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GIS Legislation

  • 2023 Strategic Business Plan – Revision of State Strategic Plan
  • Act 438 of 2021 – Amend the Municipal Aid Fund to change Population assigned requirements for newly Incorporated Municipalities.
  • Act 80 of 2019 – Appropriation for the operating expenses of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office
  • Act 757 of 2019 – Appoints Arkansas GIS Office to maintain school district boundaries on behalf of Department of Education.
  • Act 660 of 2019 – Establish the Public Safety Act of 2019, Amending the Arkansas Public Safety Comm Act of 1985 to develop NG 911
  • 2017 Strategic Business Plan – Reviewed by Governor Asa Hutchinson and adopted by the GIS Board on October 4, 2017.
  • Act 82 of 2017 – Appropriation for the operating expenses of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office
  • Act 352 of 2017 – Reappropriation for Statewide parcel mapping grant, Digital Orthoimagery, and Parcel Mapping
  • Act 145 of 2017 – Technical corrections associated with the Division of Land Surveys
  • Act 655 of 2017 – Revised annexation procedures for surrender of charter, requiring notice to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office
  • Act 663 of 2017 – Requiring local 911 Addressing Authority to maintain address and centerline GIS data.
  • Act 712 of 2017 – Revocation of Municipal Charter procedures, requiring notice to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office.
  • Act 730 of 2015 – Appropriation for the operating expenses of the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office
  • Act 136 of 2015 – Reappropriation for Statewide parcel mapping grant, Digital Orthoimagery, and Parcel Mapping
  • Act 103 of 2015 – Arkansas Geographic Information Office name change
  • Act 914 of 2015 – Annexation, consolidation, detachment, incorporation, or unincorporation map filing proceedings
  • Strategic Plan Review – Revision of State Strategic Plan
  • 2014 Annual Status Report of the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure to the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology
  • Act 93 of 2013 – Appropriation for the operating expenses of the Arkansas Geographic Information Office
  • Act 163 of 2013 – Reappropriation for Statewide parcel mapping grant
  • Act 196 of 2013 – Appropriation for GeoStor, Digital Orthophotography & Parcel Mapping
  • Act 1211 of 2013 – Requires digital boundaries of election precincts in a for prescribed by the Arkansas Geographic Information Office
  • Act 1073 of 2013 – Requires Arkansas Geographic Information Office to prescribe digital map format for School District Election Zones.
  • 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
  • 2010 Strategic Business Plan – Calls on state to provide recurring funding for continual investment in, and improvement of the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure.
  • 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.