(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)
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Subchapter 12 - District Bonds
§ 6-20-1201. Authority to borrow money and issue negotiable bonds
§ 6-20-1202. Limitations of bonded indebtedness — Conversion of authorized bond issues
§ 6-20-1203. Bonds to comply with existing statutes
§ 6-20-1204. Form of bonds — Security
§ 6-20-1205. Submission of statement before issuing bonds — Approval
§ 6-20-1206. Manner and terms of sale — Maximum rate of interest
§ 6-20-1207. Delivery and payment in installments
§ 6-20-1208. Delivery of bonds upon payment in cash — Registration and recording
§ 6-20-1209. Debt service fund — Establishment and purpose
§ 6-20-1210. Debt service fund — Use
§ 6-20-1211. Tax records — Separate debt service fund records
§ 6-20-1212. Resolution setting priority in case of default
§ 6-20-1213. Duty to pay on maturity — Effect of failure
§ 6-20-1214. Obligations on district dissolution
§ 6-20-1215. Approval of bond issues
§ 6-20-1216. Refunding bonds — Authority to use
§ 6-20-1218. Refunding bonds — Maximum amounts — Conversion and sale
§ 6-20-1219. Record of bond issues
§ 6-20-1220. Refunding bonds — Issuance with election — Validation
§ 6-20-1222. Sale of school property securing deed of trust — Release of lien
§ 6-20-1223. Refunding bonds — Issuance without election
§ 6-20-1224. Payment in full — Endorsement and certificate
§ 6-20-1225. Certificates of indebtedness
§ 6-20-1226. Advancements for bond payments by county treasurer before settlement date
§ 6-20-1229. Issuance of second-lien commercial bonds — Definitions