§ 20-7-401. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Department of Health Public Health Laboratory Act of 2003”.
§ 20-7-402. Purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter to better serve the citizens of Arkansas by providing for the construction and equipping of a modern public health laboratory.
§ 20-7-403. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Authority” means the Arkansas Development Finance Authority; (2) “Authorizing resolution” means the resolution or resolutions adopted by the State Board of Health authorizing the loan; (3) [Repealed.] (4) “Building” means the state building of the Department of Health located on West Markham Street in Little Rock; (5) “Construct” means […]
§ 20-7-404. Approval of construction
(a) (1) The laboratory shall be constructed subject to approval by the State Board of Health. (2) The board may take such action as may be appropriate for the renovation of the building and any facilities necessarily related to the building. (b) Subject to the approval of the board, the plans, specifications, and estimates of […]
§ 20-7-405. Financing of construction and renovation
(a) (1) To finance the construction of the laboratory and renovation of the building, the State Board of Health may enter into a loan from the Arkansas Development Finance Authority in the principal amount of not more than twenty-six million dollars ($26,000,000) under the Arkansas Development Finance Authority Act, § 15-5-101 et seq., § 15-5-201 […]
§ 20-7-406. Security for indebtedness
(a) The payment and other obligations of the State Board of Health under and with respect to the loan shall be secured by a pledge of the fee revenues, subject to the terms of this subchapter and the reserved power to release fee revenues as set forth in this subchapter. (b) The loan shall be […]
§ 20-7-407. Fees
In addition to the fees authorized by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(H) and (I), the following fees shall be collected and credited to the State Board of Health Laboratory Revenue Fund: (1) A fee of seven dollars ($7.00) collected by the State Registrar of Vital Records for the making and certification of any birth certificate or record; (2) […]
§ 20-7-408. Disposition of certain fees
(a) (1) Except as set forth in this subchapter, all fee revenues shall be treated as cash funds and shall not be deposited into the State Treasury, but shall be deposited as and when received into a bank or banks approved by the State Board of Health or the Secretary of the Department of Health […]
§ 20-7-409. State Board of Health Public Health Laboratory Construction Fund
The proceeds of the loan other than amounts required to establish reserves, to pay interest on the loan for a period not to exceed one (1) year, or to pay costs of the loan and of issuing bonds, all of which shall be set forth in written directions executed by the Secretary of the Department […]
§ 20-7-410. Investment of funds
(a) All moneys held at any time in the State Board of Health Laboratory Revenue Fund and the State Board of Health Public Health Laboratory Construction Fund shall be invested and reinvested to the extent feasible, as directed by the Secretary of the Department of Health. (b) All moneys held in the State Board of […]
§ 20-7-411. Formation of contracts
(a) The authorizing resolution and each agreement or other writing executed and delivered pursuant to it or to this subchapter, together with this subchapter, shall constitute a contract between the State Board of Health and the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, and the obligations of the board may be enforced by mandamus or other equitable or […]
§ 20-7-412. Limitations on liability
Neither the Secretary of the Department of Health nor any member of the State Board of Health shall be personally liable on the loan or on account of any of the obligations or actions undertaken in connection with the loan, or for any damages sustained by anyone with respect to the obligations or actions, unless […]