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AR Code § 17-49-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 2 - Itinerant Merchants|§ 17-49-203. Procedure for exemption

 (a) No person shall be exempt from the requirements of this subchapter by reason of the provisions of § 17-49-202(4)(B) unless he or she or the driver of the motor vehicle upon which his or her property is being transported shall, upon the request of any state, county, or township officer sworn to preserve the peace, sign and swear to under oath before some person authorized by the laws of this state to administer oaths and deliver to the officer a statement in writing clearly showing that the person claiming the exemption is entitled to one (1) or more of the exemptions provided in this section.  (b) The Department of Finance and Administration or its authorized agents, or any highway patrol officer, sheriff, or other peace officer, for the purpose of the enforcement of this subchapter, may administer oaths and take acknowledgments of the oaths.  (c) If the person claiming the exemption is not a natural person, the statement shall be signed and sworn to by some natural person authorized to act for it or the driver of the motor vehicle carrying the property. The statement shall not be sufficient unless it shall contain, in addition to any other necessary facts, the following of such facts as are material to the particular exemption claimed:  (1) The name of the person claiming the exemption and name of the person signing the statement;  (2) The business and residence addresses of both;  (3) Where and when the products described in § 17-49-202(4)(B)(ii) were produced or fed, the place where they are to be delivered if known, and the acreage operated by the person claiming the exemption;  (4) The location of the established place of business, how long there established, and whether the premises where located are owned or leased by the person claiming the exemption; and  (5) The kind of business there conducted.    (d) The officer receiving the statement shall promptly forward it to the department where it shall be filed and shall be a public record.  (e) Any person knowingly making any false, material statement in the statement shall be guilty of perjury and shall upon conviction be punished as provided by law.
AR Code § 17-49-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 2 - Itinerant Merchants|§ 17-49-204. Penalties

 (a) Any person violating any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, except as herein otherwise provided, and shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one hundred (100) days. Each day's operation in violation of any provision of this subchapter shall be a separate offense.  (b) Any motor vehicle operated in violation of this subchapter shall be kept in the custody of any state, county, or township officer sworn to preserve the peace and shall not be operated except under his or her authority and solely for the purpose of taking it to the nearest convenient place of custody until the provisions of this subchapter have been complied with.
AR Code § 17-49-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 2 - Itinerant Merchants|§ 17-49-205. Enforcement

 It shall be the duty of the Department of Finance and Administration or its authorized agents, the Department of Arkansas State Police, and all peace officers to enforce this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-49-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 2 - Itinerant Merchants|§ 17-49-206. County or municipal authority to tax or license

 Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to repeal or amend any statute delegating authority to any county or municipal corporation to license, tax, or regulate peddlers or itinerant merchants.
AR Code § 17-49-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 2 - Itinerant Merchants|§ 17-49-207. License required

 No person shall engage in business or use any motor vehicle in this state as an itinerant merchant, as defined and fixed in § 17-49-202, without complying with this subchapter and without obtaining from the Department of Finance and Administration the license required by this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-49-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 2 - Itinerant Merchants|§ 17-49-208. Application for license

 (a) An application for a license as an itinerant merchant shall be made to the Department of Finance and Administration through any of its authorized agents upon forms to be prepared by the department.  (b) A separate application and license shall be required for each motor vehicle to be operated.  (c) In addition to any other essential information required by the department, the application shall state the following:  (1) The name and legal status of the applicant;  (2) His or her business address;  (3) If a natural person, his or her residence address;  (4) If not a natural person, the names and business and residence addresses of the principal and managing officers, agents, or partners;  (5) A general description of the business to be conducted and the area in this state in which it will be conducted; and  (6) An exact description of the motor vehicle to be used, including the make, type, manufacturer's rated loading capacity, motor number, serial number, place where registered, and registration or license number.    (d) The application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant or his or her authorized agent if a natural person or, if not a natural person, by some agent, officer, or partner authorized to act for it.
AR Code § 17-49-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 2 - Itinerant Merchants|§ 17-49-209. License expiration and renewal — Fees

 (a)  (1) The fee for each license, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per year.  (2) However, if the license is issued after June 30 in any year, the license fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).  (3) The proper fee shall accompany the application.    (b) All licenses issued and license fees paid shall be for the calendar year only in which issued or paid and shall expire at the end of the calendar year.
AR Code § 17-49-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 2 - Itinerant Merchants|§ 17-49-211. Suits against merchant and surety

 Any person having a cause of action against the itinerant merchant arising out of the matters described in § 17-49-210(a)(1) and (2):   (1) May join the itinerant merchant and the surety on his or her bond in the same action; or  (2) May sue the surety without joining the itinerant merchant in the action if the itinerant merchant is deceased or if it is impossible to obtain jurisdiction of his or her person within the state where the cause of action arose.
AR Code § 17-49-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 2 - Itinerant Merchants|§ 17-49-212. Power of attorney — Service of summons

 Before a license shall be issued, the applicant shall sign and file with the Department of Finance and Administration an irrevocable power of attorney appointing the department his or her agent to accept service of summons for all causes of action against him or her arising out of the conduct of his or her business as an itinerant merchant and the operation of the motor vehicle described in the application.
AR Code § 17-49-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 2 - Itinerant Merchants|§ 17-49-213. Issuance and use of license

 (a) Upon the approval and issuance of the application and upon compliance with the terms of this subchapter, the Department of Finance and Administration shall issue to the applicant a license as an itinerant merchant.  (b) The license shall:  (1) Be numbered;  (2) Show the amount of fees paid;  (3) Specifically describe the itinerant merchant and the motor vehicle as they are described in the application;  (4) At all times be carried in the cab of the motor vehicle described; and  (5) At all times be subject to inspection by any officer authorized to enforce this subchapter.    (c) The department shall also issue to the itinerant merchant a license plate containing the same number as the license, of distinctive color and size, which shall at all times be displayed on the rear of the motor vehicle described in the license.  (d) No license or license plate issued pursuant to this subchapter may be sold or transferred, and no license or license plate may be transferred from one vehicle to another.
AR Code § 17-49-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 2 - Itinerant Merchants|§ 17-49-214. License revocation

 Upon such notice and hearing as the Department of Finance and Administration may deem proper, it may revoke any license issued under the provisions of this subchapter for failure to comply with any of the laws of this state, or if any judgment recovered against any itinerant merchant remains unpaid for a period of sixty (60) days, provided the judgment is not supersedeas as bond upon appeal from the judgment.
AR Code § 17-49-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 3 - Itinerant Entrepreneurs|§ 17-49-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Itinerant entrepreneur” means a person or firm who trades in goods or services for construction, improvement, or maintenance of houses or farm buildings or structures, who travels about, and who has no established place of business in the county of at least ninety (90) days' standing; and  (2) “Itinerant entrepreneur” shall not include any person or firm licensed as a contractor by the Contractors Licensing Board.
AR Code § 17-49-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 3 - Itinerant Entrepreneurs|§ 17-49-302. Registration required

 Before engaging in business in any county, an itinerant entrepreneur shall register with the sheriff thereof his or her name and address and the nature of his or her business.
AR Code § 17-49-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 3 - Itinerant Entrepreneurs|§ 17-49-303. Exemption

 The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to goods or services contracted for upon public or private advertised bids.
AR Code § 17-49-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 49 - Transient Merchants|Subchapter 3 - Itinerant Entrepreneurs|§ 17-49-304. Penalty

 A person who violates this subchapter shall be fined in any sum not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
AR Code § 17-50-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-50-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Water Well Construction Act”.
AR Code § 17-50-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-50-102. Purpose

 (a) In that there is an ever-increasing demand for water in this state necessitating the construction of water wells, it is imperative that the general health, safety, and welfare be protected by providing a means for the proper development of the natural resource of underground water in an orderly, sanitary, reasonable, and safe manner, without waste, so that sufficient potable supplies for the continued economic growth of our state may be assured. To that end it is essential that persons engaged in water well drilling cooperate with the State of Arkansas in the development of ground water resources.  (b) In that there is an ever-increasing demand for water in this state necessitating the construction of water wells and pump installation, it is imperative that the general health, safety, and welfare be protected by providing the Commission on Water Well Construction with jurisdiction over pump installation, which is an inherent part of water well construction. The regulation of pump installation and installers is essential to fulfill the intent of this chapter.
AR Code § 17-50-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-50-104. Violations

 (a) It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter, unless exempted under the provisions of §§ 17-50-107(b) and 17-50-108(b), for:  (1) Any person to engage in well construction or pump installation unless the work is performed under the supervision of an individual certified by the Commission on Water Well Construction in the type of work done;  (2)  (A) Any water well contractor to fail to deliver a report on well construction to the commission within ninety (90) days after completion of well construction.  (B) The report on well construction shall contain such information as may be requested by appropriate rules of the commission and shall be upon forms supplied by the commission;    (3) Any person to install, construct, repair, or alter a water well or pumping equipment which is not in compliance with appropriate rules or is a health hazard;  (4) A person to operate a rig without a permit as prescribed in § 17-50-310; or  (5) A person to enter into a contract for well construction or pump installation or hold himself or herself out in the business as a water well contractor without posting bond or bond fee and holding a license as provided in §§ 17-50-304 — 17-50-309.    (b) Every day or any part of a day in which a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
AR Code § 17-50-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-50-105. Criminal penalties

 (a) Any person who violates § 17-50-104 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (b) Any person who violates any other provision of this chapter, rules issued under this chapter, or order pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.  (c) Every day, or any part of a day, in which the violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.  (d) Any person found guilty of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor for violation of any provision of this chapter who continues to engage in the behavior or activity giving rise to violation shall be guilty of a Class D felony for the second or any subsequent offense.  (e) Persons described in this section may be arrested by any sheriff, constable, chief of police, or other law enforcement officer of this state or any political subdivision of this state.
AR Code § 17-50-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-50-106. Alternative civil penalties

 (a) Whenever the Commission on Water Well Construction, after a hearing conducted in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., finds that a person has violated the provisions of this chapter or any rules promulgated by the commission pursuant to the authority granted in this chapter, the commission shall have the power and authority to impose a civil penalty on the person in lieu of prosecuting the person under § 17-50-105.  (b) If a person against whom a civil penalty has been imposed by the commission, as authorized in this section, fails to pay the penalty to the commission, the commission may file action in the Pulaski County Circuit Court to collect the civil penalty.  (c) If the commission prevails in the action, the defendant shall be directed to pay, in addition to the civil penalty, reasonable attorney's fees and costs of the commission for prosecuting the action.  (d) No civil penalty shall be assessed by the commission against any person if that person is prosecuted under § 17-50-105.  (e) The commission shall not assess a civil penalty in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per offense.
AR Code § 17-50-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-50-107. Scope

 (a) No person shall construct, repair, or abandon, or cause to be constructed, repaired, or abandoned, any water well without complying with the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to it.  (b) The provisions of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to it shall not be construed to repeal the provisions of any other law or ordinance of any municipality establishing standards with respect to water well drilling or pump installation and shall prevail concurrently with such other law or ordinance.
AR Code § 17-50-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-50-108. Exemptions — Limitations

 (a) Where the Commission on Water Well Construction finds that compliance with all requirements of this chapter would result in undue hardship, an exemption from any one (1) or more such requirements may be granted by the commission to the extent the exemption can be granted without impairing the intent and purpose of this chapter.  (b)  (1) This chapter or any rule or order issued under this chapter does not prevent a person who has not obtained a license under § 17-50-304 from constructing, altering, or repairing a water well or installing or repairing a pump or pumping equipment for use by him or her on his or her own land.  (2) This chapter does not apply to any person owning, operating, and maintaining on May 27, 1969, any water well unless it constitutes a public health hazard.    (c)  (1)  (A) A water well in existence on May 27, 1969, is not required to conform to § 17-50-205 or any rules adopted under § 17-50-205.  (B) However, any water well abandoned or repaired, including any water well deemed to have been abandoned, as defined in this chapter, shall be brought into compliance with the requirements of this chapter and applicable rules with respect to abandonment of water wells.    (2) Any water well supplying water which is determined by the commission to be a health hazard must comply with the provisions of this chapter and applicable rules within a reasonable time after notification of the determination has been given.    (d) This chapter does not apply to any distribution of water beyond the point of discharge from any storage or pressure tank, or beyond the point of discharge from the pump if no tank is employed, nor to any water well, pump, or other equipment used temporarily for dewatering purposes.  (e) A county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state engaged in well drilling shall be exempt from paying the license or rig fees for the operations performed for the political subdivision by employees of and with equipment owned by the governmental entity.
AR Code § 17-50-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-50-109. Enforcement procedure

 Whenever the Commission on Water Well Construction has reasonable grounds for believing that there has been a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, the commission may enforce compliance in the following manner:   (1) The commission shall give written notice to the person or persons alleged to be in violation;  (2) The notice shall identify the provisions of this chapter or rule issued hereunder alleged to be violated and the facts alleged to constitute the violation;  (3) The notice shall be served in the manner required by law for the service of process upon a person in a civil action or by an employee of the commission and may be accompanied by an order of the commission requiring described remedial action which, if taken within the time specified in the order, will effect compliance with the requirements of this chapter and rules issued under this chapter;  (4) The order shall become final unless a written request for a hearing before the commission is made within ten (10) days from the date of service of the order; and  (5) In lieu of such an order, the commission may require the person or persons named in the notice to appear at a hearing, at a time and place specified in the notice, after which an appropriate remedial order may issue.
AR Code § 17-50-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 50 - Water Well Constructors|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-50-110. Applicability of Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act

 (a) Any and all proceedings taken under this chapter shall be subject to and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., unless otherwise provided by the provisions of this chapter.  (b) Any person aggrieved by any action of the commission pursuant to the authority granted in this chapter may appeal the decision in the manner and procedure prescribed for appeals from other administrative decisions in the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.