Title 15 — Natural Resources and Economic Development

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Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-203 Land Survey Advisory Board — Chair and meetings
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The Land Survey Advisory Board shall select a chair from its membership. The board shall meet at least quarterly and at any other times as shall be determined by the chair.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-204 Land Survey Advisory Board — Duties
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The Land Survey Advisory Board shall act in an advisory capacity to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office and the State Surveyor in all matters relative to formulating policies of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office and …
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-205 State Surveyor
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(a) The Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board shall employ, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Shared Administrative Services, a State Surveyor to be the head of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office. (b) T…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-206 State Surveyor — Powers and duties
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(1) The State Surveyor, acting under the supervision and direction of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office and the Secretary of the Department of Shared Administrative Services, shall have the following authority and responsibility:(1) To:(A) Restore, maintain, and …
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-207 Surveyors generally
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(a) Every employee of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office or the Department of Shared Administrative Services who performs any work required by law to be done by a registered professional surveyor shall be a registered surveyor. (b) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-208 Right to enter private property
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(a) The State Surveyor or any employee of the Department of Shared Administrative Services or of the Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office shall have the right to enter upon private property for the purpose of making surveys or searching f…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-209 Exchange of information
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(a) When the State Surveyor so requests, the public recorder of deeds, mortgages, or other instruments dealing with interest in real property and all state agencies, boards, and commissions and all county and municipal officials shall furnish to the Division of Land Surveys of th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-210 Sale of information by division
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(a) The Division of Land Surveys of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office may produce, reproduce, and sell maps, plats, and records and shall prescribe a reasonable charge therefor. (b) All income derived from these sales shall be deposited into a financial instituti…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-211 Abstractors unaffected
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Nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit abstractors from preparing legal land descriptions.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-301 Designation of system
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The system of plane coordinates which has been established by the National Geodetic Survey or its successors, based on the National Spatial Reference System or its successors, and known as the “State Plane Coordinate System” or its successors for defining and stating the position…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-302 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-21-302Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-303 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-21-303Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-304 Land lying in multiple zones
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When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one (1) coordinate zone into other coordinate zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to one (1) of the zones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-305 Coordinates
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(a) (1) The plane coordinates of a point to be used in expressing the geographic position or location of the point in the appropriate zone of the Arkansas Plane Coordinate System shall consist of two (2) distances, expressed in feet and decimals of a foot or meters and decimals o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-306 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-21-306Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-307 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-21-307Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-308 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-21-308Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-309 Description by coordinates supplemental to references to public land surveys
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Wherever coordinates based on the Arkansas Plane Coordinate System are used to describe any tract of land which in the same document is also described by reference to any subdivision, line, or other corner of the United States Public Land Survey System, the description by the coo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-310 Reliance on system not required
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Nothing contained in this subchapter shall require any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on the description, any part of which depends exclusively upon the Arkansas Plane Coordinate System.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-311 Superseded legacy Arkansas plane coordinate systems
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(a) (1) Two (2) plane coordinate systems were previously defined in statute:(A) The most recent based on the North American Datum of 1983; and(B) The prior version based on the North American Datum of 1927.(2) Both of the plane coordinate systems referenced in subdivision (a)(1) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-401 Policy and purposes — Acceptance of federal act
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(a) It is recognized and declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the public welfare of this state requires the cooperation of this state with other states and with the federal government in the accomplishment of the policy and purposes declared by the United Stat…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-402 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-21-402Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-403 University powers and duties generally
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(1) In carrying out the provisions of each state agricultural plan, the University of Arkansas shall have the power to:(1) Designate and employ such agencies as it may deem necessary;(2) Cooperate with local and state agencies and with agencies of other states and of the United S…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-404 State plans — Formulation and submission
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(1) The University of Arkansas, as the state agency, is authorized, empowered, and directed to:(1) Formulate, pursuant to the standards therefor as provided in § 15-21-403, agricultural plans for this state for each calendar year and, from time to time, make revisions in the stat…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-405 Federal funds — Acceptance and use
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(a) The University of Arkansas, as the state agency, is authorized and empowered to accept and receive all grants of money made pursuant to § 7 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, 16 U.S.C. § 590g, for the purpose of enabling the State of Arkansas to carry out th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-406 Acceptance of lands donated for soil conservation purposes
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(1) The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas is authorized to:(1) Accept donations of land and to acquire title to the land for the use of the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service to conduct, in cooperation with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Stat…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-407 Accounts and reports
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The University of Arkansas shall provide for keeping full and accurate accounts of its transactions as a state agency, separate from the accounts of its transactions in other capacities, and shall provide for the rendering of necessary and proper reports, including reports design…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-501 Purpose
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(a) In recognition that a vast majority of all information used in the management of government can be spatially referenced and that public institutions and private firms expend considerable resources collecting and managing land information records in diverse and disparate forma…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-502 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Agency” means any agency or instrumentality of the State of Arkansas that utilizes geographic information systems data;(2) “Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office” means the office that provides administrative and technical support to t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-503 Creation — Board
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(a) The Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board is created. (b) (1) (A) (i) The board shall be composed of thirteen (13) voting members.(ii) Twelve (12) of the voting members shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of four (4) years.(iii) The thirteenth voting member s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-504 Duties, responsibilities, and authority
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(a) The Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board shall be empowered to:(1) Provide a strategy for the continuing development of the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure;(2) Develop standard metadata reports through the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office; and(3) D…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-505 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-21-505Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-506 Procurement procedure — Definition
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(a) As used in this section, “technical and general services” means the same as defined in § 19-61-103. (b) In the purchase of technical and general services associated with the creation, development, and maintenance of framework data, the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems …
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-601 Legislative intent
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(1) It is found and determined by the General Assembly that:(1) Earthquake activity in Arkansas has never been closely monitored by a local network of seismic stations and that the realistic assessment of seismic hazards in this state can only be accomplished by long-term local m…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-602 Arkansas Seismological Observatory
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(a) The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is directed to establish the Arkansas Seismological Observatory as a part of the Arkansas Center for Earthquake Education and Technology Transfer. (b) The observatory shall:(1) Monitor earthquake activity throughout the state;(2) Assi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-603 Seismic network for monitoring earthquake activity
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The seismic network operated by the Arkansas Seismological Observatory should initially consist of at least ten (10) stations installed at remote locations with the central recording station located on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The complete monitori…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1001 Title
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This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1002 Policy statement
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(1) The purpose of this subchapter is to:(1) Promote, in concert with federal and other state programs as well as interested parties, the restoration, maintenance, and conservation of aquatic resources, including wetlands, streams, and deep water aquatic habitats;(2) Improve coop…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1003 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Aquatic resources” means ecological functions, services, and values provided by the waters of the United States that are subject to compensatory mitigation under § 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1344, and §§ 9 and 10 of the Rivers and …
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1004 Mitigation banks — Acquisition and protection
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(1) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission or the commission's designee may:(1) Set a sales price for credits in the mitigation bank on behalf of the commission;(2) Acquire or accept title, including easements, from willing sellers or donors to approved lands, in the name of t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1005 Program for mitigation banks — Program criteria
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(a) In accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, upon the approval of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, the Department of Agriculture shall initiate and implement a program for mitigation banks. (b) (1) The commission shall adopt, by rule, standards and criteria…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1006 Resource values and credits for mitigation banks — Use and withdrawal of credits — Annual evaluation of system
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(a) For each mitigation bank, the Director of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall establish a system of aquatic resources values and credits consistent with compensatory mitigation under § 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1344, and §§ 9 and 10 of the Rivers and…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1007 Monitoring activities in mitigation banks — Reports
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The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall maintain a record of actions for each mitigation bank and conduct monitoring of mitigation banks with moneys set aside for that purpose in the Arkansas Water Development Fund.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1008 Rules
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The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall adopt rules necessary and convenient to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1009 Consultation and cooperation with other agencies and interested parties — State agencies to use mitigation bank
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(a) The provisions of this subchapter shall be carried out by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission. (b) All public agencies requiring permit action mitigation, when practicable, shall use mitigation banks created under this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1010 Arkansas wetlands mitigation bank funds to be deposited into the Arkansas Water Development Fund — Receipts
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(a) All moneys received for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter shall be deposited into the Arkansas Water Development Fund. (b) (1) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall keep a record of all moneys deposited into and withdrawn from the fund.(2) The record sh…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1011 Sources of funds
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(1) The following moneys shall be paid into the Arkansas Water Development Fund and used for purposes contained in this subchapter:(1) Moneys received from the sale of mitigation bank credits;(2) Any moneys appropriated for that purpose by the General Assembly;(3) Moneys obtained…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1012 Use of funds
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(1) The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission may use the moneys in the Arkansas Water Development Fund for the following purposes:(1) For the voluntary acquisition of land suitable for use in mitigation banks;(2) To pay for costs incurred for alterations needed to create, restor…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Administrative account” means the Drinking Water State Administrative Account established by this subchapter within the Safe Drinking Water Fund;(2) “Authority” means the Arkansas Development Finance Authority or a successor agency or commissio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-22-1102 Creation — Terms and conditions for expenditures — Special accounts
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(a) (1) There is established on the books of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission a special restricted fund to be known as the “Safe Drinking Water Fund”, which shall be maintained in perpetuity and administered by the commission and the Department of Health under this subch…