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§ 20-14-304 . Right to be accompanied by service animal--Penalty and restitution for killing or injuring a service animal or search and rescue dog.
(a) It is the policy of this state to accord individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities all rights and privileges of other persons with respect to the use of public streets, highways, sidewalks, public buildings, public facilities, public carriers, public housing accommodations, public amusement and resort areas, and other public areas to which the public is invited, subject only to the limitations and conditions established by law and applicable to all persons and subject to the special limitations and conditions prescribed in this subchapter for individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities.
(b) It is further the policy of this state that individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities shall be employed in state service, in the service of political subdivisions of this state, in the public schools, and in all other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds, on the same terms and conditions as individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities, unless it is shown that the visual, hearing, or other physical disability of a person prevents the performance of the work involved.
Acts of 1973, Act 484, § 1; Acts of 1979, Act 574, § 1.
Any person, firm, or corporation, or the agent of any person, firm, or corporation, who denies or interferes with the admittance to or enjoyment of public facilities and housing accommodations by an individual with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities or otherwise interferes with the rights of an individual with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Acts of 1973, Act 484, § 6; Acts of 1979, Act 574, § 1.
(5) All other places to which the general public is invited.
(b) The rights and privileges are subject only to the limitations and conditions established by law and applicable to all persons and subject to the special limitations and conditions prescribed in this subchapter with respect to individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities.
Acts of 1973, Act 484, § 2; Acts of 1979, Act 574, § 1.
§ 20-14-304. Right to be accompanied by service animal--Penalty and restitution for killing or injuring a service animal or search and rescue dog.
(a) Every individual with visual, hearing, or other disabilities has the right to be accompanied by a service animal especially trained to do work or to perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability in or upon any and all public ways, public places, and other public accommodations and housing accommodations prescribed in § 20-14-303 and to be accompanied by a service dog as defined in Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C § 12101 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2017, and shall not be required to pay any extra fee or charge for the service animal.
(b) However, any individual with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities accompanied by a service animal in any public way, public place, public accommodation, or housing accommodation shall be liable for any damage caused to the premises or facilities by the animal.
(3) Used in conjunction with local law enforcement or emergency services organizations for the purpose of locating missing persons or evidence of arson.
Acts of 1973, Act 484, § 3; Acts of 1979, Act 574, § 1; Acts of 1995, Act 266, § 1; Acts of 1999, Act 571, § 2, eff. July 30, 1999; Acts of 2017, Act 652, § 2, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.
(a) Individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities shall be entitled to full and equal access, as other members of the general public, to all housing accommodations offered for rental, lease, or compensation in this state subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to other persons.
(b) The provisions of this section with respect to the rights of individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities to equal access to housing accommodations shall not be deemed to include any accommodations in a facility which is designed and used primarily as a single family residence and a portion of which is rented, leased, or furnished for compensation.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require any person renting, leasing, or otherwise providing housing accommodations for compensation to modify his or her accommodations in any way or to provide a higher degree of care for an individual with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities than for an individual without visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities.
Acts of 1973, Act 484, § 5; Acts of 1979, Act 574, § 1.
The driver of a vehicle approaching a visually handicapped or hearing impaired person who is carrying a cane which is predominately white or metallic in color with or without a red tip or using a guide or hearing ear dog or the driver of a vehicle approaching an otherwise handicapped person shall take all reasonable precautions to avoid injury to the pedestrian with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities.
Acts of 1973, Act 484, § 4; Acts of 1979, Act 574, § 1.
(a) State agencies which require any persons, agencies, boards, commissions, businesses, or other entities to display signs for individuals with disabilities shall require those persons, agencies, boards, commissions, businesses, or other entities to display only the blue and white international symbol of access.
(b) This section shall have no retroactive effect, applying only to signs installed subsequent to this section's taking effect.
(c) This section shall apply only if installation of a required sign can be achieved without creating a negative financial impact on any persons, agencies, boards, commissions, businesses, or other entities required to display signs for individuals with disabilities.
Acts of 2001, Act 992, § 1, eff. Aug. 13, 2001.
(9) Any other place of public accommodation, amusement, convenience, or resort to which the general public or any classification of persons from the general public is regularly, normally, or customarily invited within the State of Arkansas.
(b) The individual with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities, or dog trainer in the act of training a guide, signal, or service dog shall not be required to pay any additional charges for his or her guide, signal, or service dog but shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by the dog.
Acts of 2003, Act 1107, § 1, eff. July 16, 2003.
(a)(1) Before filing a civil action or petition for injunctive relief based on a claim that an entity's website does not conform with applicable law, codes, guidelines, or standards regulating the functionality of an entity's website to accommodate a person with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., the aggrieved party shall notify the entity in writing of the aggrieved party's allegation that the website does not comply with applicable law, codes, guidelines, or standards regulating the functionality of an organization's website to accommodate persons with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and the specific violations that the aggrieved party asserts.
(2) The specific violations alleged in the written notice under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall include without limitation the alleged violation, alleged harm, and date of alleged harm.
(3) The notice shall be sent by certified mail with return receipt requested at least one hundred twenty (120) days before the filing of a petition for injunctive relief.
(4) The lack of the written notice under or compliance with this subsection may be used as a basis for dismissal by a court and may be used by a court as a mitigating factor in any remedy ordered by the court.
(b)(1) An entity that corrects the website that is allegedly in violation as described in the written notice under subsection (a) of this section within one hundred twenty (120) days of receipt of the written notice under subsection (a) of this section may use that fact as an affirmative defense to a civil action or petition for injunctive relief.
(2) The affirmative defense under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be proven by a preponderance of the evidence and may not be rebutted.
(3) A defendant in a civil action or petition for injunctive relief that prevails in that action due to the raising and successful proving of the affirmative defense under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be entitled to all reasonable costs of litigation, including attorney's fees.
Acts of 2017, Act 784, § 1, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.
(a) A transportation network company shall adopt a policy of nondiscrimination with respect to passengers and potential passengers and notify transportation network company drivers of its policy.
(b) Transportation network company drivers shall comply with all applicable laws regarding nondiscrimination against passengers or potential passengers.
(c) Transportation network company drivers shall comply with all applicable laws to accommodate service animals.
(d) A transportation network company shall not impose additional charges for providing services to a person with a physical disability because of the disability.
(e)(1) A transportation network company shall provide a passenger an opportunity to indicate whether he or she requires a wheelchair-accessible motor vehicle.
(2) If a transportation network company cannot arrange wheelchair-accessible transportation network company service in any instance, it shall direct the passenger to an alternate provider of wheelchair-accessible service, if available.
Acts of 2015, Act 1050, § 1, eff. July 22, 2015.

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