{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-21-301","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-21-301","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Commodities\" means all supplies, goods, material, equipment, machinery, facilities, personal property, and services, other than personal and professional services, purchased for or on behalf of the school district;\n\n(2) \"Open market purchases\" means those purchases of commodities by any purchasing official in which competitive bidding is not required;\n\n(3) \"Purchase\" means and includes not only the outright purchase of a commodity but also the acquisition of commodities under rental-purchase agreements, lease-purchase agreements, or any other type of agreements whereby the school district has an option to buy the commodity and to apply the rental payments on the purchase price thereof;\n\n(4) \"Purchase price\" means the full sale or bid price of any commodity without any allowance for trade-in; and\n\n(5) \"Purchasing official\" means the board of directors of any school district or a lawfully designated agent of the school district with authority to contract or make purchases on behalf of the school district.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 21","Subchapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"adee3658f97b3f21b1c99051164354482335634490e721ec688c5cad68a56d4a","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-21-206","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-21-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}