§ 25-43-401. Department of Corrections
(a) There is created the Department of Corrections as a cabinet-level department. (b) (1) The Board of Corrections: (A) Is affiliated with the department; (B) Shall be the governing authority of the department; and (C) Shall perform all functions with respect to the management and control of the department as contemplated by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment […]
§ 25-43-402. State entities transferred to Department of Corrections
(a) The administrative functions of the following state entities are transferred to the Department of Corrections by a cabinet-level department transfer: (1) The Arkansas Sentencing Commission, created under § 16-90-802; (2) The Corrections School System, created under § 12-29-301; (3) The criminal detention facility review committees, under § 12-26-101; (4) The Department of Community Correction, […]
§ 25-43-403. Secretary of the Department of Corrections
(a) The executive head of the Department of Corrections shall be the Secretary of the Department of Corrections. (b) (1) The Governor shall nominate to the Board of Corrections a candidate for secretary, subject to confirmation by the Senate. (2) (A) The Board of Corrections shall appoint the secretary who shall serve at the pleasure […]
§ 25-43-106. Cabinet-level departments — Powers and duties
(a) A cabinet-level department shall: (1) Execute the powers and duties prescribed by law; (2) Administer each state entity subject to a cabinet-level department transfer under this chapter; (3) Make contracts, grants, and employ, to the extent funds are available, such employees as are necessary to carry out the purposes of the cabinet-level department and […]
§ 25-43-107. Effect on preexisting rules, regulations, etc
(a) The Transformation and Efficiencies Act of 2019 does not affect the orders, rules, regulations, directives, or standards made or promulgated prior to the effective date of the Transformation and Efficiencies Act of 2019 by a state entity subject to a cabinet-level department transfer under this chapter. (b) The orders, rules, regulations, directives, or standards […]
§ 25-38-203. Department of Agriculture — Powers and duties
(a) The Department of Agriculture shall: (1) Administer the departments, institutions, other agencies, or parts of departments, institutions, or other agencies transferred to the department under § 25-38-211; (2) Coordinate all existing programs and create any new programs that will enhance the marketing of the state’s agricultural products to intrastate, national, and international markets; (3) […]
§ 25-43-108. Cabinet-level department secretary — Definition
(a) A secretary of a cabinet-level department shall, unless otherwise provided by law: (1) Be the executive head of each cabinet-level department; (2) Be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate; (3) Serve at the pleasure of the Governor; (4) Before entering upon his or her respective duties, take and subscribe to […]
§ 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 […]
§ 25-43-109. Correction of technical errors related to transformation of state government
(a) (1) The General Assembly finds that: (A) The transformation of the structure of state government under the Transformation and Efficiencies Act of 2019 involves changes to thousands of sections of the Arkansas Code concerning state entities; (B) Many of the changes required are highly technical and require careful study of the purpose and context […]
§ 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 […]