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25-43-202. State entities transferred to Department of Agriculture.
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25-43-202. State entities transferred to Department of Agriculture.
(a) As provided in §§ 25-38-206 and 25-38-211, the following state entities, or parts thereof, are transferred to the Department of Agriculture by a cabinet-level department transfer:
(1) The Abandoned Pesticide Advisory Board, created under § 8-7-1204;
(2) The Arkansas Agriculture Board, created under § 25-38-207;
(3) The Arkansas Agriculture Department, created under § 25-38-202 [repealed], and now to be known as the “Department of Agriculture”;
(4) The Arkansas Bureau of Standards, created under § 4-18-301 et seq.;
(5) The Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Committee;
(6) The Arkansas Farm Mediation Office, created under § 2-7-201;
(7) The Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board, created under § 2-16-701;
(8) The Arkansas Forestry Commission, created under § 15-31-101;
(9) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission, created under § 2-33-101;
(10) The Arkansas Milk Stabilization Board, created under § 2-10-103;
(11) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, created under § 15-20-201;
(12) The Arkansas Seed Arbitration Committee, created under § 2-23-104;
(13) The Arkansas State Board of Registration for Foresters, created under § 17-31-201;
(14) The Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers, created under § 17-47-201;
(15) The Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program, created under § 14-305-104;
(16) The Commission on Water Well Construction, created under § 17-50-201;
(17) The Litter Utilization Committee, created under § 15-20-1110;
(18) The Private Wetland and Riparian Zone Creation, Restoration, and Conservation Committee, created under § 26-51-1503(3);
(19) The Ouachita River Commission, created under § 15-23-803;
(20) The Red River Compact
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-43-202
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25-43-202. State entities transferred to Department of Agriculture.
(a) As provided in §§ 25-38-206 and 25-38-211, the following state entities, or parts thereof, are transferred to the Department of Agriculture by a cabinet-level department transfer:
(1) The Abandoned Pesticide Advisory Board, created under § 8-7-1204;
(2) The Arkansas Agriculture Board, created under § 25-38-207;
(3) The Arkansas Agriculture Department, created under § 25-38-202 [repealed], and now to be known as the “Department of Agriculture”;
(4) The Arkansas Bureau of Standards, created under § 4-18-301 et seq.;
(5) The Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Committee;
(6) The Arkansas Farm Mediation Office, created under § 2-7-201;
(7) The Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board, created under § 2-16-701;
(8) The Arkansas Forestry Commission, created under § 15-31-101;
(9) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission, created under § 2-33-101;
(10) The Arkansas Milk Stabilization Board, created under § 2-10-103;
(11) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, created under § 15-20-201;
(12) The Arkansas Seed Arbitration Committee, created under § 2-23-104;
(13) The Arkansas State Board of Registration for Foresters, created under § 17-31-201;
(14) The Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers, created under § 17-47-201;
(15) The Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program, created under § 14-305-104;
(16) The Commission on Water Well Construction, created under § 17-50-201;
(17) The Litter Utilization Committee, created under § 15-20-1110;
(18) The Private Wetland and Riparian Zone Creation, Restoration, and Conservation Committee, created under § 26-51-1503(3);
(19) The Ouachita River Commission, created under § 15-23-803;
(20) The Red River Compact Commission, created under § 15-23-501;
(21) The State Plant Board, created under § 2-16-206;
(22) The Veterinary Medical Examining Board, created under § 17-101-201; and
(23) The Wetlands Technical Advisory Committee, created under § 15-22-1003.
(b) If there is a conflict between the cabinet-level department transfers of the state entities listed in subdivisions (a)(1)-(23) of this section and either the transfer of these same state entities under § 25-38-211 or the transfer of their respective personnel, administrative functions, and human resource and accounting operations under § 25-38-206, then the transfer provisions under §§ 25-38-206 and 25-38-211 shall apply.
(c) Unless otherwise provided by law, a cabinet-level department transfer under subsection (a) of this section includes all state entities under a state entity transferred to the Department of Agriculture under subsection (a) of this section, including without limitation a division, office, program, or other unit of a state entity transferred to the Department of Agriculture under subsection (a) of this section.
(d) Unless otherwise provided by law, a state entity whose administrative functions have been transferred to the Department of Agriculture under subsection (a) of this section shall otherwise continue to exercise the duties of the state entity under the administration of the cabinet-level Department of Agriculture in the same manner as before the creation of the cabinet-level department.
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25-38-206. Transfer of personnel, administrative functions, human resources, and accounting offices.
(a) All administrative functions, including without limitation the human resource and accounting operations, of the following boards, commissions, bureaus, committees, programs, and offices shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Department of Agriculture:
(1) The State Plant Board;
(2) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission;
(3) The Arkansas Forestry Commission;
(4) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission;
(5) The Arkansas State Board of Registration for Foresters;
(6) The Veterinary Medical Examining Board;
(7) The Abandoned Pesticide Advisory Board;
(8) The Commission on Water Well Construction;
(9) The Red River Compact Commission;
(10) The Arkansas Bureau of Standards;
(11) The Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers;
(12) The Arkansas Farm Mediation Office;
(13) The Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Committee;
(14) The Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board;
(15) The Arkansas Milk Stabilization Board;
(16) The Arkansas Seed Arbitration Committee;
(17) The Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program;
(18) The Litter Utilization Committee;
(19) The Ouachita River Commission;
(20) The Arkansas Agriculture Board;
(21) The Private Wetland and Riparian Zone Creation, Restoration, and Conservation Committee; and
(22) The Wetlands Technical Advisory Committee.
(b) The boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, programs, and offices subject to transfer of the administrative functions under subsection (a) of this section shall make available to the department all records of whatever type concerning the administrative functions of the boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, programs,
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-38-206
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25-38-207. Arkansas Agriculture Board — Creation — Members — Organization — Duties.
(a) The Arkansas Agriculture Board is created to consist of twenty (20) voting members and eight (8) nonvoting ex officio members, as follows:
(1) Nine (9) members, appointed by their respective boards, who sit on one (1) of the following boards or commissions:
(A) Two (2) members, at least one (1) of whom shall be actively engaged in farming, from the State Plant Board;
(B) Two (2) members, at least one (1) of whom shall be actively engaged in farming, from the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission;
(C) Two (2) members from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission;
(D) Two (2) members from the Arkansas Forestry Commission; and
(E) One (1) member actively engaged in farming from the Arkansas Rural Development Commission.
(2) Eleven (11) members, appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate as follows:
(A) Three (3) members who are actively engaged in growing rice, cotton, or small grains, including, but not limited to, corn, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat;
(B) Three (3) members who are actively involved in at least one (1) of the following areas of the agricultural industry:
(i) Plant food, agricultural chemicals, or seed merchandising;
(ii) Meat processing;
(iii) Grain processing;
(iv) Domestic food products, processing, and global marketing;
(v) Aquaculture; and
(vi) The Arkansas Livestock Marketing Association; and
(C) Five (5) members as follows:
(i) One (1) member who is actively engaged in producing beef;
(ii) One (1) member who is actively engaged in producing swine;
(iii) One (1) member who is actively engaged in dairy farming;
(iv) One (1) member who is actively engaged in producing poultry; and
(v) One (1) member who is
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-38-207
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 25-38-207. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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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) The Abandoned Pesticide Advisory Board, created under § 8-7-1204;
(2) The Arkansas Agriculture Board, created under § 25-38-207;
(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) The Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board, created under § 2-16-701;
(7) The Arkansas Forestry Commission, created under § 15-31-101;
(8) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission, created under § 2-33-101;
(9) The Arkansas Milk Stabilization Board, created under § 2-10-103;
(10) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, created under § 15-20-201;
(11) The Arkansas Seed Arbitration Committee, created under § 2-23-104;
(12) The Arkansas State Board of Registration for Foresters, created under § 17-31-201;
(13) The Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers, created under § 17-47-201;
(14) The Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program, created under § 14-305-104;
(15) The Commission on Water Well Construction, created under § 17-50-201;
(16) The Litter Utilization Committee, created under § 15-20-1110;
(17) The Private Wetland and Riparian Zone Creation, Restoration, and Conservation Committee, created under § 26-51-1503;
(18) The Ouachita River Commission, created under § 15-23-803;
(19) The Re
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-38-211
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 25-38-211. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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8-7-1204. Abandoned Pesticide Advisory Board.
(a) There is created the Abandoned Pesticide Advisory Board.
(b) The board shall be composed of up to six (6) members:
(1) One (1) member shall be a representative from the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation;
(2) One (1) member shall be a representative from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission;
(3) One (1) member shall be a representative from the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service;
(4) One (1) member shall be a representative from the Division of Environmental Quality;
(5) One (1) member may be a representative from the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service; and
(6) One (1) member shall be a representative from the Department of Agriculture, who shall serve as the Chair of the Abandoned Pesticide Advisory Board.
(c) Members of the board shall serve without compensation.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 8-7-1204
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 8-7-1204. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.