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AR Code § 25-34-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 34 - Arkansas Computer and Electronic Solid Waste Management|§ 25-34-108. Disbursement of revenues

 Funds generated from the sale of agency surplus computer and electronic equipment to state employees, public schools, or by other sale shall be allocated as follows:   (1) If the sale of surplus computer or electronic equipment is made within the agency:  (A) Sixty percent (60%) of the proceeds shall be returned to the owning agency;  (B) Fifteen percent (15%) of the proceeds shall be deposited with the Marketing and Redistribution Section of the Office of State Procurement of the Department of Finance and Administration; and  (C) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the proceeds shall be deposited in the Computer and Electronic Recycling Fund established by this chapter;    (2) If the sale of surplus computer or electronic equipment is outside the agency and conducted by the Marketing and Redistribution Section:  (A) Fifty percent (50%) of the proceeds shall be returned to the owning agency;  (B) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the proceeds shall be deposited with the Marketing and Redistribution Section; and  (C) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the proceeds shall be deposited in the Computer and Electronic Recycling Fund established by this chapter and § 19-5-1217.
AR Code § 25-34-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 34 - Arkansas Computer and Electronic Solid Waste Management|§ 25-34-109. Computer and Electronic Recycling Fund

 (a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, Auditor of State, and Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “Computer and Electronic Recycling Fund”.  (b) The fund shall be administered by the Division of Environmental Quality and may be used to:  (1) Promote market research and development grants to determine the most efficient means of collecting, transporting, and processing scrap electronic equipment;  (2) Work with the Department of Finance and Administration and the Marketing and Redistribution Section to establish statewide contracts for computer and electronics recycling and demanufacturing businesses; and  (3) Support and fund other measures necessary to implement and promote the recycling, donation, demanufacturing, or disposal options for computers and electronic equipment.
AR Code § 25-34-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 34 - Arkansas Computer and Electronic Solid Waste Management|§ 25-34-110. Computer and electronic equipment recycling grants

 (a) Electronic equipment recycling grants must be awarded on the basis of written grant-request proposals submitted to and approved by the Division of Environmental Quality.  (b) Grant requests shall be considered based upon the following criteria:  (1) The development of sustained processes for recovery, recycling, and demanufacturing of scrap computers and electronics;  (2) Minimization and elimination of substantial volumes of this material as waste;  (3) Creation of Arkansas jobs;  (4) Return of investment analysis; and  (5) Available funds.
AR Code § 25-34-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 34 - Arkansas Computer and Electronic Solid Waste Management|§ 25-34-111. Computer and electronic equipment landfill ban

 Effective January 1, 2010, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may establish and implement rules banning the disposal of all computer and electronic equipment in Arkansas landfills.
AR Code § 25-35-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 35 - Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund Act|§ 25-35-101. Title

 This chapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund Act”.
AR Code § 25-35-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 35 - Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund Act|§ 25-35-102. Definitions

 For the purposes of this chapter:   (1) “Annual aggregate deductible” means the maximum amount payable annually from the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund for covered losses;  (2) “Insurance Commissioner” means the Insurance Commissioner of the State Insurance Department or the commissioner's successor;  (3) “Risk manager” means the Administrator of the Risk Management Division of the State Insurance Department;  (4) “State agency” means any state agency, board, bureau, commission, council, department, institution, or other similar entity; and  (5) “Trust fund” means the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund.
AR Code § 25-35-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 35 - Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund Act|§ 25-35-103. Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance 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 separate fund to be known as the “Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund”.  (b) No money shall be appropriated from the trust fund for any purpose except to pay:  (1) Insurance and reinsurance premiums;  (2) Loss adjustment expenses;  (3) Related educational and training expenses;  (4) Insured claims falling below the annual aggregate deductible level;  (5) Expenses including actuarial, consultant, and service contract fees; and  (6) Cybersecurity risk insurance premiums and expenses.    (c)  (1) The assets of the trust fund may be invested and reinvested as the Insurance Commissioner may determine.  (2) All income derived through investment of the trust fund as established under this chapter shall be credited as investment income to the trust fund.  (3) For the purposes of investment, trust fund moneys invested and interest earned thereon shall be administered as trust funds.  (4) All moneys deposited to the trust fund shall not be subject to any deduction, tax, levy, or any other type of assessment.    (d) All moneys received by the risk manager, including, but not limited to, the premiums collected and any insured loss or loss expenses paid by insurance or reinsurance companies shall be deposited in the trust fund created in this section.
AR Code § 25-35-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 35 - Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund Act|§ 25-35-104. Participation

 (a) The following agencies shall participate in the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund:  (1) State agencies participating in the State Master Property Policy as of June 30, 2003;  (2) The Division of Correction;  (3) The Division of Community Correction; and  (4) State agencies participating in the Arkansas State Master Vehicle Policy as of June 30, 2003.    (b) Upon approval by the State Risk Manager, other state agencies may participate in the trust fund.
AR Code § 25-35-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 35 - Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund Act|§ 25-35-105. Administration

 (a) The Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund shall be administered by the Insurance Commissioner.  (b) At the discretion of the commissioner, the risk manager may:  (1) Enter into contracts;  (2) Purchase insurance and reinsurance in accordance with the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-11-201 et seq.;  (3) Adjust, settle, and pay or deny claims with notice to a claimant;  (4) Pay expenses and costs;  (5) Study the risks of all participating state agencies and their properties;  (6) Promulgate the form for insurance and reinsurance policies and other forms;  (7) Issue certificates of coverage to state agencies for any risks covered by the trust fund;  (8) Make recommendations about risk management and risk reduction strategies to participating state agencies;  (9) Review participating state agency building construction, major remodeling plans, program plans, and make recommendations to the participating state agency about needed changes to address risk considerations;  (10) Utilize underwriting discretion and authority to deny coverage of any risk deemed to adversely affect the financial stability of the trust fund;  (11) Establish values for participating state agency buildings and structures to be insured;  (12) Attend state agency planning and management meetings;  (13) Review any proposed legislation and communicate with members of the General Assembly and legislative committees about the liability or risk management issues connected with any legislation; and  (14) Solicit any needed information about state agency plans, state agency programs, or state agency risks necessary to perform the responsibilities under this chapter.    (c)  (1) The risk manager may expend moneys from the trust fund to procure and provide coverage to all participating state agencies and their indemnified employees except those agencies or employees specifically exempted by statute or elsewhere in this chapter.  (2) The risk manager shall apportion the costs of coverage under subdivision (c)(1) of this section consistent with this chapter.
AR Code § 25-35-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 35 - Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund Act|§ 25-35-106. Premiums and schedules of coverage and endorsements

 (a)  (1) Premiums shall be charged to each agency based on the rates established by the risk manager that include all costs associated with the operation of the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund, based upon sound rating techniques.  (2) The risk manager shall provide premium billings to participating state agencies for each renewal and for participating agency changes occurring during the policy year.  (3) If any participating state agency fails to pay its premium charges within thirty (30) days after the due date, the risk manager shall notify the delinquent state agency that coverage will be cancelled due to nonpayment of premium unless the delinquent payment is made within thirty (30) days of the notice.  (4) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available to participating state agencies for payment of premium shall not be reduced as a result of any shortfall of projected revenues.    (b) The risk manager will provide each agency with a renewal schedule of coverage and an endorsement for each participating state agency change occurring during the policy year.
AR Code § 25-35-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 35 - Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund Act|§ 25-35-107. Payment of losses

 The risk manager shall establish:   (1) Appropriate policies and procedures governing the payment of losses from the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund, including notice or proof of loss by any participating state agency; and  (2) Policies and procedures governing disputes that may arise between the risk manager and any person having charge over the property in question concerning the extent of loss or damage.
AR Code § 25-35-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 35 - Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund Act|§ 25-35-108. Limits on use of risk management data as evidence

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any report, recommendation, survey, schedule, list, or data compiled, or action taken or not taken by or at the request of the risk manager to identify, evaluate, or plan the safety enhancement or risk reduction of any potential accident sites or other hazards related to any entity covered by the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund may not be admitted into evidence in any court or used for any other purposes in any action for damages arising from any occurrence at a location mentioned or addressed in the reports, recommendation, survey, schedule, list, or data.
AR Code § 25-36-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 36 - Arkansas Economic Opportunity Expansion Act|§ 25-36-101. Findings — Purpose

 (a) The General Assembly finds:  (1) To the extent minority-owned businesses are given fair opportunities to compete, all Arkansans benefit;  (2) During 2002, the State of Arkansas spent nine hundred million four hundred thousand dollars ($900,400,000) procuring goods and services;  (3) Although the state possesses more than seven thousand (7,000) minority-owned businesses, less than three-tenths of one percent (0.03%) of state expenditures on goods and services was spent with minority-owned businesses in 2002;  (4) Small and minority-owned businesses employ forty-eight and nine-tenths percent (48.9%) of the state's total employment;  (5) Seventy-two percent (72%) of all current jobs in the Delta Region of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are provided through small and minority-owned businesses;  (6) An increase of four thousand (4,000) jobs in small, minority-owned, and medium-sized businesses would radiate through the state to result in the creation of forty-eight thousand (48,000) new jobs;  (7) Expanding the profitability and spending power of these businesses will allow them to provide employment opportunities and to increase economic growth and development within Arkansas communities;  (8) Expansion of economic opportunity will reduce unemployment and the need for state-supported social welfare programs, while increasing the state tax base and the appeal to minority-owned businesses from other businesses within their industry for raw materials and production support; and  (9) Increased economic output and employment by minority-owned businesses will have a positive rippling impact throughout the state.    (b) This chapter is intended to expand economic opportunities for Arkansas' minority communities but is not intended to establish any quota system or program.
AR Code § 25-36-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 36 - Arkansas Economic Opportunity Expansion Act|§ 25-36-102. Definitions

 For the purposes of this chapter:   (1) “Minority” means the same as in § 1-2-503; and  (2) “State agency” means any office, department, board, commission, bureau, division, public corporation, agency, institution of higher learning, or instrumentality of this state.
AR Code § 25-36-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 36 - Arkansas Economic Opportunity Expansion Act|§ 25-36-103. Agency contracting — Diversity

 (a) A state agency shall include in all requests for proposals and requests for qualifications, language that encourages minority participation in each request for proposals and request for qualifications issued by the state agency.  (b)  (1) State agency requests for proposals and requests for qualifications shall take into consideration minority inclusion in the proposed project.  (2) Requests for proposals and requests for qualifications shall provide that an applicant unable to include minority-owned businesses may explain the circumstances preventing minority inclusion.
AR Code § 25-36-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 36 - Arkansas Economic Opportunity Expansion Act|§ 25-36-104. Data recording and tracking

 (a)  (1) The State Procurement Director shall track data regarding minority participation in state contracts that exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).  (2) The data shall include, but not be limited to, information regarding:  (A) The dollar amount for each contract awarded to a minority-owned business;  (B) The total dollar amount spent on contracts by each state agency; and  (C) The number and percentage of minority-owned businesses awarded contracts by the agency.      (b) The director shall report the data required under subsection (a) of this section semiannually to the Governor and to the cochairs of the Legislative Council and to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee and the Minority and Women-owned Business Advisory Council.  (c)  (1) Each state agency shall include in its budget report to the Joint Budget Committee a listing of all contracts in amounts exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) awarded to minority-owned businesses.  (2) The vice president or vice chancellor for finance of each state college and university shall include in his or her budget report to the Joint Budget Committee a listing of all contracts in amounts exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) awarded to minority-owned businesses.    (d) The director shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
AR Code § 25-37-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 37 - Biobased Products Act of 2005|§ 25-37-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Biobased product” means a product determined by the United States Secretary of Agriculture to be a commercial or industrial product, other than food or feed, that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products or renewable domestic agricultural materials, including plant, animal, and marine materials or forestry materials;  (2)  (A) “Biomass” means any organic material that is available on a renewable or recurring basis.  (B) “Biomass” includes:  (i) Agricultural crops;  (ii) Trees grown for energy production;  (iii) Wood waste and wood residues;  (iv) Plants, including aquatic plants and grasses;  (v) Residues;  (vi) Fibers;  (vii) Animal wastes and other waste materials; and  (viii) Fats, oils, and greases, including recycled fats, oils, and greases.    (C) “Biomass” does not include:  (i) Paper that is commonly recycled; or  (ii) Unsegregated solid waste; and      (3) “State agency” means any agency, institution, authority, department, board, commission, bureau, council, or other agency of the state supported by appropriation of state or federal funds, including, but not limited to:  (A) The constitutional departments of the state;  (B) The elected constitutional offices of the state;  (C) The General Assembly, including, but not limited to:  (i) The Legislative Council;  (ii) The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee; and  (iii) Any supporting agencies and bureaus of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee;    (D) The Supreme Court;  (E) The Court of Appeals;  (F) The circuit courts;  (G) The prosecuting attorneys; and  (H) The Administrative Office of the Courts.
AR Code § 25-37-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 37 - Biobased Products Act of 2005|§ 25-37-102. Procurement of biobased products

 (a) After the date specified in the guidelines prepared under subsection (b) of this section, each state agency that procures any items designated in the guidelines shall give preference in making procurement decisions to the items composed of the highest percentage of biobased products that are:  (1) Practicable; and  (2) Consistent with maintaining a satisfactory level of competition.    (b)  (1)  (A) The Office of State Procurement of the Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare and, from time to time, revise guidelines for the use of procuring agencies in complying with the requirements of this section.  (B) The guidelines shall:  (i) Be developed using federal guidelines that designate biobased products that qualify for preferred procurement as authorized by section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, 7 U.S.C. § 8102, as those federal guidelines and that federal law existed on January 1, 2005;  (ii) Provide direct or indirect access to information regarding items identified or certified by federal rules, as they existed on January 1, 2005, that are or can be produced with biobased products and whose procurement by procuring agencies will carry out the objectives of this section;  (iii) Set forth recommended practices with respect to the procurement of biobased products and items containing biobased materials; and  (iv) Provide direct or indirect access to information on availability, relative price, performance, and environmental and public health benefits of biobased materials and items.      (2) The office shall prepare final procurement guidelines under this section within one hundred eighty (180) days based on the federal regulations pursuant to 7 U.S.C. § 8102 as they existed on January 1, 2005.    (c)  (1) The office shall implement the requirements of this section.  (2) Every two (2) years beginning on or before June 30, 2006, the office shall report to the Joint Budget Committee during each regular session of the General Assembly on:  (A) Actions taken by state agencies with regard to purchases of biobased products; and  (B) Progress made in the implementation of this section, including agency compliance with subsection (b) of this section.    (3)  (A) Every two (2) years, on or before March 31, each state agency shall report to the office on the effectiveness of the agency's procurement program.  (B) The office shall prepare and make available to each state agency a procedure for presenting the report required under subdivision (c)(3)(A) of this section.
AR Code § 25-41-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Daisy Gatson Bates Holiday Committee|§ 25-41-101. Committee created — Members

 (a) There is created a committee to be known as the “Daisy Gatson Bates Holiday Committee”.  (b) The committee shall consist of nine (9) members:  (1) Three (3) members of the general public who are residents of Arkansas and shall represent the state at large, to be appointed by the Governor;  (2) Three (3) members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two (2) of whom shall represent and be residents of the First and Second Congressional Districts of Arkansas, respectively, and a third who shall represent the state at large; and  (3) Three (3) members shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, two (2) of whom shall represent and be residents of the Third and Fourth Congressional Districts of Arkansas, respectively, and a third who shall represent the state at large.    (c)  (1) Members shall serve for a term of three (3) years.  (2) No member of the committee shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.  (3) A vacancy in the membership shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment was made.    (d) The Governor shall designate one (1) member appointed from the state at large as the chairperson of the committee.  (e) A majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  (f)  (1) Members of the committee shall serve without compensation but, to the extent moneys are appropriated by the General Assembly, may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-902 and may receive stipends in accordance with § 25-16-903.  (2) However, members of the committee shall not receive stipend payments under § 25-16-903 for more than four (4) meetings in a twelve-month period.
AR Code § 25-41-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Daisy Gatson Bates Holiday Committee|§ 25-41-102. Duties

 (a) The Daisy Gatson Bates Holiday Committee shall have the following duties:  (1) To promote among the people of Arkansas, by appropriate activities, both awareness and appreciation of the civil rights movement and advocacy of the principles and legacy of Ms. Daisy Gatson Bates;  (2) To promote principles of mentoring and leadership;  (3) To promote racial harmony, understanding, respect, and goodwill among all citizens of Arkansas; and  (4) To develop, coordinate, and advise the Governor and the General Assembly of appropriate ceremonies and activities throughout the state relating to the observance of the Daisy Gatson Bates holiday.    (b) The committee may receive donations and contributions from individuals and public and private organizations in order to carry out its responsibilities.
AR Code § 25-41-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 41 - Daisy Gatson Bates Holiday Committee|§ 25-41-103. Powers

 The Daisy Gatson Bates Holiday Committee may employ any staff and consultants if an appropriation is made for that purpose by the General Assembly and may fix the compensation, duties, authority, and responsibilities of the committee's employees.