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Arkansas Code Title 25. State Government § 25-38-206. Transfer of personnel, administrative functions, human resources, and accounting offices

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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 Arkansas Natural Resources Commission;

(5) [Repealed by Acts of 2023, Act 691, § 190, eff. July 1, 2023.]

(6) [Repealed by Acts of 2023, Act 691, § 190, eff. July 1, 2023.]

(7) [Repealed by Acts of 2023, Act 691, § 190, eff. July 1, 2023.]

(8) [Repealed by Acts of 2023, Act 691, § 190, eff. July 1, 2023.]

(9) [Repealed by Acts of 2021, Act 501, § 14, eff. July 28, 2021.]

(10) The Arkansas Bureau of Standards;

(11) [Repealed by Acts of 2023, Act 691, § 191, eff. July 1, 2023.]

(12) [Repealed by Acts of 2023, Act 691, § 191, eff. July 1, 2023.]

(13) The Arkansas Boll Weevil Eradication Committee; and

(14) [Repealed by Acts of 2021, Act 501, § 15, eff. July 28, 2021.]

(15) [Repealed by Acts of 2023, Act 691, § 192, eff. July 1, 2023.]

(16) [Repealed by Acts of 2023, Act 691, § 192, eff. July 1, 2023.]

(17) The Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program.

(18) [Repealed by Acts of 2021, Act 501, § 16, eff. July 28, 2021.]

(19) [Repealed by Acts of 2021, Act 928, § 3, eff. July 1, 2021.]

(20) [Repealed by Acts of 2023, Act 691, § 193, eff. July 1, 2023.]

(21) [Repealed by Acts of 2023, Act 691, § 193, eff. July 1, 2023.]

(22) [Repealed by Acts of 2021, Act 501, § 17, eff. July 28, 2021.]

(23) [Repealed by Acts of 2023, Act 691, § 194, eff. July 1, 2023.]

(b) The boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, programs, and offices subject to transfer of the administrative functions under subsection (a) of this section shall make available to the department all records of whatever type concerning the administrative functions of the boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, programs, or offices.

(c)(1) All employees of the boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, programs, or offices transferred under § 25-38-211 and subsection (a) of this section shall be employees of the department, unless otherwise provided by law.

(2) All job descriptions, duties, salaries, and benefits shall be determined by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture as consistent with Arkansas law, unless otherwise provided by law.

(3) All programs and positions funded by special funds allocated by law to the boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, programs, or offices subject to the transfer under § 25-38-211 and subsection (a) of this section shall continue to be used for the designated purposes of the programs and positions.

(4) The department shall provide all administrative support, employment needs, and staff to carry out the rules, directives, and orders promulgated or issued by the state entities transferred under subsection (a) of this section and § 25-38-211, unless otherwise provided by law.

(d) “Administrative functions” does not include the promulgation of rules or issuance of orders on behalf of any of the entities transferred under subsection (a) of this section and § 25-38-211.

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