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AR Code § 4-75-707 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 7 - Unfair Cigarette Sales Act|§ 4-75-707. Permit requirement

 (a) A person shall not engage in or conduct the business of purchasing for resale or selling cigarettes without having first obtained the appropriate permit for that purpose.  (b) All permits for the purchasing for resale or the sale of cigarettes shall be issued by the Director of Arkansas Tobacco Control, who shall make rules respecting applications for and issuance of permits under this section.  (c) A wholesaler or retailer who sells or intends to sell cigarettes at one (1) or more places of business shall be required to obtain a separate permit for each place of business.  (d) A person permitted only as a wholesaler shall not operate as a retailer unless the appropriate permit is first secured, and a person permitted only as a retailer shall not operate as a wholesaler unless the appropriate permit is first secured.
AR Code § 4-75-708 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 7 - Unfair Cigarette Sales Act|§ 4-75-708. Sales at less than cost, rebates, concessions, etc. — Penalty

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any wholesaler, retailer, or salesperson with intent to injure competitors or destroy or substantially lessen competition to advertise, offer to sell, or sell, at retail or wholesale, cigarettes at less than cost to the wholesaler or retailer, as the case may be.  (b) It shall be unlawful for any wholesaler, retailer, or salesperson to offer a rebate in price, to give a rebate in price, to offer a concession of any kind, or to give a concession of any kind or nature whatsoever in connection with the sale of cigarettes with intent to injure competitors or destroy or substantially lessen competition.  (c) It shall be unlawful for any retail dealer to induce or attempt to induce or to procure or attempt to procure:  (1) The purchase of cigarettes at a price less than cost to the wholesaler; or  (2) Any rebate or concession of any kind in connection with the purchase of cigarettes.    (d) Any wholesaler, retailer, or salesperson who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).  (e) The following shall be prima facie evidence of intent to injure competitors and destroy or substantially limit competition:  (1) The advertisement, offer for sale, or sale of cigarettes by any wholesaler, retailer, or salesperson at less than cost to him or her;  (2) Any offer of a rebate in price or the giving of a rebate in price or an offer of a concession or the giving of a concession of any kind in connection with the sale of cigarettes; or  (3) Inducing or attempting to induce or procuring or attempting to procure the purchase of cigarettes at a price less than cost to the wholesaler or the retailer.
AR Code § 4-75-709 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 7 - Unfair Cigarette Sales Act|§ 4-75-709. Combination sales

 (a)  (1) In all advertisements, offers for sale, or sales involving two (2) or more items, at least one (1) of which items is cigarettes, at a combined price, and in all advertisements, offers for sale, or sales involving the giving of any gift or concession of any kind, whether coupons or otherwise, the wholesaler's or retailer's combined selling price shall not be below the cost to the wholesaler or the cost to the retailer, respectively, of the total of all articles, products, commodities, gifts, and concessions included in the transactions.  (2) If any such articles, products, commodities, gifts, or concessions shall not be cigarettes, the basic cost thereof shall be determined in the manner provided in § 4-75-702(1).    (b) The redemption by a retailer of coupons supplied to consumers by manufacturers and redeemable from the retailer by the manufacturers is not a violation of this subchapter if the sum of the coupon and other consideration paid by the consumer is not below the cost to the retailer.  (c) Any manufacturer's promotional allowance provided to a wholesaler or retailer may be passed on to the purchaser by the wholesaler or retailer without violating this subchapter if the sum of the manufacturer's promotional allowance and other consideration paid by the purchaser is not below the cost to the wholesaler or retailer, as the case may be.
AR Code § 4-75-710 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 7 - Unfair Cigarette Sales Act|§ 4-75-710. Sales by a wholesaler to a wholesaler

 When one wholesaler sells cigarettes to any other wholesaler, the former shall not be required to include in his or her selling price to the latter the cost to the wholesaler, as provided by § 4-75-702, but the latter wholesaler, upon resale to a retailer, shall be subject to the provisions of that section.
AR Code § 4-75-711 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 7 - Unfair Cigarette Sales Act|§ 4-75-711. Determination of cost generally — Cost surveys

 (a) In determining cost to the wholesaler and cost to the retailer, the court shall receive, and consider as bearing on the bona fides of the cost, evidence tending to show that any person complained against under any of the provisions of this subchapter purchased the cigarettes involved in the complaint before the court at a fictitious price or upon terms or in such manner or under such invoices as to conceal the true cost, discounts, or terms of purchase, and shall also receive and consider as bearing on the bona fides of the costs, evidence of the normal, customary, and prevailing terms and discounts in connection with other sales of a similar nature in the trade area or state.  (b) Where a cost survey pursuant to recognized statistical and cost accounting practices has been made for the trading area in which a violation of this subchapter is committed or charged to determine and establish on the basis of actual existing conditions the lowest cost to wholesalers or the lowest cost to retailers within the area, the cost survey shall be deemed competent evidence in any action or proceeding under this subchapter as tending to prove actual cost to the wholesaler or actual cost to the retailer complained against, but any party against whom any such cost survey may be introduced in evidence shall have the right to offer evidence tending to prove any inaccuracy of the cost survey or any state of facts which would impair its probative value.
AR Code § 4-75-712 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 7 - Unfair Cigarette Sales Act|§ 4-75-712. Determination of cost — Sales outside ordinary channels of business

 In establishing the basic cost of cigarettes to a wholesaler or a retailer, it shall not be permissible to use the invoice cost or the actual cost of any cigarettes purchased at a forced, bankrupt, or closeout sale, or other sale outside of the ordinary channels of trade.
AR Code § 4-75-713 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 7 - Unfair Cigarette Sales Act|§ 4-75-713. Remedies

 (a) The Director of Arkansas Tobacco Control or any person injured by any violation or who would suffer injury from any threatened violation of this subchapter may maintain an action in any court of equitable jurisdiction to prevent, restrain, or enjoin the violation or threatened violation.  (b)  (1) If, in such action, a violation or threatened violation of this subchapter is established, the court shall enjoin and restrain, or otherwise prohibit, the violation or threatened violation, and in addition thereto, the court shall assess in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant the costs of suit including reasonable attorney's fees.  (2) In the action it is not necessary that actual damages to the plaintiff be alleged or proved, but where alleged or proved, the plaintiff in the action, in addition to the injunctive relief and costs of suit, including reasonable attorney's fees, shall be entitled to recover from the defendant the actual damages sustained by him or her.    (c) In the event that no injunctive relief is sought or required, any person injured by a violation of this subchapter may maintain an action for damages and costs of suit in any court of general jurisdiction.
AR Code § 4-75-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 8 - Milk and Other Dairy Products|§ 4-75-801. Purpose

 (a) It is not the intention of §§ 4-75-801 — 4-75-806, 4-75-808, and 4-75-809 to guarantee a profit to any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of processing or distributing milk, and any such person, firm, or corporation shall be free to meet competitive prices in this state, as herein provided.  (b) However, it is the intention of §§ 4-75-801 — 4-75-806, 4-75-808, and 4-75-809 to prevent any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of processing or distributing milk from lowering its selling price below cost, as defined in § 4-75-802, plus four percent (4%), except as hereinafter stated.
AR Code § 4-75-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 8 - Milk and Other Dairy Products|§ 4-75-802. Definition

 (a) As used in §§ 4-75-801 — 4-75-806, 4-75-808, and 4-75-809, unless the context otherwise requires, “cost” includes the price the processor or distributor pays the producer for fresh milk, plus the cost of doing business, which shall include labor, including salaries of executives and officers, rent, interest, depreciation, selling costs, maintenance of equipment, transportation and delivery costs, credit losses, all types of permit and license fees, all taxes, insurance, advertising, and any and all overhead expenses of the processor or distributor or expenses incident to doing business.  (b) In the event any action is instituted in any court in this state under §§ 4-75-801 — 4-75-806, 4-75-808, and 4-75-809, costs, including the cost of raw milk, shall be determined by the average costs of such processor or distributor for the thirty-day period previous to the date of the alleged violation.  (c) A profit from the sale of other products, including ice cream and other frozen foods, shall not be used in cost computations to subsidize or lower the costs of doing business in the sale of fresh milk.
AR Code § 4-75-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 8 - Milk and Other Dairy Products|§ 4-75-803. Institutions excepted from application of subchapter

 Sections 4-75-801 — 4-75-806, 4-75-808, and 4-75-809 shall not apply to federal government institutions, state tax-supported charitable or penal institutions, or church-supported orphanages.
AR Code § 4-75-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 8 - Milk and Other Dairy Products|§ 4-75-804. Penalties

 The sale, offer, or advertisement for sale of fresh milk in violation of the provisions of §§ 4-75-801 — 4-75-806, 4-75-808, and 4-75-809 is declared to be for the purpose of destroying competition and any person, firm, or corporation found to be in violation hereof shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense.
AR Code § 4-75-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 8 - Milk and Other Dairy Products|§ 4-75-805. Sales at less than equivalent competitive price

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, or combination thereof, engaged in this state in the business of processing or distributing fresh milk, either at retail or wholesale, to sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale, fresh milk at less than four percent (4%) over and above the cost of purchasing, processing, and distributing the fresh milk, either at wholesale or retail, unless the sale, offer for sale, or advertisement for sale at less than cost plus four percent (4%) is for the purpose of meeting equivalent competitive prices of a processor or distributor in any county.  (b) Equivalent competitive prices, as used in this section, means any legal wholesale or retail price, not less than the minimum prices provided herein, at which fresh fluid milk is sold, advertised, or offered for sale by the competitor who sells not less than five percent (5%) of the total fresh fluid milk sales in that county.
AR Code § 4-75-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 8 - Milk and Other Dairy Products|§ 4-75-806. Rebates, refunds, etc., considered as costs

 The payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, commissions, or discounts, whether in the form of money or otherwise, or the extending to certain purchasers of special services or privileges not extended to all purchasers purchasing upon like terms and conditions, or the offering of a combined price for fresh milk or any fresh milk product with another commodity or service which is less than the aggregate of the prices for which the milk or milk products and other commodity or service is offered for sale, shall be considered costs of doing business in each separate sale or transaction, and each separate sale or transaction must stand the test of cost plus four percent (4%) as provided in § 4-75-805.
AR Code § 4-75-807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 8 - Milk and Other Dairy Products|§ 4-75-807. Fresh dairy products — Unlawful to limit quantity of purchase

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any vendor of fresh dairy products in this state who advertises or displays any of the products for sale at specified prices to restrict or limit the number or quantity of any such products to be sold to any purchaser desiring to purchase the products so long as the supply of the products to be purchased is available.  (b)  (1) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).  (2) Each violation of this section shall be punishable as a separate offense.
AR Code § 4-75-808 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 8 - Milk and Other Dairy Products|§ 4-75-808. Furnishing equipment free or at less than cost unlawful — Exceptions

 (a) It shall be unlawful to furnish any free equipment other than to public schools, parochial schools, private schools, colleges, or universities.  (b) Any equipment furnished or sold to any person, firm, or corporation by a processor or distributor or his or her or its agent, or designee, other than to public schools, parochial schools, private schools, colleges, or universities, shall be sold at a price not less than actual cost, including installation cost if paid or agreed to be paid by the processor or distributor or his or her or its agents, less ten percent (10%) per year allowance for age of the equipment prior to the installation. Any time or deferred price therefor shall not be payable for a term of more than one (1) year from date of installation.
AR Code § 4-75-809 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 8 - Milk and Other Dairy Products|§ 4-75-809. Remedies

 (a) In addition to any remedy herein or otherwise and elsewhere provided, any person, firm, or corporation, or combination thereof, may be enjoined in a court of competent jurisdiction by any affected person, firm, or corporation from the violation of any of the provisions of §§ 4-75-801 — 4-75-806, 4-75-808, or 4-75-809.  (b) Any person, firm, or corporation found by the court to be in violation of any of the provisions of §§ 4-75-801 — 4-75-806, 4-75-808, or 4-75-809 shall be liable for three (3) times the amount of the actual damages, if any, sustained by any injured person, firm, or corporation as the result of the violations.
AR Code § 4-75-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 9 - Motion Pictures|§ 4-75-901. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to establish fair and open procedures for the bidding and negotiation of motion pictures within the state in order to prevent unfair and deceptive acts or practices and unreasonable restraints of trade in the business of motion picture distribution within the state, promote fair and effective competition in that business, and benefit the movie-going public by holding down admission prices to motion picture theatres, expanding the choice of motion pictures available to the public, and preventing exposure of the public to objectionable or unsuitable motion pictures by ensuring that exhibitors have the opportunity to view a picture before committing themselves to exhibiting it.
AR Code § 4-75-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 9 - Motion Pictures|§ 4-75-902. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Bid” means a written or oral offer or proposal by an exhibitor to a distributor, in response to an invitation to bid or otherwise, stating the terms under which the exhibitor will agree to exhibit a motion picture;  (2) “Blind bidding” means the bidding for, negotiating for, or offering or agreeing to terms for the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture if the motion picture has not been trade screened within the state or at the nearest film exchange before any such event has occurred;  (3) “Distributor” means any person engaged in the business of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental, sale, or licensing;  (4) “Exhibit” or “exhibition” means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge;  (5) “Exhibitor” means any person engaged in the business of operating one (1) or more theatres;  (6) “Invitation to bid” means a written or oral solicitation or invitation by a distributor to one (1) or more exhibitors to bid or negotiate for the right to exhibit a motion picture;  (7) “License agreement” means any contract, agreement, understanding, or condition between a distributor and an exhibitor relating to the licensing or exhibition of a motion picture by the exhibitor;  (8) “Person” includes one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, associations, societies, trusts, or corporations;  (9) “Run” means the continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a defined geographic area for a specified period of time. A “first run” is the first exhibition of a picture in a designated area; a “second run” is the second exhibition; and “subsequent runs” are subsequent exhibitions after the second run;  (10) “Theatre” means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited to the public regularly for a charge; and  (11) “Trade screening” means the showing of a motion picture by a distributor in one (1) of the three (3) largest cities within the state or at the nearest film exchange which is open to any exhibitor interested in exhibiting the motion picture.
AR Code § 4-75-903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 9 - Motion Pictures|§ 4-75-903. Penalties

 Any person violating or failing to comply with the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the violation or noncompliance continues.
AR Code § 4-75-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 9 - Motion Pictures|§ 4-75-904. Injunctions

 Any court of competent jurisdiction is authorized, upon petition of a party in interest, to enjoin any violation of or noncompliance with the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 4-75-905 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 9 - Motion Pictures|§ 4-75-905. Trade screening — Blind bidding prohibited

 (a)  (1) Blind bidding is prohibited within the state.  (2) No bids shall be returnable, no negotiations for the exhibition or licensing of a motion picture shall take place, and no license agreement or any of its terms shall be agreed to, for the exhibition of any motion picture within the state before the motion picture has been trade screened within the state or at the nearest film exchange.    (b) A distributor shall include in each invitation to bid for a motion picture for exhibition within the state, if the motion picture has not already been trade screened within the state or at the nearest film exchange, the date, time, and place of the trade screening of the motion picture within the state or at the nearest film exchange.  (c) A distributor shall provide reasonable and uniform notice to exhibitors within the state of all trade screenings within the state or at the nearest film exchange of motion pictures he or she is distributing.  (d) Any purported waiver of the requirements of this section shall be void and unenforceable.
AR Code § 4-75-906 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 9 - Motion Pictures|§ 4-75-906. Bidding procedures

 If bids are solicited from exhibitors for the licensing of a motion picture within this state, then:   (1) The invitation to bid shall specify:  (A) The number and length of runs for which the bid is being solicited, whether it is a first, second, or subsequent run, and the geographic area for each run;  (B) The names of all exhibitors who are being solicited;  (C) The date and hour the invitation to bid expires; and  (D) The location, including the address, where the bids will be opened, which shall be within this state or at the nearest film exchange;    (2) All bids shall be submitted in writing and shall be opened at the same time and in the presence of exhibitors, or their agents, who submitted bids and are present at the time, in one (1) of the three (3) largest cities within the state or at the nearest film exchange;  (3) After being opened, bids shall be subject to examination by exhibitors or their agents who submitted bids. Within seven (7) business days after a bid is opened, the distributor shall notify in writing each exhibitor who submitted a bid of the terms of the accepted bid and the name of the winning bidder; and  (4) Once bids are solicited, the distributor shall license the picture only by bidding and may solicit rebids or negotiate if he or she does not accept any of the submitted bids.
AR Code § 4-75-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 75 - Unfair Practices|Subchapter 10 - Foundation Repair Contracts Act|§ 4-75-1001. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Foundation Repair Contracts Act”.