(a)
(1) The Director of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
(2) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
(b) The Department of Agriculture shall be charged with the duty of administering the provisions of this subchapter and the rules and orders established thereunder by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission.
(c) The commission, by resolution duly adopted, may delegate to the department any of the powers or duties vested in or imposed upon the commission by this subchapter. These delegated powers and duties may be exercised by the department or the department's designee in the name of the commission.
(d) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall be custodian of all property held in the name of the commission and shall be ex officio the disbursing agent of all funds available for use by the commission.