Arkansas Code Title 25. State Government § 25-2-101. Legislative intent

(1) To create a structure of state government which will be responsive to the needs of the people of this state and sufficiently flexible to meet changing conditions;

(2) To establish executive authority over those areas where executive responsibility presently lies;

(3) To provide a reasonable opportunity to create budgetary and administrative efficiencies within an orderly organizational structure of state government;

(4) To strengthen the role of the General Assembly in state government;

(5) To encourage greater participation of the public in state government;

(6) To effect the grouping of state agencies into a limited number of departments primarily according to function; and

(7) To eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort.