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19-5-1112. Geographic Information Systems Fund.
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19-5-1112. Geographic Information Systems Fund.
(a)(1) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a trust fund to be known as the “Geographic Information Systems Fund”.
(2) The fund shall consist of:
(A) Funds approved by the General Assembly;
(B) Grants, gifts, and donations received by the State of Arkansas for the purposes of this section;
(C) Agency investments toward enterprise geographic information systems projects;
(D) Federal funds; and
(E) Any other funds allowable by law.
(3) The fund shall be used to:
(A) Carry out the duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board as described by § 15-21-504;
(B) Create, operate, and maintain GeoStor, the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure; and
(C) Create, update, maintain, and disseminate framework spatial data as defined by § 15-21-502.
(b)(1)(A) The State Geographic Information Officer shall manage the fund, and the Governor shall oversee the expenditures from the fund.
(B) The board shall establish standards and methodologies for evaluating the funding of enterprise-level geographic information systems projects.
(2)(A) The State Geographic Information Officer, with advice from the board, shall evaluate, prioritize, and approve proposals for geographic information systems projects.
(B) The proposals and requests for funding shall demonstrate any or all of the following:
(i) Improvement in the quality of life for Arkansans;
(ii) Elimination of redundant systems;
(iii) Improved service for Arkansas citizens;
(iv) Enhanced economic development opportunities in Arkansas;
(v) Implementation of electronic government twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-5-1112
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19-5-1112. Geographic Information Systems Fund.
(a)(1) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a trust fund to be known as the “Geographic Information Systems Fund”.
(2) The fund shall consist of:
(A) Funds approved by the General Assembly;
(B) Grants, gifts, and donations received by the State of Arkansas for the purposes of this section;
(C) Agency investments toward enterprise geographic information systems projects;
(D) Federal funds; and
(E) Any other funds allowable by law.
(3) The fund shall be used to:
(A) Carry out the duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board as described by § 15-21-504;
(B) Create, operate, and maintain GeoStor, the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure; and
(C) Create, update, maintain, and disseminate framework spatial data as defined by § 15-21-502.
(b)(1)(A) The State Geographic Information Officer shall manage the fund, and the Governor shall oversee the expenditures from the fund.
(B) The board shall establish standards and methodologies for evaluating the funding of enterprise-level geographic information systems projects.
(2)(A) The State Geographic Information Officer, with advice from the board, shall evaluate, prioritize, and approve proposals for geographic information systems projects.
(B) The proposals and requests for funding shall demonstrate any or all of the following:
(i) Improvement in the quality of life for Arkansans;
(ii) Elimination of redundant systems;
(iii) Improved service for Arkansas citizens;
(iv) Enhanced economic development opportunities in Arkansas;
(v) Implementation of electronic government twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week;
(vi) Substantial benefit to more than one (1) agency through lower operating costs; and
(vii) Continued development of the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure.
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15-21-502. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Agency” means any agency or instrumentality of the State of Arkansas that utilizes geographic information systems data;
(2) “Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office” means the office that provides administrative and technical support to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board, including, but not limited to, staff, hardware, software, and representation;
(3) “Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure” means the combination of state framework data, data repository, or GeoStor, distribution mechanisms, and the staff and organizational structures necessary to accomplish these activities;
(4) “Digital basemap” means a computerized representation of map information;
(5) “Digital cadastre” means the storage and manipulation of computerized representations of parcel maps and linked parcel databases;
(6) “Framework data” means commonly needed data themes developed, maintained, and integrated by public and private organizations within a geographic area. These data themes include, but are not limited to, digital cadastre, public land survey system, elevation, geodetic control, governmental units, hydrography, orthoimagery, transportation, soils, and geology;
(7) “Metadata” means a description of the content, ancestry and source, quality, database schema, and accuracy of digital map data;
(8) “Spatial data” means information that identifies the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on the earth. This information may be derived from, among other things, remote sensing, mapping, and surveying technologies;
(9) “Spatial data repository” means the physical location and content of the state's consolidated spatial data;
(10) “State Chief Technology
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-21-502
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 15-21-502. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
15-21-504. Duties, responsibilities, and authority.
(a) The Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board shall be empowered to:
(1) Provide a strategy for the continuing development of the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure;
(2) Develop standard metadata reports through the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office; and
(3) Direct available funds to mapping and land records modernization projects at various levels of government.
(b) The board shall:
(1) Undertake a continuing study of the land information needs of federal, state, county, and local agencies and private entities in the state;
(2) Review current and projected technology, standards, and collection methods and all statutes pertaining thereto;
(3) Develop strategies and guidelines for spatial data systems and land records modernization; and
(4) Pursue activities that result in coordinated cost-effective programs for spatial data development and distribution.
(c) The board shall coordinate completion and maintenance of shareable statewide framework data, applications of geographic information system technologies, spatial project methodologies, and methods of funding.
(d)(1) The board will develop and implement a program to further the process of land records modernization.
(2)(A) The board, using the technical support provided by the office, shall coordinate the development and maintenance of a statewide digital cadastre system.
(B) The digital cadastre manages and provides access to cadastral information. Digital cadastre does not represent legal property boundary descriptions, nor is it suitable for boundary determination of the individual parcels included in the digital cadastre.
(C) The board, using the technical support provided by the office, shall coordinate the devel
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-21-504
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 15-21-504. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.