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AR Code § 17-16-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-111. Notice to educational institution

 (a)  (1) If a student-athlete is enrolled in an educational institution, an athlete agent shall provide notice to the athletic director of the educational institution at which the student-athlete is enrolled before contacting the student-athlete.  (2) If an athlete agent intentionally or unintentionally contacts a student-athlete enrolled in an educational institution, the athlete agent shall notify the athletic director of the educational institution at which the student-athlete is enrolled within seventy-two (72) hours of the contact.    (b) Within seventy-two (72) hours after entering into an agency contract or verbally agreeing to enter into an agency contract, or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student-athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete agent shall give notice in a record of the existence of the contract or verbal agreement to the athletic director of the educational institution at which the student-athlete is enrolled or the athlete agent has reasonable grounds to believe the student-athlete intends to enroll.  (c) Within seventy-two (72) hours after entering into an agency contract or verbally agreeing to enter into an agency contract, or before the next athletic event in which the student-athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the student-athlete shall inform the athletic director of the educational institution at which the student-athlete is enrolled that he or she has entered into an agency contract or has verbally agreed to enter into an agency contract.
AR Code § 17-16-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-112. Student-athlete's right to cancel

 (a) A student-athlete may cancel an agency contract by giving notice of the cancellation to the athlete agent in a record within fourteen (14) days after the contract is signed.  (b) A student-athlete may not waive the right to cancel an agency contract.  (c) If a student-athlete cancels an agency contract, the student-athlete is not required to pay any consideration under the contract or to return any consideration received from the athlete agent to induce the student-athlete to enter into the contract.
AR Code § 17-16-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-113. Required records

 (a) An athlete agent shall retain the following records for a period of five (5) years:  (1) the name and address of each individual represented by the athlete agent;  (2) any agency contract entered into by the athlete agent; and  (3) any direct costs incurred by the athlete agent in the recruitment or solicitation of a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract.    (b) Records required by subsection (a) to be retained are open to public inspection during normal business hours.
AR Code § 17-16-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-114. Prohibited conduct

 (a) An athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, may not:  (1) give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation;  (2) furnish a good or service of value or arrange for a good or service of value to be furnished to a student-athlete before the student-athlete enters into the agency contract; or  (3) furnish a good or service of value or arrange for a good or service of value to be furnished to any individual other than the student-athlete or another registered athlete agent.    (b) An athlete agent may not intentionally:  (1) initiate contact with a student-athlete unless registered under this subchapter;  (2) refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required to be retained by § 17-16-113;  (3) fail to register when required by § 17-16-104;  (4) provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or renewal of registration;  (5) predate or postdate an agency contract; or  (6) fail to notify a student-athlete before the student-athlete signs or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing or authentication may make the student-athlete ineligible to participate as a student-athlete in that sport.
AR Code § 17-16-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-115. Criminal penalties

 (a) An athlete agent who violates § 17-16-114(a) is guilty of a Class D felony.  (b) An athlete agent who violates § 17-16-114(b) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 17-16-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-116. Civil remedies

 (a) With respect to any athlete agent who has had either a criminal or administrative penalty imposed against him or her under the Uniform Athlete Agents Act, § 17-16-101 et seq., as adopted by the State of Arkansas or any other State, in two (2) or more prior instances:  (1) an educational institution has a right of action against an athlete agent or a former student-athlete for damages caused by a violation of this subchapter. In an action under this section, the court may award to the prevailing party costs and reasonable attorney's fees;  (2) damages of an educational institution under paragraph (1) include losses and expenses incurred because, as a result of the conduct of an athlete agent or former student-athlete, the educational institution was injured by a violation of this subchapter or was penalized, disqualified, or suspended from participation in athletics by a national association for the promotion and regulation of athletics, by an athletic conference, or by reasonable self-imposed disciplinary action taken to mitigate sanctions likely to be imposed by such an organization;  (3) a right of action under this section does not accrue until the educational institution discovers or by the exercise of reasonable diligence would have discovered the violation by the athlete agent or former student-athlete; and  (4) any liability of the athlete agent or the former student-athlete under this section is several and not joint.    (b) This subchapter does not restrict rights, remedies, or defenses of any person under law or equity.
AR Code § 17-16-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-117. Administrative penalty

 The Attorney General may seek a civil penalty in any court of competent jurisdiction against an athlete agent not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for a violation of this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-16-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-118. Uniformity of application and construction

 In applying and construing this Uniform Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among States that enact it.
AR Code § 17-16-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-119. Electronic signatures in global and national commerce act

 The provisions of this subchapter governing the legal effect, validity, or enforceability of electronic records or signatures, and of contracts formed or performed with the use of such records or signatures conform to the requirements of Section 102 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, Pub. L. No. 106-229, 114 Stat. 464 (2000), and supersede, modify, and limit the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
AR Code § 17-16-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-123. Revocation of registration

 (a)  (1) A court of competent jurisdiction may revoke a certificate of registration before, during, or after a proceeding seeking a criminal, civil, or administrative penalty under this subchapter.  (2) When revoking a certificate of registration, a court of competent jurisdiction may declare a person ineligible to reapply for a certificate of registration for a period of time not to exceed five (5) years.    (b) A court of competent jurisdiction may revoke registration under this section in lieu of or in addition to other criminal, civil, or administrative penalties under this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-17-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-17-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Auctioneer's Licensing Act”.
AR Code § 17-17-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-17-102. Legislative intent

 It is hereby found and determined by the General Assembly that the current law pertaining to auctioneers is out of date and is not being enforced, there is no administrative agency to enforce the laws pertaining to auctioneers, Arkansas does not have the ability, without legislation, to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to allow the persons licensed as auctioneers in Arkansas to engage in the business of auctioneering in other states, auctioneers are not required to establish an escrow account to handle money belonging to others, and without legislation the level of professionalism desired by auctioneers cannot be attained. Therefore, it is the purpose of this chapter to establish a board to license and regulate auctioneers, other than livestock auction barn auctioneers and auctioneers conducting certain kinds of auctions.
AR Code § 17-17-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-17-103. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Auctioneer” means any person who, for a fee, commission, or any other valuable consideration, or with the intention or expectation of receiving the same, by the means of, or process of, an auction or sale at auction, offers, negotiates, or attempts to negotiate, a listing contract, sale, purchase, or exchange of goods, chattels, merchandise, or personal property, or of any other commodity which may lawfully be kept or offered for sale by or at public auction;  (2) “Goods” means any chattels, goods, merchandise, or personal property, or commodities of any form or type which may be lawfully kept or offered for sale;  (3) “Livestock auction barn” means a place where livestock is sold on a regular basis to the public;  (4) “Livestock auction barn auctioneer” means an auctioneer who is solely engaged in the selling of livestock on a regular basis at one (1) or more locations; and  (5) “Persons” includes individuals, associations, partnerships, and corporations, and the word “persons” shall also include the officers, directors, and employees of a corporation.
AR Code § 17-17-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-17-104. Applicability — Exception

 (a) This chapter does not apply to:  (1) Sales at an auction conducted by or under the direction of a public authority or pursuant to a judicial order or decree or to a sale by law required to be at auction;  (2) An auction conducted by or for a nonprofit organization;  (3) An individual who offers his or her own goods for auction;  (4) A livestock auction barn auctioneer; or  (5) An auction conducted over the internet by means of a website dedicated primarily to conducting auctions.    (b)  (1) An auctioneer may work for an auction company that is licensed in the State of Arkansas in an emergency for a period of ninety (90) days.  (2) During the ninety-day period, the auctioneer shall make application and pay fees for the next testing date.  (3) After the ninety-day period, the auctioneer shall meet all of the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 17-17-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-17-105. License required — Penalty for violation

 (a) On and after July 1, 1989, it shall be unlawful for any person to act as an auctioneer or to advertise or to assume to act as either within this state without a license issued by the Auctioneer's Licensing Board.  (b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.
AR Code § 17-17-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-17-106. Actions by auctioneers

 No person engaged in the business of or acting in the capacity of an auctioneer shall bring or maintain any action in the courts of the State of Arkansas for the collection of compensation for any services permitted as an auctioneer without first alleging and proving that he or she was operating legally under the provisions of this chapter and was a duly licensed auctioneer at the time the alleged cause of action arose.
AR Code § 17-17-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-17-107. Municipal taxes

 No person following for a livelihood the profession of an auctioneer shall be taxed or made liable to pay any municipal or other corporation tax or license fee for the privilege of following or carrying on the profession by a municipality unless that person maintains a business office within that municipality.
AR Code § 17-17-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-17-112. Written contract

 (a) An auctioneer may not sell the property of another at auction without a prior written contract with the seller which sets forth the terms and conditions upon which the auctioneer will sell the property. The licensee must retain a copy of each contract for at least three (3) years after the auction.  (b) The Auctioneer's Licensing Board is authorized to prescribe by rule the minimum requirements which must be included in a written contract.
AR Code § 17-17-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-17-113. Injunction

 (a) Whenever there is reason to believe that any person, licensed or unlicensed, has violated any provision of this chapter or any order, license, decision, demand, or requirement issued or made pursuant to this chapter, the Auctioneer's Licensing Board or its authorized representative may bring an action in the circuit court of any county in which the person resides or does business to enjoin such a person from continuing such a violation or engaging therein or doing any act or acts in furtherance thereof.  (b) Whenever there is any action brought pursuant to this section, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction and authority to enter a preliminary or final injunction or such other relief as may be appropriate.
AR Code § 17-17-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-17-114. Civil penalty

 (a)  (1) Whenever the Auctioneer's Licensing Board finds that the holder of a license issued by the board is guilty of a violation of the rules of the board or the laws of the State of Arkansas pertaining to any occupation, profession, or business licensed or regulated by the board, it shall have the power and authority to impose a civil penalty and suspension or revocation of the license.  (2) Upon imposition of a civil penalty, the board shall have the power and authority to require that the licensee pay a penalty to the board in regard to the violation with the sanction that the license may be suspended until the penalty is paid.  (3) Before the imposition of any penalty, the board shall hold an investigation and hearing after notice to a licensee or his or her attorney. The penalty may be imposed only if the board formally finds that the public health, safety, welfare, and morals would not be impaired thereby and that payment of the penalty will achieve the desired disciplinary result.    (b) No penalty imposed by the board may exceed a total of one thousand dollars ($1,000). The power and authority of the board to impose these penalties shall not be affected by any other civil or criminal proceeding concerning the same violation.  (c) If any person upon whom the board has levied a civil penalty fails to pay the civil penalty within sixty (60) days of the board's decision to impose the penalty, the amount of the fine shall be considered to be a debt owed to the board and may be collected by civil action by the board.  (d) Any person penalized by the board under this chapter may appeal any order of the board in the manner now provided by law.  (e) In addition to any other sanctions authorized by this chapter, the board may impose a civil penalty as provided in this section against any unlicensed person, firm, or corporation practicing or offering to practice any actions requiring licensure pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.  (f) The board is authorized to promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 17-17-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-17-115. Inspection — Cease and desist

 (a) Subsequent to five (5) days after proof of receipt of certified mail by the alleged offending auctioneer or auction house of any alleged violation or violations, the Auctioneer's Licensing Board or its authorized representative may enter the premises of any auction or auction house for the purpose of examining the license of an auctioneer or auction house, or both.  (b) Should the board or its authorized representative find that an unlicensed auctioneer or auction house, or both, is practicing or offering to practice any actions requiring a license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the board or its authorized representative has the authority to demand that such unlicensed activity cease and desist immediately.  (c) Any auctioneer or auction house, or both, refusing to allow the board or its authorized representative to inspect the premises of an auction or auction house for the purpose of examining the license of the auctioneer or auction house, or both, may be subject to a civil penalty.  (d) Any unlicensed auctioneer or auction house, or both, found to be practicing or offering to practice any actions requiring a license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter who refuses to cease and desist such unlicensed activity upon the request of the board or its authorized representative will be subject to criminal or civil penalties, or both.
AR Code § 17-17-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 2 - Auctioneer's Licensing Board|§ 17-17-201. Creation — Members

 (a) There is hereby created the Auctioneer's Licensing Board. The Governor shall appoint a board consisting of seven (7) members, four (4) of whom are licensed auctioneers and three (3) from the public at large, each of whom immediately before the date of his or her appointment has been a resident of the State of Arkansas for five (5) years.  (b) The four (4) members who are auctioneers shall have been auctioneers for at least five (5) years.  (c) Each member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. All successor members shall serve terms of four (4) years and until their successors are elected and qualified.  (d) Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the unexpired term.  (e) Each member of the board may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 17-17-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 2 - Auctioneer's Licensing Board|§ 17-17-202. Organization

 (a) The Auctioneer's Licensing Board, immediately upon qualification of the member appointed in each year, shall organize by selecting from its members a chair.  (b) A quorum of the board shall be four (4) members.
AR Code § 17-17-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 2 - Auctioneer's Licensing Board|§ 17-17-203. Employees

 (a) The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall have authority to employ, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing, and discharge a Director of the Auctioneer's Licensing Board who shall provide administrative services to the board and who shall also be the Treasurer of the Auctioneer's Licensing Board, and such other personnel as may be necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.  (b) [Repealed.]
AR Code § 17-17-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 17 - Auctioneers|Subchapter 2 - Auctioneer's Licensing Board|§ 17-17-204. Director — Disposition of funds

 (a) All fees, charges, and penalties collected by the Auctioneer's Licensing Board under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the Director of the Auctioneer's Licensing Board, who shall be the custodian of all funds and shall deposit them into a bank or banks to be designated by the board.  (b) The director shall execute a bond in an amount determined by the State Risk Manager pursuant to the self-insured fidelity program as authorized in § 21-2-701 et seq.  (c)  (1) The director shall pay funds of the board only on vouchers signed by himself or herself and countersigned by the Chair of the Auctioneer's Licensing Board.  (2) The total expenses for all purposes and obligations of the board shall not exceed the total fees, charges, penalties, and other funds paid to the board under the provisions of this chapter.    (d) The director shall make semiannual financial reports in detail to the board not later than January 30 and July 30 of each year, which will be kept on permanent file by the board.