§ 8-13-101 — Purpose

It is recognized that: (1) The improvement of the environment and the management of environmental concerns within the State of Arkansas are matters of interest to all citizens of this state; (2) Environmental protection and improvement could be enhanced by authorizing the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality to design and establish a management organization which incorporates specific goals for environmental protection and uses environmental indicators to measure agency performance; and (3) The director should execute a management process which: (A) Creates an integrated agency information system; (B) Organizes the Division of Environmental Quality according to business function; (C) Utilizes environmental indicators to measure progress in protecting and enhancing the environment; (D) Employs a collaborative public involvement process to define the environmental indicators to be used to measure environmental enhancement; and (E) Establishes a performance-based financial management system that links the funding of agency activities to environmental results.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3019, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3018, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1999, No. 1316, § 1.