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AR Code § 2-16-909 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 16 - Plant Disease and Pest Control|Subchapter 9 - Pest Control Compact|§ 2-16-909. Effective date

 This law becomes effective September 1, 2009.
AR Code § 2-17-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Public Grain Warehouse Law”.
AR Code § 2-17-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-202. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Commissioner” means the Public Grain Warehouse Commissioner, who shall be the Director of the State Plant Board or his or her designated representative;  (2) “Grain” means all grains for which standards have been established under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended, and shall include rice, as defined by the standards of the United States Department of Agriculture;  (3) “Person” means individuals, corporations, partnerships, and all associations of two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest;  (4) “Public grain warehouse” means any building, structure, or other protected enclosure in this state used for the purpose of storing grain for a consideration;  (5) “Public grain warehouseman” means any person who operates a public grain warehouse as defined in this section;  (6) “Stored grain” means any grain received in any public grain warehouse, located in this state, if it is not purchased and beneficially owned by the public grain warehouseman; and  (7)  (A) “Warehouse receipt” means a licensed warehouse receipt issued under this subchapter and an unpriced scale ticket.  (B) Including unpriced scale tickets within the definition of “warehouse receipt” does not make the unpriced scale tickets negotiable.
AR Code § 2-17-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-203. Applicability

 (a) The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to all public grain warehouses and to the operations of public grain warehouses whether or not any of the grain therein is owned by the warehouseman, unless the public grain warehouse is licensed under the provisions of the United States Warehouse Act, as amended.  (b) The provisions and definitions of the Uniform Commercial Code, § 4-1-101 et seq., relating to warehouse receipts, to the extent not inconsistent with this subchapter, shall govern warehouse receipts issued by public grain warehousemen, and the other provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, § 4-1-101 et seq. shall also be applicable to the provisions of this subchapter to the extent not inconsistent with this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-17-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-204. Penalties

 (a) Any person who issues a warehouse receipt for grain without holding a valid public grain warehouse license or who commits any willful violation of any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a Class D felony.  (b) Any unintentional or negligent violation of this subchapter shall be a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 2-17-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-205. Duty to enforce

 The State Plant Board shall carry out and enforce the provisions of this subchapter and is empowered to:   (1) Promulgate rules;  (2) Carry out necessary inspections;  (3) Appoint and fix the duties of personnel; and  (4) Provide such equipment as may be necessary to enforce the provisions hereof.
AR Code § 2-17-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-206. State license

 (a) No person shall operate a public grain warehouse or issue a warehouse receipt without first having obtained a license under this subchapter, unless the public grain warehouse is licensed under the provisions of the United States Warehouse Act, as amended.  (b) All public grain warehouses licensed under the United States Warehouse Act, as amended, shall file with the State Plant Board copies of their current licenses and copies of all subsequent licenses or renewals so as to always have copies of current licenses on file with the board.
AR Code § 2-17-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-207. License applications

 (a)  (1) Applications for licenses under this subchapter are to be made on forms prescribed by the Public Grain Warehouse Commissioner for each warehouse.  (2) Every application is to be accompanied by an application fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) and a certified financial statement in a form prescribed by the commissioner and any further information the commissioner may by rule require.    (b)  (1) If a warehouseman operates one (1) or more warehouses in the same city or town in conjunction with each other, if only one (1) set of books is kept for all the warehouses and scale tickets, and if warehouse receipts and checks of but one (1) series are issued for grain received or stored therein, then only one (1) license and bond shall be required for the operation of all the warehouses. In these cases, the license fee prescribed in this section shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate capacity of all warehouses operated by the licensee.  (2) The use for the storage of grain by a licensed warehouseman of a facility which is in the same city or town as licensed facilities and is neither licensed nor exempted, or for other violation of the provisions of this section, shall be cause for suspension or revocation of any license issued to the warehouseman for the storage of grain.    (c) Licenses issued under this subchapter are not transferable. Any person acquiring a new or existing public grain warehouse must apply for a license to operate the warehouse, subject to other provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 2-17-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-208. Filing schedule of charges

 (a)  (1) Before the issuance of a license under this subchapter, the public grain warehouseman shall file a copy of his or her schedule of charges for storage and other services with the Public Grain Warehouse Commissioner.  (2) If the public grain warehouseman desires to make any changes in the schedule of charges during the license period, he or she shall file with the commissioner a statement in writing showing the change at least thirty (30) days before its effective date.    (b) Each public grain warehouseman shall keep conspicuously posted the schedule of charges for storage and other services as so filed and shall strictly adhere to these charges.
AR Code § 2-17-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-209. Bond requirements

 (a)  (1)  (A)  (i) Before any license is issued to any warehouseman, the warehouseman shall file with the Public Grain Warehouse Commissioner a surety bond executed by the public grain warehouseman as principal and by a corporate surety licensed to do business in this state as surety.  (ii) The bond shall run to the State of Arkansas and be for the benefit of all depositors or storers of grain, their legal representatives, attorneys, or assigns.    (B)  (i) No bond shall be accepted for the purposes of this subchapter until it has been approved by the commissioner.  (ii) The bond shall be conditioned upon the warehouseman delivering all stored grain or payment of the value thereof upon the surrender of the warehouse receipt.  (iii) The commissioner may require the increases in the amount of the bond, from time to time, as he or she may deem necessary for the protection of the storage receipt holders.      (2)  (A) The aggregate liability of the surety to all depositors or storers of grain shall not exceed the sum of the bond.  (B) The bond may be cancelled at any time by the surety by giving written notice to the commissioner of its intention to cancel the bond. All liability thereunder shall terminate thirty (30) days after the receipt of the notice by the commissioner, except that the notice shall not affect any claims arising under the bond, whether presented or not, before the effective date of the cancellation notice.      (b) In lieu of the bond required in subsection (a) of this section, an applicant for a license may be a self-insurer by posting with the commissioner cash or any combination of securities, the market value of which is readily ascertainable and, if negotiable, by delivery or assignment, of the kinds described in § 23-63-806, United States Government obligations, § 23-63-809, municipal or county utilities, § 23-63-813, international banks, and § 23-63-814, corporate bonds and debentures.
AR Code § 2-17-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-210. Amount of bond

 (a)  (1) The amount of bond to be furnished for each public grain warehouse shall be fixed at a rate of:  (A) Twenty cents (20¢) per bushel for the first one million (1,000,000) bushels of licensed capacity;  (B) Fifteen cents (15¢) per bushel for the next one million (1,000,000) bushels of licensed capacity; and  (C) Ten cents (10¢) per bushel for all licensed capacity over two million (2,000,000) bushels.    (2) In no case shall the amount of the bond be less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), except as prescribed in subsections (c) and (d) of this section.  (3) The licensed capacity shall be equal to the maximum number of bushels of grain that the public grain warehouse can accommodate for storage.    (b)  (1)  (A) A public grain warehouseman who is licensed or is applying for licenses to operate two (2) or more public grain warehouses may furnish a single bond. This bond shall meet the requirements of this subchapter to cover all public grain warehouses within the state.  (B) In these cases, all public grain warehouses to be covered by the bond shall be deemed to be one (1) warehouse for purposes of determining the amount of bond required under subsection (a) of this section.    (2) The aggregate licensed capacity of all the warehouses shall be used in determining the amount of the bond.    (c)  (1) Any deficiency in the net assets required by § 2-17-217 shall be supplied by an increase in the amount of the warehouseman's bond.  (2) In any other case in which the Public Grain Warehouse Commissioner finds that conditions exist which warrant requiring additional bond, there shall be added to the amount of the bond such further amount as determined to be reasonable by the commissioner.    (d)  (1) The commissioner may make exceptions to the bonding requirements of this section for good cause shown upon a finding that the requirements would substantially impair the warehouseman's ability to continue operations as a public grain warehouse and that the exception will not materially affect the protection of storage receipt holders under this subchapter.  (2) The exceptions must be reviewed at least annually.
AR Code § 2-17-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-211. Issuance or denial of license

 (a) Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this subchapter and any applicable rules by an applicant, the Public Grain Warehouse Commissioner shall issue a license to operate a public grain warehouse.  (b)  (1) If after proper application the commissioner denies any person a license to operate a public grain warehouse, the commissioner shall transmit immediately to the applicant, by certified mail, an order so providing, which shall state the reasons for the denial.  (2)  (A) In the event the applicant is dissatisfied with the decision of the commissioner, the applicant may request a hearing with the commissioner to appear and defend its compliance with all appropriate rules or give evidence that all deficiencies have been corrected.  (B)  (i) A hearing shall be held within ninety (90) days of the request.  (ii) If after the hearing the commissioner denies the applicant a license, the commissioner shall transmit immediately to the applicant by certified mail an order so providing which shall state the reasons for the denial.    (C) In the event the applicant is dissatisfied with the decision of the commissioner after the hearing, the applicant may institute proceedings for judicial review in the circuit court of the county where the public grain warehouse is located or in the Pulaski County Circuit Court within thirty (30) days after service upon the applicant of the commissioner's final order, under § 25-15-212.
AR Code § 2-17-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-212. Posting of license

 Immediately upon receipt of his or her license or of any modification or extension thereof, the public grain warehouseman shall post it and thereafter keep it posted, until suspended or terminated, in a conspicuous place in the office of the public grain warehouse to which the license applies where receipts issued by the public grain warehouseman are delivered to depositors.
AR Code § 2-17-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-213. Annual license fee

 Subsequent to the issuance of an initial license under this subchapter, every applicant shall pay an annual license fee based upon the capacity of the warehouse. The fee shall be determined by the Public Grain Warehouse Commissioner but shall be no less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than eight hundred dollars ($800).
AR Code § 2-17-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-214. Renewal of license

 (a) If a public grain warehouseman desires to renew his or her license for an additional year, application for the renewal shall be made on a form prescribed by the Public Grain Warehouse Commissioner.  (b) At least sixty (60) days before the expiration of each license, the commissioner shall notify each public grain warehouseman of the date of the expiration and furnish the public grain warehouseman with the renewal form.
AR Code § 2-17-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-215. Suspension, cancellation, or revocation of licenses

 (a) If a public grain warehouseman is convicted of any crime involving fraud or deceit or if the Public Grain Warehouse Commissioner determines that any public grain warehouseman has violated any of the provisions of this subchapter or any of the rules adopted by the commissioner under this subchapter, the commissioner may suspend, cancel, or revoke the license of the public grain warehouseman.  (b)  (1) All proceedings for the suspension, cancellation, or revocation of licenses shall be before the commissioner. The proceedings shall be in accordance with rules which shall be adopted by the commissioner.  (2)  (A) No suspension, cancellation, or revocation of any license is lawful unless, before the institution of the proceedings, the commissioner has given notice by mail to the licensee of facts or conduct warranting the intended action and the licensee has been given an opportunity to show compliance with all lawful requirements for the retention of the license.  (B) If the commissioner finds that public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action and incorporates a finding to that effect in its order, summary suspension of a license may be ordered pending proceedings for revocation or other action, which proceedings shall be promptly instituted and determined.  (C)  (i) Whenever the commissioner shall suspend, cancel, or revoke any license, he or she shall prepare an order so providing which shall state the reason or reasons for the suspension, cancellation, or revocation.  (ii) The order shall be sent by certified mail by the commissioner to the licensee at the address of the public grain warehouse licensed.  (iii) Within thirty (30) days after service upon the licensee of the order, the licensee, if dissatisfied with the order of the commissioner, may institute proceedings for judicial review in the circuit court of the county where the public grain warehouse is located or in the Pulaski County Circuit Court.        (c) In case a license issued to a public grain warehouseman expires or is suspended, revoked, or cancelled by the commissioner or his or her designated representative, the license shall be immediately returned to the commissioner, and the public grain warehouseman shall forthwith comply with the provisions of § 2-17-237.
AR Code § 2-17-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-216. Replacement of license

 Upon satisfactory proof of the loss or destruction of a license issued to a public grain warehouseman, a duplicate or a new license may be issued under the same number.
AR Code § 2-17-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-217. Net assets required

 (a)  (1) Above all exemptions and liabilities, each public grain warehouseman shall have and maintain total net assets available for the payment of any indebtedness arising from the conduct of the public grain warehouse in an amount equal to at least ten cents (10¢) multiplied by the maximum number of bushels of grain for which the public grain warehouse is licensed.  (2)  (A) No person may be licensed as a public grain warehouseman unless he or she has available net assets of at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000).  (B) Any deficiency in net assets required above the minimum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) may, at the discretion of the Public Grain Warehouse Commissioner, be supplied by a commensurate increase in the amount of the public grain warehouseman's bond.  (C)  (i) In determining total available net assets, credit may be given for insurable assets such as buildings, machinery, equipment, and merchandise inventory only to the extent of the current market value of the assets and only to the extent that the assets are protected by insurance against loss or damage.  (ii) The insurance shall be in the form of lawful policies issued by one (1) or more insurance companies authorized to do business and subject to service of process in suits brought in this state, and which provide that no cancellation shall be effective unless thirty (30) days' advance notice of the cancellation is given to the commissioner.        (b) If a public grain warehouseman is licensed or is applying for license to operate two (2) or more public grain warehouses, the maximum total number of bushels which all the facilities will accommodate when stored in the manner customary to the warehouses, as determined by the commissioner, shall be considered in determining whether the public grain warehouseman meets the available net assets requirement of subsection (a) of this section.  (c) For the purposes of this section only, capital stock as such shall not be considered a liability.
AR Code § 2-17-218 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-218. Insurance required

 (a)  (1)  (A) At all times, every public grain warehouseman shall keep the grain stored in the public grain warehouse insured by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state.  (B) The grain is to be insured for its full market value against loss by fire, inherent explosion, lightning, and windstorm, and failure to do so shall make the public grain warehouseman liable for the grain.    (2) All policies shall provide that no cancellation shall be effective unless thirty (30) days' prior notice is given the Public Grain Warehouse Commissioner.    (b) If fire, inherent explosion, lightning, or windstorm shall destroy or damage all or part of the grain stored in any public grain warehouse, the public grain warehouseman shall, upon demand by the holder of any warehouse receipt for the grain and upon being presented with the warehouse receipt, make settlement for the fair market value at the time of the loss after deducting the warehouse charges.
AR Code § 2-17-219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-219. Receipt of tendered grain

 (a)  (1) Every public grain warehouseman shall receive for storage or shipment, so far as the available capacity for storage of the public grain warehouse shall permit, all grain tendered to him or her in the usual course of business.  (2) However, a public grain warehouse owned and operated as a cooperative may decline to accept grain tendered by a nonmember if the cooperative reasonably believes that its available capacity will be required to serve the members of the cooperative.    (b)  (1) The depositor and the public grain warehouseman may agree upon a sample taken from the lot of grain to be offered for storage as being a true and representative sample.  (2) The depositor and the public grain warehouseman may agree upon the grade of the grain offered for storage, and a warehouse receipt may be issued on the agreed grade.
AR Code § 2-17-220 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 17 - Warehousing of Grain|Subchapter 2 - Public Warehouses — Generally|§ 2-17-220. Receipts and records

 (a)  (1) Receipts must be issued for all grain stored in a warehouse in accordance with rules adopted under this subchapter.  (2) Receipts need not be issued against nonstorage grain, but each warehouseman shall keep accurate records of the weights, kinds, and grades, if graded, of all lots of nonstorage grain received into and delivered from his or her warehouse.    (b) Whenever the purpose for which any lot of nonstorage grain was received into a warehouse is changed so that its approximate delivery period from the warehouse becomes indeterminate, receipts shall be issued to cover the grain.  (c) Records required under this section with respect to nonstorage grain shall be retained, as a part of the records of the warehouse, for a period of one (1) year after December 31 of the year in which the lot of nonstorage grain is delivered from the warehouse.