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6-21-106. Fire hazards inspection before closing for breaks.
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6-21-106. Fire hazards inspection before closing for breaks.
(a)(1)(A) At least seven (7) calendar days before the beginning of Christmas break, a local official of each public elementary and secondary school in this state shall request an inspection of the premises by the fire department providing fire protection to the school buildings.
(B) If the chief executive officer of the fire department receives the request at least seven (7) calendar days before the beginning of Christmas break, he or she shall cause the school buildings to be inspected for fire hazards.
(C) The inspection shall be conducted before the beginning of Christmas break.
(2)(A) At least seven (7) calendar days before the end of the school year, a local official with each public elementary and secondary school in this state shall request an inspection of the premises by the fire department providing fire protection to the school buildings.
(B) If the chief executive officer of the fire department receives the request at least seven (7) calendar days before the end of the school year, he or she shall cause the buildings to be inspected for fire hazards.
(C) The inspection shall occur before the end of the school year.
(b) The chief executive officer of the fire department shall file a written report of the inspection with the local official for the school district where the public school building is located within ten (10) calendar days after the inspection.
(c) The inspection shall be conducted at no cost to the school.
(d)(1) The local official shall file a written report with the chief executive officer of the fire department within seven (7) calendar days after receiving the inspection report.
(2) The local official's report shall indicate:
(A) What action was taken in respon
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-21-106
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6-21-106. Fire hazards inspection before closing for breaks.
(a)(1)(A) At least seven (7) calendar days before the beginning of Christmas break, a local official of each public elementary and secondary school in this state shall request an inspection of the premises by the fire department providing fire protection to the school buildings.
(B) If the chief executive officer of the fire department receives the request at least seven (7) calendar days before the beginning of Christmas break, he or she shall cause the school buildings to be inspected for fire hazards.
(C) The inspection shall be conducted before the beginning of Christmas break.
(2)(A) At least seven (7) calendar days before the end of the school year, a local official with each public elementary and secondary school in this state shall request an inspection of the premises by the fire department providing fire protection to the school buildings.
(B) If the chief executive officer of the fire department receives the request at least seven (7) calendar days before the end of the school year, he or she shall cause the buildings to be inspected for fire hazards.
(C) The inspection shall occur before the end of the school year.
(b) The chief executive officer of the fire department shall file a written report of the inspection with the local official for the school district where the public school building is located within ten (10) calendar days after the inspection.
(c) The inspection shall be conducted at no cost to the school.
(d)(1) The local official shall file a written report with the chief executive officer of the fire department within seven (7) calendar days after receiving the inspection report.
(2) The local official's report shall indicate:
(A) What action was taken in response to the inspection report and the date the action was completed; or
(B) What action will be taken in response to the inspection report and the anticipated date of completion of the action.
(3) If the inspection report of the fire department includes deficiencies that require a response or other action, the local official shall also file the report required by this subsection with the State Fire Marshal Enforcement Section.
(e)(1)(A) If the local official does not receive a written inspection report for a public school building as required by this section from the chief executive officer of the fire department providing fire protection to the public school building, the local official shall notify:
(i) The State Fire Marshal Enforcement Section; and
(ii) The quorum court of the county in which the fire department is located.
(B) The local official shall provide the notifications required by this subdivision (e)(1) not less than thirty (30) days from the date the inspection was required to take place.
(2) The quorum court shall withhold from a fire department that is the subject of notification under this subsection the fire department's apportionment of distributions from the Fire Protection Premium Tax Fund under § 14-284-403 until the fire department completes the inspection and delivers the report to the local official.
(3) If the required inspection is subsequently performed, the fire department shall file the report required under subsection (b) of this section with the local official and the State Fire Marshal Enforcement Section.
(4)(A) Immediately upon receipt of the required report from the fire department, the local official shall notify the quorum court that the required report has been received.
(B) Upon receipt of the local official's notification to the quorum court, the quorum court shall disburse any Fire Protection Premium Tax Fund apportionment previously withheld due to the fire department's ineligibility under this section.
(f) The chief executive officer of the fire department may inspect any work performed by or on behalf of the school or school district to correct deficiencies noted in the inspection report.
(g) The chief executive officer of the fire department shall notify the State Fire Marshal Enforcement Section and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education if:
(1) The chief executive officer of the fire department does not receive the local official's report required under subsection (d) of this section, within seven (7) days of the date the report was due; or
(2) The school district does not correct all deficiencies noted in the inspection report by the completion date indicated in the local official's report.
(h)(1) Any person who intentionally violates this section is subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per violation.
(2) The failure of a public school local official to respond as provided in subsection (d) of this section to correct the deficiencies noted in an inspection report is an indicator of facilities distress under § 6-21-811.
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14-284-403. Apportionment of funds.
(a)(1) These premium tax moneys are assessed for disbursement from the Fire Protection Premium Tax Fund, § 19-6-468, by the Department of Finance and Administration to the counties in the following percentages:
Arkansas County — 0.78%, Ashley County — 1.39%, Baxter County — 1.78%, Benton County — 3.86%, Boone County — 1.46%, Bradley County — 0.52%, Calhoun County — 0.51%, Carroll County — 0.97%, Chicot County — 0.51%, Clark County — 1.13%, Clay County — 1.10%, Cleburne County — 1.11%, Cleveland County — 0.66%, Columbia County — 1.24%, Conway County — 1.04%, Craighead County — 2.91%, Crawford County — 1.98%, Crittenden County — 1.32%, Cross County — 0.84%, Dallas County — 0.45%, Desha County — 0.71%, Drew County — 0.80%, Faulkner County — 2.30%, Franklin County — 0.97%, Fulton County — 0.84%, Garland County — 3.12%, Grant County — 1.13%, Greene County — 1.39%, Hempstead County — 1.89%, Hot Spring County — 1.46%, Howard County — 0.75%, Independence County — 1.90%, Izard County — 0.91%, Jackson County — 0.95%, Jefferson County — 2.32%, Johnson County — 1.05%, Lafayette County — 0.71%, Lawrence County — 0.96%, Lee County — 0.73%, Lincoln County — 1.12%, Little River County — 0.77%, Logan County — 1.06%, Lonoke County — 1.70%, Madison County — 0.95%, Marion County — 1.00%, Miller County — 1.44%, Mississippi County — 1.77%, Monroe County — 0.53%, Montgomery County — 0.66%, Nevada County — 0.58%, Newton County — 0.67%, Ouachita County — 1.37%, Perry County — 0.62%, Phillips County — 1.12%, Pike County — 0.87%, Poinsett County — 1.14%, Polk County — 1.01%, Pope County — 1.73%, Prairie County — 0.83%, Pulaski County — 5.99%, Randolph County — 0.96%, St. Francis County — 1.45%, Saline County — 3.00%, Scott County — 0.59%, Searcy County — 0.7
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-284-403
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 14-284-403. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-21-811. Academic Facilities Distress Program.
(a) The Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall classify a public school or school district as being in academic facilities distress if the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation recommends and the commission concurs that the public school or school district has engaged in actions or inactions that result in any of the following:
(1) Any act or violation determined by the division to jeopardize any academic facility used by a public school or school district, including, but not limited to:
(A) Material failure to properly maintain academic facilities in accordance with this subchapter and rules adopted by the commission;
(B) Material violation of local, state, or federal fire, health, or safety code provisions or laws;
(C) Material violation of applicable building code provisions or law;
(D) Material failure to provide timely and accurate facilities master plans to the division;
(E) Material failure to comply with state law governing purchasing, bid requirements, or school-construction-related laws or rules in relation to academic facilities projects;
(F) Material default on any school district debt obligation; or
(G) Material failure to plan and progress satisfactorily toward accomplishing the priorities established by the division and the approved school district's facilities master plan; and
(2) Any other condition of an academic facility or facilities in a public school or school district that is determined by the division to have a detrimental impact on educational services provided by that public school or school district.
(b) The division shall provide written notice, via certified mail, return receipt requested, to the presid
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-21-811
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 6-21-811. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.