Arkansas Code Title 25. State Government § 25-3-101. Purpose

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

(2) To provide for greater budgetary and administrative efficiencies within an orderly organizational structure of government;

(3) To encourage greater participation of the public in the cultural affairs of the state;

(4) To effect the grouping of culturally oriented state agencies and programs into one (1) department; and

(5) To eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort.