§ 25-34-101. Title

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Computer and Electronic Solid Waste Management Act”.

§ 25-34-102. Findings and purpose

(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Computer and electronic solid waste is among the fastest growing and most toxic segments of Arkansas’ solid waste stream; (2) (A) The state must frequently upgrade and replace computers, telecommunications devices, and other technologically sophisticated equipment necessary to the efficient operation of state government. (B) (i) The necessary […]

§ 25-34-103. Definitions

As used in this chapter: (1) “Agency” means every department, division, office, board, commission, and institution of this state, including state-supported institutions of higher education; (2) “Computer” means a programmable electronic machine that performs high-speed mathematical or logical operations or that assembles, stores, correlates, or otherwise processes information; (3) (A) “Consumer electronic item” means a […]

§ 25-34-104. Agency policy

(a) (1) Each agency shall prepare and implement an agency-wide policy for the management and sale of agency surplus computer equipment and electronics in accord with the Director of the Division of Information Systems policies for review and replacement of computer and electronic equipment. (2) The policy shall mandate that all hard drives of surplus […]

§ 25-34-105. Agency authority and accounting

(a) Each agency shall apply the administrative procedures of the Marketing and Redistribution Section of the Office of State Procurement of the Department of Finance and Administration to the sale. (b) Within sixty (60) days after August 13, 2001, each agency shall prepare a plan to account for the sale of used equipment and present […]

§ 25-34-106. Sale of surplus computer equipment and electronics

(a) If an agency policy established under § 25-34-104 provides for the preferential sale of surplus computer and electronic equipment to agency employees, that computer and electronic equipment shall be sold at a price determined by the Department of Finance and Administration. (b) If an agency policy established under § 25-34-104 provides for the preferential […]

§ 25-34-107. Surplus equipment not sold

(a) (1) Unsold surplus computer and electronic equipment may be donated by the owning agency to Arkansas public schools or local governments if the agency policy so provides. (2) Arkansas public schools and local governments are not required but may choose to accept unsold surplus computer and electronic equipment donated by the owning agency. (b) […]

§ 25-34-108. Disbursement of revenues

Funds generated from the sale of agency surplus computer and electronic equipment to state employees, public schools, or by other sale shall be allocated as follows: (1) If the sale of surplus computer or electronic equipment is made within the agency: (A) Sixty percent (60%) of the proceeds shall be returned to the owning agency; […]

§ 25-34-109. Computer and Electronic Recycling Fund

(a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “Computer and Electronic Recycling Fund”. (b) The fund shall be administered by the Division of Environmental Quality and may be used to: (1) Promote market research […]

§ 25-34-110. Computer and electronic equipment recycling grants

(a) Electronic equipment recycling grants must be awarded on the basis of written grant-request proposals submitted to and approved by the Division of Environmental Quality. (b) Grant requests shall be considered based upon the following criteria: (1) The development of sustained processes for recovery, recycling, and demanufacturing of scrap computers and electronics; (2) Minimization and […]

§ 25-34-111. Computer and electronic equipment landfill ban

Effective January 1, 2010, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may establish and implement rules banning the disposal of all computer and electronic equipment in Arkansas landfills.