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AR Code § 2-34-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 34 - Brands and Marks|Subchapter 2 - Brand Registry|§ 2-34-209. Brands reserved to state

 (a) There is reserved to the state the brands of “B”, “S”, and “T” on the left jaw of any cattle, and it is unlawful for a person to use the brands of “B”, “S”, and “T”.  (b) Cattle carrying these brands shall be:  (1) Claimed as reactors to:  (A) Brucellosis abortus, known as Bang’s disease; or  (B) Tuberculosis, known as T.B.; or    (2) Designated for slaughter.
AR Code § 2-34-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 34 - Brands and Marks|Subchapter 2 - Brand Registry|§ 2-34-210. Sale of book

 (a) The State Brand Book and all supplements to the State Brand Book, for a five-year period, shall be sold to the public for a reasonable fee to be determined by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission to offset the costs of producing the State Brand Book.  (b) A supplement to the State Brand Book shall be sold to the public for a reasonable fee determined by the Department of Agriculture to offset the costs of producing the supplement.  (c) The county clerk and the sheriff of each county shall receive copies of all State Brand Books and supplements without cost to their respective county.
AR Code § 2-34-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 34 - Brands and Marks|Subchapter 2 - Brand Registry|§ 2-34-211. Book as evidence of ownership

 (a) Brands appearing in the current edition of the State Brand Book or supplements to the current edition of the State Brand Book shall be prima facie evidence of ownership and shall take precedence over brands of like kind should the question of ownership arise.  (b) The owner whose brand does not appear in the State Brand Book or supplement to the State Brand Book shall produce evidence to establish his or her title to the property in the event of controversy.
AR Code § 2-34-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 34 - Brands and Marks|Subchapter 2 - Brand Registry|§ 2-34-212. Transfers of registered brands

 (a)  (1) Only brands appearing in the current edition of the State Brand Book and the supplements to the current edition of the State Brand Book shall be subject to sale, assignment, transfer, devise, or bequest, the same as other personal property.  (2)  (A) The transfer of title shall be recorded with the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission.  (B) The fee for recording a transfer of title shall be determined by the commission based on the costs of administering this section.      (b)  (1) All persons selling livestock branded with their brand recorded in a current edition of the State Brand Book or supplements to the current edition of the State Brand Book shall execute a written transfer of ownership to the purchaser.  (2) If the purchaser suffers damages due to seller's failure to execute a written transfer of ownership, then the seller is liable for the damages decided upon by a court of competent jurisdiction.
AR Code § 2-34-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 34 - Brands and Marks|Subchapter 2 - Brand Registry|§ 2-34-214. Contracts for administration

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall enter into a contract with a private entity that operates primarily as a livestock association to administer the registration and recording of marks and brands under this subchapter.  (2) When the commission enters into a contract under this subsection, the commission shall:  (A) Compensate the private entity for its services;  (B) Appoint the private entity as an agent of the commission for purposes of receiving fees allowed under this subchapter; and  (C) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, direct the private entity to perform duties assigned to the commission or the Deputy Director of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission under this subchapter.      (b) The commission shall not contract with a private entity to promulgate rules or set fees under this subchapter.  (c) Records concerning the administration of this subchapter are subject to the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., regardless of whether the records are in the custody or control of the commission or a private entity acting as an agent of the commission under this section.  (d) A private entity entering into a contract with the commission under this section shall:  (1) Make a monthly accounting to the commission of all funds received by the private entity as an agency of the commission under this section; and  (2) File with the commission a surety bond of a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state in an amount determined by the commission, conditioned on the faithful performance of the private entity's duties and obligations as an agent of the commission under this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-35-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Beef Council|§ 2-35-301. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to promote the growth and development of the beef cattle industry in Arkansas by research, promotion, and market development and thereby promote the general welfare of the people of Arkansas.
AR Code § 2-35-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Beef Council|§ 2-35-302. Penalty

 (a)  (1) A buyer who fails to file a report or pay any assessment within a required time set by the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall forfeit to the director a penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessment determined to be due plus one percent (1%) for each month of delay, or fraction of a month, after the first month after the report was required to be filed or the assessment became due.  (2) The penalty shall be paid to the director and shall be disposed of by him or her in the same manner as funds derived from payment of assessments imposed in this subchapter.    (b) The director shall collect the penalty levied in this section, together with the delinquent assessment, by any or all of the following methods:  (1) Voluntary payment by the person liable;  (2) Legal proceedings instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction; or  (3) Injunctive relief to enjoin any buyer owing the assessment or penalty from operating his or her business or engaging in business as a buyer of cattle until the delinquent assessment or penalty is paid.    (c) Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in this subchapter who refuses to allow full inspection of the records relating to the liability of the person for the assessment imposed in this subchapter or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent inspection shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).
AR Code § 2-35-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Beef Council|§ 2-35-303. Creation — Members — Organization

 (a) The Arkansas Beef Council is created.  (b)  (1) The council shall be composed of seven (7) members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate as follows:  (A) Three (3) cattle producer members shall represent the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and shall be appointed from a list of names submitted by the board of directors of that organization;  (B) Three (3) cattle producer members shall represent the Arkansas Cattlemen's Association and shall be appointed from a list of names submitted by the board of directors of that organization; and  (C) One (1) member shall be an active Arkansas livestock market operator who shall be appointed from the state at large.    (2) Each year, not less than thirty (30) days before the expiration of the terms of the current council members whose terms expire in that year, the organizations named shall submit to the Governor two (2) nominees for each position to be filled on the council from the respective organizations. The Governor shall appoint a succeeding member to the council from each organization's list of nominees.  (3) Each member selected shall serve for a term of three (3) years and until his or her successor is duly selected as provided in this section.  (4) Vacancies in any unexpired term shall be filled by the Governor for the remainder of the unexpired term. The member appointed to fill the vacancy shall represent the same organization as the person whose term is unexpired.    (c) Members of the council shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment and shall elect a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary-treasurer from the membership of the council whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by those officers or specifically designated by the council.  (d) The council may establish rules for its own government and for the administration of the affairs of the council.
AR Code § 2-35-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Beef Council|§ 2-35-305. Collection by purchasers

 (a)  (1) The assessment levied under this subchapter shall be collected by each purchaser of cattle in Arkansas, whether or not the purchaser is a resident of Arkansas.  (2) A purchaser shall monthly report and remit the assessments collected to the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration at the time, in the manner, and on forms prescribed by the director.    (b) For purposes of this subchapter, purchasers or buyers of cattle shall include, but not be limited to:  (1) Livestock auction markets;  (2) Packers;  (3) Order buyers, who are registered or licensed, buying on order and not through a public market; and  (4) Individual organizations, groups, or firms, in the case of organized sales, special sales, breed association sales, and feeder calf sales.
AR Code § 2-35-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Beef Council|§ 2-35-306. Records and reports

 (a) The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to adopt appropriate rules regarding records to be kept by cattle buyers and regarding reporting and remittance of the assessment levied in this subchapter and to prescribe forms upon which reports are to be made.  (b) The director may, by rule, require the reports to contain such information as he or she shall deem necessary or appropriate to assure the proper enforcement of this subchapter and the efficient and effective collection of the assessment levied under it.
AR Code § 2-35-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Beef Council|§ 2-35-307. Inspection of records and rules

 (a) Records maintained by cattle buyers under the requirements of this subchapter or rules of the Arkansas Beef Council adopted under it shall be made available for inspection at any reasonable time upon written request by the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration or any duly authorized agent or representative.  (b) Buyers, at such times as the director may require, shall submit reports or other documents containing information deemed necessary for the efficient collection of the assessment imposed in this subchapter.  (c) The director shall have the power to cause any duly authorized agent or representative to enter at reasonable times upon the premises of buyers of cattle and examine or cause to be examined by the agent any records which may pertain to the payment of the assessment or enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-35-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Beef Council|§ 2-35-308. Disposition of funds

 (a) The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall deposit all assessments and penalties collected under this subchapter in the State Treasury.  (b)  (1) After deducting three percent (3%) for credit to the Constitutional and Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund, the Treasurer of State shall credit the remainder to the Arkansas Beef Council Fund, which is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.  (2) All funds so credited to the Arkansas Beef Council Fund shall be used in such manner as the council deems appropriate for:  (A) Arkansas beef promotion and research;  (B) The operation and maintenance of the council office; and  (C) Payment of expenses of the board members in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 2-35-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Beef Council|§ 2-35-309. Program to enhance cattle industry

 (a) The Arkansas Beef Council shall plan and conduct or cause to be conducted a program of promotion, market development, research, or related beef activities designed to enhance the cattle industry in Arkansas.  (b)  (1) The council is authorized to use the funds derived from the assessment imposed in this subchapter for these purposes, including basic administration expenses of the plan.  (2) Use of these funds may be applied as prescribed in this section within or without the State of Arkansas, including regional, national, and international applications.  (3) The funds may also be used to defray costs of referenda.
AR Code § 2-35-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Beef Council|§ 2-35-310. Refunds

 Any cattle producer may request and receive a refund of the amount deducted from the sale of his or her cattle if he or she makes a written application with the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration within forty-five (45) days from the date of sale, supported by copies of sales slips signed by the buyer and, if the application is filed before the annual accounting is made of the funds, not later than July 1 each year.
AR Code § 2-35-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 4 - Beef Promotion and Research|§ 2-35-401. Purpose

 (a) It is found and determined by the General Assembly that:  (1) The Arkansas law which creates the Arkansas Beef Council authorizes an assessment of twenty-five cents (25¢) per head on all cattle sold in the state;  (2) Since the enactment of the Arkansas law, the United States Congress and the United States Department of Agriculture have established a national beef promotion and research program under which there is an assessment of one dollar ($1.00) per head on all cattle sold;  (3) Under the national program, a qualified state beef council is authorized to retain fifty cents (50¢) of each one dollar ($1.00) per head assessment for financing a state beef promotion and research program if authorized by state law;  (4) The one dollar ($1.00) per head national assessment is currently required to be collected but is subject to a referendum within twenty-two (22) months after the issuance of the beef promotion and research order by the United States Secretary of Agriculture;  (5) It is essential that appropriate legislation be enacted in Arkansas to provide for the collection of the one dollar ($1.00) per head assessment and the retention by the state of fifty cents (50¢) of each one dollar ($1.00) assessment during the interim from the date of the order until the referendum process is completed and thereafter in the event the producers voting at the referendum approve a continuation of the assessment; to further assure that in the event the producers voting at the referendum vote against continuing the one dollar ($1.00) per head assessment, the present Arkansas law providing for an assessment of twenty-five cents (25¢) per head will be automatically reactivated.    (b) Therefore, it is the intent and purpose of this subchapter to suspend the collection of the twenty-five cents (25¢) per head assessment provided for in § 2-35-301 et seq. and to provide for the collection of the one dollar ($1.00) per head national assessment levied for beef promotion and research so long as the national program continues in effect, with fifty cents (50¢) of the assessment to be retained for the Arkansas Beef Council, and to provide that if the producers voting at the referendum provided for in the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 and the administrative order issued pursuant thereto vote to discontinue the one dollar ($1.00) per head national assessment, then the provisions of § 2-35-301 et seq. and the assessment of twenty-five cents (25¢) per head of cattle sold in this state will be reactivated the same as if the national program had never existed.
AR Code § 2-35-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 4 - Beef Promotion and Research|§ 2-35-402. Applicability

 (a)  (1) The provisions of this subchapter shall remain in effect so long as the national beef promotion and research program established by the federal Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 and the administrative orders and rules issued under that act continue in effect.  (2) If the program is terminated as a result of the referendum provided for in that act or for any other reason, the provisions of this subchapter shall expire. Thereafter, the provisions of § 2-35-301 et seq. concerning the levy and collection of an assessment on cattle sold in this state to support the Arkansas Beef Promotion and Research Program shall be enforced.    (b) The provisions of this subchapter shall not repeal or modify the provisions of § 2-35-301 et seq., but the provisions of § 2-35-301 et seq., so far as they relate to the levy and collection of an assessment of twenty-five cents (25¢) per head on cattle sold in this state, shall be suspended until such time as the national beef promotion and research program is terminated.
AR Code § 2-35-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 4 - Beef Promotion and Research|§ 2-35-403. Assessment — Conduct of program

 (a) The assessment levied under the national beef promotion and research program in the amount of one dollar ($1.00) per head of cattle sold shall be collected, reported, and remitted to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration by the persons, in the manner, and at the times prescribed by the federal Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 and the administrative orders and rules issued under the provisions of that act.  (b) Records concerning cattle sales and the collection of assessments shall be maintained.  (c) The national beef promotion and research program shall in all respects be conducted in Arkansas in conformity with federal law, orders, and regulations regarding the program so long as the national beef promotion and research program is in effect.
AR Code § 2-35-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 4 - Beef Promotion and Research|§ 2-35-404. Rules

 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to adopt appropriate rules not inconsistent with this subchapter or the federal law, orders, and rules regarding the national beef promotion and research program as he or she may deem necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of, and to assure compliance with, this subchapter and the federal laws, orders, and rules relating to the national beef promotion and research program.
AR Code § 2-35-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 4 - Beef Promotion and Research|§ 2-35-405. Disposition of funds

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall deposit into the State Treasury all funds collected by him or her under this subchapter and the federal Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 and the federal administrative orders and rules issued under that act. Beginning with funds collected by him or her on and after the first day of the month next following January 22, 1987, the Treasurer of State shall:  (1) Credit to the National Beef Promotion Account fifty cents (50¢) of each one dollar ($1.00) per head assessment collected;  (2) Deduct three percent (3%) of the remaining funds for credit to the Constitutional Officers Fund and the State Central Services Fund; and  (3) Credit the remainder of these funds to the State Beef Promotion Account.    (b)  (1) Funds credited to the National Beef Promotion Account shall be remitted by the Arkansas Beef Council to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board established in the federal Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 in the manner prescribed in that act and in administrative orders and rules issued under that act.  (2) Funds credited to the State Beef Promotion Account shall be used in such manner as the council deems appropriate for Arkansas beef promotion and research and for the operation and maintenance of the council's office and the payment of expenses of the council members in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 2-35-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 4 - Beef Promotion and Research|§ 2-35-406. National Beef Promotion Account

 There is created a National Beef Promotion Account in the Arkansas Beef Council Fund.
AR Code § 2-35-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 35 - Marketing, Sale, and Transportation|Subchapter 4 - Beef Promotion and Research|§ 2-35-407. State Beef Promotion Account

 There is created a State Beef Promotion Account in the Arkansas Beef Council Fund.
AR Code § 2-36-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 36 - Livestock Shows and Fairs|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-36-101. Grading of fairs

 (a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission may formulate necessary and appropriate rules for the grading of fairs on a point system in cooperation with an ad hoc advisory committee formed of representatives of agriculture consisting of representatives from the United States Department of Agriculture, the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, the Office of Agricultural Science and Technology of the Division of Career and Technical Education, and the Arkansas Fair Managers Association, which shall make recommendations as to criteria for the allotment of grade points to the commission.  (b) The advisory committee shall determine the entry classifications for which grade points would be allowed and delete from approval such classifications as beauty contests, baby shows, antique shows, skills contests, purchased machinery such as cars and farm equipment, or other noncreative categories which in their opinion would be nonproductive and not in accord with the concept of an agricultural and industrial convention.
AR Code § 2-36-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 36 - Livestock Shows and Fairs|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-36-102. Exhibitors

 An exhibitor shall be a single person who enters a display in the fair. Each unit shall not be construed as an exhibitor, but a person may be counted as an exhibitor in each classification in which he or she has an entry.