§ 15-9-105 - Powers and duties. - Arkansas Statutes

15-9-105. Powers and duties.

(a) The Commission on Information Age Communities shall be a body corporate and politic, having the powers and jurisdiction provided in this chapter and any additional powers as conferred upon it by the General Assembly or by the people of this state.

(b) The commission is authorized and designated to engage in cooperative programs and activities involving the establishment and encouragement of community-based technologies, systems, networks, and services that are designed to enhance the quality of life, educational opportunity, and economic well-being for residents of that community.

(c) The commission shall have all the powers necessary to carry out its purposes, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) To make, amend, and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations for the management of its affairs;

(2) To make contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient for carrying out its business;

(3) To enter into agreements or other transactions with any federal, state, county, or municipal agency and with any individual, corporation, firm, association, or any other entity involving technology, products, and services;

(4) To appoint officers, employees, consultants, agents, and advisors and prescribe their duties;

(5) To appear on its own behalf before boards, commissions, departments, or other agencies of municipal, county, state, or federal government;

(6) (A) To accept any and all donations, grants, bequests, and devises, conditional or otherwise, of money, property, services, or other things of value which may be received from the federal government or any agency thereof, any governmental agency, or any institution, person, firm, or corporation, public or private, to be held, used, or applied for any or all of the purposes specified in this chapter, in accordance with the terms and conditions of any such grant.

(B) Receipt of each donation or grant shall be detailed annually in the report of the commission and shall include the identity of the donor or lender, the nature of the transaction, and any conditions attached thereto;

(7) To organize, conduct, sponsor, or cooperate in and assist in the conduct of special institutes, conferences, demonstrations, and studies relating to the stimulation and formulation of community-based technologies, systems, networks, and services that are designed to enhance the quality of life, educational opportunity, and economic well-being for residents of that community; and

(8) To exercise any other powers necessary for the operation and functioning of the commission within the purposes authorized in this chapter.