§ 25-38-211 — Transfers of certain agricultural boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, programs, and offices

(a) As provided in this section and in §§ 25-38-206 and 25-43-202 , the following boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, programs, or offices, or parts thereof, are transferred by a cabinet-level department transfer under § 25-43-103(3) to the Department of Agriculture: (1) [Repealed.] (2) [Repealed.] (3) The Arkansas Bureau of Standards, created under § 4-18-301 et seq.; (4) The Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Committee, created under § 2-16-612 ; (5) The Arkansas Farm Mediation Office, created under § 2-7-201 ; (6) [Repealed.] (7) The Arkansas Forestry Commission, created under § 15-31-101 ; (8) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission, created under § 2-33-101 ; (9) [Repealed.] (10) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, created under § 15-20-201 ; (11) [Repealed.] (12) [Repealed.] (13) [Repealed.] (14) The Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program, created under § 14-305-104 ; (15) [Repealed.] (16) [Repealed.] (17) [Repealed.] (18) [Repealed.] (19) [Repealed.] (20) The State Plant Board, created under § 2-16-206 ; (21) [Repealed.] (22) [Repealed.] (23) [Repealed.] (24) Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board, created under § 2-9-103 ; (25) Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board, created under § 2-20-404 ; (26) Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board, created under § 2-20-505 ; (27) Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board, created under § 2-20-604 ; (28) Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board, created under § 2-20-804 ; and (29) Arkansas Beef Council, created under § 2-35-303 . (b) The transfer under subsection (a) of this section supersedes previous transfers, including without limitation the transfers under § 25-38-204 [repealed]. (c) For purposes of this section, the Department of Agriculture shall be considered a principal department as established by Acts 1971, No. 38. (d) The transferred entities shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the department but shall continue to exercise their statutory authority, powers, duties, and functions as before the transfer, including without limitation the promulgation of rules, the collection of fees, and the creation of programs. (e) All revenue and future revenue, including without limitation cash funds, special revenue, trust funds, trust fund income, federal grants, aid, reimbursements, nonrevenue receipts, and other moneys held in accounts by the transferred boards, commissions, bureaus, programs, committees, or offices, including without limitation unexpended balances that may be carried forward, shall continue to be held in the accounts and shall be used solely for the purposes for which the revenue was collected as provided by law. (f) All records, personnel, and unexpended balances of state appropriations or allocations, including the functions of budgeting and purchasing, are transferred to the department. (g) (1) All real property owned in fee simple by a transferred state entity, except as set out in subdivision (g)(2) of this section, shall remain in the name of the state entity subject to a cabinet-level department transfer under § 25-38-211 , to be administered by the department. (2) All real or personal property owned by the State Plant Board shall remain in the name of the State Plant Board and shall be administered by the State Plant Board.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 691,§ 202, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by Act 2023, No. 691,§ 201, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by Act 2023, No. 691,§ 200, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by Act 2023, No. 691,§ 199, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by Act 2023, No. 691,§ 198, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by Act 2023, No. 691,§ 197, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by Act 2023, No. 691,§ 196, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by Act 2023, No. 712,§ 11, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by Act 2021, No. 501,§ 23, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 501,§ 22, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 501,§ 21, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 501,§ 20, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 501,§ 19, eff. 7/28/2021. Added by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2019.