Title 25 — State Government

(a) If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record which:(1) accurately reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic r…

In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.

(1) In an automated transaction, the following rules apply:(1) A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the electronic agents' actions or the resulting terms and agreements.(2) A contract may b…

(a) Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it:(1) is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic re…

(a) In this section, “transferable record” means an electronic record that:(1) would be a note under Chapter 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code or a document under Chapter 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code if the electronic record were in writing; and(2) the issuer of the electronic…

(a) Each governmental agency of this state shall determine whether and the extent to which it will create and retain electronic records and convert written records to electronic records. (b) Each state agency shall comply with applicable standards and policies adopted or establis…

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in § 25-32-112(f), each governmental agency of this state shall determine whether and the extent to which it will send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicat…

With respect to standards adopted pursuant to § 25-32-118, the Department of Finance and Administration may encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other governmental agencies of this and other states and the federal government …

If any provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of thi…

A.C.A. § 25-32-121Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Blockchain distributed ledger technology” means technology that uses a distributed, decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger that is:(A) Either:(i) Public; or(ii) Private;(B) Either:(i) Permissioned; or(ii) Permissionless; and(C) Contains data…

A.C.A. § 25-33-101Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Computer and Electronic Solid Waste Management Act”.

(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Computer and electronic solid waste is among the fastest growing and most toxic segments of Arkansas' solid waste stream;(2) (A) The state must frequently upgrade and replace computers, telecommunications devices, and other technologically …

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Agency” means every department, division, office, board, commission, and institution of this state, including state-supported institutions of higher education;(2) “Computer” means a programmable electronic machine that performs high-speed mathemat…

(a) (1) Each agency shall prepare and implement an agency-wide policy for the management and sale of agency surplus computer equipment and electronics in accord with the Director of the Office of State Technology policies for review and replacement of computer and electronic equi…

(a) Each agency shall apply the administrative procedures of the Marketing and Redistribution Section to the sale. (b) [Repealed.]

(a) If an agency policy established under § 25-34-104 provides for the preferential sale of surplus computer and electronic equipment to agency employees, that computer and electronic equipment shall be sold at a price determined by the Department of Shared Administrative Service…

(a) (1) Unsold surplus computer and electronic equipment may be donated by the owning agency to Arkansas public schools or local governments if the agency policy so provides.(2) Arkansas public schools and local governments are not required but may choose to accept unsold surplus…

(1) Funds generated from the sale of agency surplus computer and electronic equipment to state employees, public schools, or by other sale shall be allocated as follows:(1) If the sale of surplus computer or electronic equipment is made within the agency:(A) Sixty percent (60%) o…

A.C.A. § 25-34-109Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

A.C.A. § 25-34-110Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

Effective January 1, 2010, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may establish and implement rules banning the disposal of all computer and electronic equipment in Arkansas landfills.

This chapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund Act”.

(1) For the purposes of this chapter:(1) “Annual aggregate deductible” means the maximum amount payable annually from the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund for covered losses;(2) “Risk manager” means the Administrator of the Risk Management Division of the State Insuranc…

(a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, a separate fund to be known as the “Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund”. (b) No money shall be appropriated from the Arkansas Multi-Agency Ins…

(a) The following agencies shall participate in the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund:(1) The Division of Correction;(2) The Division of Community Correction;(3) State agencies participating in the Arkansas State Master Vehicle Policy as of June 30, 2003; and(4) State ag…

(a) The Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund shall be administered by the Insurance Commissioner. (b) At the discretion of the commissioner, the risk manager may:(1) Enter into contracts;(2) Purchase insurance and reinsurance in accordance with the Arkansas Procurement Law,…

(a) (1) Premiums shall be charged to each agency based on the rates established by the risk manager that include all costs associated with the operation of the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund, based upon sound rating techniques.(2) The risk manager shall provide premiu…

(1) The risk manager shall establish:(1) Appropriate policies and procedures governing the payment of losses from the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund, including notice or proof of loss by any participating state agency; and(2) Policies and procedures governing disputes…

A.C.A. § 25-35-108Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) The General Assembly finds:(1) To the extent minority-owned businesses are given fair opportunities to compete, all Arkansans benefit;(2) During 2002, the State of Arkansas spent nine hundred million four hundred thousand dollars ($900,400,000) procuring goods and services;(3…

(1) For the purposes of this chapter:(1) “Minority” means the same as in § 1-2-503; and(2) “State agency” means any office, department, board, commission, bureau, division, public corporation, agency, institution of higher learning, or instrumentality of this state. (1) “Minority…

(a) A state agency shall include in all requests for proposals and requests for qualifications, language that encourages minority participation in each request for proposals and request for qualifications issued by the state agency. (b) (1) State agency requests for proposals and…

(a) (1) The State Procurement Director shall track data regarding minority participation in state contracts that exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).(2) The data shall include, but not be limited to, information regarding:(A) The dollar amount for each contract awarded to a m…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Biobased product” means a product determined by the United States Secretary of Agriculture to be a commercial or industrial product, other than food or feed, that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products or renewable do…

(a) After the date specified in the guidelines prepared under subsection (b) of this section, each state agency that procures any items designated in the guidelines shall give preference in making procurement decisions to the items composed of the highest percentage of biobased p…

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Agriculture accounts for thirteen billion dollars ($13,000,000,000) or one-fifth (⅕) of the gross state product of Arkansas;(2) Two hundred ninety-one thousand (291,000) Arkansas jobs directly involve or operate in support of agriculture;(3…

(a) There is created the Department of Agriculture as a cabinet-level department under § 25-43-201. (b) (1) The executive head of the department shall be the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.(2) The secretary shall be selected by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate…

(a) The Department of Agriculture shall:(1) Administer the departments, institutions, other agencies, or parts of departments, institutions, or other agencies transferred to the Department of Agriculture under § 25-38-211;(2) Coordinate all existing programs and create any new pr…

A.C.A. § 25-38-204Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

A.C.A. § 25-38-205Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) All administrative functions, including without limitation the human resource and accounting operations, of the following boards, commissions, bureaus, committees, programs, and offices shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Department of Agriculture…

A.C.A. § 25-38-207Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(1) The establishment of the Department of Agriculture shall in no way affect the duties, powers, or operations of the following boards and councils:(1) Arkansas Beef Council;(2) Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board;(3) Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board;(4) Arkansas Ric…

A.C.A. § 25-38-209Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(1) The Department of Agriculture shall:(1) Evaluate the potential economic benefits to Arkansas and Arkansas farmers of entering into agricultural exchanges with Israel and other countries that will foster the development of trade, mutual assistance, and business relations betwe…

(a) As provided in this section and in §§ 25-38-206 and 25-43-202, the following boards, commissions, committees, bureaus, programs, or offices, or parts thereof, are transferred by a cabinet-level department transfer under § 25-43-103(3) to the Department of Agriculture:(1) The …

(a) There is created the Agri Scholarship Program. (b) The Department of Agriculture may:(1) Establish and administer scholarship programs for students seeking degrees in agriculture-related fields;(2) Adopt rules as necessary to implement the Agri Scholarship Program, including …

(1) When a Department of Agriculture law enforcement officer retires from service or dies while still employed with the department, in recognition of and appreciation for the service of the retiring or deceased law enforcement officer, the Secretary of the Department of Agricultu…