6-62-306. Bonds or notes — Issuance on advice of Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

6-62-306. Bonds or notes — Issuance on advice of Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (a) The boards of trustees of the University of Arkansas, University of Central Arkansas, Henderson State University, Arkansas State University, Arkansas Tech University, and Southern Arkansas University, hereinafter referred to as the “board of the institution involved”, shall not issue any notes or bonds under the provisions of this subchapter for any of the purposes authorized by this subchapter, unless prior to the issuance of such notes or bonds, the board of the institution involved shall have obtained the advice of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board as to the economic feasibility of the particular project to be financed, in whole or in part, by those notes or bonds. (b) The board of the institution involved shall submit to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board information pertaining to the proposed project concerning existing and proposed buildings, improvements, equipment, and facilities of the institution involved; finances, revenues, appropriations, and cash funds of the institution involved; and enrollment, housing, and other information deemed pertinent to and requested by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to enable the board to determine the feasibility of the project. (c) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall notify the board of the institution involved, within thirty (30) days from the date the information is submitted to the board, of the board's advice with respect to the economic feasibility of the particular project. (d) The advice of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board under this section shall not be binding on the board of the institution involved. (e)(1) This section shall not be construed to deprive, transfer, limit, or in any way alter or change any of the powers vested in the board of the institution involved under existing constitutional and statutory provisions. (2) Furthermore, the authority conferred upon the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board by this section shall not extend to the feasibility of the notes or bonds proposed to be issued by the board of the institution involved or to any of the terms, conditions, and provisions thereof, and this section shall not be construed to impair in any way the validity of any notes or bonds issued by the board of the institutions involved under this subchapter or impair or affect in any way the obligations of the board of the institution involved or the rights of any holder or registered owner of the notes or bonds.