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AR Code § 2-20-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 20 - Processing, Grading, Labeling, and Marketing of Products|Subchapter 7 - Regulation of Ginseng|§ 2-20-702. Rules

 (a) The State Plant Board is authorized and directed to promulgate appropriate rules to enable it to effectively and efficiently carry out its responsibilities under this subchapter.  (b) Rules shall include, but shall not be limited to:  (1) Requirement of annual certification and registration of ginseng dealers and exporters;  (2) Requirement that ginseng dealers and exporters maintain records of all their purchases and sales of ginseng;  (3) The establishment of a limited ginseng harvesting season designed to promote and assure the survival of wild American ginseng in the state;  (4) Requirement to obtain a permit or certificate from the board by any person desiring to artificially propagate ginseng and to provide for the inspection of cultivated ginseng and ginseng nurseries in the state; and  (5) A requirement that a certificate of legal taking be attached to all ginseng exported from the state.
AR Code § 2-20-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 20 - Processing, Grading, Labeling, and Marketing of Products|Subchapter 7 - Regulation of Ginseng|§ 2-20-703. Research program

 The State Plant Board shall cause to be initiated and maintained such continuing research program concerning ginseng in Arkansas as it may deem necessary or appropriate to promote and assure the continued health and survival of wild American ginseng in the state.
AR Code § 2-20-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 20 - Processing, Grading, Labeling, and Marketing of Products|Subchapter 7 - Regulation of Ginseng|§ 2-20-704. Dealer license — Fee

 (a) Each person or entity desiring to engage in business as a ginseng dealer in this state shall annually make application for and obtain a license to do so from the State Plant Board.  (b) The annual license fee for a ginseng dealer license shall be fifty dollars ($50.00), which shall accompany the application for the license.
AR Code § 2-20-705 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 20 - Processing, Grading, Labeling, and Marketing of Products|Subchapter 7 - Regulation of Ginseng|§ 2-20-705. Artificial propagation fee

 (a) A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be assessed persons artificially propagating ginseng for sale.  (b) The fee will be assessed annually and will accompany the request for nursery certification.
AR Code § 2-20-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 20 - Processing, Grading, Labeling, and Marketing of Products|Subchapter 8 - Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion|§ 2-20-801. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to promote the growth and development of the corn and grain sorghum industry in Arkansas by research, extension, promotion, and market development, thereby promoting the general welfare of the people of Arkansas.
AR Code § 2-20-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 20 - Processing, Grading, Labeling, and Marketing of Products|Subchapter 8 - Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion|§ 2-20-802. Penalties

 (a)  (1) Any buyer who fails to file a report or pay any assessment within the required time set by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall forfeit to the secretary a penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessment determined to be due plus one percent (1%) for each month of delay, or fraction of a month, after the first month after the report was required to be filed or the assessment became due.  (2) The penalty shall be paid to the secretary and shall be disposed of by him or her in the same manner as funds derived from the payment of the assessment imposed in this subchapter.    (b) The secretary shall collect the penalty levied in this section, together with the delinquent assessment, by any or all of the following methods:  (1) Voluntary payment by the person liable;  (2) Legal proceedings instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction; or  (3) Injunctive relief to enjoin any buyer owing the assessment or penalty, or both, from operating his or her business or engaging in business as a buyer of corn or grain sorghum until the delinquent assessment or penalty, or both, is paid.    (c) Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in this subchapter 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 by this subchapter or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent the inspection shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).
AR Code § 2-20-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 20 - Processing, Grading, Labeling, and Marketing of Products|Subchapter 8 - Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion|§ 2-20-803. Applicability of subchapter

 The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to any person who purchases one thousand (1,000) or less bushels of corn or grain sorghum in any calendar year.
AR Code § 2-20-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 20 - Processing, Grading, Labeling, and Marketing of Products|Subchapter 8 - Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion|§ 2-20-804. Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board is created and domiciled in Little Rock, Arkansas, 10720 Kanis Road, and is composed of seven (7) producer members appointed by the Governor as provided in this subsection.  (2) All of the seven (7) producer members of the board shall be practical producers of corn or grain sorghum in the State of Arkansas and shall be nominated by their respective organizations.  (3) Within ten (10) days following July 1, 1997, each of the following organizations, namely, the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, Riceland Foods, Inc., and the Agricultural Council of Arkansas, shall submit the names of five (5) practical corn or grain sorghum producers to the Governor, and he or she shall appoint three (3) members from the list submitted by the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, and two (2) members from the lists submitted by each of the other above-named organizations to serve on the board.  (4) The members selected as provided in this section from the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, shall draw lots to determine their terms so that two (2) of the members will serve for terms of two (2) years and one (1) shall serve for a term of one (1) year, and the members from each of the other organizations shall draw lots for terms so that one (1) shall serve for a term of one (1) year and one (1) shall serve for a term of two (2) years. Thereafter, each member selected shall serve for a term of two (2) years and until his or her successor is duly selected as provided in this section.  (5) Each year thereafter not less than thirty (30) days before the expiration of the terms of the current board members whose terms expire, the organizations named in subdivision (a)(3) of this section shall submit to the Governor names of two (2) nominees named for each position to be filled on the board from the respective organizations, and the Governor shall appoint from each list of nominees the new member or members.    (b)  (1) The members of the board shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment and shall elect a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary-treasurer from the membership of the board, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by the officers or specifically designated by the board.  (2) The board may establish rules for its own government and for the administration of affairs of the board.    (c) The resident agent of the board shall be the executive vice president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, or his or her designee.
AR Code § 2-20-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 20 - Processing, Grading, Labeling, and Marketing of Products|Subchapter 8 - Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion|§ 2-20-806. Research and extension program

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board shall plan and conduct a program of research and extension designed to promote the corn and grain sorghum industry in Arkansas, and the board may use the funds derived from the assessments imposed in this subchapter for these purposes, including basic administration expenses of the plan.  (2) This program may include a program of market development as determined by the board.    (b)  (1) Use of these funds may be applied as prescribed in this subchapter within or without the State of Arkansas, including regional, national, and international applications.  (2) The funds may also be used to defray costs of referenda.
AR Code § 2-32-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - Regulation of Alternative Livestock|§ 2-32-101. Alternate livestock

 (a)  (1) All creatures of the ratite family that are not indigenous to this state, including, but not limited to, ostriches, emus, and rheas;  (2) All creatures of the cervidae family that are not indigenous to this state, including, but not limited to, deer and elk; and  (3) All creatures of the camelidae family, including, but not limited to, llamas, alpacas, and guanacos    (b) Alternate livestock shall be considered farm animals or farm birds and shall be subject to all appropriate laws and rules relating to farm animals.    are hereby classified as alternate livestock.
AR Code § 2-32-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Equine Monitoring|§ 2-32-301. Equine monitoring by identification chips

 (a)  (1) It is found and determined by the General Assembly that:  (A) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission has been authorized by the United States Department of Agriculture to develop and administer a voluntary equine identification system; and  (B) Embedding a chip for the purpose of identifying an animal can endanger the animal if not properly injected and placed.    (2) Therefore, it is the purpose of this section to establish criteria for persons engaged in the voluntary embedding of chips for equine identification.    (b) The commission shall promulgate rules setting forth training requirements for the voluntary embedding or injecting a chip for purpose of animal identification.  (c) The commission shall administer training and provide certification upon satisfactory completion.  (d) The commission shall establish a fine for failure to obtain proper certification before embedding or injecting a chip for the purpose of equine animal identification.
AR Code § 2-32-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Livestock Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-32-401. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Livestock Owner's Lien Act”.
AR Code § 2-32-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Livestock Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-32-403. Livestock lien

 (a)  (1) To secure the obligations of a first purchaser to pay the sales price, a livestock owner is granted a lien in all livestock sold by the livestock owner for any unpaid portion of the sales price for the livestock.  (2) The lien granted under this section is granted and shall exist as part of and incident to the ownership of livestock.    (b) An owner's lien:  (1) Exists in and attaches immediately to all livestock on August 16, 2013; and  (2) Continues uninterrupted and without lapse:  (A) In all livestock upon and after sale of the livestock; and  (B) In and to all proceeds.      (c)  (1) An owner's lien exists until the livestock owner or the sales agent entitled to receive the sales price has received the full amount of the sales price.  (2) A security interest or mortgage lien of an owner's lender attaches to the livestock owner's right to an owner's lien in livestock or in proceeds from the sale of the livestock.  (3) An owner's lender does not waive its security interest or mortgage lien or right in an owner's lien by approving or authorizing the livestock owner to sell the livestock under a sales agreement.    (d)  (1) The validity of an owner's lien is not dependent on possession of the livestock by a livestock owner or sales agent.  (2) An owner's lien is not void or expired by reason of a change or transfer of the actual or constructive possession of or title to the livestock from the livestock owner or sales agent to a first purchaser or subsequent purchaser.
AR Code § 2-32-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Livestock Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-32-404. Perfection of livestock lien

 An owner's lien is perfected automatically from August 16, 2013, or the date a sales agreement is executed after August 16, 2013, without the need to file a financing statement or other type of documentation.
AR Code § 2-32-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Livestock Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-32-405. Commingled livestock — Priority

 (a) If livestock subject to an owner's lien are commingled with other livestock in a manner that the identity of the specific livestock subject to the owner's lien cannot be determined by reasonable means, the owner's lien continues without interruption into and attaches to the commingled livestock and is perfected automatically as of the date of its original perfection but only as to the percentage of the commingled livestock equal to the number of livestock to which the owner's lien originally attached.  (b) An owner's lien in commingled livestock under subsection (a) of this section has priority over any security interest or other lien that is not an owner's lien or permitted lien regardless of whether the security interest or other lien has been properly perfected.  (c) If more than one (1) owner's lien attaches to commingled livestock, the owners' liens rank equally in the proportion that the respective sales prices secured by each owner's lien bear as a percentage of the total of the sales prices secured by all owners' liens applicable at the time the livestock were commingled.
AR Code § 2-32-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Livestock Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-32-406. Transfer of lien — Priority

 (a)  (1) A purchaser or sales agent takes free of an owner's lien otherwise applicable to the livestock purchased and is relieved of any obligations created under § 2-32-403 if the purchaser or sales agent pays the full amount of required consideration for the livestock under a good faith, noncollusive agreement to purchase the livestock.  (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 § 2-32-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Livestock Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-32-407. 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 § 2-32-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Livestock Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-32-408. Applicability

 This subchapter does not affect the time at which legal title to livestock may pass by agreement or operation of law subject to an owner's lien.
AR Code § 2-32-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Livestock Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-32-409. Waiver, relinquishment, or release of lien prohibited

 (a)  (1) A livestock 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 livestock owner or a sales agent acting on behalf of a livestock 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 livestock owner or sales agent; or  (2) Both:  (A) Executes a contract that is satisfactory to the livestock owner or sales agent to prepay or escrow the sales price under an agreement to sell that is satisfactory to the livestock owner; and  (B) Performs all of the first purchaser's obligations under the contract.
AR Code § 2-32-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Livestock Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-32-410. 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 livestock subject to the lien is required by law or contract to be paid to the livestock owner but only as to the particular livestock 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 livestock to the livestock owner before the first purchaser pays the sales price in full to the livestock owner or sales agent, the sales agent shall assume and may enforce all rights of the livestock owner under this subchapter as to the livestock or the proceeds from the sale of the livestock.  (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 livestock 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 livestock 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 § 2-32-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Livestock Owner's Lien Act|§ 2-32-411. Preference

 If this subchapter conflicts with other rights a livestock owner may have, the livestock owner's right to receive the sales price shall be given preference.
AR Code § 2-32-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 5 - Administrative Proceedings|§ 2-32-501. Administrative penalties

 (a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission may impose administrative penalties not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation against a person who violates any provision of this subtitle or any rule adopted by the commission under this subtitle.  (b) The imposition of administrative penalties shall be conducted under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (c) The commission or the commission's designee may issue subpoenas.  (d) If a person against whom an administrative penalty has been imposed by the commission as authorized under this section fails to pay the penalty to the commission, the commission may file an action to collect the administrative penalty in the circuit court of the county in which the person resides.
AR Code § 2-32-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 5 - Administrative Proceedings|§ 2-32-502. Subpoenas — Refusal to testify

 (a) The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission or a member of the commission may issue a subpoena for a witness to require his or her attendance and testimony before the commission, and to require the production of books, papers, and records in any proceeding before the commission that may be material to questions before the commission.  (b) The subpoena under subsection (a) of this section shall be served by:  (1) The county sheriff of the county in which the person resides;  (2) The deputy of the county sheriff; or  (3) Any other officer authorized by law to serve process in this state.    (c) If a person fails or refuses to comply with a subpoena issued by the commission or a member of the commission, or refuses to testify or answer to a matter in which he or she may lawfully be interrogated, the circuit court of the county in which the person is domiciled, on application of the commission may:  (1) In term time or vacation, issue an attachment for the person;  (2) Compel the person to:  (A) Comply with the subpoena;  (B) Appear before the commission;  (C) Produce the relevant documents; and  (D) Give his or her testimony upon matters as may be lawfully required; and    (3) Punish for contempt a person who fails to obey an order under this section, if the person disobeys a subpoena.    (d) If a person is not domiciled in this state, the circuit court of the county in which the hearing is held or is to be held shall have jurisdiction.
AR Code § 2-32-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 5 - Administrative Proceedings|§ 2-32-503. Administration of oath to witnesses

 A member of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission or his or her attorney may administer an oath to any witness in any hearing, investigation, or proceeding under this subtitle.
AR Code § 2-32-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 3 - Livestock|Chapter 32 - General Provisions|Subchapter 5 - Administrative Proceedings|§ 2-32-504. Appellate review

 A person affected by a rule, action, or order made by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission may obtain review of the rule, action, or order under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.