Library Related Acts of the 85th General Assembly

 

ACT 201  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to libraries in Poinsett County.

 

ACT 237  Eliminates performance-based budgeting for state agencies.

 

ACT 289 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Bentonville Public Library.

 

ACT 323  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Scott County Library.

 

ACT 366 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Fayetteville Public Library Teen Advisory Board.

 

ACT 367  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Fayetteville Public Library Summer Reading Program.

 

ACT 375  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Cedarville Library.

 

ACT 412  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to libraries in Izard County.

 

ACT 424  Amends Arkansas Code § 10-4-202 to clarify audit requirements for schools, municipalities, and counties.

 

ACT 428  Reappropriates the balances of capital improvement appropriations for the Department of Education and its various divisions.

 

 ACT 518 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Dallas County Library.

 

ACT 600 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Baxter County Library.

 

 ACT 630 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Bella Vista Public Library.

 

ACT 633  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Earle City Library.

 

ACT 650   Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to libraries and related entities in Logan, Pope, and Yell counties.

 

ACT 703 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the public libraries in Ashdown, Foreman, and Winthrop.

                         

ACT 706 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the public libraries in Horatio and Ben Lomond.                             

 

ACT 714  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for libraries in the Northeast Regional Library System (Clay County Library, Corning Library, Green County Library, Randolph County Library, Lawrence County Library).

                         

ACT 761 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the libraries of Eureka Springs, Berryville, and Green Forest.

 

ACT 775 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Clark County Library.

 

ACT 781 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the White County Public Library System.

 

ACT 825 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the city of Jacksonville for construction, renovation, and equipping of a library.

 

ACT 829 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the city of Little Rock for a community center and/or library in the Stagecoach Road area.

 

ACT 863   Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for libraries in Lonoke County.

 

ACT 927  Allows suburban improvement districts to become eligible for membership with local solid waste authorities. [Note: Libraries - Section 1. (10) ]

 

ACT 932  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Cleburne County Library.

 

ACT 966  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Jonesboro Public Library System.

 

ACT 972   Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Drew County Library, Ashley County Library, Chicot County Library, Bradley County Library, Desha County Library, and Lincoln County Library

 

ACT 975 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the cities of Blytheville and Osceola (includes $100,00 for the Blytheville Public Library).

 

ACT 982 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Craighead County Public Library.

 

 ACT 1069 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Northeast Arkansas Regional Library.

 

ACT 1121 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the city of Rogers for infrastructure (includes library facilities for the Rogers Wellness Center).

 

ACT 1124 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Margaret Woolfolk Branch of the Crittenden County Library.

                          

ACT 1129  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Cross County Library and the Woodruff County Library.

 

ACT 1162 Concerns distribution of public library funds.

 

ACT 1167  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Monroe County Public Library.

                           

ACT 1168 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Brinkley Public Library.

ACT 1232 Promotes economic development by amending various economic development programs.

the State Aid to Public Libraries program. 

 

ACT 1246   Increases the efficiency of payment of library expenses by city library boards of trustees. 

 

ACT 1275   Exempts millage dedicated for support of libraries from provisions of community redevelopment districts. 

 

ACT 1360 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Madison County Library.

 

ACT 1425 Establishes Distance Learning Coordinating Council.

                          

ACT 1426 Creates Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act.

                           

ACT 1441  Defines instructional materials that may be exempt from sales tax when purchased by schools.

 

ACT 1464 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Clark County Library.

 

 ACT 1474  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state aid to White County (White County Regional Library System - $50,000).

 

ACT 1502  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Dallas County Library.

                           

ACT 1503  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Siloam Springs Library .

 

ACT 1513  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for libraries in Gentry and Gravette.

 

ACT 1514  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the library in Bella Vista.          

              

ACT 1519  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Fort Smith Public Library.

 

ACT 1538 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Farmington Public Library.

 

ACT 1545  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Hot Spring County Library.

 

ACT 1551  Amends the definition of "capital improvements" for the purposes of local bond issues.

                               

ACT 1583 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Saline County Library – Bryant Branch

 

ACT 1589 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Independence County Library.

 

ACT 1559    Concerns drafting requests and information requests made to legislative employees.

 

ACT 1606 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the city of Bay, Arkansas for a library.

 

ACT 1616  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to public libraries, museums, and other educational facilities.

 

ACT 1621  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Lawrence County Library.

ACT 1634 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Pope County Library in Dover, Arkansas.

 

ACT 1635  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Marion Library in Crittenden County.

 

ACT 1647   Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Faulkner County Library

 

ACT 1704  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for state assistance to the Scott County Library

 

ACT 1732 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Sebastian County Library.

 

ACT 1740  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the library in West Fork 

 

ACT  1838 Appropriates funds to the Arkansas State Library for biennial operations.

 

ACT 1851  Appropriates 2,000,000 to the Department of Education – Arkansas State Library from the State Library Public School Fund Account for grants to public libraries for the 2005 – 2007 biennium.

 

ACT 1852 Revises the classification of state employee positions covered by the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act. 

 

ACT 1900  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Conway County Library.

 

ACT 1962   Recognizes a Master’s Degree in Library Science as the minimum qualifying degree

 

 ACT 1980 Amends the Local Government Capital Improvement Bond Act of 1985 to include performance-based efficiency projects.

 

ACT 1985   Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture Project – Central Arkansas Library System

ACT 1994  Updates the Arkanas criminal code.  [Libraries:  Section 80]

 

ACT 2067  Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for libraries in Benton County (Gentry Library, Gravette Library, Decatur Library, Sulphur Springs Library.)

 

ACT 2073 Appropriates funds to the Department of Finance and Administration for the Jefferson County Library.

 

ACT 2145 Revises election law.  [Libraries:  Section 17]

                           

ACT 2151  Amends various provisions concerning teacher licensure and other school district matters.   [Librarian:  Section 2 (a) (2) (f)]

 

ACT 2198   Revises the compensation plan under the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act for the 2205-2007 biennial period. 

 

ACT 2218   Concerns the review of the efficient operation of state government.

 

ACT 2242    Concerns loaned or undocumented property in the possession of museums in the state of Arkansas.  [Libraries:  13-5-1003   Definitions]

 

            ACT 2252   Concerns the termination, continuance, or re-establishment of the several agencies, departments, programs, boards, commissions, and institutions of the state of Arkansas. 

 

ACT 2282  Amends Revenue Stabilization Law.

 

ACT 2283 Amends the Public School Funding Act of 2003.

 

ACT 2298   Transfers miscellaneous grants and expenses from the Department of Finance to various agencies.  [Bay Library – p. 44, line 32]

 

ACT 2315    Distributes projects account of the General Improvement Fund.

 

ACT 2316    Amends Revenue Stabilization Law.