Ark. Code Ann. § 27-14-104 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 14 / Subchapter 1 / Section 27-14-104
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Bus" means a motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten (10) passengers and used for the transportation of persons, or a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation; (2) "Dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging vehicles of a type required to be registered under this chapter and who has an established place of business for that purpose in this state; (3) "Essential parts" means all integral and body parts of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this chapter, that if removed, altered, or substituted would tend to conceal the identity of the vehicle or substantially alter its appearance, model, type, or mode of operation; (4) "Established place of business" means the place actually occupied, either continuously or at regular periods, by a dealer or manufacturer, where the books and records of the business are kept and a large share of the business is transacted; (5) "Foreign vehicle" means a vehicle not registered in this state but of a type required to be registered under this chapter and brought into this state from another state, territory, or country other than in the ordinary course of business by or through a manufacturer or dealer; (6) "Implement of husbandry" means a vehicle not subject to registration if used on the highways and designed or adapted exclusively for timber harvesting or hauling, agricultural, horticultural, or livestock raising operations, or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry; (7) "Manufactured home" means a factory-built structure: (A) Produced in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.; and (B) Designed to be used as a dwelling unit; (8) "Manufacturer" means a person engaged in the business of constructing or assembling vehicles of a type required to be registered under this chapter at an established place of business in this state; (9) "Mobile home" means a structure: (A) Built in a factory before the enactment of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.; and (B) Designed to be used as a dwelling unit; (10) (A) "Motor home" means a motor vehicle designed to provide temporary living quarters, built onto, or permanently attached to, an integral part of a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis. (B) The vehicle shall contain permanently installed independent life-enhancement systems; (11) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle that is self-propelled or that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not operated upon stationary rails or tracks; (12) "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, excluding a tractor; (13) "Nonresident" means a person who is not a resident of this state; (14) (A) "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle. (B) In the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor is the owner for the purpose of this chapter; (15) "Person" means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation; (16) "Pneumatic tire" means a tire in which compressed air is designed to support the load; (17) "Pole trailer" means a vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, or structural members, capable generally of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections; (18) "Reconstructed vehicle" means a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this chapter materially altered from its original construction by the removal, addition, or substitution of essential parts, new or used; (19) (A) "Resident" means any person who: (i) Remains in this state for a period of more than six (6) months; (ii) Resides in this state due to a change of abode; or (iii) Is domiciled in this state on a temporary or permanent basis. (B) "Resident" does not include a person who is in this state as a student; (20) "School bus" means a motor vehicle that is owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or that is privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school; (21) "Semitrailer" means a vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle; (22) "Special mobile equipment" means a vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and incidentally operated or moved over the highways, including without limitation: (A) A farm tractor; (B) Road construction or maintenance machinery; (C) A ditch-digging apparatus; (D) A well-boring apparatus; and (E) A concrete mixer; (23) "Specially constructed vehicle" means a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this chapter not originally constructed under a distinctive name, make, model, or type by a generally recognized manufacturer of vehicles and not materially altered from its original construction; (24) "Street" or "highway" means the entire width between boundary lines of a roadway publicly maintained when any part of the roadway is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel; (25) "Trailer" means a vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle; (26) "Transporter" means a person engaged in the business of delivering vehicles of a type required to be registered under this chapter from a manufacturing, assembly, or distributing plant to dealers or sales agents of a manufacturer; (27) "Truck" means a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property; (28) "Truck tractor" means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn; and (29) "Vehicle" means a device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. Added by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Bus" means a motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten (10) passengers and used for the transportation of persons, or a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation;

(2) "Dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging vehicles of a type required to be registered under this chapter and who has an established place of business for that purpose in this state;

(3) "Essential parts" means all integral and body parts of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this chapter, that if removed, altered, or substituted would tend to conceal the identity of the vehicle or substantially alter its appearance, model, type, or mode of operation;

(4) "Established place of business" means the place actually occupied, either continuously or at regular periods, by a dealer or manufacturer, where the books and records of the business are kept and a large share of the business is transacted;

(5) "Foreign vehicle" means a vehicle not registered in this state but of a type required to be registered under this chapter and brought into this state from another state, territory, or country other than in the ordinary course of business by or through a manufacturer or dealer;

(6) "Implement of husbandry" means a vehicle not subject to registration if used on the highways and designed or adapted exclusively for timber harvesting or hauling, agricultural, horticultural, or livestock raising operations, or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry;

(7) "Manufactured home" means a factory-built structure: (A) Produced in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.; and (B) Designed to be used as a dwelling unit;

(A) Produced in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.; and

(B) Designed to be used as a dwelling unit;

(8) "Manufacturer" means a person engaged in the business of constructing or assembling vehicles of a type required to be registered under this chapter at an established place of business in this state;

(9) "Mobile home" means a structure: (A) Built in a factory before the enactment of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.; and (B) Designed to be used as a dwelling unit;

(A) Built in a factory before the enactment of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.; and

(B) Designed to be used as a dwelling unit;

(10) (A) "Motor home" means a motor vehicle designed to provide temporary living quarters, built onto, or permanently attached to, an integral part of a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis. (B) The vehicle shall contain permanently installed independent life-enhancement systems;

(A) "Motor home" means a motor vehicle designed to provide temporary living quarters, built onto, or permanently attached to, an integral part of a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis.

(B) The vehicle shall contain permanently installed independent life-enhancement systems;

(11) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle that is self-propelled or that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not operated upon stationary rails or tracks;

(12) "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, excluding a tractor;

(13) "Nonresident" means a person who is not a resident of this state;

(14) (A) "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle. (B) In the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor is the owner for the purpose of this chapter;

(A) "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle.

(B) In the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor is the owner for the purpose of this chapter;

(15) "Person" means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation;

(16) "Pneumatic tire" means a tire in which compressed air is designed to support the load;

(17) "Pole trailer" means a vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, or structural members, capable generally of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections;

(18) "Reconstructed vehicle" means a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this chapter materially altered from its original construction by the removal, addition, or substitution of essential parts, new or used;

(19) (A) "Resident" means any person who: (i) Remains in this state for a period of more than six (6) months; (ii) Resides in this state due to a change of abode; or (iii) Is domiciled in this state on a temporary or permanent basis. (B) "Resident" does not include a person who is in this state as a student;

(A) "Resident" means any person who: (i) Remains in this state for a period of more than six (6) months; (ii) Resides in this state due to a change of abode; or (iii) Is domiciled in this state on a temporary or permanent basis.

(i) Remains in this state for a period of more than six (6) months;

(ii) Resides in this state due to a change of abode; or

(iii) Is domiciled in this state on a temporary or permanent basis.

(B) "Resident" does not include a person who is in this state as a student;

(20) "School bus" means a motor vehicle that is owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or that is privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school;

(21) "Semitrailer" means a vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle;

(22) "Special mobile equipment" means a vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and incidentally operated or moved over the highways, including without limitation: (A) A farm tractor; (B) Road construction or maintenance machinery; (C) A ditch-digging apparatus; (D) A well-boring apparatus; and (E) A concrete mixer;

(A) A farm tractor;

(B) Road construction or maintenance machinery;

(C) A ditch-digging apparatus;

(D) A well-boring apparatus; and

(E) A concrete mixer;

(23) "Specially constructed vehicle" means a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this chapter not originally constructed under a distinctive name, make, model, or type by a generally recognized manufacturer of vehicles and not materially altered from its original construction;

(24) "Street" or "highway" means the entire width between boundary lines of a roadway publicly maintained when any part of the roadway is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel;

(25) "Trailer" means a vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle;

(26) "Transporter" means a person engaged in the business of delivering vehicles of a type required to be registered under this chapter from a manufacturing, assembly, or distributing plant to dealers or sales agents of a manufacturer;

(27) "Truck" means a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property;

(28) "Truck tractor" means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn; and

(29) "Vehicle" means a device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

Added by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-14-902 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 14 / Subchapter 9 / Section 27-14-902
Transfer or assignment by owner or lessee generally
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Whenever the owner or lessee of a registered vehicle transfers or assigns his or her title, or interest thereto, the registration of the vehicle shall expire. (2) The owner or lessee shall remove the license plate or plates therefrom. (3) (A) The owner or lessee may have the plate or plates assigned to another vehicle upon payment of the fees required by law and subject to the rules of the Office of Motor Vehicle. (B) Whenever the owner or lessee elects to assign the plate or plates to a replacement vehicle, the owner may display the plate or plates on the replacement vehicle prior to registering the vehicle within the time permitted by § 27-14-903 provided that the owner has complied with § 27-14-701(c) . (b) (1) The owner or lessee shall pay a transfer fee of one dollar ($1.00). (2) If the fee for registering and licensing the vehicle to be registered is greater than the registration fee paid for the vehicle originally licensed, then the Office of Motor Vehicle shall, in addition, collect an amount equal to the excess payable for the vehicle to be registered. (3) No refund will be due in the event that the fee for registering and licensing the vehicle to be registered is less than that represented by the license to be transferred. (c) The owner or lessee shall pay any additional fee which shall be required under the registration laws of this state. (d) The owner shall endorse an assignment and warranty of title upon the certificate of title for the vehicle, and he or she shall deliver the certificate of title to the purchaser or transferee at the time of delivery of the vehicle, except as provided in §§ 27-14-906 and 27-14-909 . Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 3094, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1949, No. 142, § 48; 1955, No. 110, § 2; 1967, No. 465, § 23; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-148; Acts 1995, No. 268, § 3; 1999, No. 461, § 1; 1999, No. 1106, § 1.

(a) (1) Whenever the owner or lessee of a registered vehicle transfers or assigns his or her title, or interest thereto, the registration of the vehicle shall expire. (2) The owner or lessee shall remove the license plate or plates therefrom. (3) (A) The owner or lessee may have the plate or plates assigned to another vehicle upon payment of the fees required by law and subject to the rules of the Office of Motor Vehicle. (B) Whenever the owner or lessee elects to assign the plate or plates to a replacement vehicle, the owner may display the plate or plates on the replacement vehicle prior to registering the vehicle within the time permitted by § 27-14-903 provided that the owner has complied with § 27-14-701(c) .

(1) Whenever the owner or lessee of a registered vehicle transfers or assigns his or her title, or interest thereto, the registration of the vehicle shall expire.

(2) The owner or lessee shall remove the license plate or plates therefrom.

(3) (A) The owner or lessee may have the plate or plates assigned to another vehicle upon payment of the fees required by law and subject to the rules of the Office of Motor Vehicle. (B) Whenever the owner or lessee elects to assign the plate or plates to a replacement vehicle, the owner may display the plate or plates on the replacement vehicle prior to registering the vehicle within the time permitted by § 27-14-903 provided that the owner has complied with § 27-14-701(c) .

(A) The owner or lessee may have the plate or plates assigned to another vehicle upon payment of the fees required by law and subject to the rules of the Office of Motor Vehicle.

(B) Whenever the owner or lessee elects to assign the plate or plates to a replacement vehicle, the owner may display the plate or plates on the replacement vehicle prior to registering the vehicle within the time permitted by § 27-14-903 provided that the owner has complied with § 27-14-701(c) .

(b) (1) The owner or lessee shall pay a transfer fee of one dollar ($1.00). (2) If the fee for registering and licensing the vehicle to be registered is greater than the registration fee paid for the vehicle originally licensed, then the Office of Motor Vehicle shall, in addition, collect an amount equal to the excess payable for the vehicle to be registered. (3) No refund will be due in the event that the fee for registering and licensing the vehicle to be registered is less than that represented by the license to be transferred.

(1) The owner or lessee shall pay a transfer fee of one dollar ($1.00).

(2) If the fee for registering and licensing the vehicle to be registered is greater than the registration fee paid for the vehicle originally licensed, then the Office of Motor Vehicle shall, in addition, collect an amount equal to the excess payable for the vehicle to be registered.

(3) No refund will be due in the event that the fee for registering and licensing the vehicle to be registered is less than that represented by the license to be transferred.

(c) The owner or lessee shall pay any additional fee which shall be required under the registration laws of this state.

(d) The owner shall endorse an assignment and warranty of title upon the certificate of title for the vehicle, and he or she shall deliver the certificate of title to the purchaser or transferee at the time of delivery of the vehicle, except as provided in §§ 27-14-906 and 27-14-909 .

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 3094, eff. 7/24/2019.

Acts 1949, No. 142, § 48; 1955, No. 110, § 2; 1967, No. 465, § 23; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-148; Acts 1995, No. 268, § 3; 1999, No. 461, § 1; 1999, No. 1106, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-76-403 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 76 / Subchapter 4 / Section 27-76-403
Authority to contract
Status: in_force

(a) A regional mobility authority created under this chapter may enter into agreements or contracts with a governmental entity or a private entity. (b) The types of agreements or contracts that a regional mobility authority may enter into under this chapter include without limitation: (1) Lease agreements; (2) Rental agreements; (3) Operating agreements; (4) Service agreements; (5) License agreements; (6) Promotional agreements; (7) Purchasing agreements; and (8) Public-private partnership agreements for transportation projects concerning rail, waterway, or trail. (c) The scope of agreements or contracts that a regional mobility authority may enter into under this chapter includes without limitation: (1) Rent, lease, or make property available for the benefit of users of a transportation project or a transportation system other than a public utility facility; (2) Plan, design, construct, operate, or maintain a transportation project on behalf of a governmental entity within the boundaries of the regional mobility authority; and (3) Acquire with the consent of a governmental entity or private entity a transportation project or transportation system from that entity and assume any debts, obligations, and liabilities of the entity relating to a transportation project or transportation system transferred to the regional mobility authority, provided that a regional mobility authority shall not acquire a transportation project or transportation system from another public or private entity that is completed or for which a construction notice to proceed has been issued to convert the transportation project or transportation system to a toll facility project. (d) A regional mobility authority shall not sell a toll facility project to a private entity or enter into a lease for a toll facility or a concession agreement related to a toll facility. Acts 2007, No. 389, § 1; 2011, No. 524, § 2.

(a) A regional mobility authority created under this chapter may enter into agreements or contracts with a governmental entity or a private entity.

(b) The types of agreements or contracts that a regional mobility authority may enter into under this chapter include without limitation: (1) Lease agreements; (2) Rental agreements; (3) Operating agreements; (4) Service agreements; (5) License agreements; (6) Promotional agreements; (7) Purchasing agreements; and (8) Public-private partnership agreements for transportation projects concerning rail, waterway, or trail.

(1) Lease agreements;

(2) Rental agreements;

(3) Operating agreements;

(4) Service agreements;

(5) License agreements;

(6) Promotional agreements;

(7) Purchasing agreements; and

(8) Public-private partnership agreements for transportation projects concerning rail, waterway, or trail.

(c) The scope of agreements or contracts that a regional mobility authority may enter into under this chapter includes without limitation: (1) Rent, lease, or make property available for the benefit of users of a transportation project or a transportation system other than a public utility facility; (2) Plan, design, construct, operate, or maintain a transportation project on behalf of a governmental entity within the boundaries of the regional mobility authority; and (3) Acquire with the consent of a governmental entity or private entity a transportation project or transportation system from that entity and assume any debts, obligations, and liabilities of the entity relating to a transportation project or transportation system transferred to the regional mobility authority, provided that a regional mobility authority shall not acquire a transportation project or transportation system from another public or private entity that is completed or for which a construction notice to proceed has been issued to convert the transportation project or transportation system to a toll facility project.

(1) Rent, lease, or make property available for the benefit of users of a transportation project or a transportation system other than a public utility facility;

(2) Plan, design, construct, operate, or maintain a transportation project on behalf of a governmental entity within the boundaries of the regional mobility authority; and

(3) Acquire with the consent of a governmental entity or private entity a transportation project or transportation system from that entity and assume any debts, obligations, and liabilities of the entity relating to a transportation project or transportation system transferred to the regional mobility authority, provided that a regional mobility authority shall not acquire a transportation project or transportation system from another public or private entity that is completed or for which a construction notice to proceed has been issued to convert the transportation project or transportation system to a toll facility project.

(d) A regional mobility authority shall not sell a toll facility project to a private entity or enter into a lease for a toll facility or a concession agreement related to a toll facility.

Acts 2007, No. 389, § 1; 2011, No. 524, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-74-301 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 74 / Subchapter 3 / Section 27-74-301
Nonconforming devices - Remedy
Status: in_force

The General Assembly finds and declares that outdoor advertising signs, displays, or devices which are located more than six hundred sixty feet (660') off the nearest edge of the right-of-way, located outside of urban areas, visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate, primary, or other state highway designated by the State Highway Commission, and erected for the purpose of their messages being read from the main-traveled way and which do not conform to the provisions of this subchapter are nonconforming advertising devices; therefore, the right is conferred upon the commission to enforce the provisions of this subchapter by means of restraining order, mandatory injunction, or other appropriate remedy for the abatement of nonconforming advertising devices, displays, or signs. Acts 1975, No. 999, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2505.2.

The General Assembly finds and declares that outdoor advertising signs, displays, or devices which are located more than six hundred sixty feet (660') off the nearest edge of the right-of-way, located outside of urban areas, visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate, primary, or other state highway designated by the State Highway Commission, and erected for the purpose of their messages being read from the main-traveled way and which do not conform to the provisions of this subchapter are nonconforming advertising devices; therefore, the right is conferred upon the commission to enforce the provisions of this subchapter by means of restraining order, mandatory injunction, or other appropriate remedy for the abatement of nonconforming advertising devices, displays, or signs.

Acts 1975, No. 999, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2505.2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-90-202 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 90 / Subchapter 2 / Section 27-90-202
Authority of commission to undertake turnpike projects
Status: in_force

(a) The State Highway Commission is authorized and empowered to: (1) (A) Acquire by purchase or exercise of its powers of eminent domain sites and rights-of-way for, and construct, maintain, repair, and operate, turnpike projects at such locations as it shall determine in accordance with proper design and construction standards. (B) (i) Turnpike projects shall be constructed in accordance with applicable laws pertaining to competitive bidding, contracting, performance and payment bonds, and other matters applicable to similar highway construction by the commission. (ii) However, turnpike projects developed in cooperation with other states, agencies, or political subdivisions thereof or nonmember nonstock transportation corporations created under the laws of another state may be developed, operated, and maintained on the basis of contracts for the design, engineering, procurement and construction, and like arrangements for the integrated development of turnpike projects or pursuant to the basis for the development, operation, and maintenance of a turnpike project permitted under the laws of another state upon the commission's setting forth in a resolution its finding that any such arrangement is the preferable method for development of the turnpike project and the reasons for such finding; (2) Apply for, receive, accept, and use any moneys and properties from agencies of the United States Government, from any state or other governmental agency or political subdivision, from any public or private corporation, agency, or organization of any nature, and from any individual or group of individuals; (3) Establish accounts in one (1) or more banks and thereafter from time to time make deposits into and withdrawals from such accounts and otherwise invest or reinvest its money; (4) Obtain the necessary funds for financing the objects specified in this subchapter, including without limitation the proceeds of the sale of revenue bonds as authorized in this subchapter; (5) Fix, revise from time to time, charge, and collect tolls for transit over each turnpike project constructed; (6) Establish rules for the use of each turnpike project; (7) Employ consulting engineers, attorneys, accountants, construction and financial experts, superintendents, and other employees and agents that may be necessary in its judgment; (8) Enter into and implement any agreements or compacts with the United States or any state or any department or agency of the United States or of any state, or a political subdivision of any state, or any person concerning operation, revenues, or other matters pertaining to planning, financing, constructing, and operating turnpike projects leading from this state into another state or states and turnpike projects to be developed and operated jointly, whether by the commission, by another party to the agreement or compact, by an agency created pursuant to the agreement or compact, or by another person, whether or not leading from this state into another state or states; and (9) Take such other action, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the powers conferred by this subchapter and to carry out the intent and purposes of this subchapter. (b) Each turnpike project shall be separately designated by appropriate name or number and may be constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, or extended in sections and stages as the commission may from time to time determine. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 3177, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1995, No. 1232, § 1; 2003, No. 296, § 2.

(a) The State Highway Commission is authorized and empowered to: (1) (A) Acquire by purchase or exercise of its powers of eminent domain sites and rights-of-way for, and construct, maintain, repair, and operate, turnpike projects at such locations as it shall determine in accordance with proper design and construction standards. (B) (i) Turnpike projects shall be constructed in accordance with applicable laws pertaining to competitive bidding, contracting, performance and payment bonds, and other matters applicable to similar highway construction by the commission. (ii) However, turnpike projects developed in cooperation with other states, agencies, or political subdivisions thereof or nonmember nonstock transportation corporations created under the laws of another state may be developed, operated, and maintained on the basis of contracts for the design, engineering, procurement and construction, and like arrangements for the integrated development of turnpike projects or pursuant to the basis for the development, operation, and maintenance of a turnpike project permitted under the laws of another state upon the commission's setting forth in a resolution its finding that any such arrangement is the preferable method for development of the turnpike project and the reasons for such finding; (2) Apply for, receive, accept, and use any moneys and properties from agencies of the United States Government, from any state or other governmental agency or political subdivision, from any public or private corporation, agency, or organization of any nature, and from any individual or group of individuals; (3) Establish accounts in one (1) or more banks and thereafter from time to time make deposits into and withdrawals from such accounts and otherwise invest or reinvest its money; (4) Obtain the necessary funds for financing the objects specified in this subchapter, including without limitation the proceeds of the sale of revenue bonds as authorized in this subchapter; (5) Fix, revise from time to time, charge, and collect tolls for transit over each turnpike project constructed; (6) Establish rules for the use of each turnpike project; (7) Employ consulting engineers, attorneys, accountants, construction and financial experts, superintendents, and other employees and agents that may be necessary in its judgment; (8) Enter into and implement any agreements or compacts with the United States or any state or any department or agency of the United States or of any state, or a political subdivision of any state, or any person concerning operation, revenues, or other matters pertaining to planning, financing, constructing, and operating turnpike projects leading from this state into another state or states and turnpike projects to be developed and operated jointly, whether by the commission, by another party to the agreement or compact, by an agency created pursuant to the agreement or compact, or by another person, whether or not leading from this state into another state or states; and (9) Take such other action, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the powers conferred by this subchapter and to carry out the intent and purposes of this subchapter.

(1) (A) Acquire by purchase or exercise of its powers of eminent domain sites and rights-of-way for, and construct, maintain, repair, and operate, turnpike projects at such locations as it shall determine in accordance with proper design and construction standards. (B) (i) Turnpike projects shall be constructed in accordance with applicable laws pertaining to competitive bidding, contracting, performance and payment bonds, and other matters applicable to similar highway construction by the commission. (ii) However, turnpike projects developed in cooperation with other states, agencies, or political subdivisions thereof or nonmember nonstock transportation corporations created under the laws of another state may be developed, operated, and maintained on the basis of contracts for the design, engineering, procurement and construction, and like arrangements for the integrated development of turnpike projects or pursuant to the basis for the development, operation, and maintenance of a turnpike project permitted under the laws of another state upon the commission's setting forth in a resolution its finding that any such arrangement is the preferable method for development of the turnpike project and the reasons for such finding;

(A) Acquire by purchase or exercise of its powers of eminent domain sites and rights-of-way for, and construct, maintain, repair, and operate, turnpike projects at such locations as it shall determine in accordance with proper design and construction standards.

(B) (i) Turnpike projects shall be constructed in accordance with applicable laws pertaining to competitive bidding, contracting, performance and payment bonds, and other matters applicable to similar highway construction by the commission. (ii) However, turnpike projects developed in cooperation with other states, agencies, or political subdivisions thereof or nonmember nonstock transportation corporations created under the laws of another state may be developed, operated, and maintained on the basis of contracts for the design, engineering, procurement and construction, and like arrangements for the integrated development of turnpike projects or pursuant to the basis for the development, operation, and maintenance of a turnpike project permitted under the laws of another state upon the commission's setting forth in a resolution its finding that any such arrangement is the preferable method for development of the turnpike project and the reasons for such finding;

(i) Turnpike projects shall be constructed in accordance with applicable laws pertaining to competitive bidding, contracting, performance and payment bonds, and other matters applicable to similar highway construction by the commission.

(ii) However, turnpike projects developed in cooperation with other states, agencies, or political subdivisions thereof or nonmember nonstock transportation corporations created under the laws of another state may be developed, operated, and maintained on the basis of contracts for the design, engineering, procurement and construction, and like arrangements for the integrated development of turnpike projects or pursuant to the basis for the development, operation, and maintenance of a turnpike project permitted under the laws of another state upon the commission's setting forth in a resolution its finding that any such arrangement is the preferable method for development of the turnpike project and the reasons for such finding;

(2) Apply for, receive, accept, and use any moneys and properties from agencies of the United States Government, from any state or other governmental agency or political subdivision, from any public or private corporation, agency, or organization of any nature, and from any individual or group of individuals;

(3) Establish accounts in one (1) or more banks and thereafter from time to time make deposits into and withdrawals from such accounts and otherwise invest or reinvest its money;

(4) Obtain the necessary funds for financing the objects specified in this subchapter, including without limitation the proceeds of the sale of revenue bonds as authorized in this subchapter;

(5) Fix, revise from time to time, charge, and collect tolls for transit over each turnpike project constructed;

(6) Establish rules for the use of each turnpike project;

(7) Employ consulting engineers, attorneys, accountants, construction and financial experts, superintendents, and other employees and agents that may be necessary in its judgment;

(8) Enter into and implement any agreements or compacts with the United States or any state or any department or agency of the United States or of any state, or a political subdivision of any state, or any person concerning operation, revenues, or other matters pertaining to planning, financing, constructing, and operating turnpike projects leading from this state into another state or states and turnpike projects to be developed and operated jointly, whether by the commission, by another party to the agreement or compact, by an agency created pursuant to the agreement or compact, or by another person, whether or not leading from this state into another state or states; and

(9) Take such other action, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the powers conferred by this subchapter and to carry out the intent and purposes of this subchapter.

(b) Each turnpike project shall be separately designated by appropriate name or number and may be constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, or extended in sections and stages as the commission may from time to time determine.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 3177, eff. 7/24/2019.

Acts 1995, No. 1232, § 1; 2003, No. 296, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-72-318 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 72 / Subchapter 3 / Section 27-72-318
County highway revenue estimates
Status: in_force

(a) For each fiscal year, it shall be the duty of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State to prepare and file quarterly statements setting forth an estimate of the total amount of highway revenues and other state revenues made available by Acts 1973, No. 445, and all other laws providing state resources for and to county governments for road construction, improvements, and betterments made within the spirit of Acts 1973, No. 445, for the express use of the several counties of the state and apportioned to the several counties during the then-fiscal year, with the statements to be prepared and filed on or before July 10, October 10, January 10, and April 10 of the fiscal year. (b) Each statement shall be designated and known as the "Official Estimate of County Highway Revenues Distribution" for the then-current fiscal year, and copies shall be filed with the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Auditor of State, the Treasurer of State, and each of the several county courts. (c) In addition to the estimate of the total amounts of county road funds by legislated source categories to be collected and apportioned, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall incorporate in each official estimate a listing of all counties and an estimate of the amount of county road funds by legislated source category to be credited to each county under the current provisions of the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq. (d) In preparing each official estimate of county highway revenues distribution, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall begin with a basic amount arrived at in the manner hereinafter prescribed. To this amount he or she shall add or from this amount he or she shall subtract his or her estimate of such net increase or net decrease in county road funds as may be affected by various factors, as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, including, but not limited to, changes in the laws pertaining to tax rates and exemptions, administration of tax laws, and distribution of revenues. The basic amount of county road funds shall be ascertained as follows: (1) The July estimate shall be the amount of the next-preceding fiscal year's county road funds, increased or decreased by that certain percentage determined by the average of percentage changes in the amount of the total county road funds by legislated source category of each of the three (3) preceding fiscal years in relation to its preceding fiscal year; and (2) The October, January, and April estimates shall be the total amount of county road funds by legislated source category collected in the preceding months of the then-current fiscal year plus the total amount of county road funds by legislated source category collected in all of the other months of the preceding fiscal year, increased or decreased by that certain percentage determined by the average of percentage changes in the collections during all other months of each of the three (3) preceding fiscal years in relation to the same other months of its preceding fiscal years. Acts 1975, No. 607, § 2; 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), No. 1037, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-461.2; reen. Acts 1987, No. 863, § 1.

(a) For each fiscal year, it shall be the duty of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State to prepare and file quarterly statements setting forth an estimate of the total amount of highway revenues and other state revenues made available by Acts 1973, No. 445, and all other laws providing state resources for and to county governments for road construction, improvements, and betterments made within the spirit of Acts 1973, No. 445, for the express use of the several counties of the state and apportioned to the several counties during the then-fiscal year, with the statements to be prepared and filed on or before July 10, October 10, January 10, and April 10 of the fiscal year.

(b) Each statement shall be designated and known as the "Official Estimate of County Highway Revenues Distribution" for the then-current fiscal year, and copies shall be filed with the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Auditor of State, the Treasurer of State, and each of the several county courts.

(c) In addition to the estimate of the total amounts of county road funds by legislated source categories to be collected and apportioned, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall incorporate in each official estimate a listing of all counties and an estimate of the amount of county road funds by legislated source category to be credited to each county under the current provisions of the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq.

(d) In preparing each official estimate of county highway revenues distribution, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall begin with a basic amount arrived at in the manner hereinafter prescribed. To this amount he or she shall add or from this amount he or she shall subtract his or her estimate of such net increase or net decrease in county road funds as may be affected by various factors, as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, including, but not limited to, changes in the laws pertaining to tax rates and exemptions, administration of tax laws, and distribution of revenues. The basic amount of county road funds shall be ascertained as follows: (1) The July estimate shall be the amount of the next-preceding fiscal year's county road funds, increased or decreased by that certain percentage determined by the average of percentage changes in the amount of the total county road funds by legislated source category of each of the three (3) preceding fiscal years in relation to its preceding fiscal year; and (2) The October, January, and April estimates shall be the total amount of county road funds by legislated source category collected in the preceding months of the then-current fiscal year plus the total amount of county road funds by legislated source category collected in all of the other months of the preceding fiscal year, increased or decreased by that certain percentage determined by the average of percentage changes in the collections during all other months of each of the three (3) preceding fiscal years in relation to the same other months of its preceding fiscal years.

(1) The July estimate shall be the amount of the next-preceding fiscal year's county road funds, increased or decreased by that certain percentage determined by the average of percentage changes in the amount of the total county road funds by legislated source category of each of the three (3) preceding fiscal years in relation to its preceding fiscal year; and

(2) The October, January, and April estimates shall be the total amount of county road funds by legislated source category collected in the preceding months of the then-current fiscal year plus the total amount of county road funds by legislated source category collected in all of the other months of the preceding fiscal year, increased or decreased by that certain percentage determined by the average of percentage changes in the collections during all other months of each of the three (3) preceding fiscal years in relation to the same other months of its preceding fiscal years.

Acts 1975, No. 607, § 2; 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), No. 1037, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-461.2; reen. Acts 1987, No. 863, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-24-1207 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 24 / Subchapter 12 / Section 27-24-1207
Disposition of fee - List
Status: in_force

(a) Except for African American fraternities and sororities, the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall remit the design-use contribution fee required under § 27-24-1206(b)(2) monthly to the endowment funds of the participating institutions of higher education in the State of Arkansas that have a chapter of the African American fraternity or sorority on their campus on a pro-rata basis to be used for scholarships as provided in this subchapter. (b) (1) The division shall remit the design-use contribution fee collected for special license plates issued to African American fraternities and sororities monthly as provided under subdivision (b)(2) of this section to the endowment funds of the following historically African American institutions of higher education in the State of Arkansas: (A) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; (B) Philander Smith College; (C) Arkansas Baptist College; and (D) Shorter College. (2) The historically African American institutions of higher education shall share in the funds in the following proportion: (A) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, forty percent (40%); (B) Philander Smith College, twenty-five percent (25%); (C) Arkansas Baptist College, twenty percent (20%); and (D) Shorter College, fifteen percent (15%). (c) The Department of Finance and Administration shall also provide to each participating African American fraternity or sorority a list of persons who have paid for the special African American fraternity or sorority license plates during the specified period. Acts 2005, No. 2202, § 1.

(a) Except for African American fraternities and sororities, the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall remit the design-use contribution fee required under § 27-24-1206(b)(2) monthly to the endowment funds of the participating institutions of higher education in the State of Arkansas that have a chapter of the African American fraternity or sorority on their campus on a pro-rata basis to be used for scholarships as provided in this subchapter.

(b) (1) The division shall remit the design-use contribution fee collected for special license plates issued to African American fraternities and sororities monthly as provided under subdivision (b)(2) of this section to the endowment funds of the following historically African American institutions of higher education in the State of Arkansas: (A) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; (B) Philander Smith College; (C) Arkansas Baptist College; and (D) Shorter College. (2) The historically African American institutions of higher education shall share in the funds in the following proportion: (A) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, forty percent (40%); (B) Philander Smith College, twenty-five percent (25%); (C) Arkansas Baptist College, twenty percent (20%); and (D) Shorter College, fifteen percent (15%).

(1) The division shall remit the design-use contribution fee collected for special license plates issued to African American fraternities and sororities monthly as provided under subdivision (b)(2) of this section to the endowment funds of the following historically African American institutions of higher education in the State of Arkansas: (A) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; (B) Philander Smith College; (C) Arkansas Baptist College; and (D) Shorter College.

(A) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff;

(B) Philander Smith College;

(C) Arkansas Baptist College; and

(D) Shorter College.

(2) The historically African American institutions of higher education shall share in the funds in the following proportion: (A) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, forty percent (40%); (B) Philander Smith College, twenty-five percent (25%); (C) Arkansas Baptist College, twenty percent (20%); and (D) Shorter College, fifteen percent (15%).

(A) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, forty percent (40%);

(B) Philander Smith College, twenty-five percent (25%);

(C) Arkansas Baptist College, twenty percent (20%); and

(D) Shorter College, fifteen percent (15%).

(c) The Department of Finance and Administration shall also provide to each participating African American fraternity or sorority a list of persons who have paid for the special African American fraternity or sorority license plates during the specified period.

Acts 2005, No. 2202, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-16-1309 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 16 / Subchapter 13 / Section 27-16-1309
Responsibility for accuracy of information
Status: in_force

(a) Each participant has the exclusive responsibility for: (1) Initiating, entering, modifying, and deleting emergency contact records in an emergency contact information system; and (2) The accuracy and completeness of all information submitted. (b) Emergency contact records shall otherwise not be modified and shall otherwise be deleted only when the driver's license or identification record no longer exists in Arkansas. (c) All requests to add, modify, or delete a record in the system are confidential and shall be governed by § 12-12-211 . Amended by Act 2017, No. 626,§ 8, eff. 1/29/2018. Added by Act 2013, No. 590,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.

(a) Each participant has the exclusive responsibility for: (1) Initiating, entering, modifying, and deleting emergency contact records in an emergency contact information system; and (2) The accuracy and completeness of all information submitted.

(1) Initiating, entering, modifying, and deleting emergency contact records in an emergency contact information system; and

(2) The accuracy and completeness of all information submitted.

(b) Emergency contact records shall otherwise not be modified and shall otherwise be deleted only when the driver's license or identification record no longer exists in Arkansas.

(c) All requests to add, modify, or delete a record in the system are confidential and shall be governed by § 12-12-211 .

Amended by Act 2017, No. 626,§ 8, eff. 1/29/2018.

Added by Act 2013, No. 590,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-66-501 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 66 / Subchapter 5 / Section 27-66-501
Classification of roads by weight of vehicles used thereon
Status: in_force

(a) Exclusive of city streets, state highways, or interstates, a county judge may post weight limits on public bridges in his or her jurisdiction in connection with federally mandated bridge inspections. (b) Posted weight limit signs shall be in accordance with state and federal law. (c) (1) It is unlawful for a person to drive, operate, or move a motor vehicle, an object, or a contrivance or for an owner of a motor vehicle, object, or contrivance to cause or permit the motor vehicle, object, or contrivance of a size or weight exceeding the posted weight limit to be driven, operated, or moved. (2) A person or an owner operating a motor vehicle, an object, or a contrivance under an overweight permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation is exempt from penalty under subdivision (c)(1) of this section. (d) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor. (e) (1) Even if authorized by an overweight permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, a person or an owner operating, driving, or moving a vehicle, an object, or a contrivance upon a public bridge shall be liable for all damage that the public bridge may sustain as a result of: (A) Careless, negligent, or illegal operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, an object, or a contrivance; or (B) Operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, object, or contrivance of excessive width or weighing in excess of the posted weight limits. (2) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (e)(2)(B) of this section, a person or an owner operating, driving, or moving a vehicle, object, or contrivance weighing in excess of the posted weight limit upon a public bridge shall be civilly liable for the recoverable damages under § 27-66-504(b) . (B) Subdivision (e)(2)(A) of this section does not apply to a wooden bridge that is less than twenty feet (20') in length. Amended by Act 2023, No. 887,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023. Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 381, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 380, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1919 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 222, §§ 2, 3, p. 4253; C. & M. Dig., §§ 5510, 5511; Pope's Dig., §§ 7152, 7153; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-122, 76-123; Acts 2007, No. 453, § 1; 2009, No. 483, § 7.

(a) Exclusive of city streets, state highways, or interstates, a county judge may post weight limits on public bridges in his or her jurisdiction in connection with federally mandated bridge inspections.

(b) Posted weight limit signs shall be in accordance with state and federal law.

(c) (1) It is unlawful for a person to drive, operate, or move a motor vehicle, an object, or a contrivance or for an owner of a motor vehicle, object, or contrivance to cause or permit the motor vehicle, object, or contrivance of a size or weight exceeding the posted weight limit to be driven, operated, or moved. (2) A person or an owner operating a motor vehicle, an object, or a contrivance under an overweight permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation is exempt from penalty under subdivision (c)(1) of this section.

(1) It is unlawful for a person to drive, operate, or move a motor vehicle, an object, or a contrivance or for an owner of a motor vehicle, object, or contrivance to cause or permit the motor vehicle, object, or contrivance of a size or weight exceeding the posted weight limit to be driven, operated, or moved.

(2) A person or an owner operating a motor vehicle, an object, or a contrivance under an overweight permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation is exempt from penalty under subdivision (c)(1) of this section.

(d) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(e) (1) Even if authorized by an overweight permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, a person or an owner operating, driving, or moving a vehicle, an object, or a contrivance upon a public bridge shall be liable for all damage that the public bridge may sustain as a result of: (A) Careless, negligent, or illegal operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, an object, or a contrivance; or (B) Operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, object, or contrivance of excessive width or weighing in excess of the posted weight limits. (2) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (e)(2)(B) of this section, a person or an owner operating, driving, or moving a vehicle, object, or contrivance weighing in excess of the posted weight limit upon a public bridge shall be civilly liable for the recoverable damages under § 27-66-504(b) . (B) Subdivision (e)(2)(A) of this section does not apply to a wooden bridge that is less than twenty feet (20') in length.

(1) Even if authorized by an overweight permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, a person or an owner operating, driving, or moving a vehicle, an object, or a contrivance upon a public bridge shall be liable for all damage that the public bridge may sustain as a result of: (A) Careless, negligent, or illegal operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, an object, or a contrivance; or (B) Operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, object, or contrivance of excessive width or weighing in excess of the posted weight limits.

(A) Careless, negligent, or illegal operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, an object, or a contrivance; or

(B) Operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, object, or contrivance of excessive width or weighing in excess of the posted weight limits.

(2) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (e)(2)(B) of this section, a person or an owner operating, driving, or moving a vehicle, object, or contrivance weighing in excess of the posted weight limit upon a public bridge shall be civilly liable for the recoverable damages under § 27-66-504(b) . (B) Subdivision (e)(2)(A) of this section does not apply to a wooden bridge that is less than twenty feet (20') in length.

(A) Except as provided in subdivision (e)(2)(B) of this section, a person or an owner operating, driving, or moving a vehicle, object, or contrivance weighing in excess of the posted weight limit upon a public bridge shall be civilly liable for the recoverable damages under § 27-66-504(b) .

(B) Subdivision (e)(2)(A) of this section does not apply to a wooden bridge that is less than twenty feet (20') in length.

Amended by Act 2023, No. 887,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 381, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 380, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 1919 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 222, §§ 2, 3, p. 4253; C. & M. Dig., §§ 5510, 5511; Pope's Dig., §§ 7152, 7153; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-122, 76-123; Acts 2007, No. 453, § 1; 2009, No. 483, § 7.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-204 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 51 / Subchapter 2 / Section 27-51-204
Maximum speed limits - Exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) The maximum speed limits posted under § 27-51-201 shall apply to all vehicles using the facility except authorized emergency vehicles on emergency trips, such as police vehicles on duty, fire vehicles on calls, and ambulances; oversize/overweight vehicles moving under special permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation or its lawfully delegated agents; and other specific vehicles for which special limits may be posted in particular situations or under particular conditions. (b) This exemption shall not relieve any driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from his or her lawful responsibility to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons upon or using the highway facility, nor shall it protect the operator of any such vehicle from the consequence of a reckless disregard for the safety of others. Amended by Act 2017, No. 1097,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 346, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1971, No. 61, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-601.2.

(a) The maximum speed limits posted under § 27-51-201 shall apply to all vehicles using the facility except authorized emergency vehicles on emergency trips, such as police vehicles on duty, fire vehicles on calls, and ambulances; oversize/overweight vehicles moving under special permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation or its lawfully delegated agents; and other specific vehicles for which special limits may be posted in particular situations or under particular conditions.

(b) This exemption shall not relieve any driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from his or her lawful responsibility to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons upon or using the highway facility, nor shall it protect the operator of any such vehicle from the consequence of a reckless disregard for the safety of others.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 1097,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 346, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 1971, No. 61, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-601.2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-23-113 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 23 / Subchapter 1 / Section 27-23-113
Commercial drivers prohibited from operating with any alcohol in system
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall: (1) Consume an intoxicating beverage, regardless of its alcoholic content, or be under the influence of an intoxicating beverage, within four (4) hours before going on duty or operating, or having physical control of, a commercial motor vehicle; (2) Consume an intoxicating beverage regardless of its alcohol content, be under the influence of an intoxicating beverage, or have any measured alcohol concentration or any detected presence of alcohol, while on duty, or operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle; or (3) Be on duty or operate a commercial motor vehicle while the driver possesses an intoxicating beverage, regardless of its alcohol content. However, this subdivision (a)(3) does not apply to possession of an intoxicating beverage which is manifested and transported as part of a shipment. (b) (1) Any driver who is found to be in violation of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be placed out-of-service immediately for a period of twenty-four (24) hours. (2) The twenty-four-hour out-of-service period will commence upon issuance of an out-of-service order. (3) No driver shall violate the terms of an out-of-service order issued under this section. (c) A driver convicted of violating an out-of-service order is subject to disqualification under § 27-23-112 , in addition to a civil penalty of: (1) Not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for a first conviction; and (2) Not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a second or subsequent conviction. Acts 1989, No. 241, § 13; 2003, No. 842, § 6; 2009, No. 456, § 10.

(a) No person shall: (1) Consume an intoxicating beverage, regardless of its alcoholic content, or be under the influence of an intoxicating beverage, within four (4) hours before going on duty or operating, or having physical control of, a commercial motor vehicle; (2) Consume an intoxicating beverage regardless of its alcohol content, be under the influence of an intoxicating beverage, or have any measured alcohol concentration or any detected presence of alcohol, while on duty, or operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle; or (3) Be on duty or operate a commercial motor vehicle while the driver possesses an intoxicating beverage, regardless of its alcohol content. However, this subdivision (a)(3) does not apply to possession of an intoxicating beverage which is manifested and transported as part of a shipment.

(1) Consume an intoxicating beverage, regardless of its alcoholic content, or be under the influence of an intoxicating beverage, within four (4) hours before going on duty or operating, or having physical control of, a commercial motor vehicle;

(2) Consume an intoxicating beverage regardless of its alcohol content, be under the influence of an intoxicating beverage, or have any measured alcohol concentration or any detected presence of alcohol, while on duty, or operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle; or

(3) Be on duty or operate a commercial motor vehicle while the driver possesses an intoxicating beverage, regardless of its alcohol content. However, this subdivision (a)(3) does not apply to possession of an intoxicating beverage which is manifested and transported as part of a shipment.

(b) (1) Any driver who is found to be in violation of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be placed out-of-service immediately for a period of twenty-four (24) hours. (2) The twenty-four-hour out-of-service period will commence upon issuance of an out-of-service order. (3) No driver shall violate the terms of an out-of-service order issued under this section.

(1) Any driver who is found to be in violation of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be placed out-of-service immediately for a period of twenty-four (24) hours.

(2) The twenty-four-hour out-of-service period will commence upon issuance of an out-of-service order.

(3) No driver shall violate the terms of an out-of-service order issued under this section.

(c) A driver convicted of violating an out-of-service order is subject to disqualification under § 27-23-112 , in addition to a civil penalty of: (1) Not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for a first conviction; and (2) Not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a second or subsequent conviction.

(1) Not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for a first conviction; and

(2) Not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a second or subsequent conviction.

Acts 1989, No. 241, § 13; 2003, No. 842, § 6; 2009, No. 456, § 10.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-86-301 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 86 / Subchapter 3 / Section 27-86-301
Records
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation owning or operating any toll bridge within or partially within the State of Arkansas to make, maintain, and preserve a record of every bale of cotton or part of a bale of cotton, whether seed cotton or lint cotton, which shall cross the toll bridge. (b) The record shall contain the following data: (1) The date, together with the hour of the day, the cotton passed over the toll bridge; (2) The destination of the cotton as declared by the person transporting the cotton across the bridge; (3) The name of the persons transporting the cotton across the bridge together with the name and address of the persons for whom the cotton is being so transported; (4) A general description of the vehicle in which the cotton is being transported, that is, whether by motor vehicle or otherwise. If transported by motor vehicle, the record shall show the state license number and the city license number, if any, of the motor vehicle; (5) The approximate amount of cotton transported in terms of bales or parts of bales as nearly as can be determined without weighing; (6) The point of origin of the cotton; that is, if the cotton is in bales, the name and location of the gin where the cotton was ginned and, if seed cotton, the approximate location of the farm on which the cotton was produced. This information shall be supplied by the persons so transporting the cotton; and (7) The name and address of every person, firm, or corporation having any interest in the cotton either by ownership or lien so far as known to the person or persons transporting the cotton. (c) The records made and maintained pursuant to this subchapter shall be open to inspection by any person at all reasonable times at the place of business maintained by the owner or operator within the State of Arkansas. Acts 1943, No. 275, §§ 1, 4; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-1611, 76-1614.

(a) It shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation owning or operating any toll bridge within or partially within the State of Arkansas to make, maintain, and preserve a record of every bale of cotton or part of a bale of cotton, whether seed cotton or lint cotton, which shall cross the toll bridge.

(b) The record shall contain the following data: (1) The date, together with the hour of the day, the cotton passed over the toll bridge; (2) The destination of the cotton as declared by the person transporting the cotton across the bridge; (3) The name of the persons transporting the cotton across the bridge together with the name and address of the persons for whom the cotton is being so transported; (4) A general description of the vehicle in which the cotton is being transported, that is, whether by motor vehicle or otherwise. If transported by motor vehicle, the record shall show the state license number and the city license number, if any, of the motor vehicle; (5) The approximate amount of cotton transported in terms of bales or parts of bales as nearly as can be determined without weighing; (6) The point of origin of the cotton; that is, if the cotton is in bales, the name and location of the gin where the cotton was ginned and, if seed cotton, the approximate location of the farm on which the cotton was produced. This information shall be supplied by the persons so transporting the cotton; and (7) The name and address of every person, firm, or corporation having any interest in the cotton either by ownership or lien so far as known to the person or persons transporting the cotton.

(1) The date, together with the hour of the day, the cotton passed over the toll bridge;

(2) The destination of the cotton as declared by the person transporting the cotton across the bridge;

(3) The name of the persons transporting the cotton across the bridge together with the name and address of the persons for whom the cotton is being so transported;

(4) A general description of the vehicle in which the cotton is being transported, that is, whether by motor vehicle or otherwise. If transported by motor vehicle, the record shall show the state license number and the city license number, if any, of the motor vehicle;

(5) The approximate amount of cotton transported in terms of bales or parts of bales as nearly as can be determined without weighing;

(6) The point of origin of the cotton; that is, if the cotton is in bales, the name and location of the gin where the cotton was ginned and, if seed cotton, the approximate location of the farm on which the cotton was produced. This information shall be supplied by the persons so transporting the cotton; and

(7) The name and address of every person, firm, or corporation having any interest in the cotton either by ownership or lien so far as known to the person or persons transporting the cotton.

(c) The records made and maintained pursuant to this subchapter shall be open to inspection by any person at all reasonable times at the place of business maintained by the owner or operator within the State of Arkansas.

Acts 1943, No. 275, §§ 1, 4; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-1611, 76-1614.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-14-712 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 14 / Subchapter 7 / Section 27-14-712
Registration indexes
Status: in_force

The Office of Motor Vehicle shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to the genuineness and regularity thereof and that the applicant is entitled to register the vehicle and to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall register the vehicle therein described and keep a record thereof in suitable methods which ensure that the records will be available as follows: (1) Under a distinctive registration number assigned to the vehicle; (2) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner; (3) Under the vehicle identification number, if available, otherwise any other identifying number of the vehicle; and (4) In the discretion of the Office of Motor Vehicle, in any other manner it may deem desirable. Acts 1949, No. 142, § 38; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-138; Acts 1997, No. 809, § 4.

The Office of Motor Vehicle shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to the genuineness and regularity thereof and that the applicant is entitled to register the vehicle and to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall register the vehicle therein described and keep a record thereof in suitable methods which ensure that the records will be available as follows:

(1) Under a distinctive registration number assigned to the vehicle;

(2) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner;

(3) Under the vehicle identification number, if available, otherwise any other identifying number of the vehicle; and

(4) In the discretion of the Office of Motor Vehicle, in any other manner it may deem desirable.

Acts 1949, No. 142, § 38; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-138; Acts 1997, No. 809, § 4.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-405 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 50 / Subchapter 4 / Section 27-50-405
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2019, No. 394,§ 8, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1963, No. 257, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1042; Acts 1989, No. 935, § 3.

Repealed by Act 2019, No. 394,§ 8, eff. 7/24/2019.

Acts 1963, No. 257, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1042; Acts 1989, No. 935, § 3.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-89-202 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 89 / Subchapter 2 / Section 27-89-202
Text of compact
Status: in_force

COMPACT BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI CREATING AN ARKANSAS-MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE COMMISSION ARTICLE I There is created an Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic and which shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To plan, construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River at or near Helena, Arkansas, and Friars Point, Mississippi, at a point deemed by the commission as most suitable to the interests of the citizens of the States of Arkansas and Mississippi in accordance with the provisions of an act of the Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session, of the United States entitled "The General Bridge Act of 1946"; 2. To purchase, maintain and, in its discretion, to operate all or any ferries across the Mississippi River within twenty-five (25) miles of the site selected for the bridge; 3. To contract, to sue, and be sued in its own name; to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property; 4. To acquire by proper condemnation proceedings such real property as may be necessary for the construction and operation of the bridge and the approaches thereto; 5. To issue bonds on the security of the revenues derived from the operation of the bridge and ferries for the payment of the cost of the bridge, its approaches, ferry or ferries, and the necessary lands, easements, and appurtenances thereto including interest during construction and all necessary engineering, legal, architectural, traffic surveying, and other necessary expenses. Such bonds shall be the negotiable bonds of the commission, the income of which shall be tax free. The principal and interest of the bonds, and any premiums to be paid for their retirement before maturity, shall be paid solely from the revenues derived from the bridge and ferries; 6. To establish and charge tolls for transit over such bridge and ferries in accordance with the provisions of this compact; 7. To perform all other necessary and incidental functions. ARTICLE II The rates of tolls to be charged for transit over such bridge and ferries shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintenance, repairs, and operation (including the approaches to the bridge) under economical management, and also to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the outstanding bonds. All tolls and other revenues derived from facilities of the commission are pledged to such uses. ARTICLE III The commission shall keep an accurate record of the cost of the bridge and other expenses and of the daily revenues collected and shall report annually to the governor of each state setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this agreement and any legislation thereunder. ARTICLE IV When the bonds have been retired, the part of the bridge within the State of Arkansas shall be conveyed to the State of Arkansas, and that part within the State of Mississippi to the State of Mississippi, and the high contracting parties to this compact do hereby agree that thereafter the bridge shall be free of tolls and shall be properly maintained, operated and repaired by the two states as may be agreed upon. ARTICLE V The commission shall consist of eighteen (18) members, nine (9) of whom shall be qualified electors of the State of Arkansas and nine (9) of whom shall be qualified electors of the State of Mississippi. The Arkansas members are to be chosen by the State of Arkansas, and the Mississippi members are to be chosen by the State of Mississippi, in the manner and for the term fixed by the legislature of each state, except as herein provided. The first commission, acting under this compact, shall be the present members of the Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission heretofore appointed under the terms and provisions of Act of Congress approved May 17, 1939 (Public Act 80, 76th Congress), as amended by Act of Congress approved June 19, 1948 (Public Act 701, 80th Congress), said commission consisting of the following members: J. B. Lambert, Helena, Arkansas; R. L. Brooks, Helena, Arkansas; K. B. Laswell, Helena, Arkansas; John C. Sheffield, Helena, Arkansas; C. N. Houck, Marianna, Arkansas; William Campbell, Forrest City, Arkansas; Clarence Thomas, Clarendon, Arkansas; Ballard Deane, St. Charles, Arkansas; DeWitt Poe, McGehee, Arkansas; W. K. Anderson, Clarksville, Mississippi; E. Cage Brewer, Clarksdale, Mississippi; M. D. Brett, Clarksdale, Mississippi; R. N. Baltzer, Clarksdale, Mississippi; Sol Hirsburg, Friars Point, Mississippi; John Dunlap, Batesville, Mississippi; Noel M. Hodge, Oxford, Mississippi; Grady Cook, Pontotoc, Mississippi; James A. Finely, Tupelo, Mississippi. ARTICLE VI 1. The Commission shall elect from its number a chairman and a vice chairman and may appoint such officers and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties and shall fix and determine their qualifications and duties. 2. Until otherwise determined by the legislature of the two states, no action of the commission shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least five (5) members from each state are present and unless a majority of the members from each state present at such meeting shall vote in favor thereof. Each state reserves the right hereafter to provide by law for the exercise of the veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commission appointed therefrom. 3. The two states shall provide penalties for violations of any order, rule or regulation of the commission, and for the manner of enforcing same. ARTICLE VII The commission is authorized and directed to proceed with the planning and construction of the bridge and the approaches thereto as rapidly as may be economically practicable and is vested with all necessary and appropriate powers, not inconsistent with the constitution or the laws of the United States or of either state, to effect the same, except the power to assess or levy taxes. ARTICLE VIII In witness thereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals under authority vested in us by law. Click here to view form. Acts 1951, No. 66, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2101; Acts 1995, No. 1296, § 99.

COMPACT BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI CREATING AN ARKANSAS-MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE COMMISSION

ARTICLE I There is created an Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic and which shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To plan, construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River at or near Helena, Arkansas, and Friars Point, Mississippi, at a point deemed by the commission as most suitable to the interests of the citizens of the States of Arkansas and Mississippi in accordance with the provisions of an act of the Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session, of the United States entitled "The General Bridge Act of 1946"; 2. To purchase, maintain and, in its discretion, to operate all or any ferries across the Mississippi River within twenty-five (25) miles of the site selected for the bridge; 3. To contract, to sue, and be sued in its own name; to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property; 4. To acquire by proper condemnation proceedings such real property as may be necessary for the construction and operation of the bridge and the approaches thereto; 5. To issue bonds on the security of the revenues derived from the operation of the bridge and ferries for the payment of the cost of the bridge, its approaches, ferry or ferries, and the necessary lands, easements, and appurtenances thereto including interest during construction and all necessary engineering, legal, architectural, traffic surveying, and other necessary expenses. Such bonds shall be the negotiable bonds of the commission, the income of which shall be tax free. The principal and interest of the bonds, and any premiums to be paid for their retirement before maturity, shall be paid solely from the revenues derived from the bridge and ferries; 6. To establish and charge tolls for transit over such bridge and ferries in accordance with the provisions of this compact; 7. To perform all other necessary and incidental functions.

1. To plan, construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River at or near Helena, Arkansas, and Friars Point, Mississippi, at a point deemed by the commission as most suitable to the interests of the citizens of the States of Arkansas and Mississippi in accordance with the provisions of an act of the Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session, of the United States entitled "The General Bridge Act of 1946";

2. To purchase, maintain and, in its discretion, to operate all or any ferries across the Mississippi River within twenty-five (25) miles of the site selected for the bridge;

3. To contract, to sue, and be sued in its own name; to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property;

4. To acquire by proper condemnation proceedings such real property as may be necessary for the construction and operation of the bridge and the approaches thereto;

5. To issue bonds on the security of the revenues derived from the operation of the bridge and ferries for the payment of the cost of the bridge, its approaches, ferry or ferries, and the necessary lands, easements, and appurtenances thereto including interest during construction and all necessary engineering, legal, architectural, traffic surveying, and other necessary expenses. Such bonds shall be the negotiable bonds of the commission, the income of which shall be tax free. The principal and interest of the bonds, and any premiums to be paid for their retirement before maturity, shall be paid solely from the revenues derived from the bridge and ferries;

6. To establish and charge tolls for transit over such bridge and ferries in accordance with the provisions of this compact;

7. To perform all other necessary and incidental functions.

ARTICLE II The rates of tolls to be charged for transit over such bridge and ferries shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintenance, repairs, and operation (including the approaches to the bridge) under economical management, and also to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the outstanding bonds. All tolls and other revenues derived from facilities of the commission are pledged to such uses.

ARTICLE III The commission shall keep an accurate record of the cost of the bridge and other expenses and of the daily revenues collected and shall report annually to the governor of each state setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this agreement and any legislation thereunder.

ARTICLE IV When the bonds have been retired, the part of the bridge within the State of Arkansas shall be conveyed to the State of Arkansas, and that part within the State of Mississippi to the State of Mississippi, and the high contracting parties to this compact do hereby agree that thereafter the bridge shall be free of tolls and shall be properly maintained, operated and repaired by the two states as may be agreed upon.

ARTICLE V The commission shall consist of eighteen (18) members, nine (9) of whom shall be qualified electors of the State of Arkansas and nine (9) of whom shall be qualified electors of the State of Mississippi. The Arkansas members are to be chosen by the State of Arkansas, and the Mississippi members are to be chosen by the State of Mississippi, in the manner and for the term fixed by the legislature of each state, except as herein provided. The first commission, acting under this compact, shall be the present members of the Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission heretofore appointed under the terms and provisions of Act of Congress approved May 17, 1939 (Public Act 80, 76th Congress), as amended by Act of Congress approved June 19, 1948 (Public Act 701, 80th Congress), said commission consisting of the following members: J. B. Lambert, Helena, Arkansas; R. L. Brooks, Helena, Arkansas; K. B. Laswell, Helena, Arkansas; John C. Sheffield, Helena, Arkansas; C. N. Houck, Marianna, Arkansas; William Campbell, Forrest City, Arkansas; Clarence Thomas, Clarendon, Arkansas; Ballard Deane, St. Charles, Arkansas; DeWitt Poe, McGehee, Arkansas; W. K. Anderson, Clarksville, Mississippi; E. Cage Brewer, Clarksdale, Mississippi; M. D. Brett, Clarksdale, Mississippi; R. N. Baltzer, Clarksdale, Mississippi; Sol Hirsburg, Friars Point, Mississippi; John Dunlap, Batesville, Mississippi; Noel M. Hodge, Oxford, Mississippi; Grady Cook, Pontotoc, Mississippi; James A. Finely, Tupelo, Mississippi.

ARTICLE VI 1. The Commission shall elect from its number a chairman and a vice chairman and may appoint such officers and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties and shall fix and determine their qualifications and duties. 2. Until otherwise determined by the legislature of the two states, no action of the commission shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least five (5) members from each state are present and unless a majority of the members from each state present at such meeting shall vote in favor thereof. Each state reserves the right hereafter to provide by law for the exercise of the veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commission appointed therefrom. 3. The two states shall provide penalties for violations of any order, rule or regulation of the commission, and for the manner of enforcing same.

1. The Commission shall elect from its number a chairman and a vice chairman and may appoint such officers and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties and shall fix and determine their qualifications and duties.

2. Until otherwise determined by the legislature of the two states, no action of the commission shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least five (5) members from each state are present and unless a majority of the members from each state present at such meeting shall vote in favor thereof. Each state reserves the right hereafter to provide by law for the exercise of the veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commission appointed therefrom.

3. The two states shall provide penalties for violations of any order, rule or regulation of the commission, and for the manner of enforcing same.

ARTICLE VII The commission is authorized and directed to proceed with the planning and construction of the bridge and the approaches thereto as rapidly as may be economically practicable and is vested with all necessary and appropriate powers, not inconsistent with the constitution or the laws of the United States or of either state, to effect the same, except the power to assess or levy taxes.

ARTICLE VIII In witness thereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals under authority vested in us by law. Click here to view form.

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Acts 1951, No. 66, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2101; Acts 1995, No. 1296, § 99.

89_202_1 - Attachment
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-16-814 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 16 / Subchapter 8 / Section 27-16-814
Living will designation
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A person may apply to the Office of Driver Services to obtain a living will designation on a driver's license or identification card issued under this subchapter by providing: (A) A signed form stating that he or she has executed a living will; and (B) Payment of the fee for the driver's license or identification card authorized under this chapter. (2) If the person seeks a duplicate or substitute driver's license with the living will designation and his or her driver's license has not expired, the fee shall be as provided under § 27-16-806 . (b) The Office of Driver Services may: (1) Determine the appropriate placement of the living will designation on a driver's license or identification card authorized under this section; and (2) Promulgate the necessary rules for the administration of this section. (c) This section does not require a person to have a living will or to have a living will designation on his or her driver's license. Acts 2011, No. 729, § 1.

(a) (1) A person may apply to the Office of Driver Services to obtain a living will designation on a driver's license or identification card issued under this subchapter by providing: (A) A signed form stating that he or she has executed a living will; and (B) Payment of the fee for the driver's license or identification card authorized under this chapter. (2) If the person seeks a duplicate or substitute driver's license with the living will designation and his or her driver's license has not expired, the fee shall be as provided under § 27-16-806 .

(1) A person may apply to the Office of Driver Services to obtain a living will designation on a driver's license or identification card issued under this subchapter by providing: (A) A signed form stating that he or she has executed a living will; and (B) Payment of the fee for the driver's license or identification card authorized under this chapter.

(A) A signed form stating that he or she has executed a living will; and

(B) Payment of the fee for the driver's license or identification card authorized under this chapter.

(2) If the person seeks a duplicate or substitute driver's license with the living will designation and his or her driver's license has not expired, the fee shall be as provided under § 27-16-806 .

(b) The Office of Driver Services may: (1) Determine the appropriate placement of the living will designation on a driver's license or identification card authorized under this section; and (2) Promulgate the necessary rules for the administration of this section.

(1) Determine the appropriate placement of the living will designation on a driver's license or identification card authorized under this section; and

(2) Promulgate the necessary rules for the administration of this section.

(c) This section does not require a person to have a living will or to have a living will designation on his or her driver's license.

Acts 2011, No. 729, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-101-703 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 101 / Subchapter 7 / Section 27-101-703
Boating equipment without boat identification number
Status: in_force

(a) A person shall not knowingly buy, receive, dispose of, sell, offer for sale, or have in his or her possession boating equipment on which the boat identification number has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of the boating equipment. (b) A person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of violating this section is guilty of a Class D felony. Amended by Act 2023, No. 762,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2023. Acts 2005, No. 1457, § 1.

(a) A person shall not knowingly buy, receive, dispose of, sell, offer for sale, or have in his or her possession boating equipment on which the boat identification number has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of the boating equipment.

(b) A person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of violating this section is guilty of a Class D felony.

Amended by Act 2023, No. 762,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2023.

Acts 2005, No. 1457, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-14-727 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 14 / Subchapter 7 / Section 27-14-727
Certificate of title with beneficiary - Definitions
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section: (1) (A) "Beneficiary" means one (1) individual who is designated to become the owner of a vehicle upon the death of the current owner as indicated on the certificate of title issued under this chapter. (B) "Beneficiary" does not include a business, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legally created entity; (2) "Certificate of title with beneficiary" means a certificate of title for a vehicle issued under this chapter that indicates the present owner of the vehicle and designates a beneficiary as provided under this section; (3) (A) "Owner" means an individual who holds legal title of a vehicle and can include more than one (1) person but not more than three (3) persons. (B) "Owner" does not include a business, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legally created entity; and (4) "Vehicle" means a motorized or nonmotorized piece of equipment with wheels that is: (A) Primarily used to transport persons or property on the streets, roads, or highways; and (B) Required to be registered, licensed, and titled by the Office of Motor Vehicle under this chapter. (b) If the owner or joint owners want to transfer a vehicle upon death by operation of law, the owner or joint owners may request that the Office of Motor Vehicle issue a certificate of title with beneficiary that includes a directive to the Office of Motor Vehicle to transfer the certificate of title upon the death of the owner or upon the death of all joint owners to the beneficiary named on the face of the certificate of title with beneficiary. (c) (1) The owner of a vehicle may submit a transfer on death application to the Office of Motor Vehicle to request the issuance of a certificate of title with beneficiary or a change to a certificate of title with beneficiary. (2) The owner shall provide the following information in the application: (A) Whether the applicant seeks to add, remove, or change a beneficiary; (B) The full legal name of the beneficiary; (C) The Social Security number of the beneficiary; (D) The address of the beneficiary; (E) The vehicle identification number of the vehicle; (F) The year, make, model, and body type of the vehicle; (G) The printed full legal name of the owner of the vehicle; (H) The Arkansas driver's license or identification card number for the owner of the vehicle; and (I) The signature of the owner of the vehicle. (3) The owner shall include the following with the application: (A) The certificate of title for the vehicle issued under this chapter; (B) The certificate of title application fee as provided under § 27-14-705(c) and the certificate of title fee under § 27-14-602(b) ; and (C) The certificate of title with beneficiary processing fee of ten dollars ($10.00). (4) (A) The fee remitted under subdivision (c)(3)(C) of this section shall be deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration. (B) The fee shall be credited as supplemental and in addition to all other funds as may be deposited for the benefit of the division. (C) The fee shall not be considered or credited to the Office of Motor Vehicle as direct revenue. (d) (1) The Office of Motor Vehicle shall not issue a certificate of title with beneficiary to an owner of a vehicle if: (A) The vehicle is encumbered by a lien; or (B) The owner holds his or her interest in the vehicle as a tenant in common with another person. (2) If a lien request is made for a certificate of title with beneficiary, the beneficiary shall be removed and the lien added. (e) The certificate of title with beneficiary issued by the Office of Motor Vehicle shall include after the name of the owner the words "transfer on death to" or the abbreviation "TOD" followed by the name of the beneficiary. (f) During the lifetime of the sole owner or before the death of the last surviving joint owner: (1) The signature or consent of the beneficiary is not required for any transaction relating to the vehicle for which a certificate of title with beneficiary has been issued; and (2) The certificate of title with beneficiary is revoked by: (A) Selling the vehicle with proper assignment and delivery of the certificate of title to another person; or (B) Filing an application with the Office of Motor Vehicle to remove or change a beneficiary as provided under subsection (c) of this section. (g) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, the designation of the beneficiary in a certificate of title with beneficiary shall not be changed or revoked: (1) By will or any other instrument; (2) Because of a change in circumstances; or (3) In any other manner. (h) The interest of the beneficiary in a vehicle on the death of the sole owner or on the death of the last surviving joint owner is subject to any contract of sale, assignment, or security interest to which the owner of the vehicle was subject during his or her lifetime. (i) (1) (A) Upon the death of the owner, the Office of Motor Vehicle shall issue a new certificate of title for the vehicle to the surviving owner or, if no surviving owner, to the beneficiary if the surviving owner or beneficiary presents the following: (i) Proof of death of the owner that includes a death certificate issued by the state or a political subdivision of the state; (ii) Surrender of the outstanding certificate of title with beneficiary; and (iii) Application and payment of the title application fee and title fee. (B) A certificate of title issued under this subsection will be subject to any existing security interest. (2) If the surviving owner or beneficiary chooses, he or she can submit a completed certificate of title with beneficiary application as provided under this section, along with the ten dollar ($10.00) processing fee, at the time of the application for a new title under this subsection. (3) The transfer under this subsection is a transfer by operation of law, and § 27-14-907 applies to the extent practicable and not in conflict with this section. (j) The transfer of a vehicle upon the death of the owner under this section is not testamentary and is not subject to administration under Title 28 of the Arkansas Code. (k) The procedures and fees under § 27-14-720 shall apply for obtaining a duplicate title with beneficiary. (l) (1) The Office of Motor Vehicle may promulgate rules for the administration of this section. (2) If rules are promulgated, the Office of Motor Vehicle shall consult with the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission about the rules. Amended by Act 2019, No. 524,§ 4, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 2011, No. 335, § 4.

(a) As used in this section: (1) (A) "Beneficiary" means one (1) individual who is designated to become the owner of a vehicle upon the death of the current owner as indicated on the certificate of title issued under this chapter. (B) "Beneficiary" does not include a business, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legally created entity; (2) "Certificate of title with beneficiary" means a certificate of title for a vehicle issued under this chapter that indicates the present owner of the vehicle and designates a beneficiary as provided under this section; (3) (A) "Owner" means an individual who holds legal title of a vehicle and can include more than one (1) person but not more than three (3) persons. (B) "Owner" does not include a business, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legally created entity; and (4) "Vehicle" means a motorized or nonmotorized piece of equipment with wheels that is: (A) Primarily used to transport persons or property on the streets, roads, or highways; and (B) Required to be registered, licensed, and titled by the Office of Motor Vehicle under this chapter.

(1) (A) "Beneficiary" means one (1) individual who is designated to become the owner of a vehicle upon the death of the current owner as indicated on the certificate of title issued under this chapter. (B) "Beneficiary" does not include a business, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legally created entity;

(A) "Beneficiary" means one (1) individual who is designated to become the owner of a vehicle upon the death of the current owner as indicated on the certificate of title issued under this chapter.

(B) "Beneficiary" does not include a business, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legally created entity;

(2) "Certificate of title with beneficiary" means a certificate of title for a vehicle issued under this chapter that indicates the present owner of the vehicle and designates a beneficiary as provided under this section;

(3) (A) "Owner" means an individual who holds legal title of a vehicle and can include more than one (1) person but not more than three (3) persons. (B) "Owner" does not include a business, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legally created entity; and

(A) "Owner" means an individual who holds legal title of a vehicle and can include more than one (1) person but not more than three (3) persons.

(B) "Owner" does not include a business, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other legally created entity; and

(4) "Vehicle" means a motorized or nonmotorized piece of equipment with wheels that is: (A) Primarily used to transport persons or property on the streets, roads, or highways; and (B) Required to be registered, licensed, and titled by the Office of Motor Vehicle under this chapter.

(A) Primarily used to transport persons or property on the streets, roads, or highways; and

(B) Required to be registered, licensed, and titled by the Office of Motor Vehicle under this chapter.

(b) If the owner or joint owners want to transfer a vehicle upon death by operation of law, the owner or joint owners may request that the Office of Motor Vehicle issue a certificate of title with beneficiary that includes a directive to the Office of Motor Vehicle to transfer the certificate of title upon the death of the owner or upon the death of all joint owners to the beneficiary named on the face of the certificate of title with beneficiary.

(c) (1) The owner of a vehicle may submit a transfer on death application to the Office of Motor Vehicle to request the issuance of a certificate of title with beneficiary or a change to a certificate of title with beneficiary. (2) The owner shall provide the following information in the application: (A) Whether the applicant seeks to add, remove, or change a beneficiary; (B) The full legal name of the beneficiary; (C) The Social Security number of the beneficiary; (D) The address of the beneficiary; (E) The vehicle identification number of the vehicle; (F) The year, make, model, and body type of the vehicle; (G) The printed full legal name of the owner of the vehicle; (H) The Arkansas driver's license or identification card number for the owner of the vehicle; and (I) The signature of the owner of the vehicle. (3) The owner shall include the following with the application: (A) The certificate of title for the vehicle issued under this chapter; (B) The certificate of title application fee as provided under § 27-14-705(c) and the certificate of title fee under § 27-14-602(b) ; and (C) The certificate of title with beneficiary processing fee of ten dollars ($10.00). (4) (A) The fee remitted under subdivision (c)(3)(C) of this section shall be deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration. (B) The fee shall be credited as supplemental and in addition to all other funds as may be deposited for the benefit of the division. (C) The fee shall not be considered or credited to the Office of Motor Vehicle as direct revenue.

(1) The owner of a vehicle may submit a transfer on death application to the Office of Motor Vehicle to request the issuance of a certificate of title with beneficiary or a change to a certificate of title with beneficiary.

(2) The owner shall provide the following information in the application: (A) Whether the applicant seeks to add, remove, or change a beneficiary; (B) The full legal name of the beneficiary; (C) The Social Security number of the beneficiary; (D) The address of the beneficiary; (E) The vehicle identification number of the vehicle; (F) The year, make, model, and body type of the vehicle; (G) The printed full legal name of the owner of the vehicle; (H) The Arkansas driver's license or identification card number for the owner of the vehicle; and (I) The signature of the owner of the vehicle.

(A) Whether the applicant seeks to add, remove, or change a beneficiary;

(B) The full legal name of the beneficiary;

(C) The Social Security number of the beneficiary;

(D) The address of the beneficiary;

(E) The vehicle identification number of the vehicle;

(F) The year, make, model, and body type of the vehicle;

(G) The printed full legal name of the owner of the vehicle;

(H) The Arkansas driver's license or identification card number for the owner of the vehicle; and

(I) The signature of the owner of the vehicle.

(3) The owner shall include the following with the application: (A) The certificate of title for the vehicle issued under this chapter; (B) The certificate of title application fee as provided under § 27-14-705(c) and the certificate of title fee under § 27-14-602(b) ; and (C) The certificate of title with beneficiary processing fee of ten dollars ($10.00).

(A) The certificate of title for the vehicle issued under this chapter;

(B) The certificate of title application fee as provided under § 27-14-705(c) and the certificate of title fee under § 27-14-602(b) ; and

(C) The certificate of title with beneficiary processing fee of ten dollars ($10.00).

(4) (A) The fee remitted under subdivision (c)(3)(C) of this section shall be deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration. (B) The fee shall be credited as supplemental and in addition to all other funds as may be deposited for the benefit of the division. (C) The fee shall not be considered or credited to the Office of Motor Vehicle as direct revenue.

(A) The fee remitted under subdivision (c)(3)(C) of this section shall be deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.

(B) The fee shall be credited as supplemental and in addition to all other funds as may be deposited for the benefit of the division.

(C) The fee shall not be considered or credited to the Office of Motor Vehicle as direct revenue.

(d) (1) The Office of Motor Vehicle shall not issue a certificate of title with beneficiary to an owner of a vehicle if: (A) The vehicle is encumbered by a lien; or (B) The owner holds his or her interest in the vehicle as a tenant in common with another person. (2) If a lien request is made for a certificate of title with beneficiary, the beneficiary shall be removed and the lien added.

(1) The Office of Motor Vehicle shall not issue a certificate of title with beneficiary to an owner of a vehicle if: (A) The vehicle is encumbered by a lien; or (B) The owner holds his or her interest in the vehicle as a tenant in common with another person.

(A) The vehicle is encumbered by a lien; or

(B) The owner holds his or her interest in the vehicle as a tenant in common with another person.

(2) If a lien request is made for a certificate of title with beneficiary, the beneficiary shall be removed and the lien added.

(e) The certificate of title with beneficiary issued by the Office of Motor Vehicle shall include after the name of the owner the words "transfer on death to" or the abbreviation "TOD" followed by the name of the beneficiary.

(f) During the lifetime of the sole owner or before the death of the last surviving joint owner: (1) The signature or consent of the beneficiary is not required for any transaction relating to the vehicle for which a certificate of title with beneficiary has been issued; and (2) The certificate of title with beneficiary is revoked by: (A) Selling the vehicle with proper assignment and delivery of the certificate of title to another person; or (B) Filing an application with the Office of Motor Vehicle to remove or change a beneficiary as provided under subsection (c) of this section.

(1) The signature or consent of the beneficiary is not required for any transaction relating to the vehicle for which a certificate of title with beneficiary has been issued; and

(2) The certificate of title with beneficiary is revoked by: (A) Selling the vehicle with proper assignment and delivery of the certificate of title to another person; or (B) Filing an application with the Office of Motor Vehicle to remove or change a beneficiary as provided under subsection (c) of this section.

(A) Selling the vehicle with proper assignment and delivery of the certificate of title to another person; or

(B) Filing an application with the Office of Motor Vehicle to remove or change a beneficiary as provided under subsection (c) of this section.

(g) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, the designation of the beneficiary in a certificate of title with beneficiary shall not be changed or revoked: (1) By will or any other instrument; (2) Because of a change in circumstances; or (3) In any other manner.

(1) By will or any other instrument;

(2) Because of a change in circumstances; or

(3) In any other manner.

(h) The interest of the beneficiary in a vehicle on the death of the sole owner or on the death of the last surviving joint owner is subject to any contract of sale, assignment, or security interest to which the owner of the vehicle was subject during his or her lifetime.

(i) (1) (A) Upon the death of the owner, the Office of Motor Vehicle shall issue a new certificate of title for the vehicle to the surviving owner or, if no surviving owner, to the beneficiary if the surviving owner or beneficiary presents the following: (i) Proof of death of the owner that includes a death certificate issued by the state or a political subdivision of the state; (ii) Surrender of the outstanding certificate of title with beneficiary; and (iii) Application and payment of the title application fee and title fee. (B) A certificate of title issued under this subsection will be subject to any existing security interest. (2) If the surviving owner or beneficiary chooses, he or she can submit a completed certificate of title with beneficiary application as provided under this section, along with the ten dollar ($10.00) processing fee, at the time of the application for a new title under this subsection. (3) The transfer under this subsection is a transfer by operation of law, and § 27-14-907 applies to the extent practicable and not in conflict with this section.

(1) (A) Upon the death of the owner, the Office of Motor Vehicle shall issue a new certificate of title for the vehicle to the surviving owner or, if no surviving owner, to the beneficiary if the surviving owner or beneficiary presents the following: (i) Proof of death of the owner that includes a death certificate issued by the state or a political subdivision of the state; (ii) Surrender of the outstanding certificate of title with beneficiary; and (iii) Application and payment of the title application fee and title fee. (B) A certificate of title issued under this subsection will be subject to any existing security interest.

(A) Upon the death of the owner, the Office of Motor Vehicle shall issue a new certificate of title for the vehicle to the surviving owner or, if no surviving owner, to the beneficiary if the surviving owner or beneficiary presents the following: (i) Proof of death of the owner that includes a death certificate issued by the state or a political subdivision of the state; (ii) Surrender of the outstanding certificate of title with beneficiary; and (iii) Application and payment of the title application fee and title fee.

(i) Proof of death of the owner that includes a death certificate issued by the state or a political subdivision of the state;

(ii) Surrender of the outstanding certificate of title with beneficiary; and

(iii) Application and payment of the title application fee and title fee.

(B) A certificate of title issued under this subsection will be subject to any existing security interest.

(2) If the surviving owner or beneficiary chooses, he or she can submit a completed certificate of title with beneficiary application as provided under this section, along with the ten dollar ($10.00) processing fee, at the time of the application for a new title under this subsection.

(3) The transfer under this subsection is a transfer by operation of law, and § 27-14-907 applies to the extent practicable and not in conflict with this section.

(j) The transfer of a vehicle upon the death of the owner under this section is not testamentary and is not subject to administration under Title 28 of the Arkansas Code.

(k) The procedures and fees under § 27-14-720 shall apply for obtaining a duplicate title with beneficiary.

(l) (1) The Office of Motor Vehicle may promulgate rules for the administration of this section. (2) If rules are promulgated, the Office of Motor Vehicle shall consult with the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission about the rules.

(1) The Office of Motor Vehicle may promulgate rules for the administration of this section.

(2) If rules are promulgated, the Office of Motor Vehicle shall consult with the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission about the rules.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 524,§ 4, eff. 7/24/2019.

Acts 2011, No. 335, § 4.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-24-1603 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 24 / Subchapter 16 / Section 27-24-1603
Issuance - Renewal - Replacement
Status: in_force

(a) A person who owns a motor vehicle and who is a resident of the state may apply for and renew annually a special license plate under this subchapter. (b) An applicant shall remit the following fees to obtain a special license plate issued under this subchapter for use on a motor vehicle: (1) The fee required by law for the registration and licensing of the motor vehicle; (2) (A) A fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the design-use contribution by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism or to cover contributions for fundraising purposes. (B) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall be deposited into a cash fund to be used by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for the following purposes: (i) Sponsoring college scholarships related to the field of conservation; and (ii) Providing conservation education programs; and (3) (A) A handling and administrative fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00). (B) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(3)(A) of this section shall be: (i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; and (ii) Credited as supplemental and in addition to all other funds as may be deposited for the benefit of the division. (C) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(3)(A) of this section shall not be considered or credited to the division as direct revenue. (c) To renew a special license plate issued under this subchapter, the owner of the motor vehicle shall remit the fees stated in subsection (b) of this section. (d) To replace a special license plate issued under this subchapter, the owner of the motor vehicle shall remit: (1) The fee stated in subdivision (b)(3) of this section if the registration has not expired; or (2) The fees stated in subsection (b) of this section if the registration has expired. (e) The registration of a special license plate under this subchapter may: (1) Continue from year to year if it is renewed each year within the time and manner required by law; and (2) Be renewed as provided in § 27-14-1012 . Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5721, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 2011, No. 292, § 1.

(a) A person who owns a motor vehicle and who is a resident of the state may apply for and renew annually a special license plate under this subchapter.

(b) An applicant shall remit the following fees to obtain a special license plate issued under this subchapter for use on a motor vehicle: (1) The fee required by law for the registration and licensing of the motor vehicle; (2) (A) A fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the design-use contribution by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism or to cover contributions for fundraising purposes. (B) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall be deposited into a cash fund to be used by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for the following purposes: (i) Sponsoring college scholarships related to the field of conservation; and (ii) Providing conservation education programs; and (3) (A) A handling and administrative fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00). (B) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(3)(A) of this section shall be: (i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; and (ii) Credited as supplemental and in addition to all other funds as may be deposited for the benefit of the division. (C) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(3)(A) of this section shall not be considered or credited to the division as direct revenue.

(1) The fee required by law for the registration and licensing of the motor vehicle;

(2) (A) A fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the design-use contribution by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism or to cover contributions for fundraising purposes. (B) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall be deposited into a cash fund to be used by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for the following purposes: (i) Sponsoring college scholarships related to the field of conservation; and (ii) Providing conservation education programs; and

(A) A fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the design-use contribution by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism or to cover contributions for fundraising purposes.

(B) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall be deposited into a cash fund to be used by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for the following purposes: (i) Sponsoring college scholarships related to the field of conservation; and (ii) Providing conservation education programs; and

(i) Sponsoring college scholarships related to the field of conservation; and

(ii) Providing conservation education programs; and

(3) (A) A handling and administrative fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00). (B) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(3)(A) of this section shall be: (i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; and (ii) Credited as supplemental and in addition to all other funds as may be deposited for the benefit of the division. (C) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(3)(A) of this section shall not be considered or credited to the division as direct revenue.

(A) A handling and administrative fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00).

(B) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(3)(A) of this section shall be: (i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; and (ii) Credited as supplemental and in addition to all other funds as may be deposited for the benefit of the division.

(i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; and

(ii) Credited as supplemental and in addition to all other funds as may be deposited for the benefit of the division.

(C) The fee remitted under subdivision (b)(3)(A) of this section shall not be considered or credited to the division as direct revenue.

(c) To renew a special license plate issued under this subchapter, the owner of the motor vehicle shall remit the fees stated in subsection (b) of this section.

(d) To replace a special license plate issued under this subchapter, the owner of the motor vehicle shall remit: (1) The fee stated in subdivision (b)(3) of this section if the registration has not expired; or (2) The fees stated in subsection (b) of this section if the registration has expired.

(1) The fee stated in subdivision (b)(3) of this section if the registration has not expired; or

(2) The fees stated in subsection (b) of this section if the registration has expired.

(e) The registration of a special license plate under this subchapter may: (1) Continue from year to year if it is renewed each year within the time and manner required by law; and (2) Be renewed as provided in § 27-14-1012 .

(1) Continue from year to year if it is renewed each year within the time and manner required by law; and

(2) Be renewed as provided in § 27-14-1012 .

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5721, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 2011, No. 292, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-101-501 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 101 / Subchapter 5 / Section 27-101-501
Program of boater training and boater safety - Boater education certificate
Status: in_force

(a) The General Assembly finds and determines that: (1) The regulation of boating and boaters in the state is the primary responsibility of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 35; (2) Most boating accidents in the state are due primarily to the lack of training or the improper training of boaters; (3) The establishment of a boater training and safety program in this state would greatly improve and facilitate boater safety in this state; and (4) It is the purpose and intent of this section to authorize the commission to establish and operate a boater safety and training program in this state. (b) (1) The commission is authorized and encouraged to establish, maintain, and operate a program of boater training and boater safety in this state. (2) The program shall include without limitation: (A) (i) A course of instruction designed to teach the safe and proper handling of motorboats, personal watercraft, and any other related matters determined appropriate by the commission. (ii) The course of instruction under subdivision (b)(2)(A)(i) of this section may be administered through an online study course approved by the commission; and (B) (i) An online or written examination that shows the applicant's ability to have common knowledge to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motorboat and a personal watercraft. (ii) The examination shall be administered in person at a time and place designated by the commission. (3) The course of instruction may be offered in cooperation with schools, private clubs, and organizations and may be offered by the commission in areas where requested and where other sponsorship is unavailable. (4) The commission shall also prepare and disseminate information on water safety to the public, including informational pamphlets, which shall be made available at popular tourist locations. (c) The commission may adopt and enforce rules and regulations it shall deem appropriate and necessary to properly carry out the purposes and intent of this section. (d) (1) In order to operate a motorboat or a personal watercraft in Arkansas, a person born on or after January 1, 1986, and of legal age to operate a motorboat or personal watercraft shall have successfully completed a commission-approved safe boating course and examination under subdivision (b)(2) of this section to obtain a boater education certificate. (2) The commission shall issue boating education certificates and furnish a copy of the state laws pertaining to the operation of a motorboat or personal watercraft or informational material based on these laws to persons successfully completing an approved safe boating course and examination. (3) Valid boating education certificates issued by other states to nonresidents shall be honored by this state if the boating education course is approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. Amended by Act 2017, No. 1072,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2017, No. 1072,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1997, No. 824, § 1; 2009, No. 693, § 2.

(a) The General Assembly finds and determines that: (1) The regulation of boating and boaters in the state is the primary responsibility of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 35; (2) Most boating accidents in the state are due primarily to the lack of training or the improper training of boaters; (3) The establishment of a boater training and safety program in this state would greatly improve and facilitate boater safety in this state; and (4) It is the purpose and intent of this section to authorize the commission to establish and operate a boater safety and training program in this state.

(1) The regulation of boating and boaters in the state is the primary responsibility of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 35;

(2) Most boating accidents in the state are due primarily to the lack of training or the improper training of boaters;

(3) The establishment of a boater training and safety program in this state would greatly improve and facilitate boater safety in this state; and

(4) It is the purpose and intent of this section to authorize the commission to establish and operate a boater safety and training program in this state.

(b) (1) The commission is authorized and encouraged to establish, maintain, and operate a program of boater training and boater safety in this state. (2) The program shall include without limitation: (A) (i) A course of instruction designed to teach the safe and proper handling of motorboats, personal watercraft, and any other related matters determined appropriate by the commission. (ii) The course of instruction under subdivision (b)(2)(A)(i) of this section may be administered through an online study course approved by the commission; and (B) (i) An online or written examination that shows the applicant's ability to have common knowledge to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motorboat and a personal watercraft. (ii) The examination shall be administered in person at a time and place designated by the commission. (3) The course of instruction may be offered in cooperation with schools, private clubs, and organizations and may be offered by the commission in areas where requested and where other sponsorship is unavailable. (4) The commission shall also prepare and disseminate information on water safety to the public, including informational pamphlets, which shall be made available at popular tourist locations.

(1) The commission is authorized and encouraged to establish, maintain, and operate a program of boater training and boater safety in this state.

(2) The program shall include without limitation: (A) (i) A course of instruction designed to teach the safe and proper handling of motorboats, personal watercraft, and any other related matters determined appropriate by the commission. (ii) The course of instruction under subdivision (b)(2)(A)(i) of this section may be administered through an online study course approved by the commission; and (B) (i) An online or written examination that shows the applicant's ability to have common knowledge to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motorboat and a personal watercraft. (ii) The examination shall be administered in person at a time and place designated by the commission.

(A) (i) A course of instruction designed to teach the safe and proper handling of motorboats, personal watercraft, and any other related matters determined appropriate by the commission. (ii) The course of instruction under subdivision (b)(2)(A)(i) of this section may be administered through an online study course approved by the commission; and

(i) A course of instruction designed to teach the safe and proper handling of motorboats, personal watercraft, and any other related matters determined appropriate by the commission.

(ii) The course of instruction under subdivision (b)(2)(A)(i) of this section may be administered through an online study course approved by the commission; and

(B) (i) An online or written examination that shows the applicant's ability to have common knowledge to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motorboat and a personal watercraft. (ii) The examination shall be administered in person at a time and place designated by the commission.

(i) An online or written examination that shows the applicant's ability to have common knowledge to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motorboat and a personal watercraft.

(ii) The examination shall be administered in person at a time and place designated by the commission.

(3) The course of instruction may be offered in cooperation with schools, private clubs, and organizations and may be offered by the commission in areas where requested and where other sponsorship is unavailable.

(4) The commission shall also prepare and disseminate information on water safety to the public, including informational pamphlets, which shall be made available at popular tourist locations.

(c) The commission may adopt and enforce rules and regulations it shall deem appropriate and necessary to properly carry out the purposes and intent of this section.

(d) (1) In order to operate a motorboat or a personal watercraft in Arkansas, a person born on or after January 1, 1986, and of legal age to operate a motorboat or personal watercraft shall have successfully completed a commission-approved safe boating course and examination under subdivision (b)(2) of this section to obtain a boater education certificate. (2) The commission shall issue boating education certificates and furnish a copy of the state laws pertaining to the operation of a motorboat or personal watercraft or informational material based on these laws to persons successfully completing an approved safe boating course and examination. (3) Valid boating education certificates issued by other states to nonresidents shall be honored by this state if the boating education course is approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.

(1) In order to operate a motorboat or a personal watercraft in Arkansas, a person born on or after January 1, 1986, and of legal age to operate a motorboat or personal watercraft shall have successfully completed a commission-approved safe boating course and examination under subdivision (b)(2) of this section to obtain a boater education certificate.

(2) The commission shall issue boating education certificates and furnish a copy of the state laws pertaining to the operation of a motorboat or personal watercraft or informational material based on these laws to persons successfully completing an approved safe boating course and examination.

(3) Valid boating education certificates issued by other states to nonresidents shall be honored by this state if the boating education course is approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 1072,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 1072,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 1997, No. 824, § 1; 2009, No. 693, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-20-116 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 20 / Subchapter 1 / Section 27-20-116
Exemptions
Status: in_force

Persons who operate vehicles described in § 27-20-101 , when operation of the vehicle shall be on a farm, private property, or specifically for moving to a farm, shall be exempt from the provisions of this subchapter. Acts 1985, No. 972, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1701.1.

Persons who operate vehicles described in § 27-20-101 , when operation of the vehicle shall be on a farm, private property, or specifically for moving to a farm, shall be exempt from the provisions of this subchapter.

Acts 1985, No. 972, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1701.1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-75-102 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 75 / Section 27-75-102
Powers
Status: in_force

There is hereby granted to the Governor and to the members of the authority for Arkansas all the powers provided for in the compact. All officers of the State of Arkansas are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions which are necessary or incidental to carrying out the purpose of the compact. Acts 1989, No. 622, § 2.

There is hereby granted to the Governor and to the members of the authority for Arkansas all the powers provided for in the compact. All officers of the State of Arkansas are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions which are necessary or incidental to carrying out the purpose of the compact.

Acts 1989, No. 622, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-35-202 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 35 / Subchapter 2 / Section 27-35-202
Penalties for overweight vehicles
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Any operator found violating the provisions of this subchapter or any owner, principal, employer, lessor, lessee, agent, or officer of any firm or corporation who permits an operator to violate these provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) (A) Upon first conviction, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100). (B) For a second conviction within one (1) year, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200). (C) For a third conviction and each successive conviction within one (1) year, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). (b) (1) If the weight of the vehicle and load exceeds the maximum as prescribed by this subchapter or the gross weight as provided by a special permit, the operator or any owner, principal, employer, lessor, lessee, agent, or officer of any firm or corporation who permits such an operator to exceed the weight load provided in this subchapter or as provided by a special permit shall pay in addition a penalty to be computed as follows: (A) Overweight one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) or less, a minimum penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) or a maximum penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00); (B) Overweight more than one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) and not more than two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of one cent (1¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of three cents (3¢) per pound of excess weight; (C) Overweight more than two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.) and not more than three thousand pounds (3,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of two cents (2¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of four cents (4¢) per pound of excess weight; (D) Overweight more than three thousand pounds (3,000 lbs.) and not more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of three cents (3¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of five cents (5¢) per pound for each pound of excess weight; (E) Overweight more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.) and not more than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of four cents (4¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of six cents (6¢) per pound for each pound of excess weight; and (F) Overweight more than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.): (i) A minimum penalty of eight cents (8¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of ten cents (10¢) per pound of excess weight for the first offense during a calendar year; (ii) A minimum penalty of thirteen cents (13¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of fifteen cents (15¢) per pound of excess weight for the second offense during a calendar year; and (iii) A minimum penalty of eighteen cents (18¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of twenty cents (20¢) per pound of excess weight for the third and subsequent offense or offenses during a calendar year. (2) Where the operator of an overloaded truck is found to have willfully avoided being weighed at a weigh station in this state, the penalty shall be computed by doubling the otherwise appropriate penalty set out in subdivision (b)(1) of this section. (c) (1) All fines and penalties shall be collected as provided by law. (2) All penalties collected shall immediately be transmitted by the authority collecting them to the Treasurer of State. (3) It shall be mandatory and not within the discretion of the court to assess the penalty provided for. (d) When any vehicle is found to exceed any weight limitation imposed by this subchapter or the gross weight provided by special permit, the vehicle shall be stopped at a suitable place and remain standing until the overweight shall have been removed or an additional permit obtained as provided in this subchapter. Acts 1955, No. 98, § 8; 1983, No. 685, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-819; Acts 1987 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 3, § 6; 1995, No. 851, § 4; 2005, No. 1934, § 21.

(a) (1) Any operator found violating the provisions of this subchapter or any owner, principal, employer, lessor, lessee, agent, or officer of any firm or corporation who permits an operator to violate these provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) (A) Upon first conviction, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100). (B) For a second conviction within one (1) year, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200). (C) For a third conviction and each successive conviction within one (1) year, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(1) Any operator found violating the provisions of this subchapter or any owner, principal, employer, lessor, lessee, agent, or officer of any firm or corporation who permits an operator to violate these provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) (A) Upon first conviction, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100). (B) For a second conviction within one (1) year, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200). (C) For a third conviction and each successive conviction within one (1) year, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(A) Upon first conviction, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(B) For a second conviction within one (1) year, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200).

(C) For a third conviction and each successive conviction within one (1) year, an offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(b) (1) If the weight of the vehicle and load exceeds the maximum as prescribed by this subchapter or the gross weight as provided by a special permit, the operator or any owner, principal, employer, lessor, lessee, agent, or officer of any firm or corporation who permits such an operator to exceed the weight load provided in this subchapter or as provided by a special permit shall pay in addition a penalty to be computed as follows: (A) Overweight one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) or less, a minimum penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) or a maximum penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00); (B) Overweight more than one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) and not more than two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of one cent (1¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of three cents (3¢) per pound of excess weight; (C) Overweight more than two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.) and not more than three thousand pounds (3,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of two cents (2¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of four cents (4¢) per pound of excess weight; (D) Overweight more than three thousand pounds (3,000 lbs.) and not more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of three cents (3¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of five cents (5¢) per pound for each pound of excess weight; (E) Overweight more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.) and not more than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of four cents (4¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of six cents (6¢) per pound for each pound of excess weight; and (F) Overweight more than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.): (i) A minimum penalty of eight cents (8¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of ten cents (10¢) per pound of excess weight for the first offense during a calendar year; (ii) A minimum penalty of thirteen cents (13¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of fifteen cents (15¢) per pound of excess weight for the second offense during a calendar year; and (iii) A minimum penalty of eighteen cents (18¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of twenty cents (20¢) per pound of excess weight for the third and subsequent offense or offenses during a calendar year. (2) Where the operator of an overloaded truck is found to have willfully avoided being weighed at a weigh station in this state, the penalty shall be computed by doubling the otherwise appropriate penalty set out in subdivision (b)(1) of this section.

(1) If the weight of the vehicle and load exceeds the maximum as prescribed by this subchapter or the gross weight as provided by a special permit, the operator or any owner, principal, employer, lessor, lessee, agent, or officer of any firm or corporation who permits such an operator to exceed the weight load provided in this subchapter or as provided by a special permit shall pay in addition a penalty to be computed as follows: (A) Overweight one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) or less, a minimum penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) or a maximum penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00); (B) Overweight more than one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) and not more than two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of one cent (1¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of three cents (3¢) per pound of excess weight; (C) Overweight more than two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.) and not more than three thousand pounds (3,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of two cents (2¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of four cents (4¢) per pound of excess weight; (D) Overweight more than three thousand pounds (3,000 lbs.) and not more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of three cents (3¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of five cents (5¢) per pound for each pound of excess weight; (E) Overweight more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.) and not more than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of four cents (4¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of six cents (6¢) per pound for each pound of excess weight; and (F) Overweight more than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.): (i) A minimum penalty of eight cents (8¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of ten cents (10¢) per pound of excess weight for the first offense during a calendar year; (ii) A minimum penalty of thirteen cents (13¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of fifteen cents (15¢) per pound of excess weight for the second offense during a calendar year; and (iii) A minimum penalty of eighteen cents (18¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of twenty cents (20¢) per pound of excess weight for the third and subsequent offense or offenses during a calendar year.

(A) Overweight one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) or less, a minimum penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) or a maximum penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00);

(B) Overweight more than one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) and not more than two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of one cent (1¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of three cents (3¢) per pound of excess weight;

(C) Overweight more than two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.) and not more than three thousand pounds (3,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of two cents (2¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of four cents (4¢) per pound of excess weight;

(D) Overweight more than three thousand pounds (3,000 lbs.) and not more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of three cents (3¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of five cents (5¢) per pound for each pound of excess weight;

(E) Overweight more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.) and not more than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.), a minimum penalty of four cents (4¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of six cents (6¢) per pound for each pound of excess weight; and

(F) Overweight more than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.): (i) A minimum penalty of eight cents (8¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of ten cents (10¢) per pound of excess weight for the first offense during a calendar year; (ii) A minimum penalty of thirteen cents (13¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of fifteen cents (15¢) per pound of excess weight for the second offense during a calendar year; and (iii) A minimum penalty of eighteen cents (18¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of twenty cents (20¢) per pound of excess weight for the third and subsequent offense or offenses during a calendar year.

(i) A minimum penalty of eight cents (8¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of ten cents (10¢) per pound of excess weight for the first offense during a calendar year;

(ii) A minimum penalty of thirteen cents (13¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of fifteen cents (15¢) per pound of excess weight for the second offense during a calendar year; and

(iii) A minimum penalty of eighteen cents (18¢) per pound of excess weight or a maximum penalty of twenty cents (20¢) per pound of excess weight for the third and subsequent offense or offenses during a calendar year.

(2) Where the operator of an overloaded truck is found to have willfully avoided being weighed at a weigh station in this state, the penalty shall be computed by doubling the otherwise appropriate penalty set out in subdivision (b)(1) of this section.

(c) (1) All fines and penalties shall be collected as provided by law. (2) All penalties collected shall immediately be transmitted by the authority collecting them to the Treasurer of State. (3) It shall be mandatory and not within the discretion of the court to assess the penalty provided for.

(1) All fines and penalties shall be collected as provided by law.

(2) All penalties collected shall immediately be transmitted by the authority collecting them to the Treasurer of State.

(3) It shall be mandatory and not within the discretion of the court to assess the penalty provided for.

(d) When any vehicle is found to exceed any weight limitation imposed by this subchapter or the gross weight provided by special permit, the vehicle shall be stopped at a suitable place and remain standing until the overweight shall have been removed or an additional permit obtained as provided in this subchapter.

Acts 1955, No. 98, § 8; 1983, No. 685, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-819; Acts 1987 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 3, § 6; 1995, No. 851, § 4; 2005, No. 1934, § 21.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-49-214 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 49 / Subchapter 2 / Section 27-49-214
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1937, No. 300, § 5; Pope's Dig., § 6663; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-405; Acts 2011, No. 780, § 2.

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 1937, No. 300, § 5; Pope's Dig., § 6663; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-405; Acts 2011, No. 780, § 2.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-24-1423 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 24 / Subchapter 14 / Section 27-24-1423
Autism Awareness
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall create and issue an Autism Awareness motor vehicle special license plate in the manner and subject to the conditions provided for under this subchapter. (b) The Autism Awareness motor vehicle special license plate shall be: (1) Designed by the Department of Finance and Administration, in consultation with the Arkansas Autism Resource Outreach Center; and (2) Numbered consecutively. (c) The procedures concerning costs for issuance under § 27-24-1404(c)(1)(A) shall apply. (d) The department shall issue a special license plate under this section to a motor vehicle owner upon payment of: (1) The fee required by law for registration of the motor vehicle; (2) (A) Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the design-use contribution. (B) The design-use contribution shall be remitted monthly to the Arkansas Autism Resource Outreach Center to be used exclusively to promote autism awareness program expenses; and (3) (A) A handling and administrative fee of ten dollars ($10.00). (B) The handling and administrative fee shall be: (i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; and (ii) Credited to the division as supplemental and in addition to all other funds that may be deposited for the benefit of the division. (C) The handling and administrative fee shall not be considered or credited to the division as direct revenue. (e) (1) A special license plate issued under this section may be renewed annually or replaced under the procedures set out in § 27-24-1405 . (2) However, the division shall remit the fees collected under § 27-24-1405(b)(2) on a monthly basis to the Arkansas Autism Resource Outreach Center. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4798, eff. 7/1/2019. Added by Act 2015, No. 574,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall create and issue an Autism Awareness motor vehicle special license plate in the manner and subject to the conditions provided for under this subchapter.

(b) The Autism Awareness motor vehicle special license plate shall be: (1) Designed by the Department of Finance and Administration, in consultation with the Arkansas Autism Resource Outreach Center; and (2) Numbered consecutively.

(1) Designed by the Department of Finance and Administration, in consultation with the Arkansas Autism Resource Outreach Center; and

(2) Numbered consecutively.

(c) The procedures concerning costs for issuance under § 27-24-1404(c)(1)(A) shall apply.

(d) The department shall issue a special license plate under this section to a motor vehicle owner upon payment of: (1) The fee required by law for registration of the motor vehicle; (2) (A) Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the design-use contribution. (B) The design-use contribution shall be remitted monthly to the Arkansas Autism Resource Outreach Center to be used exclusively to promote autism awareness program expenses; and (3) (A) A handling and administrative fee of ten dollars ($10.00). (B) The handling and administrative fee shall be: (i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; and (ii) Credited to the division as supplemental and in addition to all other funds that may be deposited for the benefit of the division. (C) The handling and administrative fee shall not be considered or credited to the division as direct revenue.

(1) The fee required by law for registration of the motor vehicle;

(2) (A) Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the design-use contribution. (B) The design-use contribution shall be remitted monthly to the Arkansas Autism Resource Outreach Center to be used exclusively to promote autism awareness program expenses; and

(A) Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover the design-use contribution.

(B) The design-use contribution shall be remitted monthly to the Arkansas Autism Resource Outreach Center to be used exclusively to promote autism awareness program expenses; and

(3) (A) A handling and administrative fee of ten dollars ($10.00). (B) The handling and administrative fee shall be: (i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; and (ii) Credited to the division as supplemental and in addition to all other funds that may be deposited for the benefit of the division. (C) The handling and administrative fee shall not be considered or credited to the division as direct revenue.

(A) A handling and administrative fee of ten dollars ($10.00).

(B) The handling and administrative fee shall be: (i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; and (ii) Credited to the division as supplemental and in addition to all other funds that may be deposited for the benefit of the division.

(i) Deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration; and

(ii) Credited to the division as supplemental and in addition to all other funds that may be deposited for the benefit of the division.

(C) The handling and administrative fee shall not be considered or credited to the division as direct revenue.

(e) (1) A special license plate issued under this section may be renewed annually or replaced under the procedures set out in § 27-24-1405 . (2) However, the division shall remit the fees collected under § 27-24-1405(b)(2) on a monthly basis to the Arkansas Autism Resource Outreach Center.

(1) A special license plate issued under this section may be renewed annually or replaced under the procedures set out in § 27-24-1405 .

(2) However, the division shall remit the fees collected under § 27-24-1405(b)(2) on a monthly basis to the Arkansas Autism Resource Outreach Center.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4798, eff. 7/1/2019.

Added by Act 2015, No. 574,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-25-110 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 25 / Section 27-25-110
Responsibility for equipment
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A peer-to-peer car-sharing program has sole responsibility for any equipment, including without limitation a global positioning device or other special equipment, that is installed by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program in or on the shared vehicle to monitor or facilitate a car-sharing transaction. (2) A peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless a shared-vehicle owner for any damage to or theft of any equipment installed by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program in or on the shared vehicle during the car-sharing period not caused by the shared-vehicle owner. (b) A peer-to-peer car-sharing program may seek indemnity from a shared-vehicle driver for any loss or damage to the equipment installed by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program in or on the shared vehicle that occurs during the car-sharing period. Added by Act 2023, No. 686,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2023.

(a) (1) A peer-to-peer car-sharing program has sole responsibility for any equipment, including without limitation a global positioning device or other special equipment, that is installed by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program in or on the shared vehicle to monitor or facilitate a car-sharing transaction. (2) A peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless a shared-vehicle owner for any damage to or theft of any equipment installed by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program in or on the shared vehicle during the car-sharing period not caused by the shared-vehicle owner.

(1) A peer-to-peer car-sharing program has sole responsibility for any equipment, including without limitation a global positioning device or other special equipment, that is installed by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program in or on the shared vehicle to monitor or facilitate a car-sharing transaction.

(2) A peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless a shared-vehicle owner for any damage to or theft of any equipment installed by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program in or on the shared vehicle during the car-sharing period not caused by the shared-vehicle owner.

(b) A peer-to-peer car-sharing program may seek indemnity from a shared-vehicle driver for any loss or damage to the equipment installed by the peer-to-peer car-sharing program in or on the shared vehicle that occurs during the car-sharing period.

Added by Act 2023, No. 686,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2023.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-14-1101 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 14 / Subchapter 11 / Section 27-14-1101
Authority to issue for passenger cars
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall provide for and issue special personalized prestige license plates for passenger automobiles and motorcycles. (b) The special personalized prestige license plates shall be issued in addition to the regular license plates for the vehicles, upon application therefor and the payment of an annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in addition to the regular registration fee prescribed for the vehicle to which the special personalized prestige license plate is to be attached. (c) No identical special personalized prestige license plates shall be issued for different vehicles for the same year. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4573, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1967, No. 194, § 1; 1979, No. 440, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-201.3; Acts 1989, No. 31, § 1.

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall provide for and issue special personalized prestige license plates for passenger automobiles and motorcycles.

(b) The special personalized prestige license plates shall be issued in addition to the regular license plates for the vehicles, upon application therefor and the payment of an annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) in addition to the regular registration fee prescribed for the vehicle to which the special personalized prestige license plate is to be attached.

(c) No identical special personalized prestige license plates shall be issued for different vehicles for the same year.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4573, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 1967, No. 194, § 1; 1979, No. 440, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-201.3; Acts 1989, No. 31, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-1-103 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 1 / Section 27-1-103
Definition
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, "service" or "services" means either or both freight and passenger transport, whether by air, land, or water. Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 307, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1977, No. 192, §§ 4, 5; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-2804, 76-2805.

As used in this chapter, "service" or "services" means either or both freight and passenger transport, whether by air, land, or water.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 307, eff. 8/1/2017.

Acts 1977, No. 192, §§ 4, 5; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-2804, 76-2805.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-37-206 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 37 / Subchapter 2 / Section 27-37-206
Display of warning devices when vehicle disabled
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever any motor truck, passenger bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or any motor vehicle towing a house trailer is disabled upon the traveled portion of any highway or the shoulder thereof outside of any municipality at any time when lighted lamps are required on vehicles, the driver of the vehicle shall display the following warning devices upon the highway during the time the vehicle is so disabled on the highway, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section: (1) A lighted fusee, a lighted red electric lantern, or a portable red emergency reflector shall be immediately placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic; and (2) As soon thereafter as possible, but in any event within the burning period of the fusee, which is fifteen (15) minutes, the driver shall place three (3) liquid-burning flares or pot torches, or three (3) lighted red electric lanterns, or three (3) portable red emergency reflectors on the traveled portion of the highway in the following order: (A) One (1), approximately one hundred feet (100') from the disabled vehicle, in the center of the lane occupied by the vehicle and toward traffic approaching in that lane; (B) One (1), approximately one hundred feet (100') in the opposite direction from the disabled vehicle, in the center of the traffic lane occupied by the vehicle; and (C) (i) One (1) at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle, not less than ten feet (10') rearward or forward thereof, in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic. (ii) If a lighted red electric lantern or a red portable emergency reflector has been placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in accordance with subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section, it may be used for this purpose. (b) Whenever any vehicle referred to in this section is disabled within five hundred feet (500') of a curve, hillcrest, or other obstruction to view, the warning signal in that direction shall be so placed as to afford ample warning to other users of the highway, but in no case less than one hundred feet (100') nor more than five hundred feet (500') from the disabled vehicle. (c) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in this section is disabled upon any roadway of a divided highway during the time that lights are required, the appropriate warning devices prescribed in subsections (a) and (e) of this section shall be placed as follows: (1) One (1), at a distance of approximately two hundred feet (200') from the vehicle, in the center of the lane occupied by the stopped vehicle and in the direction of traffic approaching in that lane; (2) One (1), at a distance of approximately one hundred feet (100') from the vehicle, in the center of the lane occupied by the vehicle and in the direction of traffic approaching in that lane; and (3) One (1), at the traffic side of the vehicle and approximately ten feet (10') from the vehicle, in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic. (d) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in this section is disabled upon the traveled portion of a highway or the shoulder thereof outside of any municipality at any time when the display of fusees, flares, red electric lanterns, or portable red emergency reflectors is not required, the driver of the vehicle shall display two (2) red flags upon the roadway in the lane of traffic occupied by the disabled vehicle, one (1) at a distance of approximately one hundred feet (100') in advance of the vehicle and one (1) at a distance of approximately one hundred (100') feet to the rear of the vehicle. (e) (1) Whenever any motor vehicle used in the transportation of explosives or any cargo tank truck used for the transportation of any flammable liquid or compressed flammable gas, or any motor vehicle using compressed gas as a fuel, is disabled upon a highway of this state at any time or place mentioned in subsection (a) of this section, the driver of the vehicle shall immediately display the following warning devices: (A) One (1) red electric lantern or portable red emergency reflector, placed on the roadway at the traffic side of the vehicle; and (B) Two (2) red electric lanterns or portable red reflectors, one (1) placed approximately one hundred feet (100') to the front and one (1) placed approximately one hundred feet (100') to the rear of the disabled vehicle in the center of the traffic lane occupied by the vehicle. (2) Flares, fusees, or signals produced by flame shall not be used as warning devices for disabled vehicles of the type mentioned in this subsection. (f) The flares, fusees, red electric lanterns, portable red emergency reflectors, and flags to be displayed as required in this section shall conform with the requirements of § 27-37-205 . Acts 1937, No. 300, § 131; Pope's Dig., § 6791; Acts 1959, No. 307, § 52; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-722.

(a) Whenever any motor truck, passenger bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or any motor vehicle towing a house trailer is disabled upon the traveled portion of any highway or the shoulder thereof outside of any municipality at any time when lighted lamps are required on vehicles, the driver of the vehicle shall display the following warning devices upon the highway during the time the vehicle is so disabled on the highway, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section: (1) A lighted fusee, a lighted red electric lantern, or a portable red emergency reflector shall be immediately placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic; and (2) As soon thereafter as possible, but in any event within the burning period of the fusee, which is fifteen (15) minutes, the driver shall place three (3) liquid-burning flares or pot torches, or three (3) lighted red electric lanterns, or three (3) portable red emergency reflectors on the traveled portion of the highway in the following order: (A) One (1), approximately one hundred feet (100') from the disabled vehicle, in the center of the lane occupied by the vehicle and toward traffic approaching in that lane; (B) One (1), approximately one hundred feet (100') in the opposite direction from the disabled vehicle, in the center of the traffic lane occupied by the vehicle; and (C) (i) One (1) at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle, not less than ten feet (10') rearward or forward thereof, in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic. (ii) If a lighted red electric lantern or a red portable emergency reflector has been placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in accordance with subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section, it may be used for this purpose.

(1) A lighted fusee, a lighted red electric lantern, or a portable red emergency reflector shall be immediately placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic; and

(2) As soon thereafter as possible, but in any event within the burning period of the fusee, which is fifteen (15) minutes, the driver shall place three (3) liquid-burning flares or pot torches, or three (3) lighted red electric lanterns, or three (3) portable red emergency reflectors on the traveled portion of the highway in the following order: (A) One (1), approximately one hundred feet (100') from the disabled vehicle, in the center of the lane occupied by the vehicle and toward traffic approaching in that lane; (B) One (1), approximately one hundred feet (100') in the opposite direction from the disabled vehicle, in the center of the traffic lane occupied by the vehicle; and (C) (i) One (1) at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle, not less than ten feet (10') rearward or forward thereof, in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic. (ii) If a lighted red electric lantern or a red portable emergency reflector has been placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in accordance with subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section, it may be used for this purpose.

(A) One (1), approximately one hundred feet (100') from the disabled vehicle, in the center of the lane occupied by the vehicle and toward traffic approaching in that lane;

(B) One (1), approximately one hundred feet (100') in the opposite direction from the disabled vehicle, in the center of the traffic lane occupied by the vehicle; and

(C) (i) One (1) at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle, not less than ten feet (10') rearward or forward thereof, in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic. (ii) If a lighted red electric lantern or a red portable emergency reflector has been placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in accordance with subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section, it may be used for this purpose.

(i) One (1) at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle, not less than ten feet (10') rearward or forward thereof, in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic.

(ii) If a lighted red electric lantern or a red portable emergency reflector has been placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in accordance with subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section, it may be used for this purpose.

(b) Whenever any vehicle referred to in this section is disabled within five hundred feet (500') of a curve, hillcrest, or other obstruction to view, the warning signal in that direction shall be so placed as to afford ample warning to other users of the highway, but in no case less than one hundred feet (100') nor more than five hundred feet (500') from the disabled vehicle.

(c) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in this section is disabled upon any roadway of a divided highway during the time that lights are required, the appropriate warning devices prescribed in subsections (a) and (e) of this section shall be placed as follows: (1) One (1), at a distance of approximately two hundred feet (200') from the vehicle, in the center of the lane occupied by the stopped vehicle and in the direction of traffic approaching in that lane; (2) One (1), at a distance of approximately one hundred feet (100') from the vehicle, in the center of the lane occupied by the vehicle and in the direction of traffic approaching in that lane; and (3) One (1), at the traffic side of the vehicle and approximately ten feet (10') from the vehicle, in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic.

(1) One (1), at a distance of approximately two hundred feet (200') from the vehicle, in the center of the lane occupied by the stopped vehicle and in the direction of traffic approaching in that lane;

(2) One (1), at a distance of approximately one hundred feet (100') from the vehicle, in the center of the lane occupied by the vehicle and in the direction of traffic approaching in that lane; and

(3) One (1), at the traffic side of the vehicle and approximately ten feet (10') from the vehicle, in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic.

(d) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in this section is disabled upon the traveled portion of a highway or the shoulder thereof outside of any municipality at any time when the display of fusees, flares, red electric lanterns, or portable red emergency reflectors is not required, the driver of the vehicle shall display two (2) red flags upon the roadway in the lane of traffic occupied by the disabled vehicle, one (1) at a distance of approximately one hundred feet (100') in advance of the vehicle and one (1) at a distance of approximately one hundred (100') feet to the rear of the vehicle.

(e) (1) Whenever any motor vehicle used in the transportation of explosives or any cargo tank truck used for the transportation of any flammable liquid or compressed flammable gas, or any motor vehicle using compressed gas as a fuel, is disabled upon a highway of this state at any time or place mentioned in subsection (a) of this section, the driver of the vehicle shall immediately display the following warning devices: (A) One (1) red electric lantern or portable red emergency reflector, placed on the roadway at the traffic side of the vehicle; and (B) Two (2) red electric lanterns or portable red reflectors, one (1) placed approximately one hundred feet (100') to the front and one (1) placed approximately one hundred feet (100') to the rear of the disabled vehicle in the center of the traffic lane occupied by the vehicle. (2) Flares, fusees, or signals produced by flame shall not be used as warning devices for disabled vehicles of the type mentioned in this subsection.

(1) Whenever any motor vehicle used in the transportation of explosives or any cargo tank truck used for the transportation of any flammable liquid or compressed flammable gas, or any motor vehicle using compressed gas as a fuel, is disabled upon a highway of this state at any time or place mentioned in subsection (a) of this section, the driver of the vehicle shall immediately display the following warning devices: (A) One (1) red electric lantern or portable red emergency reflector, placed on the roadway at the traffic side of the vehicle; and (B) Two (2) red electric lanterns or portable red reflectors, one (1) placed approximately one hundred feet (100') to the front and one (1) placed approximately one hundred feet (100') to the rear of the disabled vehicle in the center of the traffic lane occupied by the vehicle.

(A) One (1) red electric lantern or portable red emergency reflector, placed on the roadway at the traffic side of the vehicle; and

(B) Two (2) red electric lanterns or portable red reflectors, one (1) placed approximately one hundred feet (100') to the front and one (1) placed approximately one hundred feet (100') to the rear of the disabled vehicle in the center of the traffic lane occupied by the vehicle.

(2) Flares, fusees, or signals produced by flame shall not be used as warning devices for disabled vehicles of the type mentioned in this subsection.

(f) The flares, fusees, red electric lanterns, portable red emergency reflectors, and flags to be displayed as required in this section shall conform with the requirements of § 27-37-205 .

Acts 1937, No. 300, § 131; Pope's Dig., § 6791; Acts 1959, No. 307, § 52; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-722.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-74-408 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 74 / Subchapter 4 / Section 27-74-408
Agreements with United States
Status: in_force

The State Highway Commission is authorized to enter into agreement with the United States Secretary of Transportation, as provided by Title 23 of the United States Code, relating to the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to those sections of the federal-aid interstate and federal-aid primary highway systems lying in Arkansas and to act in the name of the State of Arkansas in complying with the terms of such agreements. Acts 1967, No. 640, Art. 2, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2518.

The State Highway Commission is authorized to enter into agreement with the United States Secretary of Transportation, as provided by Title 23 of the United States Code, relating to the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to those sections of the federal-aid interstate and federal-aid primary highway systems lying in Arkansas and to act in the name of the State of Arkansas in complying with the terms of such agreements.

Acts 1967, No. 640, Art. 2, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2518.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-76-712 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 76 / Subchapter 7 / Section 27-76-712
Administrative procedure when registered owner is transferor
Status: in_force

(a) If the registered owner of a motor vehicle that was mailed notice of nonpayment of a toll under this section transferred ownership of the vehicle to another person before the offense of an unpaid toll under § 27-76-708 occurred, then the procedures of this section apply. (b) (1) Not later than thirty (30) days after the date that the notice of nonpayment was mailed to the transferor of the motor vehicle, the transferor shall submit to the regional mobility authority or its designee a bill of sale or supporting documentation for the transfer of ownership. (2) The name and address of the person in which the motor vehicle was transferred shall be clearly legible on the documents provided to the regional mobility authority or its designee. (c) (1) If the transferor of the motor vehicle provides the required information within the prescribed period, the regional mobility authority or its designee shall send a notice of nonpayment to the transferee. (2) The notice of nonpayment shall: (A) Include a statement of the amount of the toll charges and the amount of administrative fee for which the transferee is liable; (B) Be sent by first-class mail to the transferee's address as shown in the bill of sale or supporting documentation; (C) Be sent not later than thirty (30) days after the date of receipt of the required information from the transferor; and (D) State that payment is not required until thirty (30) days after the date that the notice was mailed. (d) The transferee shall pay a separate toll and administrative fee for each event of nonpayment. Acts 2007, No. 389, § 1.

(a) If the registered owner of a motor vehicle that was mailed notice of nonpayment of a toll under this section transferred ownership of the vehicle to another person before the offense of an unpaid toll under § 27-76-708 occurred, then the procedures of this section apply.

(b) (1) Not later than thirty (30) days after the date that the notice of nonpayment was mailed to the transferor of the motor vehicle, the transferor shall submit to the regional mobility authority or its designee a bill of sale or supporting documentation for the transfer of ownership. (2) The name and address of the person in which the motor vehicle was transferred shall be clearly legible on the documents provided to the regional mobility authority or its designee.

(1) Not later than thirty (30) days after the date that the notice of nonpayment was mailed to the transferor of the motor vehicle, the transferor shall submit to the regional mobility authority or its designee a bill of sale or supporting documentation for the transfer of ownership.

(2) The name and address of the person in which the motor vehicle was transferred shall be clearly legible on the documents provided to the regional mobility authority or its designee.

(c) (1) If the transferor of the motor vehicle provides the required information within the prescribed period, the regional mobility authority or its designee shall send a notice of nonpayment to the transferee. (2) The notice of nonpayment shall: (A) Include a statement of the amount of the toll charges and the amount of administrative fee for which the transferee is liable; (B) Be sent by first-class mail to the transferee's address as shown in the bill of sale or supporting documentation; (C) Be sent not later than thirty (30) days after the date of receipt of the required information from the transferor; and (D) State that payment is not required until thirty (30) days after the date that the notice was mailed.

(1) If the transferor of the motor vehicle provides the required information within the prescribed period, the regional mobility authority or its designee shall send a notice of nonpayment to the transferee.

(2) The notice of nonpayment shall: (A) Include a statement of the amount of the toll charges and the amount of administrative fee for which the transferee is liable; (B) Be sent by first-class mail to the transferee's address as shown in the bill of sale or supporting documentation; (C) Be sent not later than thirty (30) days after the date of receipt of the required information from the transferor; and (D) State that payment is not required until thirty (30) days after the date that the notice was mailed.

(A) Include a statement of the amount of the toll charges and the amount of administrative fee for which the transferee is liable;

(B) Be sent by first-class mail to the transferee's address as shown in the bill of sale or supporting documentation;

(C) Be sent not later than thirty (30) days after the date of receipt of the required information from the transferor; and

(D) State that payment is not required until thirty (30) days after the date that the notice was mailed.

(d) The transferee shall pay a separate toll and administrative fee for each event of nonpayment.

Acts 2007, No. 389, § 1.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-506 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 19 / Subchapter 5 / Section 27-19-506
Failure of insurance carrier to file reports
Status: in_force

When the Office of Driver Services has determined that an insurance carrier has failed to file insurance reports within the required fifty (50) days, the Office of Driver Services shall, in its discretion, determine whether the insurance carrier is negligent in filing the required reports and may refuse to accept any further filings of proof of financial responsibility from the insurance carrier. Acts 1953, No. 347, § 19; 1963, No. 180, § 1; 1973, No. 585, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1419.

When the Office of Driver Services has determined that an insurance carrier has failed to file insurance reports within the required fifty (50) days, the Office of Driver Services shall, in its discretion, determine whether the insurance carrier is negligent in filing the required reports and may refuse to accept any further filings of proof of financial responsibility from the insurance carrier.

Acts 1953, No. 347, § 19; 1963, No. 180, § 1; 1973, No. 585, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1419.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-101-1018 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 101 / Subchapter 10 / Section 27-101-1018
Optional means of recording
Status: in_force

(a) (1) At his or her option, a lienholder may: (A) Record the lien on the manufacturer's certificate of origin; (B) Record the lien on an existing certificate of title; or (C) File with the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration a certified copy of the instrument creating and evidencing the lien or encumbrance. (2) The lienholder shall remit a fee in the amount of one dollar ($1.00) for each lien filed. (3) The recording or filing shall constitute constructive notice of the lien against the motorboat described therein to creditors of the owner, subsequent purchasers, and encumbrancers, except those liens that are by law dependent upon possession. (4) A photocopy of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or of an existing certificate of title, showing the lien recorded thereon and certified as a true and correct copy by the party recording the lien, shall be sufficient evidence of the recording. (b) (1) (A) The lien shall be deemed perfected and the constructive notice shall be effective from the date of the execution of the instrument creating and evidencing the lien or encumbrance if it is filed as authorized in this section within thirty (30) days after the date of the execution thereof. (B) If the instrument is filed more than thirty (30) days after the date of the execution thereof, the lien shall be deemed perfected and the constructive notice shall date from the time of the filing of the instrument. (2) However, the filing of a lien under this section by the lienholder and the payment of the required fee shall in no way relieve any person of the obligation of paying the fee required by law for filing a lien to be evidenced on a certificate of title of a motorboat. Added by Act 2019, No. 733,§ 16, eff. 7/24/2019.

(a) (1) At his or her option, a lienholder may: (A) Record the lien on the manufacturer's certificate of origin; (B) Record the lien on an existing certificate of title; or (C) File with the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration a certified copy of the instrument creating and evidencing the lien or encumbrance. (2) The lienholder shall remit a fee in the amount of one dollar ($1.00) for each lien filed. (3) The recording or filing shall constitute constructive notice of the lien against the motorboat described therein to creditors of the owner, subsequent purchasers, and encumbrancers, except those liens that are by law dependent upon possession. (4) A photocopy of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or of an existing certificate of title, showing the lien recorded thereon and certified as a true and correct copy by the party recording the lien, shall be sufficient evidence of the recording.

(1) At his or her option, a lienholder may: (A) Record the lien on the manufacturer's certificate of origin; (B) Record the lien on an existing certificate of title; or (C) File with the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration a certified copy of the instrument creating and evidencing the lien or encumbrance.

(A) Record the lien on the manufacturer's certificate of origin;

(B) Record the lien on an existing certificate of title; or

(C) File with the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration a certified copy of the instrument creating and evidencing the lien or encumbrance.

(2) The lienholder shall remit a fee in the amount of one dollar ($1.00) for each lien filed.

(3) The recording or filing shall constitute constructive notice of the lien against the motorboat described therein to creditors of the owner, subsequent purchasers, and encumbrancers, except those liens that are by law dependent upon possession.

(4) A photocopy of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or of an existing certificate of title, showing the lien recorded thereon and certified as a true and correct copy by the party recording the lien, shall be sufficient evidence of the recording.

(b) (1) (A) The lien shall be deemed perfected and the constructive notice shall be effective from the date of the execution of the instrument creating and evidencing the lien or encumbrance if it is filed as authorized in this section within thirty (30) days after the date of the execution thereof. (B) If the instrument is filed more than thirty (30) days after the date of the execution thereof, the lien shall be deemed perfected and the constructive notice shall date from the time of the filing of the instrument. (2) However, the filing of a lien under this section by the lienholder and the payment of the required fee shall in no way relieve any person of the obligation of paying the fee required by law for filing a lien to be evidenced on a certificate of title of a motorboat.

(1) (A) The lien shall be deemed perfected and the constructive notice shall be effective from the date of the execution of the instrument creating and evidencing the lien or encumbrance if it is filed as authorized in this section within thirty (30) days after the date of the execution thereof. (B) If the instrument is filed more than thirty (30) days after the date of the execution thereof, the lien shall be deemed perfected and the constructive notice shall date from the time of the filing of the instrument.

(A) The lien shall be deemed perfected and the constructive notice shall be effective from the date of the execution of the instrument creating and evidencing the lien or encumbrance if it is filed as authorized in this section within thirty (30) days after the date of the execution thereof.

(B) If the instrument is filed more than thirty (30) days after the date of the execution thereof, the lien shall be deemed perfected and the constructive notice shall date from the time of the filing of the instrument.

(2) However, the filing of a lien under this section by the lienholder and the payment of the required fee shall in no way relieve any person of the obligation of paying the fee required by law for filing a lien to be evidenced on a certificate of title of a motorboat.

Added by Act 2019, No. 733,§ 16, eff. 7/24/2019.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-14-1901 — AR Code / Title 27 / Chapter 14 / Subchapter 19 / Section 27-14-1901
Definition
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter, "manufacturer" means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in manufacturing or assembling motor homes at or from an established place of business within this state. Acts 1973, No. 503, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-292.1.

As used in this subchapter, "manufacturer" means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in manufacturing or assembling motor homes at or from an established place of business within this state.

Acts 1973, No. 503, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-292.1.