Arkansas Administrative Code

13 CAR § 90-102. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “Address” means the most recent location of a claimant or lender as indicated by a museum’s records pertaining to the property; (2)(A) “Claimant” means a person who has established or claims entitlement to or an interest in …

13 CAR § 90-103. Procedure for obtaining ownership of an abandoned loan. (a) A museum may obtain ownership of a loan if: (1) The loan agreement has expired; or (2) The loan has been in the museum’s custody for more than ten (10) years and the loan agreement does not provide for a…

13 CAR § 90-104. Legal notice. The legal notice shall contain: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the museum; (2) A complete description of the loan; (3) The lender’s identity if that information is available from the museum’s records; (4) The lender’s last known addr…

13 CAR § 90-105. Museum’s right to claim ownership of undocumented property. (a) Undocumented property in the possession of a museum shall become the museum’s property if no person has claimed the undocumented property within seven (7) years after the museum documented possession…

13 CAR § 90-106. Duties of the museum concerning a loan. (a) At the time of a loan to a museum, the museum shall make and retain a written record of the following: (1) The lender’s name, address, and telephone number; (2) A description of the loan; (3) The date of the loan; and (…

13 CAR § 90-107. Duties of a lender concerning the lender’s loan. (a) A lender who has made a loan to a museum shall promptly notify the museum in writing about a change in the lender’s address and a change in the ownership of the loan. (b) It shall be the responsibility of the o…

13 CAR § 90-108. Lien for expenses for care of unclaimed property. A museum has the right to claim a lien on unclaimed property for any expenses incurred while caring for the unclaimed property.

13 CAR § 90-109. Conservation measures. (a) If immediate conservation is necessary to protect a loan, a museum’s property, or the safety and welfare of the public and the museum’s staff, and the loan agreement between the museum and the lender does not provide otherwise, a museum…

13 CAR § 90-110. Transfer of title to the museum. A museum that acquires ownership of property under the provisions of the Museum Property Act, Acts 2005, No. 2242, receives the property free of any claim by a claimant or lender.

13 CAR § 90-111. Records retention. A museum shall keep all records relating to loans and undocumented property while the museum has possession of the property or for twenty-five (25) years, whichever period of time is longer.

13 CAR § 90-112. Rules. (a) In accordance with Acts 2005, No. 2242, also known as the Museum Property Act, the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, in consultation with the Division of Arkansas Heritage, shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of the Museum Prop…

14 CAR § 1-1001. Purpose. (a) The Conservation District Beaver Control Program enables the Department of Agriculture to help control Arkansas’s beaver population by reimbursing conservation districts ten dollars ($10.00) per beaver for payments districts make to beaver harvesters…

14 CAR § 1-1002. District participation. (a) To receive money under the Conservation District Beaver Control Program, conservation districts must submit a written beaver control plan to the Department of Agriculture by January 1 of the applicable calendar year. (b) The district p…

14 CAR § 1-1003. Funding. (a) After expiration of the time for submission of beaver control plans, the Department of Agriculture shall: (1) Review the state funds available for the program in the current fiscal year; and (2) Determine the funds available for the beaver control pr…

14 CAR § 1-101. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to outline procedures for the establishment and operation of conservation districts.

14 CAR § 1-102. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this part: (1) “Commission” means the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission; (2) “Conservation district” or “district” means a district created under the Conservation Districts Law, Arkansas Code § 14-125-101 e…

14 CAR § 1-103. District assistance. (a) The Department of Agriculture shall assist districts in complying with this part. (b) Guidelines may be developed to assist districts in complying with this part, but the part itself shall be controlling.

14 CAR § 1-1101. Purposes. (a) The purpose of this program is to enhance the capability of conservation districts to carry out conservation within their respective districts. (b) The purpose of this subpart is to establish a procedure to administer the program.

14 CAR § 1-1102. Availability of funds. (a) Upon review of the Department of Agriculture’s annual appropriation for conservation districts and other funds available for the district program, the department may allocate a portion of available funds for the grant program. (b)(1) Fu…

14 CAR § 1-1103. Application period and notification of application period. (a)(1) Upon allocation of funds for this program by the Department of Agriculture, the department shall establish a period in which applications for funds available under this program shall be accepted. (…

14 CAR § 1-1104. Projects for which grants may be obtained and applicants. (a) Projects eligible for grant funds must: (1) Carry out resource enhancement, restoration, or protection; and (2) Be new or in addition to those in which a district is currently involved. (b) Projects in…

14 CAR § 1-1105. Application procedure. (a) Applications shall be in writing and submitted in a form acceptable to the Department of Agriculture. (b) The following information shall be submitted: (1) The name, address, telephone number, and facsimile number of the conservation di…

14 CAR § 1-1106. Review of applications. (a) All applications received during application period shall be reviewed by the Department of Agriculture. (b) The department shall: (1) Review the applications for feasibility, practicability, and potential benefits to the applying distr…

14 CAR § 1-1107. Award of grants. After review of the applications and the recommendations of the Department of Agriculture, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission may grant awards based upon the potential benefits to conservation in the applying district, region, or the state…

14 CAR § 1-1108. Grant agreement and reports. (a) Prior to providing funds, the Department of Agriculture and conservation districts awarded a grant under this subpart shall enter into a grant agreement. (b)(1) The grant agreement shall incorporate the application by reference an…

14 CAR § 1-1109. Additional conditions. The following conditions shall apply to grants provided under this subpart: (1)(A) Maximum total grant available per district is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per year. (B) For multiple-district applications, grants of up to twenty…

14 CAR § 1-1201. Purpose. (a)(1) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission pursuant to Arkansas Code § 15-22-907 is required to develop and implement an education and information program to encourage water conservation. (2) This program should increase the public's awareness of t…

14 CAR § 1-1202. Request for delegation of local program. Upon request by a conservation district and determination by the Department of Agriculture that the district has the ability to successfully undertake the program, the local portion of the education and information program…

14 CAR § 1-1203. Memorandum of understanding. Any district wishing to obtain delegation of the local portion of the education and information program within its boundaries shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Agriculture agreeing to abide by the r…

14 CAR § 1-1204. Available funding. (a) The Department of Agriculture will from time to time make funds available for the education and information program to the districts operating the local program. (b) The source of the funds may be, but is not limited to, water use reporting…

14 CAR § 1-1205. Local program contents. Each local program shall contain the following elements: (1) Education; (2) Training; (3) Technology transfer; (4) Technical assistance; and (5) Demonstration projects.…

14 CAR § 1-1206. Specific local program activities. (a) The scope of the program must be tailored to meet local water conservation needs and available funding. (b) It may consist of any or all of the following activities: (1) Making presentations to: (A) Civic groups; (B) Schools…

14 CAR § 1-1207. Specific local plan and review. (a) As a part of the district's operating plan submitted pursuant to 14 CAR § 1-702(3), the district shall outline the specific goals and activities that it will undertake to accomplish these goals as part of its local water conser…

14 CAR § 1-1208. District transfer of funds. (a) A district obtaining delegation of the local water conservation education and information program under this subpart may, by appropriate resolution of the district board, transfer funds held for use under this part to the Arkansas …

14 CAR § 1-701. Operating plan required. Each year prior to September 1, the district shall submit to the Department of Agriculture an operating plan for the fiscal year (July 1 – June 30).

14 CAR § 1-702. Operating plan contents. The operating plan shall contain the following: (1) A brief statement of existing district programs; (2) The district’s long-term and short-term goals in regard to local resource concerns and needs; (3) Specific activities for the upcoming…

14 CAR § 1-703. Disqualification from state funding. Failure to submit an operating plan acceptable to the Department of Agriculture shall result in the district being disqualified from receiving funds.

14 CAR § 1-704. District meetings. (a) Each district must provide notice of its meetings, regular and special, in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, Arkansas Code § 25-19-101 et seq. (b) Each district shall hold at least nine (9) monthly meetings per year. (c…

14 CAR § 1-705. Hiring practices. (a) To avoid all appearance of impropriety, no conservation district shall hire an employee: (1) To supervise or be supervised by a relative; and (2) Who is a relative of a district board member. (b)(1) A relative shall be considered someone rela…

14 CAR § 1-706. District employees. (a) Districts shall adopt employment policies addressing at least the following issues: (1) Rate of pay; (2) Pay periods; (3) Leave accrual, both vacation and sick leave; and (4) Compensation for unused leave. (b)(1) District employees may be p…

14 CAR § 1-801. State fund requests. (a) Workers’ compensation premiums and fidelity bond premiums will be withheld and paid by the Department of Agriculture from state funds prior to commitment of operating or special project funds. (b) Application for operating funds and the co…

14 CAR § 1-802. Special project fund requests. (a) Special project fund requests may be submitted at any time after approval of the operating plan. (b) A special project may be funded only if the district does not have sufficient reserve funds to cover the cost of the project. (c…

14 CAR § 1-803. Approval of applications. (a) The Department of Agriculture shall report to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission the approval or disapproval of each district's operating plan, which shall be duly noted in the commission minutes. (b) The department shall recom…

14 CAR § 1-804. Distribution of operating funds. (a) After approval of a conservation district's operating plan, operating funds will be distributed as often as quarterly, starting in July. (b) The Department of Agriculture may withhold operating funds from any district that fail…

14 CAR § 1-805. Fund limitations and priority. All funding requests are subject to the availability of state revenues, with operating funds having priority over special project funds.

14 CAR § 1-901. Accounting. (a)(1) A district shall use an accounting system approved by the Department of Agriculture. (2) A district may use either the cash or accrual basis for accounting. (b) All district checks must bear authorized signatures of two (2) bonded, unrelated per…

14 CAR § 1-902. Financial report. By September 1 of each year, the district shall submit to the Department of Agriculture a financial report including a comparative balance sheet and comparative income statement for the previous fiscal year signed by the: (1) District board membe…