2010 Arkansas Code
Title 6 - Education
Subtitle 2 - Elementary And Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 20 - Finances
Subchapter 12 - District Bonds
§ 6-20-1208 - Delivery of bonds upon payment in cash -- Registration and recording.

6-20-1208. Delivery of bonds upon payment in cash -- Registration and recording.

(a) All school bonds sold shall be sold only for cash on the delivery of the bonds.

(b) The delivery of the bonds to the purchaser and the payment of the full amount of cash to the credit of the school district to the order of the county treasurer, or school district treasurer if the school district has its own treasurer, shall be simultaneous, and, in order to do this, some responsible bank or trust company may be designated as an escrow agent through which the bonds are to be delivered and the funds received.

(c) The secretary of each school district shall cause all school bonds to be registered in the office of the county treasurer, or the school district treasurer if the school district has its own treasurer, in a book to be kept for that purpose. This record shall show the date, the denomination, the maturity in each year, the place of payments, the rate of interest, and the aggregate amount of the issue, together with the amount of cash for which sold.

(d) Such record books shall be open to public inspection.

(e) Any county treasurer, or school district treasurer if the school district has its own treasurer, failing or refusing to comply with any provisions of this act, and the sureties on his or her official bond, shall be liable to the school district and holders of the school district's bonds for any damages caused thereby, to be recovered by civil action.