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Arkansas Code Title 13. Libraries, Archives, and Cultural Resources § 13-5-307. Museum and Cultural Center

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism is authorized to use any available funds for the construction, equipment, and operation of a museum and cultural center.

(2) The secretary is authorized to issue revenue bonds, secured by and payable from the revenues specified in this subchapter, and to use the proceeds of the bonds for the acquisition, construction, and equipment of the center.

(b) The principal amount of bonds to be issued by the secretary shall be sufficient, together with any available funds, to pay the cost of accomplishing the specified purposes, the costs of authorizing and issuing bonds, the amounts necessary for reserves if deemed desirable by the secretary, the amounts necessary for interest during and for up to one (1) year after construction, and all other costs of whatever nature incidental to the accomplishment of the center, but in no event shall the aggregate principal amount of bonds exceed twelve million dollars ($12,000,000).

(c)(1) No bonds shall be issued under the provisions of this subchapter unless and until the secretary, or a department, or educational or other institution, or agency of the State of Arkansas has entered into a signed agreement with the Smithsonian Institution, an agency thereof, or organization affiliated therewith, which agreement shall provide that the Smithsonian Institution, the agency, or organization shall involve itself with the Arkansas Museum and Cultural Center and its operation.

(2) The agreement must first be approved in writing by the Governor of the State of Arkansas.

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