(a) An industrial development authority may accomplish the following general purposes:(1) To establish, acquire, develop, improve, or maintain:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;(2) To acquire, purchase, install, lease, own, hold, use, control, construct, equip, maintain, develop, and improve lands and facilities, of whatever nature necessary or desirable, in connection with establishing, developing, improving, and maintaining:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105, including without limitation buildings, warehouses, utilities, and the improvement of portions of highways or roadways, and other facilities not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Government;(3) To foster and stimulate the shipment of freight and commerce, whether by rail, air, roadway, highway, or other modes of transport, and whether originating within or without the State of Arkansas;(4) To accept and use funds from any sources and to use them in such a manner as is within the purposes of the industrial development authority;(5) To cooperate with the State of Arkansas and all agencies, departments, and instrumentalities of the State of Arkansas and with other counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions in the maintenance, development, improvement, and use of:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;(6) To cooperate with any other state and all its agencies, departments, and instrumentalities and port authorities, counties, municipalities, political subdivisions, and all their instrumentalities and agencies in other states in the maintenance, development, improvement, and use of:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;(7) To act as agent for the United States Government or any agency, department, corporation, or instrumentality of the United States Government and for the State of Arkansas and any agency, department, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the State of Arkansas in any matter pertaining to the accomplishment of the purposes of the industrial development authority;(8) To acquire, construct, equip, maintain, develop, and improve facilities at:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;(9) To sell, lease, contract concerning, or permit the use of all or any part of the facilities acquired, constructed, and equipped under this subsection to any person for industrial or commercial activities; and(10) In general, to do and perform any act or function that may tend to or be useful toward the development and improvement of:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105.
(1) To establish, acquire, develop, improve, or maintain:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;
(A) Commerce and industrial parks;
(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;
(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and
(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;
(2) To acquire, purchase, install, lease, own, hold, use, control, construct, equip, maintain, develop, and improve lands and facilities, of whatever nature necessary or desirable, in connection with establishing, developing, improving, and maintaining:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105, including without limitation buildings, warehouses, utilities, and the improvement of portions of highways or roadways, and other facilities not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Government;
(A) Commerce and industrial parks;
(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;
(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and
(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105, including without limitation buildings, warehouses, utilities, and the improvement of portions of highways or roadways, and other facilities not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Government;
(3) To foster and stimulate the shipment of freight and commerce, whether by rail, air, roadway, highway, or other modes of transport, and whether originating within or without the State of Arkansas;
(4) To accept and use funds from any sources and to use them in such a manner as is within the purposes of the industrial development authority;
(5) To cooperate with the State of Arkansas and all agencies, departments, and instrumentalities of the State of Arkansas and with other counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions in the maintenance, development, improvement, and use of:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;
(A) Commerce and industrial parks;
(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;
(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and
(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;
(6) To cooperate with any other state and all its agencies, departments, and instrumentalities and port authorities, counties, municipalities, political subdivisions, and all their instrumentalities and agencies in other states in the maintenance, development, improvement, and use of:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;
(A) Commerce and industrial parks;
(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;
(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and
(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;
(7) To act as agent for the United States Government or any agency, department, corporation, or instrumentality of the United States Government and for the State of Arkansas and any agency, department, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the State of Arkansas in any matter pertaining to the accomplishment of the purposes of the industrial development authority;
(8) To acquire, construct, equip, maintain, develop, and improve facilities at:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;
(A) Commerce and industrial parks;
(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;
(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and
(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105;
(9) To sell, lease, contract concerning, or permit the use of all or any part of the facilities acquired, constructed, and equipped under this subsection to any person for industrial or commercial activities; and
(10) In general, to do and perform any act or function that may tend to or be useful toward the development and improvement of:(A) Commerce and industrial parks;(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105.
(A) Commerce and industrial parks;
(B) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;
(C) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads; and
(D) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105.
(b) The enumeration of the purposes under subsection (a) of this section shall not limit or circumscribe the broad objectives and purposes of this chapter and the broad objectives of developing to the utmost:(1) Commerce and industrial parks;(2) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;(3) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads;(4) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105; and(5) Industrial and commercial development possibilities of the state and the political subdivisions of the state.
(1) Commerce and industrial parks;
(2) Research, technology, and development proving grounds and facilities;
(3) Job training facilities, air cargo operations, depots for military use, rail lines, rail transload operations, and short-line railroads;
(4) All other qualifying economic development projects under § 14-174-105; and
(5) Industrial and commercial development possibilities of the state and the political subdivisions of the state.