(a) The statutory portion of the codification of Arkansas laws prepared by the Arkansas Code Revision Commission and the Michie Company pursuant to a contract entered into on August 1, 1984, is enacted and shall have the effect of statutes enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas.
(b) The statutory portion of the codification shall be merged with annotations, captions, catchlines, history lines, editorial notes, cross references, indices, title, chapter, and subchapter analyses, and other materials pursuant to the contract and shall be published by authority of the state pursuant to the contract.