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18-44-503. Public buildings and improvements.
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18-44-503. Public buildings and improvements.
(a) A contract in a sum exceeding the amount stated in § 22-9-203 providing for the repair, alteration, or erection of any public building, public structure, or public improvement shall not be entered into by the State of Arkansas or any subdivision of the state, by any county, municipality, school district, or other local taxing unit, or by any agency of the state, a subdivision of the state, a county, a municipality, a school district, or any other local taxing unit, unless the contractor shall furnish to the party letting the contract a bond in a sum equal to the amount of the contract.
(b) All persons, firms, associations, and corporations who have valid claims against the bond may bring an action on the bond against the corporate surety, provided that no action shall be brought on the bond after twelve (12) months from the date on which the Building Authority Division or institutions exempt from construction review and approval by the division approve final payment on the state contract, nor shall any action be brought outside the State of Arkansas.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-503
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18-44-503. Public buildings and improvements.
(a) A contract in a sum exceeding the amount stated in § 22-9-203 providing for the repair, alteration, or erection of any public building, public structure, or public improvement shall not be entered into by the State of Arkansas or any subdivision of the state, by any county, municipality, school district, or other local taxing unit, or by any agency of the state, a subdivision of the state, a county, a municipality, a school district, or any other local taxing unit, unless the contractor shall furnish to the party letting the contract a bond in a sum equal to the amount of the contract.
(b) All persons, firms, associations, and corporations who have valid claims against the bond may bring an action on the bond against the corporate surety, provided that no action shall be brought on the bond after twelve (12) months from the date on which the Building Authority Division or institutions exempt from construction review and approval by the division approve final payment on the state contract, nor shall any action be brought outside the State of Arkansas.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
22-9-203. Public improvements generally — Award procedure.
(a) Except as provided under § 14-58-105, a contract providing for the making of major repairs or alterations, for the erection of buildings or other structures, or for making other permanent improvements shall not be entered into by the state or an agency of the state or by a county, municipality, school district, or other local taxing unit with any contractor in instances in which all estimated costs of the work exceed the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) unless:
(1) The state or any agency of the state shall have first published notice of its intention to receive bids one (1) time each week for not less than two (2) consecutive weeks for projects more than the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and published notice of its intention to receive bids one (1) time each week for not less than one (1) week for projects more than the quote bid limit, as provided under the minimum standards and criteria of the Building Authority Division, but less than or equal to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the proposed improvements are to be made or in a trade journal reaching the construction industry; and
(2)(A) The county, municipality, school district, or other local taxing unit shall have first published notice of its intention to receive bids one (1) time each week for not less than two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the proposed improvements are to be made.
(B) In addition to the publication of notice required under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section, the county, municipality, school district, or other local taxing unit:
(i) May also publish notice in a tr
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 22-9-203
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 22-9-203. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.