Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 25 - STATE GOVERNMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-43-1605) › Chapter 43 - CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENTS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH (§§ 25-43-101 — 25-43-1605) › Subchapter 3 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (§§ 25-43-301 — 25-43-305) › Section 25-43-302 - State entities transferred to Department of Commerce

(a)
The administrative functions of the following state entities are transferred to the Department of Commerce by a cabinet-level department transfer:
(1)
The Adult Education Section of the Department of Career Education, and now to be known as the "Adult Education Section", created under §
25-43-305
;
(2)
The Arkansas Deaf and Hard of Hearing Telecommunications Services Corporation, created under §
25-29-101
;
(3)
The Arkansas Department of Aeronautics, created under §
27-115-101
, and now to be known as the "Division of Aeronautics";
(4)
The Arkansas Development Finance Authority, created under §
15-5-201
;
(5)
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission, created under §
25-11-101
;
(6)
The Arkansas Economic Development Council, created under §§
15-4-201
and
25-11-102
;
(7)
[Repealed.]
(8)
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, created under §
6-52-101
;
(9)
The Arkansas Rural Development Commission, created under §
15-6-104
;
(10)
The Arkansas Waterways Commission, created under §
15-23-201
;
(11)
The Arkansas Wine Producers Council, created under §
3-5-701
;
(12)
The Arkansas Workforce Development Board, created under §
15-4-3704
;
(13)
The Board of Review, created under §
11-10-523
;
(14)
The Board of the Division of State Services for the Blind, created under §
25-10-205
;
(15)
The Career Education and Workforce Development Board, created under §
25-30-101
;
(16)
The Department of Workforce Services, created under §
11-10-301
, and now to be known as the "Division of Workforce Services";
(17)
The Division of Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, created under §
15-4-304
;
(18)
The Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, created under §
15-3-103
;
(19)
The Division of State Services for the Blind, created under §
25-10-201
;
(20)
The Governor's Commission on People with Disabilities, created under §
20-14-202
;
(21)
The Office of Skills Development, created under §
25-30-109
;
(22)
The State Bank Department, created under §
23-46-201
;
(23)
The State Banking Board, created under §
23-46-301
;
(24)
The State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services, created under §
23-61-1102
;
(25)
The State Insurance Department, created under §
23-61-101
; and
(26)
The State Securities Department, created under the Arkansas Securities Act, §
23-42-101
et seq., within the State Bank Department.
(b)
Unless otherwise provided by law, a cabinet-level department transfer under subsection (a) of this section includes all state entities under a state entity transferred to the Department of Commerce under subsection (a) of this section, including without limitation a division, office, program, or other unit of a state entity transferred to the Department of Commerce under subsection (a) of this section.
(c)
Unless otherwise provided by law, a state entity whose administrative functions have been transferred to the Department of Commerce under subsection (a) of this section shall otherwise continue to exercise the duties of the state entity under the administration of the cabinet-level Department of Commerce in the same manner as before the creation of the cabinet-level department.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 475,§ 8, eff. 8/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 365,§ 80, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 84,§ 22, eff. 7/28/2021.
Added by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 126, eff. 7/1/2019.