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AR Code § 21-15-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 15 - Criminal Background Checks|§ 21-15-109. Immunity

 Individuals and state agencies are immune from suit or liability for damages for acts or omissions, other than malicious acts or omissions, occurring in the performance of duties imposed by this subchapter.
AR Code § 21-15-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 15 - Criminal Background Checks|§ 21-15-110. Notice to employer

 (a) If a state employee is determined to be an offender or perpetrator in a true, substantiated, or founded report of child maltreatment or adult abuse and the state employee is employed in a designated position, the investigating agency shall immediately notify the employer of that state employee.  (b) The employer shall immediately discharge the employee.
AR Code § 21-15-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 15 - Criminal Background Checks|§ 21-15-113. Waiver of exclusion or discharge requirement for persons in designated financial or information technology positions

 (a)  (1) The provisions of §§ 21-15-111 and 21-15-112 prohibiting the hiring of a person or requiring the discharge of a person in a designated financial or information technology position may be waived by the director of a state agency upon the request of:  (A) A supervisor or other managerial employee in the state agency;  (B) An affected applicant; or  (C) An incumbent employee in the designated financial or information technology position who is subject to discharge.    (2) A request for a waiver must be made within five (5) days of the receipt of the criminal background check.  (3) If the crime is a misdemeanor and more than five (5) years have lapsed since the conviction, the state agency is not required to discharge an incumbent employee if a request for a waiver is timely made and if the waiver is ultimately granted.  (4) If the waiver is not granted and the waiver request was for an incumbent employee who was not immediately discharged, the state agency shall immediately discharge the incumbent employee.  (5) If the waiver is not granted and the waiver request was for an applicant, the state agency is prohibited from hiring the applicant in a designated financial or information technology position.  (6) If an incumbent employee was immediately discharged but was subsequently granted a waiver, the incumbent employee shall be immediately reinstated but is not entitled to retroactive relief, including back pay.    (b)  (1) A waiver may be granted upon a preponderance of the evidence that the applicant or employee is rehabilitated such that the public interest is not threatened by the applicant's or employee's employment.  (2) Evidence of rehabilitation may include:  (A) The age at which the crime or act was committed;  (B) The circumstances surrounding the crime or act;  (C) The length of time since the crime or act;  (D) Subsequent work history;  (E) Employment references;  (F) Character references; and  (G) Other evidence demonstrating the rehabilitation of the applicant or employee.
AR Code § 22-2-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-101. Title

 This chapter may be referred to and cited as the “Building Authority Division Act”.
AR Code § 22-2-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-102. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1)  (A) “Capital improvement” means all lands, buildings, structures, utilities, on-site and off-site improvements, other appertaining improvements, existing or future, and all construction, repairs, alterations, demolitions, and renovations thereof which are undertaken, owned, operated, or otherwise managed by a state agency.  (B) Except that “capital improvement” shall not include construction and reconstruction of roads and bridges in the state highway system by the State Highway Commission, nor shall the term “capital improvement” include any building, facility, plant, structure, or other improvement constructed by or on behalf of the Arkansas Department of Transportation or the State Highway Commission, nor shall the term “capital improvement” include any lands, buildings, or other structures or facilities now owned or hereafter acquired by an Arkansas state retirement system as an investment or as a result of the investment of assets of the system;    (2) “Minimum standards and criteria” and other like phrases mean those standards and criteria relating to construction, design, maintenance, and leasing of state agencies' capital improvements as adopted by the Building Authority Division after appropriate public hearings and notice to the public and interested persons and organizations;  (3) “State agency” means any board or commission, agency, department, institution of higher education, including colleges, universities, and vocational-technical schools, or other state institutions. However, “state agency” shall not include any county, municipality, school district, subdivision, or unit thereof of the State of Arkansas, nor shall the term “state agency” mean or include the Arkansas Department of Transportation or the State Highway Commission; and  (4) “Unpaved trail project” means a project to create a trail:  (A) That is on property under the immediate control and management of the State Parks, Recreation, and Travel Commission;  (B) That is either:  (C) For which the labor, services, and commodities are donated.       (1)  To be used solely for recreational purposes; or    (2)  Otherwise necessary to carry out the mission of the State Parks, Recreation, and Travel Commission; and
AR Code § 22-2-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-103. Applicability — Construction with other laws

 (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the construction and reconstruction of roads and bridges in the state highway system by the State Highway Commission. Except as specifically provided in Title 24, neither the provisions of this chapter nor the provisions of any other chapter of the Code shall apply to any lands, buildings, or other structures or facilities now owned or hereafter acquired by the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, as defined in the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Affordable Housing Investment Act, § 24-7-1401 et seq., as an investment or as a result of the investment of assets of the system or pursuant to the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Affordable Housing Investment Act, § 24-7-1401 et seq. [repealed].  (b) The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to affect any bonds issued by state agencies or any covenants or obligations entered into in connection with such bonds or any revenues pledged or used in the security or payment of such bonds, or the production, handling, deposit, or application of such revenues, including bonds issued by the Arkansas Justice Building Commission, pursuant to § 22-3-901 et seq., by the Arkansas State Department of Health Building Commission [abolished], pursuant to Acts 1965, No. 469, by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism or the agency performing the functions thereof, pursuant to § 22-4-301 et seq., or by the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services or the agency performing the functions thereof, pursuant to § 20-48-411 and § 20-48-501 et seq.  (c) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply in any manner so as to affect, supersede, or in any other way alter the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities as created by §§ 10-3-1101 — 10-3-1104 and 10-3-1106 — 10-3-1110, and the provisions of §§ 10-3-1101 — 10-3-1104 and 10-3-1106 — 10-3-1110 shall not be repealed by this chapter.  (d)  (1) However, it is the intent of the General Assembly that the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, § 19-4-101 et seq., be applicable to all provisions and implementations of this chapter insofar as the provisions and implementation of this chapter are not in direct conflict with that law.  (2) It is the further intent that all procedures for contract bidding now or hereafter established by law or regulation applicable to capital improvements, as defined by this chapter, of state agencies shall be in full force and effect as to the implementation of the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 22-2-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-104. Creation of Building Authority Division

 (a) There is created within the Department of Transformation and Shared Services the Building Authority Division.  (b) The division shall carry out the duties and responsibilities set out in § 22-2-108 under the policies, guidelines, standards, and procedures established by the Department of Transformation and Shared Services.
AR Code § 22-2-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-105. Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services — Duties

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services may hire sufficient staff as authorized by legislation to perform the duties of the Building Authority Division. Personnel employed by the secretary shall be compensated according to the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq., for similar duties and responsibilities.  (b) The secretary shall be responsible for administering the rules and policies adopted by the Department of Transformation and Shared Services pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.  (c) The secretary shall be the disbursing agent for the division and shall pay any and all accounts. The disbursing agent shall furnish and keep in effect a bond to the state with a corporate surety thereon which, together with any other bonds furnished by him or her, shall total in final sum not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and is conditioned that he or she will faithfully perform his or her duties and properly handle all funds received and disbursed by him or her and account for those funds. The bond so furnished shall be filed in the office of the Auditor of State. The premium on the bond shall be a proper charge against funds of the division.
AR Code § 22-2-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-110. Schedule of supervision generally

 The powers, authorities, and responsibilities of the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services relating to the acquisition of properties and to the supervision of all capital improvements, as defined in § 22-2-102, shall be in accordance with the schedules of supervision as provided in §§ 22-2-111 — 22-2-113.
AR Code § 22-2-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-111. Schedule of supervision — Type one — Undesignated funds

 From the funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the Building Authority Division not designated to be spent for a particular public building or capital improvement for a particular state agency, the division shall:   (1)  (A) Use the lands acquired by the Arkansas Revenue Department Building Commission which are transferred to State Building Services under Acts 1975, No. 716, § 6, as sites for public buildings and obtain additional sites as provided in this chapter.  (B)  (i) The additional sites may be obtained either with or without compensation by making necessary arrangements with any state agency for any lands owned by the state agency or by the State of Arkansas and under the control or jurisdiction of that state agency.  (ii) In the alternative, a site may be obtained by the division by gift, purchase, or condemnation under the power of eminent domain at any suitable location.    (C) In the event the needed sites cannot be purchased by negotiation, the division is authorized to institute condemnation proceedings in Pulaski County, Arkansas, under the power of eminent domain for the acquisition of sites.  (D) Condemnation proceedings under the power of eminent domain may be exercised within Pulaski County, Arkansas, in the manner now provided by §§ 18-15-1202 — 18-15-1207, or pursuant to any applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the State of Arkansas or by any state agency.  (E) Title to all lands acquired under this chapter shall be taken in the name of the State of Arkansas;    (2) Construct, repair, renovate, alter, and equip buildings and capital improvements or acquire, by gift or purchase, existing buildings or capital improvements and the sites upon which they are situated for use as public buildings;  (3)  (A) Operate, manage, maintain, and otherwise provide for the operation of the public buildings or capital improvements so constructed or acquired and arrange for the housing of state agencies as space and facilities permit upon such terms and conditions and for such rentals as the division may determine.  (B) Should there be any surplus space in a public building above the requirements of state agencies that can be feasibly housed in the building, the division may lease or rent the surplus space to individuals and organizations other than state agencies until it is needed by state agencies; and    (4) Demolish, remove, and dispose of or salvage any buildings or other capital improvements as necessary for the construction and equipping of public buildings or capital improvements.
AR Code § 22-2-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-112. Schedule of supervision — Type two — Designated funds

 (a) From the funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the Building Authority Division for the construction or purchase of a particular building or capital improvement which is specifically designated to be purchased, constructed, or improved for a particular state agency, the division shall carry out the powers, authorities, and responsibilities in respect to that construction or purchase as designated in § 22-2-111.  (b) The division shall review and approve architectural and engineering design plans and construction plans to ensure compliance with minimum design and construction standards and criteria promulgated by the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services pursuant to this chapter.  (c) The division shall negotiate all contracts for architectural and engineering and construction services and revisions and modifications to those contracts.
AR Code § 22-2-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-115. Lease-purchase agreements

 (a) For the express purpose of providing adequate office facilities, the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, acting as the primary lessor, may enter into lease-purchase agreements to obtain facilities for state agencies. Each lease-purchase agreement shall contain a provision whereby the agreement shall be cancelled at the close of each fiscal biennium, if necessary, if funds for the payment of the rent under the lease-purchase agreement will not be available.  (b)  (1) The secretary shall make the final determination regarding the location or construction of facilities with the advice and consent of the appropriate state agency.  (2) All agreements and other matters concerning the buying, trading, selling, renting, renovating, or acquiring of any real or personal property as authorized by this section shall be matters of public record and available for public inspection.    (c) The General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, § 19-4-101 et seq., the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-11-201 et seq., the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq., and other applicable fiscal laws of this state shall be strictly complied with regarding this section.
AR Code § 22-2-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-116. Maintenance responsibilities generally

 (a) The Building Authority Division shall provide for the management, maintenance, and operation of public buildings as may be required by the provisions and implementation of this chapter, or as may otherwise be required by law.  (b) The division may enter into agreements with agencies to provide for the management, maintenance, and operation of those public buildings which are not owned by the division.
AR Code § 22-2-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-117. Maintenance responsibilities — Capitol Zoning District

 (a) As to all presently existing public buildings and capital improvements within the Capitol Zoning District, as zoned by § 22-3-302(a), any person or entity responsible for the custody, management, maintenance, repair, operation, or landscaping of such public buildings and capital improvements and their grounds shall be accountable to the Building Authority Division as follows:  (1) The division shall approve all plans and expenditures for alterations, repairs, maintenance, operation, management, landscaping, and provisions of utilities of and for the buildings, improvements, and grounds;  (2) The division shall establish and enforce minimum standards and criteria for the maintenance, management, and operation of the buildings, improvements, and grounds, including the establishment of maintenance schedules; and  (3) The division shall approve the purchase or rental of equipment and supplies for use in the management, maintenance, operation, repair, and landscaping of the buildings, improvements, and grounds.    (b) The Secretary of State shall remain as custodian of the State Capitol Building and the grounds immediately surrounding the State Capitol Building upon which the State Capitol Building is located. The Secretary of State, except as may otherwise be provided by law, shall have full responsibility for the maintenance, management, and operation of the building and its grounds, including the grounds commonly known as the “Mall Area” to the west of the State Capitol Building and the Capitol Hill Building and adjacent parking areas thereto. The Secretary of State shall not be accountable to the division for such maintenance, management, and operation.  (c) To the extent necessary to carry out the provisions and intent of this section, all laws relating to the powers, duties, and responsibilities of persons or entities regarding the custody and management by those persons of all buildings and grounds within the confines of the Capitol Zoning District, except for the custody and management by the Secretary of State of the State Capitol Building and its immediate grounds as provided in subsection (b) of this section, are amended.  (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as exempting public buildings and capital improvements located within the Capitol Zoning District from any other applicable provision of this chapter.
AR Code § 22-2-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-118. Plans, specifications, and estimates of costs

 The Building Authority Division is authorized to employ, except as limited by § 22-2-108(9), such persons as may be necessary to prepare plans, specifications, and estimates of costs for capital improvements which, under the provisions of this chapter, are the responsibility of the division.
AR Code § 22-2-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-120. Exemption from statutes concerning Capitol Zoning District

 (a) The construction, acquisition, management, maintenance, or operation of capital improvements and public buildings by the Building Authority Division under this chapter is declared to be exempt from the operation and implementation of the provisions of §§ 22-3-301 — 22-3-311.  (b) The Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services shall endeavor to cooperate with the Capitol Zoning District Commission so as to establish coordinated physical development in the State Capitol area and to promote the uniform and appropriate regulation and development of the State Capitol area.
AR Code § 22-2-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 2 - Building Authority Division Act|§ 22-2-121. Real estate notification

 The Building Authority Division shall notify the Commissioner of State Lands of the Governor's approval of a state agency's request to purchase or sell property under § 22-6-601.
AR Code § 25-2-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 2 - Administrative Departments Generally|§ 25-2-101. Legislative findings and purpose — Construction

 (a) The General Assembly declares that this act is necessary:  (1) To create a structure of state government which will be responsive to the needs of the people of this state and sufficiently flexible to meet changing conditions;  (2) To establish executive authority over those areas where executive responsibility presently lies;  (3) To provide a reasonable opportunity to create budgetary and administrative efficiencies within an orderly organizational structure of state government;  (4) To strengthen the role of the General Assembly in state government;  (5) To encourage greater participation of the public in state government;  (6) To effect the grouping of state agencies into a limited number of departments primarily according to function; and  (7) To eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort.    (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide for an orderly transfer of powers, duties, and functions of the various state agencies to the principal departments with a minimum of disruption of governmental services and functions and with a minimum of expense.  (c) To the ends stated in this section, this act shall be liberally construed.
AR Code § 25-2-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 2 - Administrative Departments Generally|§ 25-2-102. Certain professional boards excepted

 Nothing in this act shall apply to state boards that license the professions of the healing arts under the following statutes:   (1) Chiropractics, § 17-81-101 et seq.;  (2) Dentistry, § 17-82-101 et seq.;  (3) Medicine and surgery, § 17-95-201 et seq.;  (4) Nursing, § 17-87-101 et seq.;  (5) Optometry, § 17-90-101 et seq.;  (6) Pharmacy, § 17-92-101 et seq.;  (7) Physical therapy, § 17-93-101 et seq.;  (8) Podiatry, § 17-96-101 et seq.;  (9) Psychology, § 17-97-201 et seq.;  (10) Massage therapy, § 17-86-101 et seq.; or  (11) Veterinary medicine, § 17-101-101 et seq.
AR Code § 25-2-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 2 - Administrative Departments Generally|§ 25-2-103. Effect of act on preexisting rules, regulations, etc

 This act shall not affect the orders, rules, regulations, and standards made or promulgated before February 4, 1971, by any department, institution, division, bureau, board, commission, council, or other agency, the functions, powers, and duties of which have been herein assigned or transferred to a principal department established by this act. The orders, rules, regulations, and standards shall continue with full force and effect until amended or repealed pursuant to law.