Arkansas Administrative Code

15 CAR § 275-902. Digital asset mining business requirements. (a) No digital asset mining business created after the effective date of this subpart shall operate in Arkansas without first obtaining a permit in accordance with the provisions of this subpart. (b) An existing digita…

15 CAR § 275-903. Digital asset mining business permit transfer procedures. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Current permit holder” means the person required to hold the permit or to whom the permit was issued and who is the owner of the digital asset mining busines…

15 CAR § 275-904. Digital asset mining business enforcement procedures. (a) Any regulated entity operating a digital asset mining business is subject to the enforcement provisions of this section and the Arkansas Data Centers Act of 2023, Arkansas Code § 14-1-601 et seq., and the…

15 CAR § 280-101. Street — Meaning. For the purposes of this part, street (centerline) shall refer to any bypass, interstate, cove, road, route, or other means that typically supports automotive transportation.

15 CAR § 280-102. Introduction. (a)(1) The Arkansas State Land Information Board, now the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board, developed this document in order to support the legislative initiatives to establish the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure, Arkansas Code § …

15 CAR § 280-103. Background. (a) The Arkansas State Land Information Board was created by the General Assembly in Acts 1997, No. 914, and is responsible for: (1) Identifying problems and solutions in implementing a spatial data repository; (2) Developing and coordinating a sched…

15 CAR § 280-104. Purpose. (a)(1) This standard is intended to make centerline files more uniform and horizontally accurate. (2) This will facilitate the sharing of a statewide seamless centerline spatial data layer. (3) Adhering to these standards will ensure the usability of th…

15 CAR § 280-105. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “Absolute accuracy” means a measure of the location of features on a map compared to their true position on the face of the earth; (2) “Address actual or real” means the simple, everyday element that designates a specific, …

15 CAR § 280-106. Technical practices for creating ACF vector layer geometry. (a) ACF feature type. (1) Vector lines shall be used to represent centerlines. (2) The ACF shall seamlessly match across jurisdiction boundaries, i.e., cities, counties, etc. (3) Address ranges shall be…

15 CAR § 280-107. Technical practices for creating ACF attributes. (a) The following standards apply to the collection and maintenance of the centerline attributes that are intended for incorporation into the ACF program. (b) Minimum standards for ACF attributes. Table 1 Field Na…

15 CAR § 280-108. Additional considerations. (a) Updates/maintenance. (1) A specific entity shall be identified to ensure that the ACF is updated and maintained in a timely manner. (2) Following spatial or attribute updates and/or modifications performed to the ACF, the data shal…

15 CAR § 281-101. Purpose. (a) The purpose of these standards is to set minimum accuracies for land boundary surveys and minimum requirements for research, investigation, monumentation, and plat preparation, and the subsequent recording and distribution of the plat upon completio…

15 CAR § 281-102. Applicability. (a) These standards are binding upon any person duly licensed to practice within the State of Arkansas performing surveying services as defined herein. (b) It is not the intent of these standards to limit the application of more stringent standard…

15 CAR § 281-103. Definitions. As used in this part: (1)(A) “Land surveying” means: (i) Any service comprising the determination of the location of land boundaries and land boundary corners; (ii) The preparation of plats showing the shape and areas of tracts of land and their sub…

15 CAR § 281-104. Enforcement. Enforcement of these rules is vested in the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors, as prescribed in Arkansas Code § 17-48-101 et seq.

15 CAR § 281-105. Minimum relative positional accuracy standards. (a) Determination of area and property type. (1) The area designation and property type for the land being surveyed shall be determined, using the definitions given in 15 CAR § 281-103. (2) The maximum allowable po…

15 CAR § 281-201. Research — Investigation — Procedure. (a)(1) Prior to a boundary survey, the surveyor shall obtain information from the following, as applicable: (A) Field notes and plats of the original government survey and subsequent surveys; (B) Deeds; (C) Maps; and (D) Cou…

15 CAR § 281-202. Field work. (a) Execution. The surveyor shall, under his or her direction, locate and make measurements to all available monuments appropriate or necessary for the location of boundaries and corners and coordinate the results of this field research and investiga…

15 CAR § 281-301. Publication of results. A plat showing the results of each survey shall be prepared and distributed as follows: (1) Preparation of plats. A scale drawing of the property with the following information shall be part of every plat: (A)(i) Boundaries with distances…

15 CAR § 282-101. Introduction. (a) The Arkansas State Land Information Board, now the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board, first developed this standard in 2004 in order to support the legislative initiatives to establish the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure, Arkan…

15 CAR § 282-102. Background and purpose. (a)(1) As articulated in Arkansas Code § 15-21-504(f)(1), the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board, “…shall define technical specifications and standards to use in the collection, distribution, and reporting of spatial informatio…

15 CAR § 282-201. Procedures — Heads-up digitizing. (a) Parcel boundaries intended to meet the standard may be produced utilizing heads-up digitizing techniques. (b)(1) Within the Arkansas Digital Cadastral Mapping Standard, heads-up digitizing methodologies refers to georeferenc…

15 CAR § 282-202. Metes and bounds. (a) Parcel boundaries may also be produced utilizing metes and bounds techniques. (b) Metes and bounds techniques pertain to the use of coordinate geometry with bearings and distances to accurately map the parcel boundary. (c) Bearing and dista…

15 CAR § 282-203. Relative dimension accuracy. (a) Relative dimension accuracy refers to the accuracy of the digital representation of the parcel boundary on the ortho-imagery, in comparison with the legal description from the recorded deed or plat. (b) The relative accuracy is c…

15 CAR § 282-204. Cadastral data characteristics. (a) The following standards apply to the collection and maintenance of the parcel characteristics that are intended to meet the standard. (b) The characteristics for the parcel shall contain but are not limited to the following: (…

15 CAR § 282-205. Definitions — Cadastral data attributes. As used in this part: (1)(A) “Acreage” means the common square measure of land described in the land tenure system. (B) One (1) acre equals forty-three thousand five hundred sixty square feet (43,560 square feet); (2) “Ad…

15 CAR § 282-301. Update — Maintenance. (a) The county assessor’s office is the responsible entity tasked with creating, maintaining, and updating the parcel data. (b) The data shall be: (1) Maintained in the native coordinate system defined for the county; and (2) Delivered to t…

15 CAR § 282-302. Quality control. Rigorous quality control techniques shall be implemented to ensure the parcel data has acceptable horizontal accuracy and attribute integrity, such as: (1) Building and maintaining topology; and (2) Visual and measurement accuracy checks.…

15 CAR § 282-303. Metadata. (a)(1) Cadastral data intended to meet the standard shall have Federal Geographic Data Committee compliant metadata created for each spatial data file. (2) Compliant metadata shall be provided with digital cadastre that are created, updated, or distrib…

15 CAR § 282-304. Distribution of the digital cadastre data. The digital cadastre data shall be distributed digitally via https://gis.arkansas.gov/, Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure, at no fee to private or public users.

15 CAR § 282-305 Inquiries. (a) Direct inquiries about this standard to: Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office 501 Woodland Street, Ste. G4 Little Rock, AR 72201 https://gis.arkansas.gov/ 501-682-2767 (b) All inquiries regarding property taxes and associated assessments …

15 CAR § 45-101. Purpose. (a) This part governs the Department of Agriculture’s Poultry Feeding Operation Registration Program. (b) Poultry feeding operations are registered to: (1) Locate litter sources; and (2) Estimate the amount of litter produced.…

15 CAR § 45-102. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this part: (1) "Administrative consent order" means a legal agreement signed by the: (A) Secretary of the Department of Agriculture or his or her designee; and (B) Owner or operator of a poultry feeding operat…

15 CAR § 45-201. Applicability. Persons in the state of Arkansas who own or operate poultry feeding operations where two thousand five hundred (2,500) or more poultry are housed or confined on any given day in the preceding twelve-month period will be required to register annuall…

15 CAR § 45-202. Registration period. (a) All poultry feeding operations shall register from January 1 to March 31 each year, and facilities constructed after March 31 of any year shall register during the next available period of registration. (b) All poultry feeding operations …

15 CAR § 45-203. Registration information. Poultry feeding operations shall submit to the Department of Agriculture, on forms made available by the department, the following information concerning the previous calendar year: (1) The number and type of birds housed or maintained b…

15 CAR § 45-204. Submission of materials. Registration information shall be submitted online.

15 CAR § 45-205. Requirement to keep current address on file. (a) All persons registering operations are required to provide the Department of Agriculture with current address and other requested contact information within fifteen (15) working days of change. (b)(1) Mail will be …

15 CAR § 45-206. Not a public record. (a) Registration information collected about an individual poultry feeding operation shall not be a public record. (b) Summary information that prevents identification of individual poultry feeding operations shall be a public record.…

15 CAR § 45-207. Fees. (a) Poultry feeding operation owners shall pay an annual fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for every poultry feeding operation under the owner's control. (b) Fees are nonrefundable and shall not be prorated. (c) Fees shall be submitted to the Department of Agricu…

15 CAR § 45-301. Noncompliance. (a) The registered owner must comply with all conditions of registration. (b) It shall be a violation of Arkansas Code § 15-20-901 et seq., and this part for any person to: (1) Provide misleading, false, or fraudulent registration information; or (…

15 CAR § 45-302. Review of suspected noncompliance. (a) Upon complaint or suspicion of noncompliance, the Department of Agriculture may: (1) Investigate an owner or operator of a poultry feeding operation; and (2) Recommend disciplinary action to the Secretary of the Department o…

15 CAR § 45-303. Administrative penalties. (a)(1) Upon the first violation of this part by an owner or operator within any one-year period, the owner or operator shall be issued a warning letter. (2) For the second violation within any one-year period, the Secretary of the Depart…

15 CAR § 310-1001. Grants. The Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council shall have the power to participate in federal or other grant opportunities obtainable through the use of the Natural and Cultural Resources Grants and Trust Fund.

15 CAR § 310-1002. Donations. (a) The Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council shall have the right to: (1) Receive gifts, grants, and donations from private and public sources; and (2) Sell or dispose of such as the council deems advisable. (b) Any and all such donations …

15 CAR § 310-1003. Contracts. The Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council may enter into any contract necessary to accomplish the purposes of Acts 1987, No. 729, as codified in Arkansas Code §§ 15-12-101 – 15-12-103, provided that the contract is secured through State of …

15 CAR § 310-101. Name. The name of this council shall be the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council, herein referred to as the council.