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12-50-104. Construction.
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12-50-104. Construction.
(a)(1) This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish the intent and purposes thereof and shall be the sole authority required for the accomplishment of those purposes.
(2) To this end, it shall not be necessary to comply with general provisions of other laws dealing with public commodities and public facilities, their acquisition, construction, leasing, encumbering, or disposition, if the Board of Corrections and the regional corrections commission shall comply with § 12-50-106.
(b) The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, and thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-50-104
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12-50-104. Construction.
(a)(1) This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish the intent and purposes thereof and shall be the sole authority required for the accomplishment of those purposes.
(2) To this end, it shall not be necessary to comply with general provisions of other laws dealing with public commodities and public facilities, their acquisition, construction, leasing, encumbering, or disposition, if the Board of Corrections and the regional corrections commission shall comply with § 12-50-106.
(b) The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, and thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
12-50-106. Contracts for correctional facilities.
(a) The Division of Correction, any regional corrections commission, and any political subdivision are authorized to enter into contracts with each other and with prison contractors for the financing, acquiring, constructing, and operating of facilities.
(b) Any contract for the financing, acquiring, constructing, or operating of facilities between the division and a prison contractor shall be approved by the Board of Corrections, subject to the advice and consent of the Legislative Council.
(c) Contracts entered into under the terms of this chapter shall be negotiated with the firm found most qualified. However, no contract for correctional services may be entered into unless the private contractor demonstrates that it has:
(1) The qualifications, experience, and management personnel necessary to carry out the terms of the contract;
(2) The financial strength and ability to provide indemnification for liability arising from large prison management projects;
(3) Evidence of past performance of similar contracts; and
(4) The ability to comply with applicable court orders and correctional standards.
(d) Contracts awarded under this section, including contracts for the provision of correctional services or for the lease or use of public lands or buildings for use in the operation of state or local facilities, may be entered into for a period of up to twenty (20) years, subject to the requirement for annual appropriation of funds by each political subdivision and subject to the requirement of annual appropriations by the state.
(e) Contracts awarded under the provisions of this section at a minimum shall comply with the following:
(1) Provide for internal and perimeter security to protect the public, empl
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-50-106
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-50-106. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.