Title 22 — Public Property

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Commodities” means commodities under § 19-61-103; and(2) “Not-for-profit organization” means a private corporation under § 4-28-201 et seq. that:(A) Has a benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic, or charitable purpose; and(B) Performs a function that…

(a) No title or right of possession to any public thoroughfare, road, highway, or public park, or any portion thereof, shall or can be acquired by adverse possession or adverse occupancy, and the right of the public or of the proper authorities of any county to open or have opene…

Regardless of the beginning date thereof, no adverse possession or adverse use of lands or easements owned by a municipality for municipal waterworks purposes shall or can ripen into title or permanent right. This section shall have no application to any possession or use which r…

(a) As used in this section, “public school system” means any school system, district, college, or university in the State of Arkansas which is supported wholly or in part by tax dollars, whether federal, state, or local. (b) No title or right of possession to any public school s…

No title or right of possession to realty by an incorporated town, city of the second class, city of the first class, school district, county, or the state may be defeated in any action or proceeding because of adverse possession.

(a) As used in this section, a “drainage district” means a:(1) Drainage improvement district formed by an act of the General Assembly;(2) Drainage improvement district formed and operated under § 14-120-101 et seq.; or(3) Drainage improvement district formed and operated under § …

(a) As used in this section, a “levee district” means a:(1) Levee district formed by Acts 1911, No. 97, and any other levee district formed by an act of the General Assembly;(2) Watershed improvement district formed under the Arkansas Irrigation, Drainage, and Watershed Improveme…

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.

(a) (1) There is created within the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism the War Memorial Stadium Commission consisting of eight (8) members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.(2) The department has exclusive jurisdiction for the opera…

(a) (1) The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism has and is subject to the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the department by this subchapter concerning the War Memorial Stadium Commission.(2) The department may make, amend, and enforce all necessary or desirable…

The bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be exempt from all taxes.

A.C.A. § 22-3-1009Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

An audit of the records and accounts of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism concerning the War Memorial Stadium Commission shall be made each year, and a copy of the report shall be filed with the Legislative Council, the Governor, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the S…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism on behalf of the War Memorial Stadium Commission may open accounts in the name of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism in one (1) or more banks and deposit into those bank accounts all moneys received f…

(a) (1) The Building Authority Division may enter into an agreement with the Arkansas Livestock Show Association and make such contracts as are necessary for the purpose of purchasing the permanent site of the association and for the purchase or construction of buildings and faci…

(a) From and after the passage and approval of this section, the Building Authority Division may acquire by eminent domain any real property, including the improvements and fixtures on the property that it may deem necessary to provide a permanent site and show facilities for a s…

(a) The Arkansas Livestock Show Association shall permit organizations and associations to use the Arkansas Livestock Show Association's showgrounds and facilities for the National FFA Organization's State Horse Show and other related livestock and poultry activities without char…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Public Facilities Finance Act of 1983”.

It has been found by the General Assembly that adequate construction, equipping, maintenance, and operation of facilities for the Division of Correction and the state-supported institutions of higher education are essential to the well-being of this state and that the pledging of…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Agency” or “state agency” means any agency, board, officer, commission, department, division, or institution of the State of Arkansas;(2) (A) “Building” or “buildings” means any and all buildings and related facilities constructed or acquired a…

(a) This subchapter shall be the complete and sole authority for the establishment of the purposes set forth in this subchapter. (b) To the extent that there is a conflict between the purposes of this subchapter and Chapter 2 of this title, the provisions of this subchapter shall…

(a) In addition to the powers, purposes, and authorities set forth elsewhere in this subchapter or in other laws, the Building Authority Division is authorized and empowered to:(1) Acquire, construct, repair, renovate, alter, maintain, and equip existing or new buildings and capi…

(a) Before certificates of indebtedness as authorized by this subchapter may be issued by the Building Authority Division and purchased by the State Board of Finance, the division shall develop a plan for all proposed construction work to be performed, the location at which the w…

(a) (1) For the purpose of providing funds for the construction of buildings as authorized in this subchapter, the Director of the Building Authority Division, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of the Department of Shared Administrative Services, is authorized a…

(a) (1) The certificates of indebtedness shall be in such form and denomination, and shall have such dates and maturities, and may be issued in such series, as the Building Authority Division shall determine.(2) The schedule of principal and interest maturities shall be arranged …

(a) The certificates shall be the obligations of the Building Authority Division, and the nontax revenues available to the division under the provisions of § 22-3-1210, as distinguished from any tax moneys which may be made available for the operation of the division, are pledged…

(a) The principal of and interest on the certificates of indebtedness issued under this subchapter shall be secured, except as stated in subdivision (c)(1) of this section, by a lien on and pledge of:(1) All revenue derived from payments by the Arkansas Development Finance Author…

Certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this subchapter, and the interest thereon, shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes. This exemption shall include income, property, inheritance, and estate taxes.

(a) (1) The state funds which may be used by the State Board of Finance in making the purchases of the certificates of indebtedness are those specifically referred to under the provisions of the State Treasury Management Law, § 19-3-301 et seq.(2) All certificates purchased or re…

(a) In the event it shall be determined that the procedure set forth in § 22-3-1212 for the retirement of the certificates is unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the Building Authority Division is authorized and directed to establish an account in its name in a bank to be…