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AR Code § 4-18-332 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-332. Bushel of apples — Lawful measure

 (a) A box nine inches (9") deep, twelve inches (12") wide, and twenty inches (20") long constitutes a lawful bushel measure for apples.  (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be assessed a civil penalty consistent with § 4-18-323.
AR Code § 4-18-333 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-333. “Cord” defined

 A cord shall be defined as containing one hundred twenty-eight cubic feet (128 cu. ft.), and a unit of pulpwood shall be defined as containing one hundred twenty-eight cubic feet (128 cu. ft.), and this shall be the basis for purchase of timber or payment of labor in severing timber if the production is handled on cordage basis.
AR Code § 4-18-334 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-334. Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards

 (a)  (1) The Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards is appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (2) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.    (b) The director is vested with police powers and may:  (1) Arrest with warrant any violator of:  (A) This subchapter; or  (B) Any other act dealing with weights and measures; and    (2) Seize for use as evidence with warrant incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodity found to be used, retained, offered, exposed for sale, or sold in violation of law.    (c) [Repealed.]  (d) The director shall:  (1) Have custody of the state standards of weights and measures and of the other standards and equipment provided under this subchapter;  (2) Keep accurate records of the standards and equipment;  (3) Maintain a general supervision over weights and measures offered for sale, sold, or in use in the state; and  (4) Make a report to the secretary on the activities of his or her office at the end of each fiscal year.
AR Code § 4-18-336 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-336. State standards — Certification

 (a) After certification for use by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the weights and measures in conformity with federal standards shall be the state standards of weight and measure.  (b) The state standards shall:  (1) Be kept in a safe and suitable place in the office or laboratory of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards;  (2) Not be removed from the office or laboratory except for repairs or for certification;  (3) Be submitted at least one (1) time every ten (10) years to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for certification; and  (4) Be used only in verifying the office standards and for scientific purposes.
AR Code § 4-18-337 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-337. Office and field standards — Verification

 (a) In addition to the state standards provided under § 4-18-336, the state shall supply at least one (1) complete set of copies of the state standards to be kept in the office or laboratory of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards, which shall be known as “office standards”, also “field standards”, and equipment as may be found necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) The office standards and field standards shall be verified upon their initial receipt and verified at least one (1) time each following year by comparing the office standards with the state standards and comparing the field standards with the office standards.
AR Code § 4-18-338 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-338. Rules — Correct and incorrect apparatus

 (a) The Arkansas Bureau of Standards shall issue from time to time reasonable rules for the enforcement of this subchapter.  (b) These rules may include:  (1) A system of determining the qualifications for registration of and issuing permits to sales and service personnel who for compensation place weighing and measuring devices into commercial use in this state;  (2) Standards of net weight, measure, or count and reasonable standards of fill for any commodity in package form;  (3) Rules governing the technical and reporting procedures to be followed and the report and record forms and marks of approval and rejection to be used by investigators of weights and measures in the discharge of their official duties;  (4) Rules governing the technical and reporting procedures to be followed and the report and record forms and marks of approval to be used by registered agents of weights and measures in the discharge of their official duties; and  (5) Exemptions from the sealing or marking requirements of § 4-18-341 with respect to weights and measures of character or size that sealing or marking would be inappropriate, impracticable, or damaging to the apparatus in question.    (c) The rules shall include specifications, tolerances, and regulations for weights and measures specified in § 4-18-341 designed to eliminate from use without prejudice to apparatus that conform as closely as practicable to the official standards apparatus that:  (1) Are not accurate and correct;  (2) Are constructed so that they are not reasonably permanent in their adjustment or will not repeat their indications correctly; or  (3) Facilitate the perpetration of fraud.    (d) As used in this subchapter, an apparatus shall be deemed to be correct when it conforms to all applicable requirements promulgated as specified in this section.
AR Code § 4-18-339 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-339. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus

 (a)  (1) The Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards shall:  (A) Approve for use and seal or mark with appropriate devices, weights and measures as he or she finds upon inspection and testing to be correct as defined in § 4-18-338; and  (B) Reject and mark or tag as “rejected” weights and measures as he or she finds upon inspection or test to be incorrect as defined in § 4-18-338, but which in his or her best judgment are susceptible to satisfactory repair.    (2) However, the sealing or marking shall not be required with respect to weights and measures that are excepted under a rule of the director issued under § 4-18-338.    (b) The director shall condemn, seize, and destroy weights and measures found to be incorrect and that in his or her best judgment are not susceptible to satisfactory repair.  (c) Weights and measures that have been rejected may be confiscated and destroyed by the director if not corrected as required by subsections (d) and (e) of this section or if used or disposed of contrary to the requirements of subsection (f) of this section.  (d) Weights and measures that have been rejected under the authority of the director or a sealer shall remain subject to the control of the rejecting authority until suitable repair or disposition has been made as required by this section.  (e) The owners of rejected or noncompliant weights and measures shall cause the weights and measures to be made accurate and correct or may dispose of them in the manner specifically authorized by the director.  (f) Weights and measures that have been rejected shall not again be used commercially until they have been officially reexamined and found to be accurate and correct or until specific written permission for use is issued by the director.
AR Code § 4-18-340 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-340. Investigations

 The Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards shall investigate complaints made to him or her concerning violations of this subchapter and upon his or her own initiative shall:   (1) Conduct investigations as he or she deems appropriate and advisable to develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of the provisions of this subchapter; and  (2) Promote the general objective of accuracy and correctness in the determination and representation of quantity in commercial transactions.
AR Code § 4-18-341 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-341. Testing generally

 (a) When not otherwise provided by law, the Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards shall have the power to inspect and test to ascertain if all weights and measures kept, offered, or exposed for sale are accurate and correct.  (b) Within each calendar year, or less frequently if in accordance with a schedule issued by him or her or as otherwise determined, the director shall inspect and test to ascertain if all weights and measures commercially used in determining the weight, measurement, or count of commodities or things sold, offered, or exposed for sale on the basis of weight, measure, or count or in computing the basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight, measure, or count are accurate and correct.  (c)  (1) However, with respect to single-service devices designed to be used commercially only one (1) time and then to be discarded and to devices uniformly mass produced as by means of a mold or die and not susceptible to individual adjustment, tests may be made on representative samples of the devices.  (2) The lots of which the samples are representative shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon the basis of the results of the inspections and tests on the samples.
AR Code § 4-18-342 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-342. Packages or amounts of commodities — Inspection — Disposition of nonconforming units

 (a)  (1) The Director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards shall from time to time weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery to determine whether the packages or amounts of commodities contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in accordance with law.  (2) When the packages or amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amounts represented or are found to be kept, offered, or exposed for sale in violation of law, the director may order them off sale and may so mark or tag them as to show them to be illegal.    (b) A person shall not:  (1) Sell, keep, offer, or expose for sale in intrastate commerce any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section unless the package or amount of commodity has been brought into full compliance with all legal requirements; or  (2) Dispose of any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section or that has not been brought into compliance with legal requirements in any manner except with the specific approval of the director.
AR Code § 4-18-343 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 18 - Weights and Measures|Subchapter 3 - Uniform Weights and Measures Law|§ 4-18-343. Display of price — Fractions

 Whenever an advertised, posted, or labeled price per unit of weight, measure, or count includes a fraction of a cent, all elements of the fraction shall be prominently displayed and the numerals expressing the fraction shall be immediately adjacent to, of the same general design and style as, and at least one-half (½) the height and width of the numerals representing the whole cents.
AR Code § 4-26-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 26 - Business Corporations Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-26-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Business Corporation Act”.
AR Code § 4-26-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 26 - Business Corporations Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-26-104. Administration by Secretary of State

 The Secretary of State shall have the power and authority reasonably necessary to enable him or her to administer this chapter efficiently and to perform the duties therein imposed upon him or her.
AR Code § 4-26-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 26 - Business Corporations Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-26-105. Waiver of notice

 (a) Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director of a corporation under the provisions of this chapter or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the corporation, a waiver in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated therein shall be equivalent to the giving of the notice.  (b) The attendance of any shareholder or director at a meeting without protesting, prior to or at the commencement of the meeting, the lack of proper notice shall be deemed to be a waiver by him or her of notice of the meeting.
AR Code § 4-26-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 26 - Business Corporations Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-26-106. Certificates of Secretary of State to be received in evidence

 A certificate of the Secretary of State under the Great Seal of Arkansas, as to the existence or nonexistence of facts relating to corporations which would not appear from a certified copy of any documents on file in his or her office shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts therein stated.
AR Code § 4-26-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 26 - Business Corporations Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-26-107. Disapproval of articles and other documents by Secretary of State — Appeals

 (a) If the Secretary of State shall fail to approve any articles of incorporation, amendment, merger, consolidation, or dissolution, or any other document required by this chapter to be approved by the Secretary of State before the same shall be filed in his or her office, he or she shall give, within ten (10) days after the delivery thereof to him or her, written notice of his or her disapproval to the person or corporation delivering the same, specifying the reasons therefor.  (b)  (1) From the disapproval of the Secretary of State the person or corporation may appeal to the Pulaski County Circuit Court by filing with the clerk of the court a petition setting forth:  (A) A copy of the articles or other document sought to be filed;  (B) A copy of the written disapproval by the Secretary of State; and  (C) The basis for challenging the legality of the ruling of the Secretary of State.    (2) Upon the filing of the petition, the matter shall be tried de novo by the court. The court shall either sustain the action of the Secretary of State or direct him or her to take such action as the court may deem proper.    (c) Appeals from all final orders and judgments entered by the circuit court under this section in review of any ruling or decision of the Secretary of State may be taken as in other civil actions.
AR Code § 4-26-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 26 - Business Corporations Generally|Subchapter 2 - Formation and Powers of Corporations|§ 4-26-201. Incorporators

 One (1) or more natural persons of the age of twenty-one (21) years or more may act as incorporators of a corporation by executing and filing in accordance with § 4-26-1201 articles of incorporation for the corporation.
AR Code § 4-26-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 26 - Business Corporations Generally|Subchapter 2 - Formation and Powers of Corporations|§ 4-26-202. Articles of incorporation

 (a) The articles of incorporation, which shall be duly signed by all of the incorporators, shall set forth:  (1) The name of the corporation;  (2) The period of duration, which may be perpetual;  (3) The purpose for which the corporation is organized;  (4) The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue; if the shares are to consist of one (1) class only, the par value of each of the shares or a statement that all of the shares are without par value; or, if the shares are to be divided into classes, the number of shares of each class and a statement of the par value of the shares of each class or that the shares are to be without par value;  (5) If the shares are to be divided into classes, the designation of each class and a statement of the preferences, limitations, and relative rights in respect to the shares of each class;  (6) If the corporation is to issue the shares of any preferred or special class in series, then the designation of each series and a statement of the variations in the relative rights and preferences as between series insofar as the series are to be fixed in the articles of incorporation and a statement of any authority to be vested in the board of directors to establish series and fix and determine the variations in the relative rights and preferences as between series;  (7) A statement that the corporation will not commence business until consideration of the value of at least three hundred dollars ($300) has been received for the issuance of shares;  (8) Any provisions limiting or denying to shareholders the preemptive right to acquire additional or treasury shares of the corporation;  (9) Any provision not inconsistent with law, which the incorporators elect to set forth in the articles of incorporation for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation, including any provision which under this chapter is required or permitted to be set forth in the bylaws;  (10) The address, including street and number, if any, of its initial registered office, and the name of its initial registered agent at the address;  (11) The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors who are to serve as directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors be elected and qualify. If the number of directors constituting the initial board is either one (1) or two (2), then a statement shall also be included in the article specifying the number of directors to be elected at the annual meeting,or special meeting called for that purpose, of the shareholders next following the time when the shares of the corporation become owned of record by more than one (1) or two (2) shareholders as the case may be;  (12) The name and address of each incorporator.    (b) It shall not be necessary to set forth in the articles of incorporation any of the corporate powers enumerated in this chapter.
AR Code § 4-26-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 26 - Business Corporations Generally|Subchapter 2 - Formation and Powers of Corporations|§ 4-26-203. Organization meeting of incorporators

 (a) After the filing of the articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State as required in § 4-26-1201, an organization meeting of the incorporators shall be held either within or without this state, at the call of a majority of the incorporators, for the purpose of electing directors and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting.  (b) The incorporators calling the meeting shall give at least three (3) days' notice thereof by mail to the remaining incorporators. The notice shall state the time and place of the meeting. However, the giving of the notice may be waived by the incorporators entitled to receive the notice.
AR Code § 4-26-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 26 - Business Corporations Generally|Subchapter 2 - Formation and Powers of Corporations|§ 4-26-205. Defense of ultra vires

 (a) No act of a corporation and no conveyance or transfer of real or personal property to or by a corporation shall be invalid by reason of the fact that the corporation was without capacity or power to do the act or to make or receive the conveyance or transfer.  (b) However, the lack of capacity or power may be asserted:  (1) In a proceeding by a shareholder against the corporation to enjoin the doing of any act or acts or the transfer of real or personal property by or to the corporation. If the unauthorized acts or transfer sought to be enjoined are being, or are to be, performed or made pursuant to any contract to which the corporation is a party, the court may, if all of the parties to the contract are parties to the proceeding and if it deems the same to be equitable, set aside and enjoin the performance of the contract, and in so doing, may allow to the corporation or to the other parties to the contract, as the case may be, compensation for the loss or damage sustained by either of them which may result from the action of the court in setting aside and enjoining the performance of the contract; but anticipated profits to be derived from the performance of the contract shall not be awarded by the court as a loss or damage sustained;  (2) In a proceeding by the corporation, whether acting directly or through a receiver, trustee, or other legal representative or through shareholders in a representative or derivative suit against the incumbent or former officers or directors of the corporation;  (3) In a proceeding by the Attorney General, as provided in this chapter, to dissolve the corporation or in a proceeding by the Attorney General to enjoin the corporation from the transaction of unauthorized business.
AR Code § 4-26-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 26 - Business Corporations Generally|Subchapter 2 - Formation and Powers of Corporations|§ 4-26-206. Prerequisite to commencing business

 A corporation shall not transact any business or incur any indebtedness, except such as shall be incidental to its organization or to obtaining subscriptions to or payment for its shares until there has been paid in for the issuance of shares consideration of the value of at least three hundred dollars ($300).