Title 19 — Public Finance

The purpose of this chapter is to protect Arkansas private industries which employ Arkansas taxpayers and citizens from the unfair advantage held by certain out-of-state correctional institutions that utilize convict labor and are exempt from minimum wage requirements, Occupation…

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Bid” means a proposal submitted to the state for the sale of products to the state;(2) “Correctional institution” means a penitentiary, jail, prison, reformatory, or other such establishment owned, operated, …

Where provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with provisions of the current Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-61-101 et seq., the provisions in this chapter shall control.

In the bidding process for the sale of products for use by the state, a bid submitted by a private industry located within the State of Arkansas and employing Arkansas taxpayers shall be given priority over a bid submitted by an out-of-state correctional institution employing con…

Subject to any applicable bonding requirements, in all bidding procedures involving a bid by one (1) or more out-of-state correctional institutions and a bid by one (1) or more private industries located within the State of Arkansas, the contract shall be awarded to the sole Arka…

Subject to any applicable bonding requirements, if a private Arkansas bidder is underbid by more than five percent (5%), as provided in § 19-61-515, by another representative of private industry located outside the State of Arkansas or is underbid by more than fifteen percent (15…