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14-58-304. Purchase of insurance.
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14-58-304. Purchase of insurance.
The purchase of all types of insurance by cities of the first class shall be governed by the provisions of § 14-58-303.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-58-304
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14-58-304. Purchase of insurance.
The purchase of all types of insurance by cities of the first class shall be governed by the provisions of § 14-58-303.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-58-303. Purchases and contracts generally.
(a) In a city of the first class, city of the second class, or incorporated town, the mayor or the mayor's duly authorized representative shall have exclusive power and responsibility to make purchases of all supplies, apparatus, equipment, materials, and other things requisite for public purposes in and for the city and to make all necessary contracts for work or labor to be done or material or other necessary things to be furnished for the benefit of the city, or in carrying out any work or undertaking of a public nature in the city.
(b)(1)(A) Except as provided under § 14-58-104, the municipal governing body of any city of the first class shall provide by ordinance the procedure for making all purchases which do not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
(B) Except as provided under § 14-58-104, the municipal governing body of any city of the second class or incorporated town may provide by ordinance the procedure for making all purchases.
(2)(A)(i) Except as provided under § 14-58-104, in a city of the first class where the amount of expenditure for any purpose or contract exceeds the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), the mayor or the mayor's authorized representative shall invite competitive bidding on the purpose or contract by legal advertisement in any local newspaper.
(ii) Bids received pursuant to the advertisement shall be opened and read on the date set for receiving the bids in the presence of the mayor or the mayor's authorized representative.
(iii) The mayor or the mayor's authorized representative shall have exclusive power to award the bid to the lowest responsible bidder, but may reject any and all bids received.
(B) The governing body by ordinance may waive the requireme
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-58-303
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 14-58-303. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.