Part 11. Arkansas Water Well Construction Rules

Acts 2023, No. 691, § 5, provided:

"Abolition of the Commission on Water Well Construction.
(a) The Commission on Water Well Construction is abolished, and its authority, duties, functions, records, contracts, personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds, including the functions of budgeting or purchasing, are transferred to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission.
(b) The Commission on Water Well Construction's statutory powers, duties, and functions, including the functions of budgeting or purchasing, records, contracts, personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds are transferred to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission.
(c)(1) The abolishment of the Commission on Water Well Construction does not affect the orders, rules, directives, registration, licensing, or standards made or promulgated by the Commission on Water Well Construction before the effective date of this act.
(2) The orders, rules, directives, registration, licensing, or standards of the Commission on Water Well Construction shall continue to be in effect until they are amended or repealed under authority given by law.
(d) All funds and unexpended balances of appropriations transferred under this section shall continue to be used for the purposes for which they were designated."

This part as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "(updated 2022)"