Title 22 — Public Property

This chapter may be referred to and cited as the “Building Authority Division Act”.

(1) 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 wh…

(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 an…

(a) There is created within the Department of Shared Administrative 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 Depart…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Shared Administrative 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 …

A.C.A. § 22-2-106Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) There are created within the Building Authority Division the following sections which shall have the duties and responsibilities designated by the Secretary of the Department of Shared Administrative Services and which may include, in relation to other provisions of this chap…

(1) As may be provided, allowed, or limited by the provisions of this chapter, the Secretary of the Department of Shared Administrative Services may establish policies, guidelines, standards, and procedures which shall guide and govern the Building Authority Division with regard …

(a) (1) Additional sites may be acquired from state agencies, either with or without compensation, by making necessary arrangements with any state agency for any lands owned by that state agency or owned by the State of Arkansas and under the control or jurisdiction of that state…

The powers, authorities, and responsibilities of the Secretary of the Department of Shared Administrative 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 …

(1) 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 D…

(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, th…

(a) In all other cases, within or without Pulaski County, Arkansas, when the construction of public buildings or capital improvements is undertaken or is presently being undertaken or is authorized but not presently under contract by or for a state agency, then the Building Autho…

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that state agencies be housed, whenever possible, in public buildings as soon as space and facilities in public buildings are available and that the acquisition and granting of leasehold interests in land be regulated and supervised by…

(a) For the express purpose of providing adequate office facilities, the Secretary of the Department of Shared Administrative Services, acting as the primary lessor, may enter into lease-purchase agreements to obtain facilities for state agencies. Each lease-purchase agreement sh…

(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 ag…

(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 capi…

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 t…

A.C.A. § 22-2-119Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(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. …

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.