§ 15-11-206 - Functions, powers, and duties. - Arkansas Statutes

15-11-206. Functions, powers, and duties.

(a) The State Parks, Recreation, and Travel Commission shall:

(1) Have and be subject to all functions, powers, and duties as by law are conferred and imposed upon it; and

(2) For the purpose of regulating its own procedure and carrying out its functions, have the authority from time to time to make, amend, and enforce all reasonable rules or regulations not inconsistent with law which will aid in the performance of any of the functions, powers, or duties conferred or imposed upon it by law.

(b) In addition, it shall be the function, power, and duty of the commission to:

(1) Cooperate with other state agencies, civic organizations, and others similarly interested in preparing, correlating, and distributing information in furtherance of the commission's functions and to furnish or otherwise make such information available, without cost to the recipients, in such manner as the commission shall determine to all who may have an interest therein and, for such purpose, the executive head of each state agency shall furnish such information as shall be requested of him or her by the commission;

(2) Contract and be contracted with;

(3) Purchase, lease, rent, or sell and receive bequests or donations of any real, corporeal, or personal property;

(4) Exploit and promote by all available means the recreational and travel potentialities of the state;

(5) Acquire such land within the state as it may deem necessary or proper to the extension, development, or improvement of the state park system and, when necessary to properly carry out its functions, to acquire any real property by the exercise of its right of eminent domain, this right being vested in the commission;

(6) Require a strict accounting of all business transacted by each concessionaire operating at a state park; and

(7) Take such other action not inconsistent with law as it may deem necessary or desirable to carry out the intent and purposes of this subchapter.