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AR Code § 4-72-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 72 - Franchises|Subchapter 4 - Petroleum Products Suppliers and Distributors|§ 4-72-402. Franchise — Cancellation or termination

 (a) A petroleum products supplier shall not cancel, or otherwise terminate, a franchise with a petroleum products distributor, except for such specific reasons as shall be prescribed in the franchise.  (b)  (1) If a petroleum products supplier proposes to cancel, fail to renew, or otherwise terminate a franchise with any distributor, he or she shall so notify the distributor by certified mail at least six (6) months prior to the date on which he or she proposes to cancel, fail to renew, or terminate the franchise.  (2) The notice shall include a statement of the grounds upon which the supplier bases his or her right to cancel or terminate the franchise.    (c) Only the following matters shall be included in the franchise as grounds for a petroleum products supplier to cancel or terminate the franchise of a petroleum products distributor:  (1) Criminal misconduct or willful violation of law relating to the business or premises of the supplier;  (2) Fraud;  (3) Failure of the distributor to pay taxes and to obtain and maintain all licenses, permits, and other authority necessary to conduct business as a distributor;  (4) Abandonment or unattendance of the business or premises of the supplier for such a period of time as may be specified in the franchise;  (5) Bankruptcy or insolvency of the distributor;  (6) The failure by the distributor to pay the supplier for petroleum products purchased or received on consignment from the supplier within the time and in the manner prescribed in the franchise;  (7) Nonpayment of rent or the loss by the refiner of its legal right to grant a distributor possession of the leased premises at which the business is located, if applicable, in which case, the supplier may terminate a distributor's marketing agreement upon a thirty-day notice of intent to terminate the agreement;  (8) Death or incapacity of the distributor or the termination or dissolution of a partnership or corporation;  (9) Adulteration or misrepresentation of products, provided that adulteration or misrepresentation which results from accident or circumstance beyond the control of the distributor shall not be grounds for termination;  (10) Force majeure, condemnation, or other public taking; or  (11) Failure of the distributor to substantially comply with any reasonable provisions of any lease agreement on bulk plant property between the supplier as lessor and the distributor as lessee.    (d) However, if a distributor violates subdivisions (c)(1), (2), or (4)-(6) of this section, the supplier having the right to terminate the marketing agreement may immediately terminate the agreement.
AR Code § 4-72-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 72 - Franchises|Subchapter 4 - Petroleum Products Suppliers and Distributors|§ 4-72-403. Remedies for cancellation, termination, etc., of contract

 If any petroleum products supplier shall cancel or otherwise terminate any franchise in violation of the provisions of this subchapter, the petroleum products distributor whose franchise is cancelled, or otherwise terminated, shall have a cause of action against the petroleum products supplier for specific performance, injunctive relief, or for actual damages sustained by the plaintiff as a result of the termination of the franchise, including ascertainable loss of good will as a result of the termination of the franchise. However, any action brought by a petroleum products distributor against a supplier for wrongful termination of a franchise shall be commenced within two (2) years after the wrongful termination.
AR Code § 4-72-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 72 - Franchises|Subchapter 5 - Petroleum Products Suppliers, Dealers, and Distributors|§ 4-72-501. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Petroleum products supplier” means and includes any person, firm, corporation, subsidiary company, or other business entity engaged in the business of manufacturing, producing, or refining of petroleum products for sale or consignment to a petroleum products dealer;  (2) “Petroleum products dealer” means and includes any person, firm, corporation, or other business entity engaged in the business of selling petroleum products at retail;  (3) “Petroleum products distributor” means and includes any person, firm, corporation, or other business entity engaged in the business of selling petroleum products at wholesale as a jobber, distributor, consignee, agent, or in any other capacity; and  (4) “Franchise” means any agreement or contract between a petroleum products supplier or a petroleum products distributor and a petroleum products dealer whereby the supplier or distributor agrees to furnish or supply petroleum products to the dealer and the dealer agrees to purchase or accept on consignment or otherwise receive petroleum products from the supplier or distributor for retail sale.
AR Code § 4-72-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 72 - Franchises|Subchapter 5 - Petroleum Products Suppliers, Dealers, and Distributors|§ 4-72-503. Remedies for cancellation, termination, etc., of franchise

 (a) If any petroleum products supplier or distributor cancels, refuses to renew, or otherwise terminates any franchise in violation of the provisions of this subchapter, the petroleum products dealer whose franchise is cancelled, not renewed, or otherwise terminated shall have a cause of action against the petroleum products supplier or petroleum products distributor for specific performance or injunctive relief, or for actual damages sustained by the plaintiff, as a result of the termination of the franchise, including ascertainable loss of goodwill as a result of the termination of the franchise.  (b) However, any action brought by a petroleum products dealer against a supplier or distributor for wrongful termination of a franchise shall be commenced within two (2) years after the wrongful termination.
AR Code § 4-72-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 72 - Franchises|Subchapter 6 - Procedural Fairness for Restaurant Franchisees|§ 4-72-601. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Franchisee” means a person to whom a restaurant franchise is granted;  (2) “Franchisor” means a person who grants or has granted a restaurant franchise; and  (3) “Restaurant franchise” means a contract or agreement, either express or implied, whether oral or written, between two (2) or more persons, by which:  (A) A franchisee is granted the right to engage in the business of offering, selling, or distributing food or beverages intended or suitable for immediate consumption on or off the premises of the franchisee under a marketing plan or system prescribed in substantial part by a franchisor; and  (B) Operation of the franchisee's business pursuant to that plan or system is substantially associated with the franchisor's trademark, service mark, trade name, logotype, advertising, or other commercial symbol designating the franchisor or its affiliate; and  (C) The franchisee pays or is required to pay, directly or indirectly, a franchise fee.
AR Code § 4-72-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 72 - Franchises|Subchapter 6 - Procedural Fairness for Restaurant Franchisees|§ 4-72-602. Commencement of civil action or arbitration proceeding

 (a) A party to a restaurant franchise may commence a civil action or, if the restaurant franchise allows or compels arbitration of disputes, may initiate an arbitration proceeding, including an action or proceeding for violation of this subchapter, in Arkansas if either party to the restaurant franchise is a resident of Arkansas.  (b) Such action may be brought or arbitration initiated in the county in which the franchised restaurant is located or expected to be located or in which the principal place of business of the franchisee or franchisor is located.
AR Code § 4-72-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 72 - Franchises|Subchapter 6 - Procedural Fairness for Restaurant Franchisees|§ 4-72-603. Applicability

 (a) This subchapter applies to a restaurant franchise operated in whole or in part in Arkansas and to the parties to the restaurant franchise.  (b) This subchapter may not be waived, and its application to a restaurant franchise or a party to a restaurant franchise may not be avoided, in whole or in part by agreement or by conduct, except as part of a settlement of a bona fide dispute.  (c) Neither a franchisee nor a franchisor shall be deprived of the application and benefits of this subchapter by a provision of a franchise purporting to designate the law of another jurisdiction as governing or interpreting the franchise, or to designate a venue outside of Arkansas for the resolution of disputes.  (d) To the extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, this subchapter is intended to apply to franchises granted, transferred, renewed, amended, replaced, or in existence on and after August 13, 1993.
AR Code § 4-73-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 2 - Artists' Consignment Act|§ 4-73-201. Title

 This subchapter may be cited as the “Artists' Consignment Act”.
AR Code § 4-73-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 2 - Artists' Consignment Act|§ 4-73-202. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Art” means a painting, sculpture, drawing, work of graphic art, pottery, weaving, batik, macrame, quilt, or other commonly recognized art form;  (2) “Artist” means the creator of a work of art or, if he or she is deceased, his or her estate;  (3) “Art dealer” means a person engaged in the business of selling works of art; and  (4) “On consignment” means that no title to, or estate in, the goods or right to possession thereof superior to that of the consignor vests in the consignee, notwithstanding the consignee's power or authority to transfer and convey all of the right, title, and interest of the consignor in and to such goods to a third person.
AR Code § 4-73-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 2 - Artists' Consignment Act|§ 4-73-203. Applicability of subchapter

 This subchapter shall not apply to any contract or arrangement in existence prior to July 4, 1983, nor to any extensions or renewals thereof; except that the parties to such contract or arrangement may thereafter elect to be governed by the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 4-73-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 2 - Artists' Consignment Act|§ 4-73-204. Liability of art dealer for violation of subchapter

 A violation by an art dealer of any of the provisions of this subchapter shall render the art dealer liable for damages to the artist in an amount equal to fifty dollars ($50.00) plus the actual damages sustained by the artist, including incidental and consequential damages. In such actions, reasonable attorney's fees and court costs shall be paid to the prevailing party.
AR Code § 4-73-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 2 - Artists' Consignment Act|§ 4-73-205. Waiver of subchapter's provisions void

 Any provision, whether oral or written, in or pertaining to the placing of a work of fine art on consignment whereby any provision of this subchapter is waived shall be deemed to be against public policy and shall be void.
AR Code § 4-73-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 2 - Artists' Consignment Act|§ 4-73-206. Consigned artworks exempt from liens and security interests

 A work of art delivered to an art dealer for the purpose of exhibition or sale and the proceeds from the sale of the work by the dealer, whether to the dealer on his or her own account or to a third person, are not subject to the claims, liens, or security interests of the creditors of the art dealer, notwithstanding any law to the contrary.
AR Code § 4-73-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 2 - Artists' Consignment Act|§ 4-73-207. Delivery of work of fine art for exhibition or sale — Effects — Liability of dealer for damage or loss

 Notwithstanding any custom, practice, or usage of the trade or any provision of law to the contrary:   (1) Whenever an artist delivers or causes to be delivered a work of fine art of his or her own creation to an art dealer for the purpose of exhibition or sale on a commission, fee, or other basis of compensation, the delivery to, and acceptance thereof by, the art dealer is deemed to place the work on consignment; and:  (A) The art dealer shall thereafter, with respect to the work, be deemed to be the agent of such artist;  (B) The work is trust property in the hands of the consignee for the benefit of the consignor; and  (C) Any proceeds from the sale of the work are trust funds in the hands of the consignee for the benefit of the consignor;    (2) Notwithstanding the subsequent purchase of a work of fine art by the consignee directly or indirectly for his or her own account, the work initially received on consignment shall be deemed to remain trust property until the price is paid in full to the consignor. If the work is thereafter resold to a bona fide third party before the consignor has been paid in full, the proceeds of the resale are trust funds in the hands of the consignee for the benefit of the consignor to the extent necessary to pay any balance still due to the consignor, and the trusteeship shall continue until the fiduciary obligation of the consignee with respect to the transaction is discharged in full; and  (3) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no such trust property or trust funds shall be subject to or subordinate to any claims, liens, or security interests of the consignee's creditors;  (4)  (A) An art dealer is liable for negligent acts causing the loss of or damage to a work of fine art while it is in his possession.  (B) The value of the work of fine art is, for the purposes of this subdivision (4), the value established in a written agreement between the artist and the art dealer prior to the loss or damage of the work or, if no written agreement regarding the value of the work exists, the fair market value of the work less the art dealer's commission or fee.
AR Code § 4-73-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 3 - Sales of Fine Prints|§ 4-73-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Artist” means the person who conceived or created or conceived and created the master image for, or which served as a model for, the print;  (2)  (A) “Fine print” includes, but is not limited to, an engraving, etching, woodcut, lithograph, monoprint, or serigraph;  (B) A fine print is “signed” if the artist autographs the finished print, irrespective of whether it was signed or unsigned in the plate;    (3) “Impression” means the printed image on suitable material, whether paper or any other substance, made off the plate by printing, stamping, casting, or any other process commonly used in the graphic arts;  (4) “Plate” means the plate, stone, block, or other material used for the purpose of creating the print from which the impression or impressions were taken; and  (5) “Reproduction” means a copy of an original print made by a commercial mechanical process, but not a unique print made from the original plate.
AR Code § 4-73-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 3 - Sales of Fine Prints|§ 4-73-302. Applicability of subchapter

 This subchapter applies only to fine prints printed after July 4, 1983.
AR Code § 4-73-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 3 - Sales of Fine Prints|§ 4-73-303. Liability of seller for violation of subchapter

 (a) A person who offers or sells a fine print in violation of this subchapter shall be liable to the person purchasing the fine print. The purchaser may recover the consideration paid for the print with interest at the legal rate upon the tender of the print.  (b) In any case in which a person willfully offers or sells a fine print in violation of this subchapter, the person purchasing the fine print may recover from the person who offers or sells the fine print an amount equal to three (3) times the amount required under subsection (a) of this section.
AR Code § 4-73-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 3 - Sales of Fine Prints|§ 4-73-304. Certificate of information to be furnished purchaser

 (a) No person engaged in the business of selling fine prints shall sell a fine print, at wholesale or at retail, unless the person furnishes the purchaser a certificate or a written invoice or receipt for the purchase price which clearly and conspicuously discloses and warrants all of the applicable information about a fine print set forth in § 4-73-305.  (b) If the seller disclaims knowledge as to any applicable item of information set forth in § 4-73-305, the seller shall so state specifically and categorically with regard to each such item.  (c) If the seller describes a fine print as a reproduction, the seller need not furnish any further information, unless the edition was allegedly published in a signed, numbered, or limited edition, or any combination thereof, in which case all of the informational details are required to be furnished.
AR Code § 4-73-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 73 - Sales and Exhibitions of Art|Subchapter 3 - Sales of Fine Prints|§ 4-73-305. Information required on certificate

 The following information about a fine print shall be furnished as provided in § 4-73-304:   (1) The name of the artist and the year when printed;  (2) Exclusive of trial proofs, whether the edition is being offered as a limited edition, and, if so:  (A) The authorized maximum number of signed or numbered impressions, or both, in the edition;  (B) The authorized maximum number of unsigned or unnumbered impressions, or both, in the edition;  (C) The authorized maximum number of artist's, publisher's, printer's, or other proofs, if any, outside of the regular edition; and  (D) The total size of the edition;    (3) Whether the plate has been destroyed, effaced, altered, defaced, or cancelled after the current edition;  (4) If there were any prior states of the same impression, the total number of states, and a designation of the state to which the subject print relates;  (5) If there were any prior or later editions from the same plate, the series number of the subject edition, and the total size of all other editions;  (6) Whether the edition is a posthumous edition or restrike and, if so, whether the plate has been reworked; and  (7) The name of the workshop, if any, where the edition was printed.
AR Code § 4-75-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 2 - Unfair Practices Act|§ 4-75-201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and designated as the “Unfair Practices Act”.
AR Code § 4-75-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 2 - Unfair Practices Act|§ 4-75-202. Purpose

 The General Assembly declares that the purpose of this subchapter is to safeguard the public against the creation or perpetuation of monopolies and to foster and encourage competition by prohibiting unfair and discriminatory practices by which fair and honest competition is destroyed or prevented.
AR Code § 4-75-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 2 - Unfair Practices Act|§ 4-75-203. Construction

 This subchapter shall be literally construed so that its beneficial purposes may be subserved.
AR Code § 4-75-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 2 - Unfair Practices Act|§ 4-75-204. Penalties

 Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, officer, or director for himself or herself or itself, for another person, or for any firm or corporation, that shall violate any of the provisions of this subchapter is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for each single violation.
AR Code § 4-75-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 2 - Unfair Practices Act|§ 4-75-205. Forfeiture of charter, rights, etc. — Proceedings

 (a) Upon the third violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter by any corporation, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to institute proper suits or quo warranto proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the forfeiture of its charter, rights, franchises, or privileges and powers exercised by the corporation, and to permanently enjoin it from transacting business in this state.  (b) If in such action the court finds that the corporation is violating or has violated any of the provisions of this subchapter, it must enjoin the corporation from doing business in this state permanently or for such time as the court shall order, or must annul the charter or revoke the franchise of the corporation.
AR Code § 4-75-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 2 - Unfair Practices Act|§ 4-75-206. Contracts violating subchapter illegal

 Any contract, express or implied, made by any person, firm, or corporation in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter is declared to be an illegal contract and no recovery thereon shall be had.