§ 12-30-308 - Lease or rental of land. - Arkansas Statutes

12-30-308. Lease or rental of land.

(a) The Board of Corrections, in its discretion and with the Governor's approval, may cease or abandon the cultivation of any land now owned by the state and under the jurisdiction of the board and may rent or lease the land not cultivated, or abandoned and not needed in the proper operation of the penal system of this state, if they deem the action expedient.

(b) (1) The board, in its discretion and with the Governor's approval, may rent or lease additional lands for the planting and cultivation of crops by convicts.

(2) However, any and all lands rented or leased shall be within five (5) miles of some now established camp or stockade unless the contract or lease shall provide for the erection and maintenance of a new stockade or camp upon the lands rented or leased.