valorem tax shall never be extended for any other purpose nor collected for any greater length of time than necessary to retire such bonded indebtedness.  (2) However, tax collections in excess of the amount required to retire the debt according to its terms may, subject to covenants entered into with the owners of the bonds, be pledged as security for the issuance of additional bonds if authorized by the electors.  (3) The tax for the additional bonds shall terminate within the time provided for the tax originally imposed.    (c) Upon retirement on the bonded indebtedness, any surplus tax collections which may have accumulated shall be transferred to the general fund of the issuer, and shall be used for maintenance and operation of the public library.  (d) The collection of ad valorem taxes, or a portion thereof, may be suspended by the issuer when not required for the payment of the bonds, subject to any covenants with the owners of the bonds.  (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a tax approved by the voters for the purpose of paying bonded indebtedness shall not be reduced or diminished, nor shall it be used for any other purpose than to pay principal of or premium or interest on the bonded indebtedness, and the reasonable fees of a trustee or paying agent so long as the bonded indebtedness shall remain outstanding and unpaid.  (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a tax approved by the voters and levied for the purpose of paying bonded indebtedness authorized pursuant to this subchapter by a county shall not be levied against any real or personal property which is taxed by a municipality for the maintenance of a public library pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 30, as amended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 72; provided, however, that no tax levied by a county for the purpose of paying bonded indebtedness authorized pursuant to this subchapter shall ever be diminished or reduced while such bonds are outstanding if a municipality within the county approves such a maintenance tax after the date on which the voters of a county approve a tax for the purpose of paying bonded indebtedness authorized pursuant to this subchapter.