ARKANSAS

Are any types of projects specifically exempted?

A.) Exemptions are public school construction; work done for or by any drainage, improvement, or levee district; highway, road, street or bridge construction and maintenance, or related work contracted for or performed by incorporated towns, cities, counties, or the Arkansas Highway Department. (Arkansas Department of Labor)

B.) Maintenance work means the repair, but not the replacement, of existing facilities when the size, type, or extent of the existing facilities is not thereby changed or increased. (22-9-302)

C.) The provisions of this sub-chapter shall not apply to workers who are employed as part- time or full- time employees of any public body; it is not the intent of this sub-chapter to prohibit any public body from performing necessary improvements of their public property, either by construction or maintenance, with public employees. (22-9-303)

D.) Nothing contained in this sub-chapter shall be construed to apply to or affect highway, road, street, or bridge construction and maintenance or related work contracted for or performed by incorporated towns, cities, counties, or the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. (22-9-303)

E.) This sub-chapter shall not affect any public school construction unless federal matching funds are employed in paying for the construction. (22-9-303)