§ 15-21-401 - Policy and purposes -- Acceptance of federal act. - Arkansas Statutes

15-21-401. Policy and purposes -- Acceptance of federal act.

(a) It is recognized and declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the public welfare of this state requires the cooperation of this state with other states and with the federal government in the accomplishment of the policy and purposes declared by Congress in section 7(a) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Those policies and purposes are:

(1) Preservation and improvement of soil fertility;

(2) Promotion of the economic use and conservation of land;

(3) Diminution of exploitation and wasteful and unscientific use of national soil resources;

(4) The protection of rivers and harbors against the results of soil erosion in aid of maintaining the navigability of waters and water courses and in aid of flood control; and

(5) (A) Reestablishment, at as rapid a rate as the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be practicable and in the general public interest of the ratio between the purchasing power of the net income per person on farms and that of the income per person not on farms that prevailed during the five-year period August 1909 -- July 1914, inclusive, as determined from statistics available in the Department of Agriculture, and the maintenance of such a ratio.

(B) The powers conferred under sections 7-14, inclusive, of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act shall be used to assist voluntary action calculated to effectuate the purposes specified in this section. Such powers shall not be used to discourage the production of supplies of foods and fibers sufficient to maintain normal domestic human consumption as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture from the records of domestic human consumption in the years 1920-1929, inclusive, taking into consideration increased population, quantities of any commodity that were forced into domestic consumption by decline in exports during such a period, current trends in domestic consumption and exports of particular commodities, and the quantities of substitutes available for domestic consumption within any general class of food commodities.

(C) In carrying out the purposes of this section, due regard shall be given to the maintenance of a continuous and stable supply of agricultural commodities adequate to meet consumer demand at prices fair both to producers and consumers.

(b) The State of Arkansas therefore adopts the policy of cooperating with the governments and agencies of other states and of the United States in the accomplishment of the policy and purposes of section 7 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act and accepts the provisions and requirements thereof.