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Division of Arkansas Heritage

Ark. Code Ann. tit. 25, ch. 3
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Ark. Code Ann. § 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.

Ark. Code Ann. § 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.

Ark. Code Ann. § 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.

Ark. Code Ann. § 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.

Ark. Code Ann. § 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.
Source: Public.Resource.Org / UniCourt, Official Code of Arkansas Annotated, Release 78 (2020) (unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar)URL: https://unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar/transforms/ar/ocar/r78/gov.ar.code.title.25.htmlFetched: 11/8/2026

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