Title 13, Libraries, Archives, and Cultural Resources

(a) As used in this section, “dispatch reports” means records generated and kept regarding:(1) Incoming calls to the county sheriff's office involving reports or complaints from the general public;(2) Complaint cards; and(3) Radio traffic logs. (1) Incoming calls to the county sh…

Orders of protection issued by a circuit court under § 9-15-201 et seq. shall be retained for a period of ten (10) years, after which time they may be disposed of by the order of the county judge upon recommendation of the county sheriff.

(1) The following documents, records, and reports, computerized or on paper, shall be retained for a period of five (5) years, after which time they may be disposed of by the order of the county judge upon recommendation of the county sheriff:(1) Citations;(2) Summons;(3) Subpoen…

(a) If an item is in the possession of a county sheriff's office pursuant to a misdemeanor criminal investigation or court case, it shall be retained for a period of thirty (30) days after:(1) The investigation for which it is being held has closed; or(2) If the investigation res…

(a) If an item is in the possession of a county sheriff's office pursuant to a felony criminal investigation, it shall be retained until the applicable statute of limitation for the most serious possible crime to which it could be connected has lapsed unless the item is:(1) Relea…

(a) Any item in the possession of a county sheriff's office that is not associated with a criminal investigation or court case, such as a misplaced or lost-and-found item, shall be retained for one (1) year or until the rightful owner reclaims the item. (b) At the end of the peri…

This subchapter also applies to constables.

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Museum Property Act”.

(1) The purpose of this subchapter is to:(1) Establish procedures for vesting in a museum ownership of abandoned or undocumented property in the possession of the museum;(2) Establish procedures to terminate loans of property to a museum;(3) Allow a museum to conserve or dispose …

(1) As used in this subchapter:(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 property held by a mu…

(a) By complying with subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section, a museum may obtain ownership of a loan if:(1) The loan agreement has expired; or(2) Both:(A) The loan has been in the museum's custody for more than ten (10) years; and(B) The loan agreement does not provide…

(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 of the undocumented property. (b) This section does not vest ownership of th…

(a) At the time of a loan to a museum, the museum shall:(1) Make and retain a written record of the following:(A) The lender's name, address, and telephone number;(B) A description of the loan;(C) The date of the loan; and(D) The expiration date of the loan; and(2) Provide the le…

(a) A lender who has made a loan to a museum shall promptly notify the museum in writing about a change in:(1) The lender's address; and(2) (A) A change in the ownership of the loan.(B) (i) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of a loan to provide sufficient proof of his o…

A museum has a lien on unclaimed property for any expenses incurred while caring for the unclaimed property.

(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 has the right to apply conservation meas…

All state agencies and institutions possessing museum objects in excess of their own needs for display, education, or research are authorized and urged to make those objects available on a loan basis to state-financed museums in this state in order that the residents of this stat…

A museum which acquires ownership of property under this subchapter receives the property free of any claim by a claimant or lender.

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.

This subchapter controls in the event that it conflicts with any of the provisions of § 18-28-201 et seq.

The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, including, but not limited to, rules concerning the form and substance of loan agreements.

As used in this subchapter, “museum” means an organized and permanent nonprofit institution with professional staff, essentially educational or aesthetic in purpose, which owns and utilizes tangible objects of service, history, art, or culture, cares for them, and exhibits them t…

(a) The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall establish and carry out a program of grants-in-aid to eligible museums or, in appropriate cases, organizations engaged in or concerned with history, science, art, or culture on the basis of fifty percent (50%) state grant f…

This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Museum and Cultural Center Act”.

This subchapter shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, and thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, and things.

(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism is authorized to use any available funds for the construction, equipment, and operation of a museum and cultural center.(2) The secretary is authorized to issue revenue bonds, secured by and payable from the …

(a) Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. (b) The authorizing resolution may contain or may provide for the execution of a trust indenture which may contain any other terms, covenants, and conditions that are d…

(a) As the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall determine, bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter may:(1) Be coupon bonds, payable to bearer, or may be registrable as to principal only or as to principal and interest, and may be made exchangeable fo…

(a) Any authorizing resolution and trust indenture shall, together with this subchapter, constitute a contract between the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism and the holders and registered owners of the bonds. (b) This contract and all covenants, agreemen…

(a) The bonds shall be sold at public sale on sealed bids after such advertisement as the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall determine to be necessary for the obtaining of favorable competitive bidding. (b) In no event shall any bid be accepted whic…

(a) The bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. The coupons attached to the bonds shall be executed by the facsimile signature of the secretary. (b) In case any of the officers whose signatur…

(a) It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that:(1) The bond has been issued under the provisions of this subchapter;(2) The bonds are obligations only of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism;(3) In no event do the bonds constitute an indeb…

(a) All revenues derived from the operation of the Arkansas Museum and Cultural Center and all other funds received by the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism from other sources for use in connection with the center and its operation are center revenues an…

(a) The payment of debt service, including principal, interest, and trustee's and paying agent's fees, shall be secured by a lien on and pledge of net center revenues, which are gross revenues less those revenues applied to operation and maintenance as set forth in § 13-5-314. (b…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall notify the State Board of Finance or the appropriate officer, board, or agency then having jurisdiction over the moneys involved when the secretary has determined to issue bonds under this subchapter and th…

(a) The Director of the Department of Parks and Tourism is authorized to issue bonds to refund any bonds issued under the authority of this subchapter. (b) All refunding bonds issued under this section shall in all respects be authorized, issued, and secured in the manner provide…

Bonds issued under this subchapter shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes.

The board of trustees of any retirement system now existing or created by the General Assembly may invest its funds in bonds issued under this subchapter.

Arkansas Legislative Audit is authorized and directed to audit the records and accounts of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism and to furnish a copy of the report of that audit to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism is authorized to employ such full-time or temporary professional, technical, and other consulting services as the secretary shall determine necessary or desirable in assisting the Department of Parks, Heritage, a…

The State Parks Division is authorized and directed to establish a state historical museum in Union County to be known and operated as the “Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources”.

(a) The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources shall be developed and operated by the State Parks Division and shall be devoted primarily to the acquisition, cataloging, and display of machinery, equipment, and materials used in the oil boom in Arkansas. (b) In addition, the museum…

The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources shall be established at a site to be approved by the State Parks Division, with the lands therefor, which shall consist of not fewer than five (5) acres, to be donated without cost to the State of Arkansas.

(a) The quorum courts of the respective counties of this state are authorized, by ordinance approved by a majority of the members of the quorum court, to establish a county museum, to be under the direction of a county museum commission as provided in this subchapter. (b) (1) The…

(a) (1) In those counties in which the quorum court shall elect to establish a county museum under the provisions of this subchapter, the museum shall be under the direct management and control of a county museum commission, which shall consist of three (3), six (6), or nine (9) …

(1) County museum commissions established under the provisions of this subchapter shall have the following powers and duties:(1) To buy, lease, lend, acquire, and own real and personal property required in the housing and operation of the county museum;(2) To accept gifts, grants…