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AR Code § 15-23-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 23 - Rivers and Creeks|Subchapter 8 - Ouachita River Commission|§ 15-23-802. Construction of subchapter

 This subchapter shall be cumulative and shall not repeal any existing law, nor shall it be deemed to take from any levee, drainage, or other improvement district any power or right the district now has to enter into and perform any agreement or contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers or other federal agency.
AR Code § 15-23-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 23 - Rivers and Creeks|Subchapter 8 - Ouachita River Commission|§ 15-23-803. Ouachita River Commission created — Powers and duties

 There is created and established the Ouachita River Commission with the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:   (1) To cooperate with the appropriate state and federal agencies for the study, planning, and implementation of needed improvements or projects, or both, to and along the main stem of the Ouachita River in Dallas County, Hot Spring County, Clark County, Ouachita County, Calhoun County, Union County, Bradley County, and Ashley County;  (2) To review, study, and examine any plan by the State of Arkansas or the federal government, or any agency thereof, for the improvement of the main stem of the Ouachita River in Arkansas and to ascertain the nature and purpose of the improvement, the benefits to be expected therefrom, and the necessity, feasibility, and estimated cost thereof;  (3) To determine the local, nonfederal costs necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of any Ouachita River improvement project, including, but not limited to, port and terminal facilities along and upon the main stem thereof;  (4) To delineate the area to be benefited by improvement of the main stem of the Ouachita River; and  (5) To receive and use any federal, state, or private funds, donations, or grants made available for promotion or enhancement of the recreational benefits of the Ouachita River in Dallas County, Hot Spring County, Clark County, Ouachita County, Calhoun County, Union County, Bradley County, and Ashley County.
AR Code § 15-23-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 23 - Rivers and Creeks|Subchapter 8 - Ouachita River Commission|§ 15-23-804. Members

 (a)  (1) The Ouachita River Commission shall be composed of nine (9) members.  (2) The members shall be appointed by the Governor as follows:  (A) One (1) who is a resident and elector of Clark County;  (B) One (1) who is a resident and elector of Ouachita County;  (C) One (1) who is a resident and elector of Calhoun County;  (D) One (1) who is a resident and elector of Union County;  (E) One (1) who is a resident and elector of Bradley County;  (F) One (1) who is a resident and elector of Ashley County;  (G) One (1) who is a resident and elector of Hot Spring County;  (H) One (1) who is a resident and elector of Dallas County; and  (I) One (1) who is the highest-ranking official of the Ouachita River Valley Association and who is a resident of Arkansas.    (3) The Governor's appointment shall be with the advice and consent of the Senate.    (b) Prior to entering upon the Ouachita River Commission's duties, each member of the Ouachita River Commission shall take, subscribe, and file in the office of the Secretary of State an oath to support the United States Constitution and the Arkansas Constitution and to faithfully perform the duties of the office upon which he or she is about to enter.  (c)  (1) Members shall be appointed for seven-year staggered terms to be assigned by lot.  (2) The terms shall commence on September 1 of each year and the first term shall expire on September 1, 2001.  (3) Every year thereafter, one (1) member's term shall expire.    (d) The Ouachita River Commission shall annually select by majority vote one (1) of its members to serve as chair and one (1) to serve as vice chair.  (e) In the event of a vacancy on the Ouachita River Commission for any reason other than expiration of a regular term, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by appointment of the Ouachita River Commission member in subdivision (a)(2) of this section of a person meeting the same qualifications required for initial appointment.  (f) Members of the Ouachita River Commission shall receive no pay for their services, but whenever the General Assembly shall have appropriated funds to the Ouachita River Waterways Project Trust Fund administered by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission through the Department of Agriculture, they may, upon proper application to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, be reimbursed for expenses in accordance with § 25-16-902.
AR Code § 15-23-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 23 - Rivers and Creeks|Subchapter 8 - Ouachita River Commission|§ 15-23-805. Funding

 The Ouachita River Commission may receive and use any federal, state, or private funds, donations, and grants made available for the study, planning, and implementation of needed improvements or projects, or both, to and along the main stem of the Ouachita River.
AR Code § 15-23-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 23 - Rivers and Creeks|Subchapter 8 - Ouachita River Commission|§ 15-23-806. Ouachita River Waterways Project Trust Fund

 (a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a trust fund to be known as the “Ouachita River Waterways Project Trust Fund”.  (b) This fund shall consist of those moneys approved by the General Assembly and the interest income earned from the investment of funds accruing to the fund.  (c)  (1) The fund may be used for such purposes as may be authorized by law, including, but not limited to, wildlife and recreation purposes and bank stabilization.  (2) The funds shall not be used for bend cuts or bend widenings.    (d)  (1) Investment of the funds available shall be by the Treasurer of State in such amounts and in such manner as may be directed by the Ouachita River Commission.  (2) In no event, however, shall the funds be invested for longer than a continuous two-year period.
AR Code § 15-23-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 23 - Rivers and Creeks|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Port Priority Improvement Program Act|§ 15-23-901. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Port Priority Improvement Program Act”.
AR Code § 15-23-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 23 - Rivers and Creeks|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Port Priority Improvement Program Act|§ 15-23-902. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “City” means any city of the first class, any city of the second class, or any incorporated town established by the laws of the State of Arkansas;  (2) “County” means any county in the State of Arkansas;  (3) “Port Priority Improvement Program” means a governmental program to award funds to port authorities to encourage the development of port infrastructure, including the engineering and construction; and  (4) “Public Port Authority” or “port authority” means:  (A) A port authority created under the Metropolitan Port Authority Act of 1961, § 14-185-101 et seq.;  (B) A municipal port authority created under § 14-186-201 et seq.; and  (C) An authority created under the Regional Intermodal Facilities Act, § 14-143-101 et seq.
AR Code § 15-23-903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 23 - Rivers and Creeks|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Port Priority Improvement Program Act|§ 15-23-903. Port Priority Improvement Fund created

 There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “Port Priority Improvement Fund”, to consist of the funds or other moneys that may be deposited therein as provided by the General Assembly, and to be used by the Arkansas Waterways Commission for the purpose of providing financial assistance to public port authorities in the manner provided in this subchapter and for development of port infrastructure, including the engineering and construction costs.
AR Code § 15-23-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 23 - Rivers and Creeks|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Port Priority Improvement Program Act|§ 15-23-904. Authority to establish programs

 (a) The Arkansas Waterways Commission, working in partnership with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, may establish by rule the criteria of eligibility for awarding funds to any public port authority to aid in the development of port infrastructure, including the engineering and construction costs.  (b) The rules shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public Transportation and the Senate Committee on Public Transportation, Technology, and Legislative Affairs.
AR Code § 15-23-905 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 23 - Rivers and Creeks|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Port Priority Improvement Program Act|§ 15-23-905. Port Priority Improvement Program

 The Arkansas Waterways Commission's rules for the Port Priority Improvement Program shall, as a minimum:   (1) Provide for the commission to administer the program authorized under this subchapter;  (2) Require the commission to take the necessary actions to ensure that the funds are used for the purposes for which they are to be awarded and that they are expended in accordance with all state laws and local ordinances and procedures and regulations;  (3) Specify:  (A) The procedure for receiving applications;  (B) Who is eligible to apply;  (C) The goals and objectives of the program for public port infrastructure development; and  (D) The procedures for awarding funds;    (4) Require the public port authority to file a performance review report with the commission for three (3) consecutive years following completion of the project comparing actual benefits with the projected benefits associated with the project as stated in the application for funding;  (5) Require that each public port authority provide matching funds equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the estimated cost of the port infrastructure project for which an application is made;  (6) Provide that eligible port infrastructure development projects shall be only for capital improvement projects and shall not be used for any routine maintenance or operational expenses; and  (7) Provide that no individual port shall receive more than twenty percent (20%) of the total amount available for public port infrastructure development projects.
AR Code § 15-23-906 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 2 - Land and Water Resources Generally|Chapter 23 - Rivers and Creeks|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Port Priority Improvement Program Act|§ 15-23-906. Application and award

 (a) The Arkansas Waterways Commission shall promulgate the application format to be used in applying for funding through the Port Priority Improvement Program.  (b) All applications shall be submitted as required by the establishing rules.  (c) After receipt of the application, the Arkansas Waterways Commission, working in partnership with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, shall review the applications and shall select the applications by rank order which will best fulfill the goals and objectives of the program as described by the program's rules. The Arkansas Waterways Commission shall then make awards to the applicants based on their rank order on the list of applications.  (d) The projects may be funded until all funds available for this purpose have been expended.
AR Code § 15-31-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 3 - Forest Resources|Chapter 31 - Arkansas Forestry Commission|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-31-101. Creation

 (a) There is created the Arkansas Forestry Commission.  (b) It shall be the mission of the commission to promote forest resource health, conservation, and stewardship.  (c) The commission shall cooperate with federal and state agencies, forest landowners, residents, and organizations in the prevention, detection, and suppression of wildland fires, in the control of forest insects and diseases, in the growth and distribution of forest tree seedlings, and in providing technical assistance and information relating to the most scientific methods of timber harvesting, reforestation, and forest resource protection and development, to the end that the forests throughout the state may be perpetuated.
AR Code § 15-31-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 3 - Forest Resources|Chapter 31 - Arkansas Forestry Commission|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-31-102. Members — Definition

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Forestry Commission shall consist of nine (9) members to be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate from resident electors of this state having a long-standing interest in the forest resources of Arkansas.  (2)  (A) Three (3) of the nine (9) members appointed to the commission shall be small tree farmers.  (B) As used in this section, “small tree farmer” means a person owning timber acreage of two hundred fifty (250) acres or less.    (3) Each congressional district shall be represented on the commission.    (b) The term of office shall commence on January 15 following the expiration date of the prior term and shall end on January 14 of the ninth year following the year in which the term commenced.  (c)  (1) Any vacancies arising in the membership of the commission for any reason other than expiration of the regular terms for which the members were appointed shall be filled by appointment by the Governor.  (2) Appointments shall be thereafter effective until the expiration of the regular terms, subject, however, to the confirmation of the Senate when it is next in session.    (d) Before entering upon their respective duties, each member of the commission shall take and subscribe and file in the office of the Secretary of State an oath to support the United States Constitution and the Arkansas Constitution and to faithfully perform the duties of the office upon which he or she is about to enter.  (e) Members of the commission shall not receive compensation for their services but may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 15-31-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 3 - Forest Resources|Chapter 31 - Arkansas Forestry Commission|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-31-103. Organization

 (a) From time to time, the Arkansas Forestry Commission shall select from its membership a chair and a vice chair.  (b) The State Forester provided for in § 15-31-104 shall be, ex officio, Secretary of the Arkansas Forestry Commission but shall have no vote on matters coming before it.  (c) The commission shall adopt and may modify rules for the conduct of its business and shall keep a record of its transactions, findings, and determinations. The record shall be public.  (d) The rules shall provide for regular quarterly meetings and for special meetings at the call of the Chair of the Arkansas Forestry Commission or of the Vice Chair of the Arkansas Forestry Commission if he or she is for any reason the acting chair, either at his or her own instance or upon the written request of at least five (5) members.  (e)  (1) A quorum shall consist of not less than five (5) members present at any regular or special meeting.  (2) A majority affirmative vote of that number shall be necessary for the disposition of any business.
AR Code § 15-31-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 3 - Forest Resources|Chapter 31 - Arkansas Forestry Commission|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-31-104. State Forester

 (a) The State Forester shall be appointed by the Arkansas Forestry Commission, with the approval of the Governor, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (b) The State Forester shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.  (c)  (1) The secretary may delegate to the State Forester any of the powers or duties required to administer the:  (A) Statutory duties of the Arkansas Forestry Commission; and  (B) Rules, orders, or directives promulgated or issued by the commission.    (2) The State Forester may exercise the powers and duties delegated to him or her under subdivision (c)(1) of this section in the name of the commission and the department.  (3) The commission may delegate to the department any of the powers or duties vested in or imposed upon the commission by law, and these delegated powers or duties may be exercised by the secretary or his or her designee.    (d) The State Forester shall:  (1) Have earned at a minimum a bachelor's degree in forestry from an accredited four-year program at an institution of higher education; and  (2) Have not less than three (3) years' practical administrative and field experience in forestry.
AR Code § 15-31-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 3 - Forest Resources|Chapter 31 - Arkansas Forestry Commission|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-31-106. Functions, powers, and duties

 (a) The functions, powers, and duties of the Arkansas Forestry Commission shall be to:  (1) [Repealed.]  (2) Formulate and put into effect policies, plans, and reasonable rules as may be necessary to achieve the mission of the commission;  (3) [Repealed.]  (4) Assemble and publicize all available information pertinent to industrial opportunities in forestry, both in respect to particular sections and the state as a whole, including the varieties of trees and the products producible therefrom, the power and water resources, transportation facilities, available markets, labor supply, and industrial sites, all to the end of encouraging both the establishment of new industrial enterprises utilizing forest resources and the expansion of existing enterprises;  (5) Assist private landowners, and when called upon, the agency of the state having control of the state park system, in managing their timber under approved forestry practices;  (6) Furnish educational information in forestry matters for land- owners and timber processors, and civic, school, and other interested groups, including the preparation and dissemination, through various available media, of information relating to fire prevention and control, detection and control of disease and insect infestation, and approved methods of timber harvesting and artificial reforestation;  (7) Originate and conduct research in forestry matters and cooperate with other agencies, both public and private, in any such projects;  (8) Purchase, lease, rent, or sell and receive bequests or donations of any real, corporeal, or personal property, and, when necessary to properly carry out its functions, to acquire any real property by the exercise of its right of eminent domain, such right being vested in the commission;  (9) Contract and be contracted with; and  (10) Take such other action, not inconsistent with law, as it may deem necessary or desirable to carry out the intent and purposes of this chapter.    (b)  (1) The commission shall also have and be subject to all other functions, powers, and duties as by this chapter are conferred and imposed upon it.  (2) For the purpose of regulating the commission's own procedure and carrying out its transferred or newly provided functions, the commission shall have the authority, from time to time, to make and amend and enforce all reasonable rules not inconsistent with law which will aid in the performance of any of the functions, powers, or duties conferred or imposed upon it by law.
AR Code § 15-31-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 3 - Forest Resources|Chapter 31 - Arkansas Forestry Commission|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-31-108. State Forestry Fund

 There is created and established in the State Treasury a fund which shall be designated and known as the “State Forestry Fund”. All moneys from whatever source received and deposited into the fund shall be used exclusively by the Arkansas Forestry Commission in carrying out its respective functions and duties as provided by law.
AR Code § 15-31-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 3 - Forest Resources|Chapter 31 - Arkansas Forestry Commission|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-31-109. Receipt and use of grants and aids

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Forestry Commission is authorized and empowered to receive any moneys arising from federal means, grants, contributions, gratuities, or reimbursements or contributions, grants, or gratuities donated by private persons or corporations, and all moneys so received shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the State Forestry Fund unless provision shall have otherwise been made by the respective federal agencies, private persons, or corporations furnishing the funds.  (2) However, in the event the General Assembly fails to appropriate any moneys for the use of the commission or in the event the specified use of any moneys precludes its deposit into the State Treasury, the commission is authorized and empowered to establish accounts in its name in one (1) or more banks and to deposit therein and withdraw therefrom any moneys for the purposes for which granted, donated, or received.    (b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, all moneys set aside in banks for the purposes stated in subdivision (a)(2) of this section shall be credited to the fund in the State Treasury.
AR Code § 15-31-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development|Subtitle 3 - Forest Resources|Chapter 31 - Arkansas Forestry Commission|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-31-111. Fees

 (a) The Arkansas Forestry Commission is authorized to charge private landowners a rate not to exceed four dollars ($4.00) per acre for the preparation of timber management plans.  (b) The proceeds from the charge shall be used to provide for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the commission.  (c) The commission is authorized to promulgate such rules necessary to administer the fees, rates, tolls, or charges for services established by this section and is directed to prescribe and collect such fees, rates, tolls, or charges for the services delivered by the commission in such manner as may be necessary to support the programs of the commission as directed by the Governor and General Assembly.