(a) The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program may by rule promulgated pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., adopt an Arkansas Historic Building Code for buildings listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places, buildings eligible for listing individually on the National Register of Historic Places, and buildings listed as a contributing resource in a National Register Historic District.
(b) To the extent that the provisions of the Arkansas Historic Building Code adopted by the program conflict with any state or local building or fire code, the Arkansas Historic Building Code shall prevail as to the buildings described in subsection (a) of this section.