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AR Code § 2-15-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Grain, Soybean, and Peanut Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-15-306. Transfer of lien — Priority

 (a)  (1) A purchaser or sales agent takes free of an owner's lien otherwise applicable to the grain, soybeans, or peanuts purchased and is relieved of any obligations created under § 2-15-303 if the purchaser or sales agent pays the full amount of required consideration for the grain, soybeans, or peanuts under a good faith, noncollusive agreement to purchase the grain, soybeans, or peanuts.  (2) If a purchaser or sales agent pays the full amount of consideration under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the owner's lien transfers to the proceeds paid by the purchaser or sales agent.    (b) An owner's lien shall continue uninterrupted in the proceeds paid to or otherwise due the first purchaser.  (c) Except as specifically provided in this section, an owner's lien has priority over the rights of a purchaser or sales agent.
AR Code § 2-15-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Grain, Soybean, and Peanut Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-15-307. Lien priority generally

 Except for a permitted lien, an owner's lien takes priority over any other lien regardless of whether the lien arises by contract, law, equity, or otherwise.
AR Code § 2-15-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Grain, Soybean, and Peanut Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-15-308. Applicability

 (a) This subchapter does not affect the time at which legal title to grain, soybeans, or peanuts may pass by agreement or operation of law subject to an owner's lien.  (b) This subchapter does not apply to:  (1) A farm-owned cooperative; or  (2) An entity licensed under the:  (A) United States Warehouse Act, 7 U.S.C. § 241 et seq.; or  (B) Arkansas Public Grain Warehouse Law, § 2-17-201 et seq.
AR Code § 2-15-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Grain, Soybean, and Peanut Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-15-309. Waiver, relinquishment, or release of lien prohibited

 (a)  (1) A grain, soybean, or peanut owner shall not be required as a condition or term of an agreement to sell or otherwise to:  (A) Waive, relinquish, or release an owner's lien or any rights under this subchapter other than upon payment in full of the sales price; or  (B) Agree to a provision that would apply the law of a state other than the State of Arkansas with respect to the rights granted under this subchapter.    (2) A waiver, relinquishment, release, or provision that violates subdivision (a)(1) of this section is void as a matter of the public policy of this state.    (b) A grain, soybean, or peanut owner or a sales agent acting on behalf of a grain, soybean, or peanut owner may waive, relinquish, or release an owner's lien or any rights under this subchapter or agree to a provision that would apply the law of a state other than the State of Arkansas with respect to the rights granted under this subchapter if the first purchaser:  (1) Posts a letter of credit in a form and amount satisfactory to the grain, soybean, or peanut owner or sales agent; or  (2) Both:  (A) Executes a contract that is satisfactory to the grain, soybean, or peanut owner or sales agent to prepay or escrow the sales price under an agreement to sell that is satisfactory to the grain, soybean, or peanut owner; and  (B) Performs all of the first purchaser's obligations under the contract.
AR Code § 2-15-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Grain, Soybean, and Peanut Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-15-310. Lien expiration — Action on an owner's lien

 (a) An owner's lien expires one (1) year after the last day of the month following the date the sales price from the sale of grain, soybeans, or peanuts subject to the lien is required by law or contract to be paid to the grain, soybean, or peanut owner but only as to the particular grain, soybeans, or peanuts sold during the month unless an action to enforce the owner's lien is commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction during that time.  (b) If a sales agent advances the sales price for grain, soybeans, or peanuts to the grain, soybean, or peanut owner before the first purchaser pays the sales price in full to the grain, soybean, or peanut owner or sales agent, the sales agent shall assume and may enforce all rights of the grain, soybean, or peanut owner under this subchapter as to the grain, soybeans, or peanuts or the proceeds from the sale of the grain, soybeans, or peanuts.  (c)  (1) In addition to any other court of competent jurisdiction, an action to enforce an owner's lien may be commenced in the district court of the county in which the:  (A) Agreement to sell is executed;  (B) Sales price is to be paid;  (C) The grain, soybeans, or peanuts that have not been paid for are located; or  (D) Proceeds may be found.    (2) The commencement of one (1) or more of the following proceedings by or against a person claiming an interest in property subject to an owner's lien tolls the one-year period in which to commence an action to enforce the owner's lien under subsection (a) of this section for an additional period of ninety (90) days from the earlier of the final conclusion or dismissal of the proceedings or the date final relief is obtained from the applicable tribunal authorizing the commencement of the action:  (A) An action seeking to adjudicate the person as bankrupt or insolvent;  (B) An action seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of the person or the person's debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization or relief of debtors; or  (C) An action seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other similar official for the person or for a substantial part of the person's property.      (d) The prevailing party in an action to enforce this subchapter may recover costs and reasonable attorney's fees in any legal proceeding.  (e) This subchapter does not impair or affect the right of a grain, soybean, or peanut owner or a sales agent to maintain a personal action to recover the debt against a person liable for payment of the sales price or to exercise any other available rights and remedies.
AR Code § 2-15-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Grain, Soybean, and Peanut Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-15-311. Preference

 If this subchapter conflicts with other rights a grain, soybean, or peanut owner may have, the grain, soybean, or peanut owner's right to receive the sales price shall be given preference.
AR Code § 2-15-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act|§ 2-15-401. Title

 This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act”.
AR Code § 2-15-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act|§ 2-15-402. Legislative intent

 This subchapter is intended to assist the state in moving to the forefront of industrial hemp production, development, and commercialization of hemp products in agribusiness, alternative fuel production, and other business sectors, both nationally and globally, and to the greatest extent possible.
AR Code § 2-15-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act|§ 2-15-403. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Agribusiness” means the processing of raw agricultural products, including without limitation timber and industrial hemp, or the performance of value-added functions with regard to raw agricultural products;  (2) “Certified seed” means industrial hemp seed that has been certified as having no more tetrahydrocannabinol concentration than that adopted by federal law under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.;  (3) “Grower” means a person licensed to grow industrial hemp by the State Plant Board;  (4) “Hemp product” means a product made from industrial hemp, including without limitation:  (A) Certified seed for cultivation if the seeds originate from industrial hemp varieties;  (B) Cloth;  (C) Cordage;  (D) Fiber;  (E) Food;  (F) Fuel;  (G) Paint;  (H) Paper;  (I) Particleboard;  (J) Plastics; and  (K) Seed, seed meal, and seed oil for consumption;    (5) “Industrial hemp” means all parts and varieties of the plant Cannabis sativa, cultivated or possessed by a licensed grower, whether growing or not, that contain a tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of no more than that adopted by federal law in the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.;  (6) “Seed research” means research conducted to develop or recreate better strains of industrial hemp, particularly for the purposes of seed production; and  (7) “Tetrahydrocannabinol” means the natural or synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractives of, Cannabis sativa, or any synthetic substances, compounds, salts, or derivatives of the plant or chemicals and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity.
AR Code § 2-15-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act|§ 2-15-405. Interagency cooperation

 (a) The Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas may provide research and development related services under this subchapter for the State Plant Board, including without limitation:  (1) Testing of industrial hemp;  (2) Processing of documents relating to the program of licensure;  (3) Financial accounting and recordkeeping, and other budgetary functions; and  (4) Meeting coordination and staffing.    (b)  (1) The Arkansas Economic Development Commission may work in conjunction with the board to promote:  (A) The development of industrial hemp production in the state; and  (B) The commercialization of hemp products in agribusiness, alternative fuel production, and other business sectors, to the greatest extent possible.    (2) The commission may promote the availability of financial incentives offered by state government for the processing and manufacture of industrial hemp into hemp products in the state, including without limitation incentives offered to interested parties both within and without this state.    (c) Administrative expenses under this section shall be paid from the Arkansas Industrial Hemp Program Fund.
AR Code § 2-15-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act|§ 2-15-406. State Plant Board — Reports

 The State Plant Board may report to the Department of Agriculture concerning industrial hemp policies and practices that may result in the proper legal growing, management, use, and marketing of the state's potential industrial hemp industry, including without limitation:   (1) Federal laws and regulatory constraints;  (2) The economic and financial feasibility of an industrial hemp market in Arkansas;  (3) Arkansas businesses that might use industrial hemp;  (4) Examination of research on industrial hemp production and use;  (5) The potential for globally marketing Arkansas industrial hemp;  (6) A feasibility study of private funding for the Arkansas industrial hemp research program;  (7) Enforcement concerns;  (8) Statutory and regulatory schemes for growing of industrial hemp by private producers; and  (9) Technical support and education about industrial hemp.
AR Code § 2-15-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act|§ 2-15-407. Federal regulations regarding industrial hemp

 (a) The State Plant Board shall adopt the federal rules and regulations that are currently enacted regarding industrial hemp as in effect on January 1, 2017.  (b) This subchapter does not authorize a person to violate any federal rules or regulations.  (c) If any part of this subchapter conflicts with a provision of federal law relating to industrial hemp, the federal provision shall control to the extent of the conflict.
AR Code § 2-15-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act|§ 2-15-409. License required — Records

 (a)  (1) A person shall obtain an industrial hemp grower license under this subchapter before planting or growing industrial hemp in this state.  (2) An industrial hemp grower license holder who has planted and grown industrial hemp in this state may sell the industrial hemp to a person engaged in agribusiness or other manufacturing for the purpose of research, processing, or manufacturing that industrial hemp into hemp products.    (b) An industrial hemp grower shall:  (1) Maintain records that reflect compliance with this subchapter and all other state laws regulating the planting and cultivation of industrial hemp;  (2) Retain all industrial hemp production records for at least three (3) years;  (3) Allow industrial hemp crops, throughout sowing, growing, and harvesting, to be inspected by and at the discretion of the State Plant Board or its agents;  (4) File with the board documentation indicating that the industrial hemp seeds planted were of a type and variety certified to have no more tetrahydrocannabinol concentration than that adopted in the federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.;  (5) Notify the board of the sale of industrial hemp grown under the license and the names and addresses of the persons to whom the industrial hemp was sold; and  (6) Provide the board with copies of each contract between the licensee and a person to whom industrial hemp was sold.    (c) A person licensed to grow industrial hemp under this subchapter may import and resell industrial hemp seed that has been certified as having no more tetrahydrocannabinol concentration than that adopted in the federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.
AR Code § 2-15-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act|§ 2-15-410. Transportation of industrial hemp

 (a)  (1) Only an industrial hemp grower licensee or his or her designees or agents may transport industrial hemp off the premises of the licensee.  (2) When transporting industrial hemp off the premises of an industrial hemp grower licensee, the licensee or a designee or agent of the licensee shall carry the licensing documents from the State Plant Board, evidencing that the industrial hemp:  (A) Was grown by a licensee; and  (B) Is from certified seed.      (b) Industrial hemp that is found in this state at any location off the premises of an industrial hemp grower licensee is contraband and subject to seizure by any law enforcement officer, unless the person in possession of the industrial hemp has in his or her possession either:  (1) The proper licensing documents under this subchapter; or  (2) A bill of lading or other proper documentation demonstrating that the industrial hemp was legally imported or is otherwise legally present in this state under applicable state and federal laws relating to industrial hemp.
AR Code § 2-15-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act|§ 2-15-411. License revocation

 (a)  (1) The State Plant Board shall revoke the license of an industrial hemp grower licensee who fails to comply with this subchapter or the rules adopted under this subchapter.  (2) An industrial hemp grower licensee whose license is revoked under subdivision (a)(1) of this section is ineligible for licensure under this subchapter for up to five (5) years after the revocation.    (b)  (1) Before revocation of an industrial hemp grower license, the board shall provide the industrial hemp grower licensee notice and an informal hearing before the board to show cause why the license should not be revoked and the licensee's right to grow forfeited.  (2) If a license is revoked and a licensee's right to grow is forfeited as the result of an informal hearing under subdivision (b)(1) of this section, the industrial hemp grower licensee may request a formal administrative hearing before the board.    (c) An industrial hemp grower licensee whose license is revoked may appeal the final order of the board by filing an appeal in the circuit court of the district in which the licensee resides.
AR Code § 2-15-412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 15 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act|§ 2-15-412. Grant funds

 (a) An industrial hemp grower licensed under this subchapter may receive funds received by the state under the Arkansas Industrial Hemp Program Fund.  (b) The State Plant Board shall adopt rules for applications for grants under this section.
AR Code § 2-16-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-16-101. Destruction of trees — Compensation

 (a) The owner of any valuable pear trees, cedar trees, or other growing trees of real value which have been or may hereafter be cut down and destroyed without his or her consent by the order and direction of the State Plant Board, or by its officers, employees, agents, or inspectors, shall be entitled to compensation for the actual value of the trees cut down or destroyed, to be paid by the county in which the trees were growing.  (b)  (1) The owner of the trees shall present to the county court his or her claim in writing, verified by his or her affidavit, stating the kind, number, and value of the trees and when and by what authority the trees were destroyed.  (2) The court shall allow from the county general fund such sum as the evidence shows the claimant is entitled to receive.
AR Code § 2-16-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-16-102. Date stamped on cotton insecticides — Penalty

 (a) Every person, firm, or corporation bagging any commercial cotton insecticide or poison shall stamp on each bag or on a tag attached to each bag the date on which the insecticide or poison was manufactured.  (b)  (1) Any person, firm, or corporation failing or refusing to comply with the requirements of this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).  (2) Each bag or other container that is shipped without first having the date placed on the bag or container shall be a separate offense.
AR Code § 2-16-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-16-103. Alligator weed agreements

 The State Plant Board is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to hold and save the United States free from claims that may occur from control operations jointly carried on by the board and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, or carried on by the board under financial assistance from the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the control and eradication of alligator weed in Arkansas.
AR Code § 2-16-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-16-104. Disposition of funds

 (a) All fees, interest, penalties, and costs collected by the State Plant Board as authorized by law shall be deposited into the State Treasury on or before the fifth day of the month next following the month of collection thereof.  (b) Upon receipt of the funds, the Treasurer of State shall, after deducting therefrom the collection charge authorized by law, credit the net amount to the credit of the Plant Board Fund to be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the board.  (c) All fees, fines, penalties, moneys, and funds arising from all sources resulting from the enforcement, operation, investigation, application, and administration of the laws under the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards of the State Plant Board and the sale of property resulting from said purposes, and all moneys, grants, and other sources of funding procured for the bureau, shall be deposited into the Plant Board Fund, or any successor fund, to be used solely for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the bureau.
AR Code § 2-16-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-16-105. Fire Ant Poison Cost Sharing Program

 (a)  (1) There is hereby established a program to be known as the “Fire Ant Poison Cost Sharing Program”.  (2) This program shall be administered by the State Plant Board; which shall have the authority to establish the necessary rules and procedures for the administration of the program.    (b)  (1) The board shall purchase the necessary chemicals for the eradication of fire ants and distribute such chemicals to the various counties of the state based upon the requests received from eligible purchasers in the county.  (2) The chemicals made available by the board shall become the responsibility of the county judge who shall oversee the safe storage and distribution of such chemicals under the direction of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.    (c)  (1) It shall be the duty of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service to collect moneys received from the distribution and sale of such fire ant poison chemicals as determined by the board, and remit such moneys to the board on a monthly basis.  (2) The moneys generated from the sale of fire ant poison chemicals and received by the board from the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Plant Board Fund as a nonrevenue receipt refund to expenditure, there to be used by the board to purchase additional fire ant poison chemicals for distribution to the various counties of the state for fire ant control.
AR Code § 2-16-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 2-16-106. Recovery of quarantine costs

 The State Plant Board is empowered to recover any identifiable expenses from the owner or other person in possession or control of the property upon which it enforces, maintains, and administers any quarantine that is imposed due to infestations or infections of insect pests, diseases, or noxious weeds. Whenever the owner or other person cannot be found or shall fail, neglect, or refuse to reimburse the board for incurred quarantine expenses, the board shall have and enforce a lien for such expenses upon the property upon which it enforces, maintains, or administers any quarantine, in the same manner as liens are had and enforced upon property for labor and materials furnished by virtue of contract with the owner.