BUREAU OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH STATUTORY REVIEW SECTION MASTERLIST

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1 BUREAU OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH STATUTORY REVIEW SECTION MASTERLIST An Aggregated List of State, Federal, and Other Entities Mentioned in the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated including State Agencies, Officers, and Other Entities Funds and Fund Accounts Programs Federal and National Entities Model and Uniform Acts & Compacts Updated October 9, 2014 Bureau of Legislative Research State Capitol, Room 315 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

2 BUREAU OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH STATUTORY REVIEW SECTION STATE AGENCIES, OFFICERS, AND OTHER ENTITIES IN THE ARKANSAS CODE OF 1987 ANNOTATED Updated October 9, 2014 Bureau of Legislative Research State Capitol, Room 315 Little Rock, Arkansas Statutory Review Section of the Bureau of Legislative Research

3 STATE AGENCIES, OFFICERS, AND OTHER ENTITIES IN THE ARKANSAS CODE OF 1987 ANNOTATED This list includes agencies, boards, commissions, official titles, etc. Official names are in bold. The bolded information in parentheses is not part of the official name but may be included with the official name for clarity or context. The names in lowercase are local entities or generic terms. If there is not an official creation section for an entity, the field in the creation section column is blank. ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES abandoned cemetery registration board Abandoned Pesticide Advisory Board Formerly Abandoned Agricultural Pesticide Advisory Board. Academic Facilities Oversight Committee Academic Facilities Review Board Academy for Teaching Excellence Abolished. accountability section of the Department of Education Formerly Office of Accountability. Accounting Division of the Department of Health Acute Stroke Care Task Force Formerly Accounting Division of the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services; and Accounting Division of the Department of Health. See Adjutant General , 106 (of the State of Arkansas) Administration of Justice Funds Section (in the Department of Finance and Administration) Administrative Assistant for Revenue Administrative Office of the Courts Formerly Arkansas Judicial Department. See Arkansas Const., Article 7 note. Administrative Rule and Regulation Review Subcommittee (of the Joint Budget Committee) Administrative Rules and Regulations Review Subcommittee of the Legislative Council See (a) and note at In some Code sections, incorrectly referred to as Subcommittee on Administrative Rules and Regulations of the Legislative Council. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 2 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

4 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Administrator of the Arkansas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Adult and Long-term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Central Registry Adult Education Section of the Department of Career Education Adult Protective Services Unit of the Department of Human Services Advisory Board for Director of the Arkansas High Technology Training Center Advisory Board for Interpreters between Hearing Individuals and Individuals who are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf Advisory Board for Perinatal Health Services Advisory Board on Control of Litter and Junk Advisory Board on Juvenile Justice Standards Advisory Board on Law Enforcement Standards and Training Advisory Board to the Division of Land Surveys Advisory Committee for Hospital Pharmacies Advisory Committee on Accountability Advisory Committee on Child Placement Director of the Department of Arkansas State Police, or his or her designee, serves as Administrator (of the Department of Human Services) Formerly Adult Abuse Central Registry Abolished. Formerly Adult Education Section of the Department of Workforce Education; and Office of Adult Education. See Formerly Adult Protective Services Unit of the Department of Health and Human Services; and Adult Protective Services Unit of the Department of Human Services. Mentioned and (of the Department of Health) Abolished. See note Abolished Abolished. Former Abolished Abolished. (of the Department of Human Services) Formerly Advisory Committee on Child Placement (of the Department of Health and Human Services]; and Advisory Committee on Child Placement (of the Department of Human Services]. See note. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 3 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

5 Advisory Committee on Educational Access to Technology ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Advisory Committee on Healthcare Acquired Infections Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks Advisory Committee on Public School Academic Facilities Advisory Committee to the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy Advisory Council for the Education of Gifted and Talented Children Advisory Council for Vocational-Technical Education Abolished. See note Abolished. Advisory Council of the Arkansas Arts Council Formerly Advisory Council of the Office of Arkansas State Arts and Humanities. Advisory Council to the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission of the Department of Arkansas Heritage Advisory Council to the Arkansas Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force Agricultural and Industrial Commission Abolished. Arkansas Const., Amendment 27 Abolished. See note. Agricultural Council of Arkansas Not a state agency. See , , and Agriculture Subcommittee Air National Guard Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority) Mentioned Alcoholic Beverage Control Division (of the Department of Finance and Administration) Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division A-Lift Alternative Fuels Advisory Committee (of the Department of Finance and Administration) See note, , and Abolished. Formal name Arkansas Leadership Institute for Teachers of the Delta, known as A-Lift Abolished. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 4 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

6 Alternative Fuels Commission ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Alzheimer s Advisory Council American Academy of Actuaries Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board arbitration committee Architectural Barriers Advisory Board Abolished Abolished. (of the State Plant Board) See Arkansas 4-H Foundation Mentioned Arkansas Abstracters Board Formerly Abstracters' Board of Examiners, Arkansas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Arkansas Academy of Physician Assistants See Arkansas Acceleration Fund Committee Formerly Arkansas Dietetic Association. Not a state agency. See Abolished. Duties assigned to other entities. See note. Arkansas Activities Association Not a state agency. See , , , and Arkansas Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits Arkansas Advisory Council for Vocational-Technical Education Arkansas Agriculture Board Arkansas Agriculture Department Arkansas Alarm Systems Licensing Board Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Advisory Council Abolished. See note Abolished. Former , Abolished Abolished. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 5 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

7 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Authority of the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council Arkansas Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission Arkansas Alternative Energy Commission (of the Department of Human Services) Abolished. Formerly Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Authority of the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention (of the Department of Health and Human Services); and Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Authority (of the Department of Human Services). Transferred to the Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council. See note. Arkansas Ambulance Association Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board Arkansas Archeological Survey Arkansas Arts Council Formerly Office of Arkansas State Arts and Humanities (of the Department of Arkansas Heritage). Arkansas Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Mentioned Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police See and Arkansas Association of Community Health Centers Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators Not a state agency. Mentioned Not a state agency. See 6-10 note. Arkansas Association of Masters in Psychology Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Association of Psychological Examiners Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils, Inc. Arkansas Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development Whole Child Initiative Arkansas Aviation and Aerospace Commission Abolished. Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Baptist College Mentioned Correct name is Arkansas Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. See 6-10 note. Arkansas Bar Association See and BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 6 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

8 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Beef Council Arkansas Biosciences Institute Arkansas Biosciences Institute Board Arkansas Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education Arkansas Blue Ribbon Committee on Highway Finance [Expired] Arkansas Board for the Institution for Advocacy for the Blind Arkansas Board for the Institution for Advocacy for the Deaf Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling Expired 01/01/ Abolished Abolished. Arkansas Board of Health Education Transferred to the Department of Health and administered by the Director of the Department of Health. See Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers Formerly Arkansas Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers. Arkansas Board of Podiatric Medicine Formerly Arkansas State Podiatry Examining Board; and Arkansas State Chiropody Examining Board. Arkansas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Arkansas Broadband Council Formerly Arkansas Broadband Advisory Council. Arkansas Building Authority Formerly Arkansas State Building Services. Arkansas Building Authority Council Formerly State Building Services Council. Arkansas Bureau of Standards (of the State Plant Board) See note. Arkansas Cancer Research Center Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board Arkansas Cemetery Board (of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) Mentioned and Arkansas Center for Health Improvement Not a state agency. See BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 7 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

9 Arkansas Center for Health Statistics ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission Arkansas Child Death Review Panel Arkansas Child Sexual Abuse Education Commission Former (of the Department of Health) Formerly Center for Health Statistics of the Department of Health and Center for Health Statistics of the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services; Center for Health Statistics of the Department of Health; and Division of Health Statistics and Epidemiology of the Department of Health. Abolished. Arkansas Chiropractic Association Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Chiropractic Society Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Arkansas Classified Personnel Salaries Study Commission Repealed] Abolished. See note. Arkansas Club of Burial Associations Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Coalition for Juvenile Justice Board Arkansas Code Revision Commission Formerly Arkansas Statute Revision Commission. Arkansas Commission for Coordination of Educational Efforts Arkansas Commission for the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of School Age Children See note and Arkansas Commission on Human Resources Former Abolished. Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training Formerly Executive Commission on Law Enforcement Standards. Arkansas Communications Study Committee Abolished. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 8 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

10 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool Formerly State Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool. Not a state entity. Ceased enrollment and coverage on January 1, Arkansas Conservation Corps (of the Department of Labor) Abolished. Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board Mentioned but actually created in Court Rule 1 under the Arkansas Rules for Minimum Continuing Legal Education. Arkansas Coordinate System Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board Arkansas Counseling Association Mentioned Arkansas Court Automation Project Arkansas Credit Union League Arkansas Crime Commission Arkansas Crime Information Center See note Abolished. Not a state entity. Mentioned , , and Arkansas Crime Prevention Office (of the Arkansas Crime Information Center) Arkansas Criminal Code Revision Commission [Expired] Arkansas Cyberinfrastructure Task Force Arkansas Dairy Committee Arkansas Deaf and Hearing Impaired Telecommunications Services Corporation Arkansas Delta Development Commission Expired 7/1/2005. See note Abolished. See note Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Abolished. Arkansas Department of Emergency Management Formerly State Office of Emergency Services. Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Formerly Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology. Arkansas Development Finance Authority BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 9 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

11 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board Arkansas District Judge Retirement System Abolished. Powers, duties, and plan liabilities transferred to the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System. See Arkansas District Judges Council Mentioned Arkansas Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention Task Force [Expired] Expired. See note. Arkansas Drug Director (in the Office of the Governor) Arkansas Early Childhood Commission Arkansas Earthquake Authority Arkansas Economic Development Commission Formerly Department of Economic Development; Arkansas Industrial Development Commission; and Arkansas Resources and Development Commission. See and note. Arkansas Economic Development Council Arkansas Education Association Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting System Formerly Arkansas Economic Development Commission. See note. Arkansas Educational Television Commission (Part of the Educational Television Division of the Department of Education). Formerly Educational Television Commission. Arkansas Educational Television Network Arkansas Electronic Records Study Commission [Expired] Arkansas Emergency Contact Information System AETN, operated by the Arkansas Educational Television Commission. See Expired 07/01/2011. Arkansas Emergency Department Nurses Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Emergency Nurses Association Not a state agency. Possibly the same as the one listed abov See Arkansas Emergency Telephone Services Board Formerly CMRS Emergency Telephone Services Board. Arkansas Employment Agency Advisory Council Abolished. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 10 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

12 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Energy Office (of the Arkansas Economic Development Council) Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame Board Arkansas Environmental Federation Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Ethics Commission Arkansas Evaluation Center (at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) Arkansas Fair Housing Commission Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial Board Mentioned and Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation Not a state agency. See and Arkansas Farm Mediation Office (of the Division of Agriculture Development of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority) Arkansas Farmers Union Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Finance Development Corporation Arkansas Fire Advisory Board Arkansas Fire and Police Pension Review Board Arkansas Fire Ant Advisory Board See note Abolished. Transferred by a Type-3 transfer to the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board. Arkansas Fire Protection Licensing Board Formerly Fire Extinguisher Board. Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board Composed of the former Arkansas Fire Training Academy Board and Arkansas Fire Advisory Board. Arkansas Fire Protection Services Resources Plan (of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management) Formerly Arkansas Fire Protection Services Resources Plan (of the Office of Fire Protection Services). Arkansas Fire Training Academy Arkansas Fire Training Academy Board Abolished. Transferred by a Type-3 transfer to the Arkansas Fire Protection Services Board. Arkansas Foresters Hall of Fame (of the Department of Forest Resources at the University of Arkansas at Monticello) Arkansas Forestry Commission Formerly State Forestry Commission. Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care See and Arkansas Fraternal Order of Police BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 11 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

13 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Geographic Information Office See , , and Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board Formerly Arkansas State Land Information Board. Arkansas Geological Survey Formerly Arkansas Geological Commission. Arkansas Geology Museum See note. Arkansas Governor s Mansion Commission Formerly Arkansas Governor s Mansion Committee. Arkansas Head Start State Collaboration Office See Arkansas Health Care Association Arkansas Health Center Arkansas Health Data Initiative Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Not a state agency. Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Legislative Oversight Committee Arkansas Health Resources Commission Formerly Arkansas Nursing Home Association. Not a state agency. See Formerly Benton Services Center. See note Abolished. Formerly Arkansas Health Care Access Counci and Arkansas Indigent Health Care Advisory Council. Arkansas Hearing Society Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy Advisory Committee Arkansas High Technology Training Center See Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board (of the Department of Higher Education) Formerly State Board of Higher Education. Arkansas Higher Education Funding Study Commission Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department Arkansas HIPPY Advisory Board Arkansas History Commission See 6-61 note. Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters. See Arkansas Home Builders Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board Formerly Homes Inspector Advisory Board Arkansas Homeland Security Advisory Group BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 12 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

14 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Hospital Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Housing Development Agency Arkansas Institute for Economic Advancement of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Arkansas Institution for Advocacy for the Blind Arkansas Institution for Advocacy for the Deaf Arkansas Insurance Code Arkansas IntraLATA Toll Pool Abolished. Functions, powers, and duties transferred to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority. See note. See Abolished Abolished. See note. See note. Arkansas Intrastate Carrier Common Line Pool See Arkansas Intrastate Carrier Common Line Pool Advisory Procedural Board Arkansas Judicial Council Arkansas Judicial Retirement System See Arkansas Justice Building Commission Arkansas Juvenile Code of Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy Arkansas Leadership Academy Arkansas Leadership Institute for Teachers of the Delta Not a government entity under Arkansas law Abolished. See note Abolished. (was known as A-Lift ) Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus See Arkansas Legislative Commission on Nursing Arkansas Legislative Task Force for Review of Travel Restrictions for Sex Offenders Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Abused and Neglected Children Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Arkansas History Education Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Athletic Training in Public Schools See and note. See 10-3 note. Abolished. See note. See note. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 13 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

15 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Autism Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Criminal Justice [Expired] Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Criteria and Qualifications for Chiefs of Police Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Higher Education Remediation, Retention, and Graduation Rates Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Sickle Cell Disease See Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Traumatic Brain Injury [Expired] Arkansas Legislative Task Force on Water Quality [Expired] Arkansas Legislative Taskforce on Reducing Poverty and Promoting Economic Opportunity [Expired] Expired 10/01/2010; see 5-4 note. Abolished. See 10-3 note. Expired 6/30/2009. See note. Expired 12/31/2010. See 8-4 note. Expired 12/31/2010. See 10-3 note. Arkansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Formerly Arkansas Life and Disability Insurance Guaranty Association. Not a state agency. Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission Arkansas Livestock Marketing Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Livestock Show Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System Arkansas Lottery Commission Arkansas Lottery Commission Legislative Oversight Committee Arkansas Manufactured Home Commission Formerly Arkansas Mobile Home Commission. Arkansas Medal of Honor Commission Abolished. Arkansas Medical Association Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Medical Society Not a state agency. See Arkansas Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association Not a state agency. See , , and BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 14 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

16 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Military War Veterans Monument Design Selection Committee Arkansas Milk Marketing Study Committee [Expired] Arkansas Milk Stabilization Board Arkansas Minority Health Commission Arkansas Motor Vehicle Commission Expired. See note. Arkansas Municipal League Not a state agency. See Arkansas Municipal Police Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Museum and Cultural Commission Abolished. Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources Formerly Arkansas Oil and Brine Museum. Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources Advisory Committee Arkansas Museum Review Panel Formerly Arkansas Museum Services Review Panel. Arkansas National Guard Arkansas National Guard Scholarship Program Selection Committee Arkansas Natural and Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee Abolished. Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council (of the Department of Arkansas Heritage) Arkansas Natural and Scenic Rivers Commission (of the Department of Arkansas Heritage) Abolished. Formerly State Committee on Stream Preservation. Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission Formerly Arkansas Environmental Preservation Commission. Arkansas Natural Resources Commission Formerly Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission; Water Conservation Commission; Water Compact Commission; and Arkansas Geological and Conservation Commission. Arkansas Newspaper Recycling Advisory Committee Arkansas Northeastern College Blytheville, Burdette, and Paragould, 2-year. Formerly Mississippi County Community College; and Cotton Boll Technical Institute. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 15 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

17 Arkansas Nurses Association ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Formerly Arkansas State Nurses Association. Not a state agency. Mentioned and Arkansas Oil Marketers Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Optometric Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Advisory Board Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Pain Society Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Petroleum Council Not a state agency. See Arkansas Pharmacists Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Podiatric Medical Association Formerly Arkansas State Podiatry Association. Not a state agency. See Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center (of the College of Pharmacy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) Arkansas Police Corps Planning Commission Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Formerly Arkansas Commission on Pollution Control and Ecology; and Arkansas Pollution Control Commission. Arkansas Post Museum Arkansas Post Museum Advisory Committee Abolished. Arkansas Poultry Federation Mentioned , , and Arkansas Professional Fire Fighters Association Arkansas Project Graduation Commission Abolished. Arkansas Property and Casualty Advisory Association Not a state agency. Not a state agency. See Use instead of Arkansas Council of Professional Fire Fighters Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Psychological Association Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Psychology Board Formerly Arkansas Board of Examiners in Psychology. Arkansas Public Art Advisory Board BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 16 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

18 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Public Defender Commission Formerly Office of Indigent Defense Attorney Coordination. Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System Arkansas Public School Computer Network See Arkansas Public School Desegregation Lawsuit Resolution Task Force Not a state agency. Arkansas Public Service Commission Arkansas Public Transportation Coordination Council Arkansas Pygmalion Commission on Nontraditional Education Arkansas Racing Commission Arkansas Real Estate Commission See 6-10 note. Arkansas Realtors Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency Arkansas Registry of Child Support Orders Not a state agency. Mentioned , , and Arkansas Rehabilitation Services (of the Department of Career Education) Formerly Arkansas Rehabilitation Services (of the Department of Workforce Education); Arkansas Rehabilitation Services (of the Vocational and Technical Education Division of the Department of Education); and Division of Rehabilitation Services (of the Department of Human Services). Change references to Office for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired to this entity. Arkansas Research Alliance See Arkansas Residential Assisted Living Association Arkansas Revenue Department Building Commission Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board Formerly Arkansas Association of Residential Care Facilitie Not a state agency. Mentioned See Title 19 Appendix. Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure See Arkansas Rural Development Commission Arkansas Rural Development Study Commission Abolished. Arkansas Rural Fire Fighters Association Not a state agency. See BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 17 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

19 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board Arkansas Rural Risk Underwriting Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Safe Campus Task Force [Expired] Arkansas Scenic Resources Preservation Coordinating Committee Expired 12/31/10. Arkansas School Boards Association See Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts Formerly Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences. See Arkansas School for the Blind See note. Arkansas School for the Deaf Formerly Arkansas Deaf-Mute Institute. Arkansas Science and Technology Authority Arkansas Sentencing Commission Arkansas Sheriffs Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board Arkansas Society of Professional Engineers Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors Arkansas Solid Waste Fact Finding Task Force See note and Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board Formerly Arkansas Association of Registered Land Surveyors. Not a state agency. Mentioned and Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure Also referred to as GeoStor. See Arkansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Spinal Cord Commission Formerly State Spinal Cord Commission. Arkansas State Board of Acupuncture and Related Techniques Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers Formerly Arkansas State Board of Architects. Arkansas State Board of Athletic Training Formerly Arkansas State Athletic Trainers Committee (of the Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy). Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 18 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

20 Arkansas State Board of Landscape Architects ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Abolished. Powers and duties transferred to the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers. Formerly Advisory Committee for Regi of Landscape Architects. Arkansas State Board of Massage Therapy Formerly Arkansas State Board of Therapy Technology). Arkansas State Board of Nursing Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy Formerly State Examining Committee for Physical Therapists. Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy Arkansas State Board of Registration for Foresters Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians Transferred to the Department of Health. Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce See Arkansas State Claims Commission Arkansas State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision Arkansas State Council for the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision Arkansas State Defense Force Formerly Arkansas State Guard. Arkansas State Dental Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas State Department of Health Building Commission Arkansas State Election Improvement Study Commission [Expired] Abolished. Expired 7/1/2002; see 7-1 note. Arkansas State Employees Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas State Employment Service (of the Department of Workforce Services) Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show See Arkansas State Firefighters Association See and Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission Arkansas Const., Amendment 35, 1 Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission Oversight Committee (of the General Assembly) BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 19 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

21 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department See note. Arkansas State Highway Employees Retirement System Arkansas State Hospital Arkansas State Hospital Board Abolished. Formerly Arkansas State Hospital (of the Department of Health and Human Services); Arkansas State Hospital (of the Department of Human Services); and State Hospital for the Mentally Ill at Little Rock. See Arkansas State Library (a division of the Department of Education) Arkansas State Medical Board Arkansas State Occupational Therapy Examining Committee Arkansas State Penitentiary Employees' Retirement System Arkansas State Police Commission Abolished. Assets transferred to the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System. See note and note. Arkansas State Police Employee Health Plan See Note: Sometimes referred to as the Arkansas State Police Health Benefit Plan. Arkansas State Respiratory Care Examining Committee Formerly Arkansas State Inhalation Therapy Examining Committee. Arkansas State Technical Institute Arkansas State University Arkansas State University System See Arkansas State University-Beebe Jonesboro, 4-year. See et seq. Beebe, 2-year. Formerly Beebe Branch of Arkansas State University. See Arkansas State University-Heber Springs Heber Springs, 2-year. See Arkansas State University-Mountain Home Mountain Home, 2-year. See Arkansas State University-Newport Newport, 2-year. See Arkansas State University-Searcy Arkansas state veterans' cemetery system Arkansas Statewide Energy Consortium Searcy, 2-year. Formerly Foothills Technical Institute; and Foothills Vocational-Technical Institute. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 20 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

22 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Student Loan Authority Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Automation Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct See note. See Title 16 Appendix. Arkansas Supreme Court Board of Certified Court Reporter Examiners See Arkansas Task Force on Timber Land Assessment Arkansas Teacher Education, Certification, and Evaluation Committee Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Arkansas Teachers Salaries Study Commission Arkansas Tech University Abolished Abolished. Abolished. See note. Russellville, 4-year. Formerly Arkansas Polytechnic College. See Arkansas Tech University Ozark Campus Ozark, 2-year. Formerly Arkansas Valley Technical Institute of Arkansas Tech; and Arkansas Valley Technical Institute. Arkansas Technical and Community College System Arkansas Telecommunications Association Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Title Insurance Agents Licensing Board Abolished. Arkansas Tobacco Control See Arkansas Tobacco Control Board Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board Arkansas Trails Council Arkansas Transitional Employment Assistance Transition Workgroup Arkansas Tuition Trust Authority Arkansas Turnpike Authority Abolished Abolished Abolished. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 21 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

23 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Veterans' Child Welfare Service Formerly Child Welfare Division of the Arkansas Veterans' Service Office. Arkansas Veterans' Commission Formerly Governor's Commission on Veterans' Affairs; and Governor's Task Force on Veterans Affairs. Arkansas Veterans Home Task Force Dissolved 10/31/2013. See note. Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association Not a state agency. See and Arkansas Waste Water Treatment Plant Operators Licensing Committee See Arkansas Water Plan Arkansas Waterways Commission Arkansas Water Works and Water Environment Association Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board Formerly Arkansas Water Environment Association. Not a state agency. Mentioned Arkansas Wildlife Federation Not a state agency. See Arkansas Wine Country Trail Arkansas Wine Producers Council Arkansas Women s Commission Abolished. Arkansas Wood Products Association Not a state agency. See Arkansas Workers Compensation Insurance Plan Arkansas Workforce Improvement Grant Advisory Committee Arkansas Workforce Investment Board Arkansas Workforce Investment Board and Adult Education Study Committee Arkansas Young and Beginning Farmer Advisory Board Arkansas Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission Arkansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Compact Commission Arkansas-Oklahoma District Fair Arkansas-Oklahoma District Fair Board Artist Laureate of the State of Arkansas BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 22 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

24 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Assessment Coordination Department Formerly Assessment Coordination Division of the Arkansas Public Service Commission. Assistant State Mine Inspector Association of Arkansas Counties Not a state agency. Mentioned Athletics and Activities Board Attorney General Arkansas Const., Article 6, 1 Auctioneer s Licensing Board Auditor of State Arkansas Const., Article 6, 1 Mentioned note. Baby Sharon's Children's Catastrophic Illness Grant Program Committee See Bank Commissioner Beef Carcass Data Service (of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission) See Benefits Subcommittee (of the State and Public School Life and Health Insuranc Board) Benton Detoxification Services Center (of the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention of the Department of Human Services) See note. Black History Commission of Arkansas Formerly Arkansas Black History Advisory Committee. Black History Task Force Black River Technical College Pocahontas, 2-year. See Board of Advisors for the Development of Research in Higher Education Abolished. Board of Advisors to Arkansas State University-Searcy Formerly Foothills Technical Institute Board of Directors. Board of Apportionment, The Arkansas Const., Article 8, 1 Board of Corrections Formerly Board of Correction; Board of Correction and Community Punishment; State Penitentiary Board; and Arkansas Adult Probation Commission, former Board of Developmental Disabilities Services Formerly Arkansas Board of Mental Retardation. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 23 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

25 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Board of Directors of the Arkansas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Board of Directors of the Arkansas Association for Marriage and Family Therapists See Formerly Board of Directors of the Arkansas Dietetic Association Mentioned Board of Directors of the Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool See Board of Directors of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority Board of Directors of the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Board of Directors of the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority Board of Directors of the Corrections School System Board of Electrical Examiners of the State of Arkansas Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Formerly Board of Examiners in Speech Pathology and Audiology. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System See Board of Review Board of the Division of State Services for the Blind Board of Trustees of Arkansas Northeastern College Formerly Board of Trustees of Mississippi County Community College. Board of Trustees of Arkansas State University Board of Trustees of Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees of Henderson State University Board of Trustees of National Park Community College See Board of Trustees of the Arkansas District Judge Retirement System Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System See Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Blind and the Arkansas School for the Deaf BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 24 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

26 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Board of Trustees of the Arkansas State Highway Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System Board of Trustees of the State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees of the University of Central Arkansas Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts Board of Visitors for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Boating Law Administrator Boating Law Administrator s Office Boiler Advisory Board Boiler Inspection Division Formerly Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences. (of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission) See (of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission) See (of the Department of Labor) See Brain Injury Alliance of Arkansas Formerly Arkansas Head Injury Foundation. See Breast Cancer Control Advisory Board Buffalo National River Commission Abolished. Building Operations Section (of the Arkansas Building Authority) Formerly Building Operations Section (of the Arkansas State Building Services). Bureau of Legislative Research Bureau of Research and Statistics Burial Association Board Capital, Conflicts, and Appellate Office (of the Arkansas Public Defender Commission) Capitol Art Commission Abolished. Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission Formerly State Capitol Grounds Commission. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 25 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

27 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Capitol Parking Control Committee Capitol Zoning District Capitol Zoning District Commission Census State Data Center Center for Quality and Productivity at University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (of the Institute for Economic Advancement at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock) See Abolished. Formerly Center for Quality and Productivity at Westark Community College. Center for Rural Arkansas Not a state agency. See , Center for Workforce Excellence Central Branch Station of the Main Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Arkansas Certified Nursing Assistant/Employment Clearance Registry See Cervical Cancer Task Force Chair of the Board of Review See Chair of the Health Information Exchange Council See Chair of the Senate Efficiency Committee See Chair of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Chancellor of Arkansas State University-Searcy See Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville See Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Monticello See Chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff See Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences See Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee of the Legislative Council Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives See See and Chief Fiscal Officer of the State Also the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration. Chief Inspector of the Boiler Inspection Division See BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 26 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

28 Chief Justice ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 9, 1, and Amendment 80, 2 (of the Supreme Court) Child Abuse Hotline (of the Department of Human Services) Child Abuse Hotline Section (of the Crimes Against Children Division of the Department of Arkansas State Police) Formerly The Child and Family Protection Section. Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Section (of the office of the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) Child and Adolescent Service System Program Coordinating Council Formerly CASSP Coordinating Council. Child Care Appeal Review Panel See Child Care Providers Training Committee Child Death Review Committee Child Health Advisory Committee Abolished. Child Health and Family Life Institute See child health management services Child Health Management Services Association See (of the Department of Human Services) See and See (2). Not capitalized. Child Maltreatment Central Registry Formerly central registry, ; and child abuse central registry. Child Welfare Agency Licensing Unit of the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services Child Welfare Agency Review Board Child Welfare Compliance and Oversight Committee [Expired] Children s Behavioral Health Care Commission CIO Council See Abolished. Expired. See note, , and note. Circuit Clerks Continuing Education Board Formerly County and Circuit Clerks Continuing Education Board. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 27 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

29 Circuit Court Apportionment Commission [Temporary] ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Temporary. See note. citizen advisory council (to advise the Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator) Civil Air Patrol See note. Claims Subcommittee of the Joint Budget Committee See Claims Subcommittee of the Legislative Council Mentioned Clerk of the Court of Appeals See Clerk of the Supreme Court See Coal Mine Examining Board Cochair of the Arkansas Lottery Commission Legislative Oversight Committee Abolished. See Pub. Note at See Code Revisor Formerly Executive Director of the Arkansas Code Revision Commission. College of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas System See College of Engineering Management (at Arkansas State University at Jonesboro) College of Information Science and Systems Engineering College of Information Science and Systems Engineering (at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock) College of Public Health of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Formerly Arkansas School of Public Health (a part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences). College of The Ouachitas Malvern, 2-year. Formerly Ouachita Technical College. College Panel of the State Board of Higher Education Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Advisory Committee Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation Commission for Arkansas Future Abolished Abolished. Commission on Closing the Achievement Gap in Arkansas Formerly Committee on Closing the Achievement Gap in Arkansas. BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 28 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM

30 ENTITY NAME CREATION NOTES Commission on Improving Public Schools Basic Skills Opportunities Through Technology Commission on Information Age Communities Commission on Institutional and Community Development Mentioned Commission on Interstate Cooperation Commission on Library Laws Commission on Teaching Excellence Abolished. Former See 13-2 note. Abolished. Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities Not a state agency. Mentioned Commission on Water Well Construction Formerly Arkansas Water Well Construction Commission. Commission to Assist Persons Who Have Suffered Catastrophic Financial Loss Abolished. Formerly Catastrophic Financial Loss Commission. Commissioner of Education Formerly Director of the Department of Education; and Director of General Education. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Commissioner of Revenues Commissioner of Social Security See Commissioner of State Lands Arkansas Const., Amend. 63, 1 Abolished. Correct title is Director of the Department of Finance and Administration. See note. Committee of Plumbing Examiners (of the State Board of Health) Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology (of the House of Representatives) Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development Formerly Committee on Agriculture and Economic Development. Committee on Child Support See Title 9 - Appendix Administrative Order No. 10. Committee on Purchases of Workshop-Made Products and Services Commodity Credit Corporation Abolished. (an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture) BLR Statutory Review Section, State Agencies List Page 29 of 68 10/9/ :11 AM