Arkansas Code Annotated

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-201 (2026)

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There is created the Arkansas Crime Information Center, under the supervision of the Supervisory Board for the Arkansas Crime Information Center established by this subchapter.
This center shall consist of the Director of the Arkansas Crime Information Center and such other staff of the Department of Public Safety under the general supervision of the director as may be necessary to administer the services of this subchapter, subject to the approval of funds authorized by the General Assembly.
The board shall name the director in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety.

History. Acts 1971, No. 286, § 1; 1975, No. 742, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 5-1101; Acts 2019, No. 910, § 5840.

Publisher's Notes. The Criminal Justice and Highway Safety Information Center was established under the supervision of a supervisory board and the former Department of Administration by Acts 1971, No. 286, § 1.

Acts 1975, No. 742, §§ 11-14, transferred the center and its functions, equipment, and personnel to the Department of Public Safety (abolished by Acts 1981, No. 45, § 1). Section 12 further provided that all of the center's personnel would be granted tenure rights on or after July 1, 1975, and that all position, grade, step, and anniversary dates, as established under the state's compensation plan, would remain as assigned to the position of each employee on or after that date, or as provided by the new compensation plan.

Acts 1979, No. 375, § 1, provided that the Criminal Justice and Highway Safety Information Center would thereafter be known as, and all its functions, powers, and duties would be performed by, the Arkansas Crime Information Center.

Acts 1981, No. 45, § 8, provided, in part, that the Arkansas Crime Information Center and all of its powers, functions, duties, personnel, and funds would be separated from the Department of Public Safety (abolished by Acts 1981, No. 45, § 1) and established as an independent agency of the state government, to function in the same manner as if it had never been located within the Department of Public Safety (abolished by Acts 1981, No. 45, § 1). It further provided that nothing in the act should be construed to reduce any right which an employee of the Arkansas Crime Information Center had under any civil service or merit system.

Amendments. The 2019 amendment, in (b), substituted “the Director of the Arkansas Crime Information Center” for “a director” and inserted “of the Department of Public Safety”; and substituted “in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety” for “of the center” in (c).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2005–2019 · leading case: Clowers v. Lassiter, 213 S.W.3d 6 (Ark. 2005).

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Clowers v. Lassiter, 213 S.W.3d 6 (Ark. 2005). · cites it 10× “’ ” Clowers requested that the circuit court (1) declare his right pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-201 et seq. (Repl.”

Jones v. Huckabee, 250 S.W.3d 241 (Ark. 2007). · cites it 10× “2006), Jones further alleged that “unauthorized parties” had accessed his arrest records through the ACIC and that this access violated his right to privacy under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and the Arkansas Constitution, as well as the ACIC…”

Nelson v. ACIC (W.D. Ark. 2019). · cites it 2× “See Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-201 et seq.; Burk, 948 F.”

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