NO PERSON UNDER AGE 21 PERMITTED TO CONSUME ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; REQUIRING THE "CASINO CORPORATION OF ARKANSAS" AND THOSE PERSONS HIRED AND SUBCONTRACTED AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS TO OPERATE GAMBLING AS APPLICABLE TO OBTAIN AND PAY FOR ALL OTHER LICENSES AND PERMITS NOT EXEMPTED WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AMENDMENT AND PAY ALL STATE AND LOCAL TAXES AS REQUIRED; AUTHORIZING THE LEGAL SHIPMENT OF GAMING DEVICES; DEFINING "GAMBLING" AS THE RISKING OF MONEY ON A CHANCE BETWEEN PERSONS WHERE ONE IS LOSER AND OTHER GAINER WITH COMMONLY CALLED GAMBLING AND GAMING DEVICES TO INCLUDE ANY KIND OF ROULETTE WHEELS, ANY KIND OF SLOT MACHINES, GAMING TABLES OF ANY KIND FOR THE USE OF CARDS AND DICE USED IN ANY MANNER AND ANY KIND OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING; DEFINING "STRUCTURES" AS THE PLURAL OF STRUCTURE WITH STRUCTURE BEING ANY KIND AND SIZE OF BUILDING TO INCLUDE ANY ATTACHED ADDITIONS TO BE CONSIDERED PART OF THAT BUILDING AND TO INCLUDE WITHIN THIS DEFINITION ANY KIND AND SIZE OF ANCHORED WATER VESSEL AS A STRUCTURE; EMPOWERING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ESTABLISH AND REGULATE A COMMISSION TO REGULATE BINGO AND RAFFLES OPERATED BY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, TO REGULATE GAMBLING OPERATED BY THE "CASINO CORPORATION OF ARKANSAS" AND THOSE PERSONS HIRED AND SUBCONTRACTED AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS TO OPERATE GAMBLING AND FOR THE COMMISSION TO OPERATE A STATE LOTTERY IN ANY MANNER AND IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER STATE AND STATES; MAKING THE PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDMENT SELF EXECUTING AND EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON PASSAGE EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE AMENDMENT; MAKING THE AMENDMENT SEVERABLE; AND REPEALING ALL LAWS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS AMENDMENT.
The Attorney General is required, pursuant to A.C.A. § 7-9-107, to certify the popular name and ballot title of all proposed initiative and referendum acts or amendments before the petitions are circulated for signature. The law provides that the Attorney General may substitute and certify a more suitable and correct popular name and ballot title, if he can do so, or if the proposed popular name and ballot title are sufficiently misleading, may reject the entire petition.
A.C.A. § 7-9-107 neither requires nor authorizes this office to make legal determinations concerning the merits of the act or amendment, or concerning the likelihood that it will accomplish its stated objective. Consequently, this review has been limited to a determination, pursuant to the guidelines that have been set forth by the Arkansas Supreme Court, discussed below, of whether the proposed popular name and ballot title accurately and impartially summarize the provisions of your proposed amendment.
The purpose of my review and certification is to ensure that the popular name and ballot title honestly, intelligibly, and fairly set forth the purpose of the proposed amendment. See Arkansas Women's Political Caucusv. Riviere, 282 Ark. 463, 466, 677 S.W.2d 846 (1984).
The popular name is primarily a useful legislative device. Pafford v.Hall, 217 Ark. 734, 233 S.W.2d 72 (1950). It need not contain detailed information or include exceptions that might be required of a ballot title, but it