(a) The administrative functions of the following state entities are transferred to the Department of Corrections by a cabinet-level department transfer:
(1) The Arkansas Sentencing Commission, created under § 16-90-802;
(2) The Corrections School System, created under § 12-29-301;
(3) The criminal detention facility review committees, under § 12-26-101;
(4) The Department of Community Correction, created under § 12-27-124, and now to be known as the “Division of Community Correction”;
(5) The Department of Correction, created under § 12-27-101, and now to be known as the “Division of Correction”;
(6) The Office of Criminal Detention Facilities, created under § 12-26-103;
(7) The Parole Board, created under § 16-93-201; and
(8) The State Council for Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision, created under § 12-51-104.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, a cabinet-level department transfer under subsection (a) of this section includes all state entities under a state entity transferred to the Department of Corrections under subsection (a) of this section, including without limitation a division, office, program, or other unit of a state entity transferred to the Department of Corrections under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Unless otherwise provided by law, a state entity whose administrative functions have been transferred to the Department of Corrections under subsection (a) of this section shall otherwise continue to exercise the duties of the state entity under the administration of the cabinet-level Department of Corrections in the same manner as before the creation of the cabinet-level department.