Arkansas Code Title 2. Agriculture § 2-9-104. Powers and duties of board

(1) Plan and conduct a program of research, market development, and advertising designed to promote the catfish industry in Arkansas;

(2) Use funds derived from the assessments imposed in this chapter for research, extension, market development, and advertising designed to promote the catfish industry in Arkansas, including salaries and administration expenses;

(3) Have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;

(4) Prescribe rules and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties;

(5) Sue and be sued in its own name;

(6) Purchase, sell, or lease property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, including buildings or other facilities and equipment for the conduct of its business;

(7) Execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of its powers and functions; and

(8) Do any other acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to exercise the powers granted by this chapter.