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12 CAR § 70-201. Arkansas Correctional Industries
12 CAR § 70-201. Arkansas Correctional Industries.
(a) Purpose. To establish policy and procedures concerning the manufacture, sales, and distribution of Arkansas Correctional Industries-made goods.
(b) Applicability.
(1) To all ACI employees, to all offices, departments, institutions, and agencies of the state that may purchase ACI-made products, and to those political subdivisions, nonprofit organizations, and other states that may purchase ACI-made goods.
(2) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 12-30-205:
“(a) A nonprofit organization may purchase goods produced by the
Division of Correction's Industry Division as provided for by this
subchapter upon the condition that the goods may not be resold
for profit.
(b)(1) Goods produced by the division as provided for by this
subchapter, excluding furniture and seating, may also be purchased
by:
(A) Current employees and retirees of the Division of
Correction;
(B)(i) All employees of the offices, departments,
institutions, school districts, and public agencies in this state.
(ii) Subdivision (b)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall
not include members of the General Assembly; and
(C) Current and former members of the Board of
Corrections.
(2) Goods purchased by an individual under subdivision
(b)(1) of this section shall be for personal use only and not
for resale.”
(c) Policy. It shall be the policy of the Board of Corrections to establish an ongoing correctional industry program to further provide more adequate, regular, and suitable training and/or employment for the inmates of the state and to provide quality products and services to be purchased by all offices, departments, institutions, and agencies of the state, all political subdivisions and nonprofit organizations, and other states or others as provided in the acts of the State of Arkansas.
(d) Procedures.
(1) The Arkansas Correctional Industries program will purchase equipment, raw materials, and supplies in the manner provided by laws of the State of Arkansas.
(2) The board will fix and determine the price range at which all articles or products manufactured or produced shall be furnished.
(3) Administrative directives will be developed to provide guidance concerning the procedures to be used by ACI in the process of selecting market representatives and its mission to enter into contractual agreements with dealers, retailers, distributors, and manufacturing representatives for the marketing of products and services produced by ACI.
(4) Arkansas Correctional Industries will prepare, at such times as it may determine needed, catalogues containing the description of all articles and products manufactured or produced in the program.
"Section Number: 114
Page Number: 1 of 2
Board Approval Date: 12/15/2010
Supersedes: AR 114 Emerg.
Dated: 4/2/90
Reference:
Effective Date: 12/25/2010"
"I. AUTHORITY:
The Board of Correction is vested with the authority to promulgate this Administrative Rules by Act 50 of 1968 as amended, Act 473 of 1967, Act 108 of 1981, Act 825 of 1985, and Act 48 of 1989."