§ 23-16-407 - Powers and duties of corporation. - Arkansas Statutes

23-16-407. Powers and duties of corporation.

(a) (1) The Arkansas Lifeline Individual Verification Effort Corporation shall provide services to verify eligibility under the Lifeline Assistance Program for individuals for whom other governmental entities do not verify the data. If another governmental entity provides verification, the corporation shall not duplicate the verification.

(2) The corporation may provide services to verify eligibility under the Link Up America program for individuals for whom other governmental entities do not verify the data. If another governmental entity provides verification, the corporation shall not duplicate the verification.

(b) The corporation shall:

(1) Have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate, adopt bylaws for the regulation of the affairs and the conduct of its business, and prescribe rules, regulations, and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties;

(2) Adopt an official seal and alter it at pleasure;

(3) Sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded;

(4) Make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under this subchapter, including contracts with persons, firms, corporations, and others;

(5) Purchase insurance; and

(6) Do all other acts and things necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the purposes of this subchapter and to exercise the powers granted to it by this subchapter.