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Legal and Policy Documents Related to GIS in Arkansas

  • *NEW* 2010 Strategic Business Plan - Calls on state to provide recurring funding for
    continual investment in, and improvement of the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure.

  • Act 78 of 2012- Appropriation for the operating expenses of the Arkansas Geographic Information Office
  • Act 79 of 2012- Appropriation for digital orthophotography and other projects
  • Act 1091 of 2011 - Statewide parcel mapping grant appropriation for the 2011-2012 fiscal year

  • Act 559 of 2011 - Authorizes statewide parcel mapping program and declares an emergency

  • Act 315 of 2011 - Appropriation for digital orthography and other projects

  • Act 216 of 2011 - Appropriation for the operating expenses of the Arkansas Geographic Information Office

  • Act 602 of 2009 - Appropriates one time funding for statewide digital orthoimagery and GeoStor operations.

  • Act 296 of 2009 - Establishes the appropriation setting up the Arkansas Geographic Information Office as a standalone state agency.

  • Act 244 of 2009 - Renames the Board to the State GIS Board

  • Senate Bill 697 (PDF) - A Bill Entered to Help Fund Training and Technology for Counties to Improve Public Electronic Access, to Fund Land Records Modernization, and for Other Purposes - Failed to Pass

  • Act 1484 of 2003 (PDF) - General Improvement Act for the Spatial Information Systems Program at the University of Arkansas, Monticello

  • Act 153 of 2003 (PDF) - General Improvement Act for Landuse, Landcover, County Soils and Watersheds

  • Act 1511 of 2003 (PDF) - General Improvement Act for Aerial Photography and Distribution

  • Act 1589 of 2003 (PDF) - Establishes ECIO and AGIO as General Revenue agencies and appropriates funding

  • Act 1250 of 2001 (PDF) - Creates the AGIO and revise LIB legislation

  • Act 1249 of 2001 (PDF) - Creates the State GIS Fund

  • Act 914 of 1997 - Amends ARK. Code Ann. § 15-21-501 Et Seq. to Delineate Responsibilities of the State Land Information Board

  • Act 1259 of 1995 - Creates the State Land Information Board

  • 1994 Report to Governor Tucker - Recommends the State establish a permanent organization charged with developing, implementing, and updating a strategic plan aimed at modernizing mapping and land-records policies and methods relying on GIS and related technologies.

  • Act 150 0f 1993 - The beginning of GIS coordination law in Arkansas. This created the State Mapping and Land Records Modernization Advisory Board. The law required the Board to deliver a report to the Governor no later than September 30, 1994 and then be dissolved 90 days after submitting the report.