§ 22-9-101 - Observation by registered professionals required. - Arkansas Statutes

22-9-101. Observation by registered professionals required.

(a) Neither the state nor any township, county, municipality, village, or other political subdivision of the state shall engage in the capital improvement of any public works involving engineering or architecture for which the plans, specifications, and estimates have not been made by and the capital improvement executed under the observation of a registered professional engineer or architect, in their respective areas of expertise, who are licensed to practice under the laws of Arkansas.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be held to apply to any public works wherein the contemplated capital improvement expenditure:

(1) For an engineering project does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000); or

(2) For an architectural project does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

(c) This section shall not apply to any school district, county, municipality, or township project that is planned and executed according to plans and specifications furnished by authorized state agencies.