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AR Code § 2-6-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 6 - Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 2-6-116. Receivership — Sureties

 When the Director of the State Plant Board is appointed as receiver under this chapter, the surety on the bond of the Class A registrant shall be joined as a party defendant by the director. If required by the court, the surety shall pay the bond proceeds, or so much thereof as the court finds necessary, into the court, and when so paid the surety shall be absolutely discharged from any further liability under the bond to the extent of the payment.
AR Code § 2-6-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 6 - Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 2-6-117. Receivership — Notice of claims filing deadline

 (a) When appointed as receiver under this chapter, the Director of the State Plant Board is authorized to give notice in the manner specified by the court to persons holding weigh tickets issued by the Class A registrant to file their claims within sixty (60) calendar days after the date of appointment.  (b) Failure to timely file a claim shall defeat the claim with respect to the surety bond and any catfish, or proceeds from the sale of catfish, except to the extent of any excess remaining after all timely claims are paid in full.
AR Code § 2-6-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 6 - Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 2-6-118. Receivership — Sale of processed catfish — Merchandiser

 (a) When the court approves the sale of processed catfish the Director of the State Plant Board shall employ a merchandiser to effect the sale of those commodities.  (b) A person employed as a merchandiser must meet the following requirements:  (1) The person shall be experienced or knowledgeable in the operation of processors registered under this chapter, and if the person has ever held a registration certificate issued under this chapter, the person shall never have had the registration suspended;  (2) The person shall be experienced or knowledgeable in the marketing of aquacultural products;  (3) The person shall not be the holder of a weigh ticket issued by the Class A registrant and shall not have a claim against the Class A registrant, whether as a secured or unsecured creditor, and otherwise shall not have any pecuniary interest in the Class A registrant or the Class A registrant's business.    (c) The merchandiser shall be entitled to reasonable compensation as determined by the director.  (d) A sale of processed catfish shall be made in a commercially reasonable manner and under the supervision of the director.  (e) The director shall have authority to sell the processed catfish, and provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, § 4-1-101 et seq., to the contrary notwithstanding, any processed catfish so sold shall be free of all liens and other encumbrances.
AR Code § 2-6-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 6 - Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 2-6-119. Receivership — Distribution to producers

 The plan of disposition, as approved by the court, shall provide for the distribution of the processed catfish, or the proceeds from the sale of processed catfish or the proceeds from any surety bond, or any combination thereof, less expenses incurred by the Director of the State Plant Board in connection with the receivership, to producers on a pro rata basis as their interests are determined. Distribution shall be without regard to any setoff, counterclaim, or charge.
AR Code § 2-6-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 6 - Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 2-6-120. Receivership — Continued operation of business

 The Director of the State Plant Board may, with the approval of the court, continue the operation of all or any part of the business of the Class A registrant on a temporary basis and take any other course of action or procedure which will serve the interests of the producers.
AR Code § 2-6-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 6 - Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 2-6-121. Receivership — Reimbursement

 The Director of the State Plant Board shall be entitled to reimbursement out of processed catfish or proceeds held in receivership for all expenses incurred as court costs or in handling and disposing of processed catfish, and for all other costs directly attributable to the receivership. The right of reimbursement of the director shall be prior to any claims against the processed catfish or proceeds of sale thereof and shall constitute a claim against the surety bond of the Class A registrant.
AR Code § 2-6-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 6 - Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 2-6-122. Receivership — Proceeds — Termination

 In the event the approved plan of disposition requires the sale of processed catfish, or the distribution of proceeds from the surety bond, or both, the Director of the State Plant Board shall submit to the court a proposed plan of distribution of those proceeds. Upon such notice and hearing as may be required by the court, the court shall accept or modify the proposed plan. When the plan is approved by the court and executed by the director, the director shall be discharged and the receivership terminated.
AR Code § 2-6-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 6 - Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 2-6-123. Receivership — Final report

 At the termination of the receivership, the Director of the State Plant Board shall file a final report containing the details of his or her actions, together with such additional information as the court may require.
AR Code § 2-9-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Catfish Industry|§ 2-9-101. Purpose

 The purpose of this chapter is to promote the growth and development of the catfish industry in Arkansas by research, extension, promotion, and market development, thereby promoting the general welfare of the people of Arkansas.
AR Code § 2-9-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Catfish Industry|§ 2-9-102. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Catfish industry” means any person or entity involved in rearing, processing, or selling of pond-raised catfish for potential profit, including any person, group, or company involved in a support industry;  (2) “Commercial catfish producer” means any person or entity involved in rearing catfish for potential profit;  (3) “Feed seller”, “seller”, or “feed dealer” means any person or entity that sells feed to a commercial catfish producer; and  (4) “Processor” means any person, group, or entity that purchases catfish from a commercial producer for the purpose of redistribution.
AR Code § 2-9-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Catfish Industry|§ 2-9-104. Powers

 The Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board may:   (1) Plan and conduct a program of research, market development, and advertising designed to promote the catfish industry in Arkansas;  (2) Use funds derived from the assessments imposed in this chapter for research, extension, market development, and advertising designed to promote the catfish industry in Arkansas, including salaries and administration expenses;  (3) Have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;  (4) Prescribe rules and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties;  (5) Sue and be sued in its own name;  (6) Purchase, sell, or lease property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, including buildings or other facilities and equipment for the conduct of its business;  (7) Execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of its powers and functions; and  (8) Do any other acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to exercise the powers granted by this chapter.
AR Code § 2-9-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Catfish Industry|§ 2-9-105. Funding applications

 Disbursement of funds generated by this chapter shall be made only upon motion formally adopted by the Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board and presented to the Treasurer of State and only for the purpose prescribed in this chapter.
AR Code § 2-9-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Catfish Industry|§ 2-9-106. Voter referenda

 (a) The Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board shall maintain a list of commercial producers of catfish who are entitled to vote in referenda, shall prepare ballots for the referenda, and shall prescribe voting procedures. The board shall mail a ballot by registered mail to every commercial catfish producer identified on the list maintained by the board. Each producer shall be entitled to only one (1) vote.  (b) In all referenda, in order to be eligible to vote, a commercial catfish producer must have purchased catfish feed in the period from twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date of the referendum to not less than thirty (30) calendar days immediately preceding the date of the referendum.  (c) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be reimbursed from funds collected for the costs of holding referenda.
AR Code § 2-9-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Catfish Industry|§ 2-9-107. Election vote for levy of the assessment

 (a)  (1) Within a reasonable time after July 30, 1999, the Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board shall cause an election to be held on the question of the levy of an assessment on the sale of catfish feed within the State of Arkansas to commercial catfish producers at a rate determined by the board, such rate of assessment not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) per ton of catfish feed sold.  (2) If a majority of the commercial catfish producers voting at the election vote for the levy of the assessment, the assessment shall be applicable to all sales of catfish feed made on and after a date specified by the board, which date shall not be later than ninety (90) calendar days after certification of the results of the election.  (3) The assessment shall be a continuing levy until either terminated by the board or until another election is held at which a majority of the commercial catfish producers voting at an election vote against the levy. The rate of assessment approved at an election shall not be increased except under the majority vote of the commercial catfish producers voting at a subsequent election.    (b)  (1) When petitions containing the signatures of thirty percent (30%) of the commercial catfish producers in the state, as determined by the latest available agricultural census data, are filed with the board requesting that the question of continuing the assessment be submitted to a vote of the catfish producers, the board shall cause an election to be held within ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of the petitions, to be conducted in the same manner as the initial election held on the question of the levy of the assessment.  (2) If a majority of the commercial catfish producers voting at the election vote against the levy of the assessment, the assessment shall not be levied as of the date ten (10) calendar days after the date of the election. The levy may be reapproved, in the same manner as the initial election and subject to the same vote requirements, at an election called by the board not earlier than twelve (12) months after the date of the previous election suspending the levy of the assessment.    (c)  (1) The assessment imposed and levied by this section shall be collected by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration from each seller of catfish feed, who shall add the assessment to the purchase price of catfish feed sold in this state to commercial catfish producers.  (2) Each seller of catfish feed, when remitting assessments collected to the secretary, may deduct not more than one percent (1%) of the gross amount of the assessments to cover the cost of compliance.
AR Code § 2-9-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Catfish Industry|§ 2-9-108. Budget

 (a) The Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board shall prepare an annual budget, a copy of which shall be maintained at the principal office of the board and shall be open for public inspection during business hours.  (b) The board shall be audited annually in accordance with generally accepted auditing procedures, and a copy of the audit shall be filed with the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.
AR Code § 2-9-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Catfish Industry|§ 2-9-109. Assessment records

 (a)  (1) Every person required to pay the assessment provided for in this chapter shall keep a complete and accurate record of all catfish feed handled by him or her.  (2) The records shall be in such form and contain other information as the Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board shall prescribe by rule.  (3) The records shall be preserved for a period of two (2) years and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon written demand by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration or his or her authorized agent or representative.    (b)  (1) At such times as the secretary may require, every person required to pay the assessment provided for in this chapter shall submit reports or otherwise document any information deemed necessary for the efficient collection of the assessment imposed in this chapter.  (2) The secretary has the power to cause any authorized agent or representative to enter upon the premises of any person required to pay the assessment provided for in this chapter and examine or cause to be examined by the agent any books, papers, and records which deal in any way with the payment of the assessment or enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 2-9-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Catfish Industry|§ 2-9-110. Assessment refund

 (a) So long as the assessment on the sale of catfish feed continues to be levied as provided in this chapter, any catfish producer may request and receive a refund of such assessment, provided he or she makes a written application therefor with the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration within sixty (60) calendar days after the date of sale, supported by copies of sales slips from the seller of the catfish feed and a refund form approved by the Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board.  (b) The secretary shall create and approve a refund claim form.
AR Code § 2-9-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Catfish Industry|§ 2-9-111. Penalty

 (a)  (1) Any seller who fails to file a report, collect an assessment, or remit any assessment when due shall pay a penalty not to exceed five percent (5%) of the amount of the assessment that should have been collected or remitted, plus an additional penalty not to exceed one percent (1%) of the amount of the assessment that should have been collected or remitted for each month of delay, or fraction of a month, after the first month the report was required to be filed or the assessment became due.  (2) The penalty shall be paid to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and shall be disposed of in the same manner as funds derived from the payment of an assessment as provided in this chapter.    (b) The secretary shall collect the penalties levied in this section, together with the delinquent assessment, by any or all of the following methods:  (1) Voluntary payment; or  (2) Legal proceedings instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking any remedies available, including, but not limited to, injunctive relief to enjoin any seller owing the assessment or penalties from engaging in business as a seller of catfish feed until the amount of the assessment due and all penalties are paid.    (c) Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in this chapter who refuses to allow full inspection of the premises or any book, record, or other document relating to the liability of the person for the assessment imposed or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent the inspection shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).
AR Code § 2-9-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Catfish Industry|§ 2-9-112. Arkansas Catfish Promotion Fund

 (a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Arkansas Catfish Promotion Fund.  (b) The fund shall consist of those special revenues from assessments as specified in this chapter, there to be used in such manner as the Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board deems appropriate for Arkansas catfish promotion and research and for the operation and maintenance of the board office and payment of expenses of the board members as set out in § 2-9-103.
AR Code § 2-11-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Agritourism Act|§ 2-11-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Agritourism Act”.
AR Code § 2-11-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Agritourism Act|§ 2-11-102. Legislative intent — Construction — Purpose

 (a) It is the intent of this chapter to:  (1) Promote rural tourism and rural economic development by encouraging owners or operators of farms, ranches, and other rural land or attractions, including historic, cultural, and natural attractions, to invite members of the public to view, observe, and participate in the operations and attractions for educational, entertainment, or recreational purposes; and  (2) Encourage agritourism activities by limiting civil liability of those engaged in agritourism or providing the activities of agritourism.    (b) This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes described in subsection (a) of this section.
AR Code § 2-11-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Agritourism Act|§ 2-11-103. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Agribusiness operation” means an agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, or any other farm, ranch, plantation, or range business operation;  (2)  (A) “Agritourism activity” means an interactive or passive activity carried out with or without payment to an agritourism activity operator on a farm, ranch, or agribusiness operation related to agriculture, food production, historic traditions, or nature-watching conducted by an agritourism activity operator for the education, entertainment, or recreation of participants.  (B) “Agritourism activity” includes without limitation:  (i) A farming or ranching activity;  (ii) The viewing of historic, cultural, or natural attractions;  (iii) A harvest-your-own activity;  (iv) Nature-watching; and  (v) An activity involving an animal exhibition at an agricultural fair.    (C) “Agritourism activity” does not include:  (i) A roadside fruit and vegetable stand; or  (ii) An operation exclusively devoted to the sale of merchandise or food at retail;      (3) “Agritourism activity operator” means an individual or entity that provides the facilities and equipment necessary to participate in an agritourism activity;  (4) “Inherent risk” means dangers or conditions that are an integral part of an agritourism activity, including without limitation:  (A) The propensity of a wild or domestic animal to behave in ways that may result in injury, harm, or death to persons on or around the wild or domestic animal;  (B) Hazards such as surface and subsurface conditions;  (C) Natural conditions of land, vegetation, and waters;  (D) Ordinary dangers of structures or equipment used in farming or ranching operations; and  (E) The potential of a participant to act in a negligent way that may contribute to injury to the participant or others, whether failing to follow safety procedures or failing to act with reasonable caution while engaging in the agritourism activity; and    (5) “Participant” is defined as a person, other than the agritourism activity operator, who engages in an agritourism activity.
AR Code § 2-11-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Agritourism Act|§ 2-11-104. Assumption of risk by participant

 Except as provided in § 2-11-105, a participant assumes the inherent risk of an agritourism activity by engaging in the agritourism activity.
AR Code § 2-11-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Agritourism Act|§ 2-11-105. Liability of agritourism activity operator

 This chapter shall not prevent or limit the liability of an agritourism activity operator if the agritourism activity operator or an agent of the agritourism activity operator:   (1) Commits an act or omission of gross negligence concerning the safety of a participant that proximately causes injury, damage, or death to the participant;  (2) Has actual knowledge of a dangerous condition on the land, facilities, or equipment used in the activity or the dangerous propensity of a particular animal used in the activity that proximately causes injury, damage, or death to the participant and does not make the danger known to the participant that proximately causes injury, damage, or death to the participant;  (3) Intentionally injures a participant; or  (4) Commits other acts, errors, or omissions that constitute willful or wanton misconduct, gross negligence, or criminal conduct that proximately causes injury, damage, or death.
AR Code § 2-11-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Agritourism Act|§ 2-11-106. Limitation of liability

 (a) An agritourism activity operator or participant is not liable for damages arising from the personal injury or death of a participant if:  (1) The injury or death results from an inherent risk; and  (2) The warning contained in § 2-11-107 is posted.    (b) The limitation of liability provided by this section is in addition to any other limitation of liability provided by law.
AR Code § 2-11-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Agritourism Act|§ 2-11-107. Warning required

 (a) At each agritourism activity, the agritourism activity operator shall post and maintain signage in a clearly visible location at or near the main entrance to the agritourism activity and in black letters at least one inch (1") in height containing the following warning:  (b) The agritourism activity operator shall include, in clearly visible print, the warning contained in subsection (a) of this section in a written contract between the agritourism activity operator and each participant.  (c) At each agritourism activity, the agritourism operator shall post and maintain signage of a specific or known hazard in the particular area on or surrounding the agritourism activity.    “WARNING — Under Arkansas law, an agritourism activity operator is not liable for the injury or death of a participant in an agritourism activity resulting from the inherent risk of agritourism activities. Inherent risks include without limitation the risk of animals, weather, land conditions, and the potential for you as a participant to act in a negligent way that may contribute to your own injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity.”