Title 15, Natural Resources and Economic Development

(a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission and the Arkansas Development Finance Authority may accept moneys for deposit into the Construction Assistance Revolving Loan Fund from allocations from the Treasurer of State under this section. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of §…

(a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission and, with the approval of the commission, the Arkansas Development Finance Authority may use the moneys in the Construction Assistance Revolving Loan Fund, excluding the State Grants Account, and use the assets acquired with moneys in…

(a) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission may remove any loan, bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness purchased with moneys in the Construction Assistance Revolving Loan Fund Account from the account and substitute another loan, bond, note, or other evidence of indebte…

(a) Should any city, town, county, or political subdivision receiving general revenue turnback funds, as defined in the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-20-101 et seq., fail, neglect, or refuse to pay any installment of principal, interest, or financing fee for a period of more th…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Administrative account” means the Construction Assistance Administrative Account established by this subchapter within the Construction Assistance Revolving Loan Fund;(2) “Authority” means the Arkansas Development Finance Authority or any succe…

(a) The loans made and bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness purchased with moneys in the Construction Assistance State Revolving Loan Fund shall bear interest at rates of interest, including without limitation negative rates of interest, established by the Arkansas N…

This chapter may be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Rural Development Program Act”.

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:(1) Federal, state, and local resources and individual effort available to address rural needs are often isolated and limited to individual symptoms of blight and deterioration. Related programs are frequently inaccessible to the r…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Federal agency” means any department, office, council, or agency of the United States Government or any public benefit corporation or authority authorized by federal statute;(2) “Governing body” means:(A) The city council or board of directors for…

(a) There is established the Arkansas Rural Development Commission, which shall consist of eleven (11) members from rural areas. (b) The members shall be appointed as follows:(1) (A) (i) There shall be seven (7) members of the Arkansas Rural Development Commission appointed by th…

(a) There is created the Rural Services Division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. (b) The head of the division shall be the Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. (c) The Governor shall direct that all state agencies provide the director with as…

(a) The Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission by and through the Rural Services Division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:(1) To serve as a clearinghouse and provide comprehensive information…

(a) The Rural Services Division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission shall request such specific information as the Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission determines to be necessary concerning assistance programs and grants administered by federal, st…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage” means the process of capturing and permanently storing carbon dioxide from biomass energy generation; and(2) “Biomass” means bioenergy feedstocks from forest products manufacturing, including without limi…

(a) It is the policy of this state that the state shall have an adequate, affordable, reliable, dispatchable, secure, and resilient electric generation and transmission system. (b) To further the policy described in subsection (a) of this section, the state shall seek to:(1) Remo…

This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Energy Reorganization and Policy Act of 1981”.

(1) The General Assembly finds and declares that:(1) The adequacy of future energy supplies will be crucial to the state's economic development;(2) In order to create a favorable environment for economic development and in order to preserve and enhance our present quality of life…

(a) (1) There is created the Arkansas Energy Office of the Division of Environmental Quality.(2) (A) The executive head of this office shall be the Director of the Arkansas Energy Office.(B) The Director of the Arkansas Energy Office shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Dep…

(a) Each division of the Arkansas Energy Office of the Division of Environmental Quality shall be under the direct control and supervision of the Director of the Arkansas Energy Office. (b) The Director of the Arkansas Energy Office may delegate his or her functions, powers, and …

(a) The Arkansas Energy Office of the Division of Environmental Quality shall coordinate authority and planning by the state in energy-related matters and shall have the following duties and responsibilities:(1) Coordinating energy matters between and among all state agencies;(2)…

All other state agencies shall cooperate and coordinate with the Arkansas Energy Office of the Division of Environmental Quality to the utmost degree within the range of action permissible within statutory authority.

(1) The Arkansas Energy Office of the Division of Environmental Quality shall report to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor concerning the Weatherization Assistance Program as transferred to the of…

(a) The State of Arkansas endorses the action of the United States Congress in enacting the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq., to institute a program to encourage the widespread participation in the development and utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purpo…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Atomic energy” means all forms of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation;(2) “By-product material” means any radioactive material, except special nuclear material, yielded in or made radioactive by exposure t…

No person shall manufacture, construct, produce, transfer, acquire, or possess any special nuclear material, by-product material, production facility, or utilization facility wholly within this state unless he or she shall have first obtained a license or permit for the activity …

(a) Each of the following departments and agencies of state government is directed to initiate and to pursue continuing studies as to the need, if any, for changes in the laws and rules administered by it that would arise from the presence within the state of special nuclear mate…

(a) (1) The Governor may appoint a citizen of this state as the Coordinator of Atomic Development Activities.(2) The person appointed shall serve as:(A) Advisor to the Governor with respect to atomic industrial development within the state;(B) Coordinator of the development and r…

Whenever, in the opinion of the Attorney General, any person is violating or is about to violate § 15-10-303, the Attorney General may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the person from engaging or continuing to engage in the activity violative of this subchapt…

SOUTHERN STATES ENERGY COMPACT The Southern States Energy Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this State with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHERN STATES ENERGY COMPACT ARTICLE I…

(a) The three (3) Arkansas members on the Southern States Energy Board shall be selected as follows:(1) The Governor shall be ex officio a member of the board, or the Governor, at his or her discretion, may name some other resident elector of this state to serve on the board in h…

(a) Any supplementary agreement entered into pursuant to Article VI of the Southern States Energy Compact, § 15-10-401, and requiring the expenditure of funds or the assumption of an obligation to expend funds shall not become effective as to this state prior to the making of an …

All officers, departments, agencies, and institutions of this state and of its political subdivisions are authorized to cooperate with the Southern States Energy Board in the furtherance of any of its activities pursuant to the Southern States Energy Compact, § 15-10-401.

(a) The General Assembly finds that outdoor recreational activities:(1) Are practiced by a large number of citizens of this state;(2) Attract a large number of nonresidents;(3) Significantly contribute to the economy of Arkansas;(4) Include inherent risks in participating that sh…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “ANSI Ski Lift Code” means ANSI B77.1-2022: Passenger Ropeways — Aerial Tramways, Aerial Lifts, Surface Lifts, Tows and Conveyors — Safety Requirements, as published by the American National Standards Institute, including any supplements or revi…

(a) A person engaged in an outdoor recreation activity at an outdoor recreation area or a recreational tramway area has a duty and responsibility to exercise reasonable care in engaging in an outdoor recreation activity, including without limitation the exercise of reasonable car…

(a) (1) A tramway operator is responsible for:(A) The safe operation and maintenance of each recreational tramway in its area whenever the recreational tramway is in use;(B) The safe construction of a recreational tramway that the tramway operator constructed; and(C) Posting a si…

(1) An outdoor recreation operator shall have the following duties with respect to operation of an outdoor recreation area:(1) To maintain one (1) or more trail boards at prominent locations at each outdoor recreation area displaying that outdoor recreation area's network of trai…

(a) A participant in an outdoor recreation activity shall be presumed to have:(1) Known the inherent risks of the outdoor recreation activity in which he or she participates;(2) Fully appreciated the nature and extent of the inherent risks of the outdoor recreation activity; and(…

(a) A tramway operator or an outdoor recreation operator shall be liable only if the tramway operator or outdoor recreation operator does any of the following:(1) Commits an act or omission related to an outdoor recreation activity that is intentional, reckless, grossly negligent…

(a) The Arkansas Occupational Safety and Health office within the Department of Labor and Licensing shall make investigators and inspectors available for as long as the investigators and inspectors need to conduct investigations and inspections of recreational tramways. (b) The i…

A claim arising out of this subchapter against a state board, employee, or other body or person employed by the State of Arkansas under this subchapter shall be submitted to the Arkansas State Claims Commission.

(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism to:(1) Make available and make use of the materials and information assembled by state agencies and gather additional information and materials concerning the state's resources, its depart…

(a) The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism is specifically authorized to promulgate its own rules and procedures applying to the purchase of printed material and specialty items for advertising purposes. The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism will take no less tha…

For the purpose of aiding in the establishment of new industrial enterprises and the expansion of the tourist industry, and additionally, for furnishing authentic and favorable information about this state and its people through publicizing the State of Arkansas with respect to i…

(a) The State Parks, Recreation, and Travel Commission shall consist of fifteen (15) regular members, of whom at least:(1) One (1) is active in media, including without limitation newspaper, television, radio, internet, or the video service provider industry;(2) Seven (7) have pr…

(a) From time to time, the State Parks, Recreation, and Travel Commission shall select from its membership a chair and a vice chair. (b) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall be ex officio secretary of the commission but shall have no vote on matte…