Ark. Code Ann. § 2-33-101 (2026)

There is created the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission.

History. Acts 1963, No. 87, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 78-301.

Publisher's Notes. Acts 1963, No. 87, § 10, provided, in part, that the State Livestock Sanitary Board and the office of State Veterinarian would be abolished effective April 1, 1963, and all their functions, etc., would be transferred to the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and that the commission would take over all their records, etc., and all executory contracts, unless disaffirmed.

Acts 1963, No. 87, § 11, provided that effective April 1, 1963 all functions, etc., of the State Board of Finance relating to the development of the livestock industry of Arkansas would be transferred to the commission and that the commission would take over all executory contracts of the board and all of its instruments in writing that related directly to the development of the livestock and poultry industry of Arkansas.

Acts 1981, No. 867, § 1, provided that the Livestock and Poultry Commission, as created by § 2-33-101 et seq. and as transferred to the Division of Livestock, Poultry, and Agriculture of the Department of Commerce (abolished), was separated from the Department of Commerce and should be an independent agency of state government to function in the same manner it functioned prior to its transfer and that the Division of Livestock, Poultry, and Agriculture was abolished.