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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) Any fire department may enter into services agreements with its beneficiaries.
(b)(1) Fire departments are authorized and empowered to enter into loans, lease-purchase agreements, and other extensions of credit from lenders and are empowered to pledge and assign services agreements to lenders in order to collateralize and secure repayment of loans, lease-purchase agreements, and other extensions of credit that might be advanced by lenders to fire departments for the purpose of acquiring, improving, accessing, or otherwise gaining the use of fire equipment.
(2)(A) Fire departments may additionally grant to lenders all mortgages, security interests, and other liens to secure and collateralize repayment of credit extended by lenders to fire departments.
(B) Notwithstanding any other applicable statute, rule, or regulation, the pledging and collateral assignment of services agreements, the encumbering of all other fire department assets, and the execution of all other debt-evidencing and debt-securing documents shall occur by means of a resolution which is duly adopted by the governing board or body of the fire department.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 14. Local Government § 14-272-302. Services agreements--Authority--Pledge--Assignment - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-14-local-government/ar-code-sect-14-272-302/
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