Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-104

In the event that a program is transferred from one state-supported university to another state-supported university and the transfer was not proposed to or acted upon by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board prior to the final consideration by the General Assembly of the receiving university's budget request for the next biennium and such program has been recommended by the board under the provisions of §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-211 [repealed], 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, 6-61-306 [repealed], 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 — 6-61-524, 6-61-601 — 6-61-603, and 6-61-604 — 6-61-612 [repealed], the receiving university may use the transferring university's maximum annual salary limits for similar faculty positions which were transferred.