(a)
- (1) Arkansas Code § 22-2-101 et seq., provides authority to the Building Authority Division to promulgate reasonable rules and procedures as may be required to carry out its duties consistent with the purposes of the Building Authority Division Act, Arkansas Code § 22-2-101 et seq.
(2) The Construction Section provides a review of all applicable legal restraints and requirements to ensure compliance with all laws pertaining to the contracting of capital improvements, which includes but is not limited to:
- (A) Arkansas Code § 19-4-1401 et seq. (accounting and budgetary procedures); and
- (B) Arkansas Code § 22-9-101 et seq., (Public Works Law).
- (b) This part has been adopted in the interest of uniform application of all laws, encouraging a maximum of competition and participation among those interested in doing business with the state and, above all, establishing a climate which produces the greatest return for the taxpayers' dollars in the contracting of capital improvements.
- (c) Any reference to the words “the section” within this part shall mean the Construction Section.