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AR Code § 22-3-1216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1216. Authorizing resolution as enforceable contract — Covenants

 Any authorizing resolution shall, together with this subchapter, constitute a contract between the Building Authority Division, and the State Board of Finance, and the Treasurer of State, which contract and all covenants, agreements, and obligations therein shall be promptly performed in strict compliance with its terms and provisions, and the covenants, agreements, and obligations of the division may be enforced by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding at law or in equity. In this regard, the division is expressly authorized to include in any authorizing resolution all or part of the following covenants:   (1) That, to the fullest extent possible, the division will continuously operate any and all facilities constructed pursuant to the authority of this subchapter as revenue-producing undertakings, including the maintenance, occupancy, and use of facilities and space so as to avoid any impairment of the security for the certificates of indebtedness; and  (2) That, to the fullest extent possible, the division will always charge, impose, and collect sufficient revenues, including, without limitation, rentals to meet as due all debt service requirements, and otherwise comply with any provisions of authorizing resolutions concerning revenues and funds.
AR Code § 22-3-1219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 12 - Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983|§ 22-3-1219. Employment of architects and other professionals — Notice for bids for construction

 (a) The Building Authority Division is authorized to employ architects to prepare plans, specifications, and estimates of costs for the construction of any and all facilities authorized by the provisions of this subchapter and to supervise and inspect the construction.  (b) After the division has approved the plans and specifications prepared by the architect, the division shall proceed to advertise for bids and contract for the construction of facilities in accordance with applicable laws governing the construction of public buildings.  (c) The division is authorized to engage and pay such professional, technical, and other help as the division determines to be necessary or desirable in assisting the division to carry out effectively the authorities, functions, powers, and duties conferred and imposed upon the division by this subchapter.
AR Code § 22-3-1301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Blind” or “blind person” means a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses, or visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle of no greater than twenty degrees (20°);  (2) “Blind operator” and “blind vending facility operator” mean a blind person, as defined in subdivision (1) of this section, who is licensed by the licensing agency to operate a vending facility, as defined in subdivision (8) of this section;  (3) “Licensing agency” means the Division of Services for the Blind of the Department of Human Services;  (4) “Regular vending facility” means a vending facility where food preparation or cooking is not done on state property;  (5) “State agency” means a department, commission, agency, or instrumentality of state government or operation;  (6) “State agency administrator” means the head of each department, commission, or agency, or constitutional officer or official, in control of the maintenance, operation, and protection of state property;  (7) “State property” or “state building” means buildings and land owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the state, except the cafeteria located in the State Capitol; and  (8) “Vending facility” means a snack bar, cafeteria, restaurant, cafe, concession stand, vending service from coin-operated machines, vending stands, cart service, or other facilities at which food, drinks, novelties, newspapers, periodicals, confections, souvenirs, tobacco products, or related items are regularly sold.
AR Code § 22-3-1302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1302. Applicability

 This subchapter is not intended to cover the following vending facilities:   (1) Vending facilities operated by universities and colleges or the vending facilities provided as an integral part of their services to students or as a training program for students;  (2) Food service provided by hospitals or residential institutions of the state as a direct service to patients, inmates, correctional staff, trainees, or otherwise institutionalized persons; and  (3) The cafeteria located in the basement of the State Capitol. However, the exemption of the cafeteria located in the basement of the State Capitol shall in no way affect the continued operation of the blind vending facility on the third floor of the State Capitol.
AR Code § 22-3-1303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1303. Preference to blind persons to operate vending facilities on state property

 (a) For the purpose of assisting blind persons to become self-supporting and to further promote employment of the blind in Arkansas, state agency administrators shall assure that preference is given to the licensing agency in authorizing the operation of vending facilities on state property through the organized vending facility program operated by the licensing agency.  (b) The licensing agency shall give preference in the assignment of state vending facilities to blind persons in need of employment who have been licensed to operate vending facilities in Arkansas for the dispensing of such items as, but not limited to, newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, and articles, including food and beverages, as may be dispensed automatically or manually and in accordance with all applicable health laws.  (c) It shall be the duty of state agency administrators to negotiate and cooperate in good faith to accomplish the purpose of this subchapter to ensure that vending facilities operated on state property provide employment opportunities for the blind. Upon request of the licensing agency, state agency administrators shall prescribe rules designed both to assure that these facilities benefit the blind and to assure preference for licensed blind operators.
AR Code § 22-3-1304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1304. License required to operate vending facility

 No blind person may operate a vending facility, including any vending machine or other coin-operated device, on state property unless licensed to do so by the licensing agency.
AR Code § 22-3-1305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1305. Issuance of licenses

 (a) The licensing agency shall issue licenses to operate vending facilities on state property to blind persons who are in need of employment and who are capable of efficiently operating the vending facility in a manner resulting in reasonable satisfaction for all parties concerned.  (b) No blind person shall be issued a license as an operator until adequate training has been provided by the licensing agency.  (c) The license is to be issued for an indefinite period of time and may be terminated by the licensing agency for just cause.  (d) The license shall be issued to qualified blind individuals without regard to race, color, or national origin.
AR Code § 22-3-1306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1306. Duties of licensing agency upon request for vending facility

 Upon written or verbal request from a state agency administrator that a vending facility is desired on state property, or upon its own initiative, the licensing agency shall:   (1) Survey the property, blueprints, plans, or other available information to determine if the installation of a vending facility would be feasible and profitable and notify the state agency administrator as to the plans of the licensing agency in regard to developing the vending facility; in new construction, the survey shall be conducted before construction contracts are awarded;  (2) Provide adequate initial inventory and stocks to make vending facilities operational and provide and install proper equipment and fixtures for all regular vending facilities; and  (3) Supervise the overall installation of equipment for the vending facility and supervise the blind licensed operator in the day-to-day operation and management of the vending facility to ensure compliance with the policies and procedures set down by mutual agreement between the licensing agency and the state agency administrator for whom the vending facility is to be provided.
AR Code § 22-3-1307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1307. Selection of location — Provision of utilities, space, and services

 (a) The state agency administrators shall cooperate with the licensing agency in the selection of a suitable location for vending facilities and shall provide proper space, plumbing, lighting, and electrical outlets for the vending facility in the original planning and construction or in the alteration and renovation of present state property.  (b) The state agency administrators shall provide necessary utilities, janitorial service, and garbage disposal for the operation of the vending facility.  (c) Space for all vending facilities and their operational utility cost shall be provided rent-free by the state agency.
AR Code § 22-3-1308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1308. State property unable to support vending facility — Coin-operated machines

 (a) State agency administrators of state property where the total number of persons using the property daily would produce insufficient profits, as determined by the licensing agency, to support a vending facility and a living wage for a blind person shall grant a preference to the licensing agency in securing proper coin-operated vending machines for the state property if the property houses or serves fifty (50) persons or more.  (b) Profits from these coin-operated vending machines shall accrue to the Arkansas Vending Stand Program for the Blind to be used in the vending facility program for the blind under this subchapter.
AR Code § 22-3-1309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1309. Vending facilities for state property housing or serving fifty (50) or more persons

 (a) In the design, construction, alteration, or renovation of state property housing or serving fifty (50) persons or more, there shall be included a satisfactory site or sites with space and electrical and plumbing outlets suitable for the location and operation of a vending facility. State property housing or serving fifty (50) persons or more shall include any space or building rented, leased, or otherwise acquired for use by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state.  (b) The licensing agency shall, before the letting of the contract, survey plans or blueprints in accordance with § 22-3-1306(1).  (c)  (1) The vending facility shall be operated by a blind person if sufficient profit potential is available to produce a living wage.  (2) If sufficient profit potential is not available, coin-operated vending machines may be installed in the site with the profits accruing to the Arkansas Vending Stand Program for the Blind.    (d) In new construction, major alteration, or renovation of state property where, in the opinion of the state agency administrator, complete meal-type food service or cafeteria service is necessary, the heavy equipment necessary for the preparation, cooking, preserving, and serving of the food shall be furnished and installed as part of the overall construction, alteration, or renovation cost by the state agency.
AR Code § 22-3-1310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1310. Existing vending facilities operated by blind persons

 (a) On state property where a vending facility is presently being operated by a blind licensed operator and before any additional or different provisions or arrangements are made for the sale or dispensing of articles or services of the type enumerated in § 22-3-1303(b), the licensing agency shall be given an opportunity to determine if the articles or services might be sold or dispensed in a manner designed to provide additional income or employment opportunities for the blind through the licensing agency's program.  (b) The responsibility for securing proper coin-operated vending machines or other vending facilities for the property shall be with the licensing agency, upon request by the state agency administrator.
AR Code § 22-3-1311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1311. Termination of contracts with sighted vendors

 On state property where vending facilities are being operated by those other than the blind, when the present contract or agreement expires or is terminated for any reason or when a change in the present vending facility is imminent, the future planned vending facility for such state property shall be covered by this subchapter, and state agency administrators shall contact the licensing agency to assure preference for the blind. Provided, however, leases executed under § 22-2-114 prior to June 1, 1999, shall not be considered a contract or agreement within this subchapter if the property is owned by the Building Authority Division.
AR Code § 22-3-1312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1312. Maintenance of physical facilities

 The Division of Services for the Blind of the Department of Human Services shall retain a portion of the proceeds derived from the vending stand program to be used for the benefit of maintaining the physical facilities of the vending stand program. The expenditures shall be limited to renovation of existing space, replacement of furniture or equipment, repairs, and other expenses necessary to maintain the vending stand program.
AR Code § 22-3-1313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 13 - Vendors|§ 22-3-1313. Food service training program — Vending facility

 (a) Should a state agency operate or develop as an integral part of its student program a food service training program, the state agency administrator or governing board of the state-supported facility shall notify the licensing agency of the program change.  (b) The licensing agency shall contract with the state agency administrator or governing board of the state-supported facility for any continuance of the vending facility located at the state agency. Such continuance shall provide for the existence of both the food service student training program and the vending facility, if possible. The state licensing agency shall determine the feasibility of such continuance.
AR Code § 22-3-1401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 14 - State Agencies Facilities Acquisition Act of 1991|§ 22-3-1401. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “State Agencies Facilities Acquisition Act of 1991”.
AR Code § 22-3-1402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 14 - State Agencies Facilities Acquisition Act of 1991|§ 22-3-1402. Construction

 (a) This subchapter shall be construed liberally.  (b) The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, and thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, and things.
AR Code § 22-3-1403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 14 - State Agencies Facilities Acquisition Act of 1991|§ 22-3-1403. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Agency” or “state agency” means any agency, board, office, commission, department, division, or institution of the State of Arkansas;  (2) “Authority” means the Arkansas Development Finance Authority created pursuant to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority Act, § 15-5-101 et seq., §§ 15-5-201 — 15-5-211, 15-5-213, and 15-5-301 — 15-5-316;  (3) “Bonds” or “revenue bonds” means any bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates, grant and revenue anticipation notes, interest in a lease, lease certificates of participation, or evidences of indebtedness, whether or not the interest on them is subject to federal income taxation; and  (4) “Construct” means to acquire, construct, reconstruct, remodel, install, and equip any lands, buildings, structures, improvements, or other property, real, personal, or mixed, useful in connection therewith and to make other necessary expenditures in connection therewith by such methods and in such manner as the Building Authority Division shall determine to be necessary or desirable to accomplish the powers, purposes, and authority set forth in this subchapter.
AR Code § 22-3-1404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 14 - State Agencies Facilities Acquisition Act of 1991|§ 22-3-1404. Powers

 In addition to the purposes, powers, and authority set forth elsewhere in this subchapter or in other laws, the Building Authority Division may:   (1) Acquire, construct, and equip buildings or by purchase, exchange, barter, gift, long-term lease, or other means, buildings and facilities to house state agencies;  (2) Exercise the power of eminent domain within Pulaski County only for the purpose of acquiring buildings and facilities and to otherwise carry out the purposes and intent of this subchapter, with such power to be exercised in the manner provided in § 22-2-109;  (3) Provide for the housing of state agencies in the buildings and facilities so acquired or constructed to the extent that space and facilities are available for such purpose, under such terms and conditions, and for such rentals and charges, as the division determines;  (4) Acquire, construct, or cause to be constructed parking facilities, storage facilities, warehouses, garages, and other ancillary and related facilities to serve the facility;  (5) Purchase, lease, or rent and receive bequests or donations of or otherwise acquire, sell, trade, or barter any property, real, personal, or mixed, and convert such property into money or other property;  (6) Contract and be contracted with;  (7) Apply for, receive, accept, and use any moneys and property from the United States Government, any agency, state, governmental body, political subdivision, public or private organization or corporation of any nature, or any individual; and  (8) Take such other actions not inconsistent with law as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the powers, purposes, and authority as set forth in this section in accordance with the policies promulgated by the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services.
AR Code § 22-3-1405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 14 - State Agencies Facilities Acquisition Act of 1991|§ 22-3-1405. Duties

 In addition to the purposes, powers, and authority set forth elsewhere in this subchapter or in other laws, in connection with the construction and equipping of buildings and facilities in Little Rock, Arkansas, to house state agencies, the Building Authority Division may:   (1) Obtain the necessary funds for accomplishing the purposes set forth in this subchapter from any source or sources, including without limitation the proceeds of revenue bonds or lease financings as authorized herein, and other funds as may be appropriated or may be available therefor;  (2) Contract and be contracted with;  (3) Invest and reinvest any of the proceeds of such revenue bonds as provided in such authorizing resolution or trust indenture, hereinafter authorized; and  (4) Take such other actions not inconsistent with law as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the powers, purposes, and authority set forth herein, in accordance with the policies promulgated by the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services as authorized by law.
AR Code § 22-3-1407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 3 - Public Buildings and Other Facilities|Subchapter 14 - State Agencies Facilities Acquisition Act of 1991|§ 22-3-1407. Revenue bonds

 (a) Pursuant to the intention of the General Assembly expressed in § 15-5-303, the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, in cooperation with the Building Authority Division, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue revenue bonds at one (1) time or from time to time, and to use the proceeds thereof for defraying the costs of accomplishing all or part of the powers, purposes, and authorities set forth in this subchapter and all expenses incidental thereto, including, without limitation, expenses for the operation and maintenance of such facilities pending completion of the construction, repair, remodeling, or renovation, paying the expenses of authorizing and issuing the bonds, establishing a debt service reserve to secure the payment of the bonds, if the Arkansas Development Finance Authority deems such desirable, and making provision for the payment of debt service on the bonds, including fees of trustees and paying agents, until revenues for the payment thereof are available.  (b) The bonds outstanding under this subchapter may be in such principal amount as the Arkansas Development Finance Authority and the division shall determine to be necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes of this subchapter.  (c) The bonds shall be authorized, shall be sold by such means, shall bear such rate or rates of interest, and shall be executed and delivered in such manner as the Arkansas Development Finance Authority may determine pursuant to the provisions of § 15-5-301 et seq.  (d)  (1) The Arkansas Development Finance Authority is authorized to enter into such authorizing resolutions and trust indentures as it deems necessary to secure the revenue bonds.  (2) No member of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority shall be personally liable on the bonds.    (e) Nothing in the provisions of this subchapter shall be deemed to remove, modify, or amend § 15-5-303.