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AR Code § 25-2-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 2 - Administrative Departments Generally|§ 25-2-104. Type 1 transfers

 (a)  (1) When any department, institution, or other agency, or part thereof, is transferred to a principal department under a type 1 transfer, that department, institution, or other agency, or part thereof, shall be administered under the direction and supervision of that principal department but shall retain exactly the same prescribed statutory powers, authorities, duties, and functions as it had prior to the transfer, including:  (A) Rulemaking, regulation, licensing, and registration;  (B) The promulgation of rules, rates, and standards; and  (C) The rendering of findings, orders, and adjudications.    (2) It shall exercise those powers, authorities, duties, and functions independently of the head of the principal department.    (b) Following a type 1 transfer, the members of any statutory board or commission so transferred, and their successors, shall continue to be selected in the manner and serve for the terms provided by the statutes applicable to the board or commission as such statutes may from time to time be amended.  (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, under a type 1 transfer, all budgeting, purchasing, and related management functions of any transferred department, institution, or other agency, or part thereof, shall be performed under the direction and supervision of the head of the principal department.
AR Code § 25-2-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 2 - Administrative Departments Generally|§ 25-2-105. Type 2 transfers

 (a) Under this act, a type 2 transfer means the transferring of all or part of an existing department, institution, or other agency to a principal department established by this act. When all or part of any department, institution, or other agency is transferred to a principal department under a type 2 transfer, its statutory authority, powers, duties, functions, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds, including the functions of budgeting or purchasing, are transferred to the principal department.  (b) When any department, institution, or other agency, or part thereof, is transferred by a type 2 transfer to a principal department under the provisions of this act, its prescribed powers, duties, and functions, including rulemaking, regulation, and licensing; promulgation of rules, rates, regulations, and standards; and the rendering of findings, orders, and adjudications are transferred to the head of the principal department into which the department, institution, or other agency, or part thereof, has been transferred.  (c) Following a type 2 transfer, the members of any statutory board or commission so transferred, and their successors, shall continue to be selected in the manner and serve for the terms provided by the statutes applicable to that board or commission as such statutes may from time to time be amended.
AR Code § 25-2-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 2 - Administrative Departments Generally|§ 25-2-106. Type 3 transfers

 (a) Under this act, a type 3 transfer means the abolishing of an existing department, institution, or other agency and the transferring of all or part of its powers, duties, and functions, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds to a principal department as specified under this act.  (b) When any department, institution, or other agency, or part thereof, is transferred by a type 3 transfer to a principal department under the provisions of this act, its prescribed powers, duties, and functions including rulemaking, regulation, and licensing; promulgation of rules, rates, regulations, and standards; and the rendering of findings, orders, and adjudications are transferred to the head of the principal department into which the department, institution, or other agency, or part thereof, has been transferred.
AR Code § 25-2-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 2 - Administrative Departments Generally|§ 25-2-107. Type 4 transfers

 (a) Under this act, a type 4 transfer means the transferring of all or part of an existing department, institution, or other agency to a principal department established by this act in the following circumstances:  (1) When all or part of any department, institution, or other agency is transferred to a principal department under a type 4 transfer, the board, commission, or other governing body of the transferred department, institution, or other agency is retained and shall continue to exercise its statutory authority, powers, duties, and functions;  (2) The director of the department, institution, or other agency shall be nominated by the board or commission or governing body of the transferred department, institution, or other agency subject to confirmation by the Governor. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor; and  (3) All records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds, including the functions of budgeting and purchasing, are transferred to the principal department.    (b) Following a type 4 transfer, the members of any statutory board or commission so transferred and their successors shall continue to be selected in the manner and serve for the terms provided by the statutes applicable to the board or commission as such statutes may from time to time be amended.
AR Code § 25-2-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 2 - Administrative Departments Generally|§ 25-2-108. Reports, certifications, etc., to transferred agency

 Unless specifically provided otherwise in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications, or requests are required or permitted to be made to a department, institution, division, bureau, board, commission, council, or other agency whose powers and duties are herein assigned or transferred by a type 2, 3, or 4 transfer, then those reports and certifications shall thereafter be filed with, and the applications or requests shall thereafter be made to, the principal department or agency to which assignment or transfer has been made.
AR Code § 25-2-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 2 - Administrative Departments Generally|§ 25-2-109. Senatorial confirmation of certain appointments

 (a) Irrespective of other provisions of this act to the contrary, if the laws in effect on the date of the passage of this act required senatorial confirmation of the appointment of any board or commission member, or of the head of any agency or department of government, or of any head of a division of an agency or department of government, and that board, commission, agency, or department is consolidated or merged with a principal department under this act, then the appointments requiring confirmation shall be made as provided in this act with respect to all agencies merged or consolidated into a principal department by a type 1, 2, 3, or 4 transfer.  (b) It is the intent of this act, with respect to all affairs of government which are under the administrative control or responsibility of any official of government whose appointment was subject to senatorial confirmation prior to the passage of this act, that the head of the successor department or the head of the division within the successor department into which the agency or program was merged shall be subject to confirmation of the Senate.
AR Code § 25-3-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Division of Arkansas Heritage|§ 25-3-101. Legislative intent — Construction

 (a) The General Assembly declares that this act is necessary:  (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.    (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide for an orderly transfer of powers, duties, and functions of the various state programs or agencies to the Division of Arkansas Heritage with a minimum of disruption of governmental services and functions and with a minimum of expense.  (c) To the ends stated in this section, this act shall be liberally construed.
AR Code § 25-3-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Division of Arkansas Heritage|§ 25-3-102. Creation — Director — Organization — Personnel

 (a) There is created a Division of Arkansas Heritage.  (b)  (1) The executive head of the division shall be the Director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage.  (2) The director shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (3) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.    (c) The director, with the advice and consent of the Governor and the secretary, shall appoint the heads of each of the programs and agencies of the division. All other personnel of the division shall be employed by and serve at the pleasure of the director. However, nothing in this section shall be so construed as to reduce any right which an employee of the division shall have under any civil service or merit system.  (d) Each agency or program of the division shall be under the direction, control, and supervision of the division. The director may delegate his or her functions, powers, and duties to the head of any agency or program of the division as he or she shall deem desirable and necessary for the effective and efficient operation of the division.
AR Code § 25-3-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Division of Arkansas Heritage|§ 25-3-104. Arkansas Natural and Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee

 (a) There is established an Arkansas Natural and Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee whose members shall consist of:  (1) The Director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage;  (2) The Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission;  (3) The Director of State Highways and Transportation;  (4) The Secretary of the Department of Health;  (5) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism;  (6) The Director of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission;  (7) A person appointed by the Governor;  (8) A person appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and  (9) A person appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.    (b)  (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2) of this section, persons appointed to the committee by the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall serve terms of three (3) years.  (2) At the first meeting of the committee after the effective date of this act, members appointed to the committee by the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, or President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall draw lots to stagger terms so that:  (A) One (1) member shall serve a term of one (1) year;  (B) One (1) member shall serve a term of two (2) years; and  (C) One (1) member shall serve a term of three (3) years.      (c) The committee shall elect from its membership a chair and vice-chair.  (d) A vacancy on the committee in the positions appointed by the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired portion of the term in which it occurs.  (e) A majority of the total membership of the committee constitutes a quorum.  (f) Members of the committee appointed by the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives may receive expense reimbursement and stipends under § 25-16-901 et seq. as allowed by law.
AR Code § 25-3-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Division of Arkansas Heritage|§ 25-3-105. Fees for publications, seminars, etc

 (a) The Division of Arkansas Heritage through the Central Administration Division or any successor division is authorized to establish and impose reasonable fees to recover costs incurred in the preparation and distribution of educational published materials and in holding workshops and seminars and costs of other services rendered.  (b) Funds derived from the fees shall be deposited in a bank account to be used to defray the initial costs of publishing additional educational publications and holding workshops and seminars.
AR Code § 25-3-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Division of Arkansas Heritage|§ 25-3-106. Publication Development and Resale Revolving Fund

 (a) There is established a fund to be known as the “Publication Development and Resale Revolving Fund” for the Division of Arkansas Heritage. This fund shall be located in the Central Administration Division of the Division of Arkansas Heritage and shall be managed by the Central Administration Division for the benefit of the various agencies located within the Division of Arkansas Heritage. This fund shall be a revolving fund.  (b) Income derived from the sale of publications shall be deposited in the fund to be used to develop and purchase additional publications for resale.  (c) Any funds remaining in the account from which the fund derives its support at the end of each fiscal year shall carry forward and be made available for the use prescribed in this section during the succeeding fiscal year.
AR Code § 25-3-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 3 - Division of Arkansas Heritage|§ 25-3-108. Heritage foundation

 (a) In addition to any other rights, powers, functions, and duties granted by law to the Division of Arkansas Heritage, the division is hereby authorized to promote and cooperate in the establishment of a heritage foundation under the Arkansas nonprofit corporation law, to share resources and facilities with the foundation, and to accept support and assistance in the form of money, property, or otherwise from the foundation to be used to preserve and promote the heritage of the state.  (b) If a heritage foundation is established and the division shares resources or facilities with the foundation or accepts support and assistance from the foundation, the foundation shall annually file a report with the Governor, the Legislative Council, and the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee showing the amount and source of all gifts, grants, and donations of money or property received by the foundation and all expenditures or other dispositions of money or property by the foundation during the preceding year.  (c) On or before July 1 of each fiscal year, the Director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage shall submit a plan to the Legislative Council reflecting the proposed uses of private funds for the ensuing fiscal year for its review and comment. No person over whom the division has day-to-day managerial control shall receive compensation or remuneration from funds not in the State Treasury.
AR Code § 25-4-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 4 - Division of Information Systems|§ 25-4-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Information Systems Act of 1997”.
AR Code § 25-4-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 4 - Division of Information Systems|§ 25-4-104. Division of Information Systems

 (a) There is established within the Department of Transformation and Shared Services the Division of Information Systems.  (b)  (1) The Division of Information Systems shall be headed by a director to be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner provided by law, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (2) The Director of the Division of Information Systems shall be a person who, by education and training, has technical knowledge and management experience in information technology-related equipment, systems, and services.  (3) The Director of the Division of Information Systems shall qualify by filing the oath of office required in the Arkansas Constitution with the Secretary of State.    (c) The Director of the Division of Information Systems, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, may establish divisions and the organizational structure deemed necessary and appropriate for the efficient performance of the duties imposed under the provisions of this chapter, provided the organizational structure of the division shall conform to the positions authorized and limitations provided therefor in the biennial appropriation of the division.  (d) The Director of the Division of Information Systems, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, shall appoint the deputy and division directors and the professional, technical, and clerical assistants and employees as necessary to perform the duties imposed by this chapter. All employees of the division shall be employed by the department and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services.  (e) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services any matters relating to abuses of this chapter.  (f) The Director of the Division of Information Systems shall recommend statutory changes to the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services.
AR Code § 25-4-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 4 - Division of Information Systems|§ 25-4-106. Reporting requirements

 (a)  (1) The Director of the Division of Information Systems will report periodically to the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology regarding the status of the Division of Information Systems' information technology responsibilities in state government.  (2) The director may report any factors that are outside the scope of the division but are deemed to inhibit or to promote the division's responsibilities.    (b)  (1) By October 31, January 31, April 30, and July 31 of each fiscal year, the director shall compile and submit a report to the:  (A) Legislative Council, if submitted between regular sessions of the General Assembly;  (B) Joint Budget Committee, if submitted during a session of the General Assembly; and  (C) Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology.    (2) The report shall:  (A) Detail all requests from state agencies, boards, and commissions for advice regarding information technology planning, implementation, installation, rates or fees, utilization of products, services, and integrations or upgrades to be added to all existing technology plans; and  (B) Provide a full report of all corresponding recommendations made by the division to the requesting state agencies, boards, and commissions.    (3) The report shall include:  (A) The name of the state agency, board, or commission requesting the advice;  (B) The name and scope of the project for which advice is being sought;  (C) The type of advice sought, for example, technical, product or service utilization, planning, implementation, installation, integration, or upgrades;  (D) A detailed explanation of all recommendations provided by the department;  (E) How the recommendation fits into the information technology plan of the agency, board, or commission;  (F) How the recommendation fits into the state's information technology plan and state enterprise architecture; and  (G) Other information as may be useful for policy making decisions by the Legislative Council or the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology.
AR Code § 25-4-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 4 - Division of Information Systems|§ 25-4-108. Division of Information Systems — Working groups

 (a) The Director of the Division of Information Systems may appoint working groups as necessary for specific purposes related to information technology coordination.  (b) Working group membership shall be determined by the director.  (c) Each working group shall establish a timeline for completion of its charge to accomplish performance-driven results.  (d) Working groups shall meet at least quarterly to achieve their assigned charges.
AR Code § 25-4-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 4 - Division of Information Systems|§ 25-4-109. Information technology centers

 (a) The Division of Information Systems is authorized to establish, maintain, and operate information technology centers and, in connection therewith, to rent, purchase, install, operate, and maintain information technology for state agencies as authorized in this chapter.  (b) The division is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements with state agencies for the purpose of providing information technology.  (c) State agencies are authorized to enter into any contracts with the division or its successor that may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes and policies of this chapter or for maximum utilization of facilities and services that are the subject of this chapter.  (d) Agencies shall use the core information technology infrastructure.  (e) The division is authorized to enter into agreements and contracts with public utilities for telecommunications service.  (f) The information technology centers operated by the division shall be made available to all state agencies that fall within economical and feasible boundaries.  (g) Agencies shall use project management for designated activities defined as a project.