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AR Code § 3-2-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 2 - Primary Regulatory Agencies|§ 3-2-207. Qualifications and oath of personnel

 (a) No person shall be appointed a member of the board or a director, agent, or employee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division, or the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board who is not a citizen of the United States and who has not resided in the State of Arkansas successively for two (2) years immediately preceding the date of this appointment.  (b) No person shall be so appointed who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony or any violation of any federal or state law concerning the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages or malt beverages prior or subsequent to the passage of this subchapter, nor shall a person be appointed who has paid a fine or penalty in settlement in any prosecution against him or her for any violation of such laws or who shall have forfeited his or her bond to appear in court to answer charges for any such violation.  (c) No appointee may, directly or indirectly, individually or as a member of a partnership, or as a shareholder of a corporation, have any interests whatsoever in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of alcoholic beverages, nor receive any compensation or profit therefrom.  (d) No appointee shall be an elected or appointed officer or employee of this state.  (e) Each member of the board, director, and enforcement agent shall take and subscribe to an oath that he or she will support and enforce the provisions of this subchapter, the alcohol control laws of this state, the Arkansas Constitution, and the United States Constitution.
AR Code § 3-2-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 2 - Primary Regulatory Agencies|§ 3-2-208. Solicitation or acceptance of bribe prohibited

 (a) No member or employee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or director or any employee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division or the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from any manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer of alcoholic beverages or any person who is an applicant for any license under this subchapter, or from any officer, agent, or employee thereof.  (b) No such person shall directly or indirectly solicit, request from, or recommend to any such person or to any officer, agent, or employee thereof the appointment of any person to any place or position.
AR Code § 3-2-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 2 - Primary Regulatory Agencies|§ 3-2-209. Enforcement — Duties of state and local officers

 (a) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Division and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division shall fully and faithfully enforce the provisions of this subchapter and any other alcohol control law of this state relating to the manufacture, storage, transportation, distribution, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages.  (b)  (1) It shall be the responsibility of all law enforcement personnel of every village, town, city, county, and any other political subdivision of this state to fully and faithfully enforce the provisions of this subchapter and other alcohol control laws of this state relating to the manufacture, storage, transportation, distribution, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages.  (2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent or prohibit the exercise of concurrent jurisdiction by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division.
AR Code § 3-2-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 2 - Primary Regulatory Agencies|§ 3-2-210. Authority of enforcement agent — Deputy Director of Education — Law enforcement officer

 (a) The right of any enforcement agent, law enforcement officer, or the Deputy Director of Education of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, when duly designated by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division, to enter, inspect records, and seize contraband in or on any licensed premises shall be deemed to be a condition of the license or permit to sell alcoholic beverages granted by this state.  (b) A duly designated enforcement agent or the deputy director shall have all powers, rights, and protection provided to all other law enforcement officers by the laws of this state, specifically including the power of arrest and service of warrants and the right to bear arms in the line of duty.
AR Code § 3-2-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 2 - Primary Regulatory Agencies|§ 3-2-211. Records and reports of licensees

 (a) Each licensee shall keep complete and accurate records of all alcoholic beverages manufactured, distributed, transported, stored, purchased, or sold within or imported into this state.  (b) The records shall be of such kind and form and shall be preserved for such period as the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division shall prescribe. The records shall be accessible for inspection during the regular hours of business by the authorized agents or employees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division or the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division and the authorized law enforcement officers of the respective cities, towns, or counties in which the place of business is located.  (c) The Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division shall also have the authority to require the submission of reports by licensees and in such form as he or she may prescribe.
AR Code § 3-2-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 2 - Primary Regulatory Agencies|§ 3-2-212. Denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses — Proceedings before division

 (a) All proceedings for the suspension and revocation of licenses shall be before the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.  (b) The proceedings shall be in accordance with rules established by the director and not inconsistent with law.  (c) No license shall be revoked except after a hearing by the director with reasonable notice to the licensee and an opportunity to appear and defend.  (d) However, the director shall not be bound by the legal rules of evidence in conducting hearings and in making his or her decisions and may take into consideration any testimony, papers, or documents which he or she may deem relevant to the issue.  (e)  (1) Whenever the director shall refuse an application for any license or shall suspend or revoke any license, he or she shall prepare an order so providing which shall be signed by the director or some person designated by him or her, and the seal of the director shall be affixed thereto.  (2) The order shall be mailed by registered mail by the director to the applicant at the address as shown on the application or to the licensee at the address of the premises licensed, as the case may be.  (3) The order shall be final and binding on all parties until the order has been appealed as provided for in § 3-2-213 and a decision has been rendered by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
AR Code § 3-2-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 2 - Primary Regulatory Agencies|§ 3-2-213. Denial, suspension, or revocation of license — Appeal to board

 (a)  (1) Any applicant or licensee aggrieved by an order of refusal, suspension, or revocation issued by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division or any person or group of persons who have formally protested the issuance of any license before a decision has been rendered by the director and are aggrieved by the issuance of the license may appeal the order or decision to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board by filing a notice of appeal.  (2) The notice of appeal of a director's decision or order shall be in a written form which shall be mailed or delivered to the offices of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.  (3) The notice of appeal must be mailed or delivered to the offices of the division within fifteen (15) days after the order to be appealed was received by the recipient, as shown by the certified mail return receipt card returned to the division. In the event that the person filing an appeal of the director's decision or order was not sent a certified letter of the same, then the fifteen-day appeal period begins on the date that the director's decision or order was issued.  (4) Whenever any notice of appeal is filed with the division, the director shall immediately notify the board of that fact.    (b)  (1) A hearing shall be held within at least sixty (60) days after the date of the filing of the notice of appeal unless the person appealing consents to a later hearing.  (2) Not later than ten (10) days before the time fixed for the hearing, the director shall notify the board and the applicant, licensee, or protester of the time when and the place where the appeal shall be heard by the board.  (3) At the time and place so fixed for the hearing, the board shall proceed to hear the appeal.  (4) At any such hearing the applicant, licensee, or protester, and the director may be present in person or by agent or counsel and present evidence and argument.  (5) The board shall adopt such rules as it shall deem necessary to govern the procedure in the hearing, and the board shall not be bound by the legal rules of evidence in hearing appeals and in making its determination.    (c)  (1) Within five (5) days after the hearing is concluded, the board shall render its written opinion, decision, or order on the appeal.  (2) A copy of the opinion, decision, or order shall be mailed by the division by certified mail to the applicant, licensee, or protester.  (3) The order and decision shall be final and binding on the director and the applicant, licensee, or protester.  (4) However, an appeal may be taken from any order suspending or revoking a license as provided for in this subchapter.
AR Code § 3-2-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 2 - Primary Regulatory Agencies|§ 3-2-214. Denial, suspension, or revocation of license — Review by board on own motion

 (a) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized on its own motion to review any action of the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division in granting or failing to grant, renewing or failing to renew, revoking or suspending, or failing to revoke or suspend upon complaint, any permit and, upon review, to set aside any action of the director in any of these respects.  (b) Any action by the director in any of these respects shall not become effective until the day following the next meeting of the board following the action by the director, and then only if the board fails to make a motion to exercise its right of review.
AR Code § 3-2-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 2 - Primary Regulatory Agencies|§ 3-2-215. Conduct of hearings before board

 (a) For the purpose of hearing or conducting any appeal authorized to be heard by it, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall have power:  (1) To examine or cause to be examined, under oath, any licensee, the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Enforcement Division, or any other person and to examine or cause to be examined the books and records of any such licensee;  (2) To hear testimony and to take proof material for its information in hearing an appeal;  (3) To administer or cause to be administered oaths; and  (4) To issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of records for any such purposes.    (b) The subpoenas shall be effective in any part of this state. Any circuit court may by order duly entered require the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant records subpoenaed by the board, and the court may compel obedience to its orders by proceedings for contempt.  (c) An applicant involved in a hearing before the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division or the board shall be entitled on request to subpoena for the compulsory attendance of witnesses desired by him or her.  (d)  (1) All witnesses shall be entitled to mileage and fees as are prescribed by law for witnesses in the circuit courts of the state.  (2) The mileage and fees of witnesses subpoenaed at the request of an applicant shall be paid by him or her.
AR Code § 3-2-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 2 - Primary Regulatory Agencies|§ 3-2-216. Appeal to courts

 An appeal of the decision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may be filed in conformance with the provisions of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 3-2-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 2 - Primary Regulatory Agencies|§ 3-2-217. Transcript fees

 (a) There is fixed a cost of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per page for each original page of transcript of record of proceedings had before the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, pertaining to an application for the manufacture, selling, or dispensing of alcoholic beverages, or from a hearing of a violation against a permit which is appealed to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and for each page of original transcript where an appeal is taken from any decision of the board to a circuit court.  (b) The fee as provided for herein shall be paid to the director by the person taking the appeal upon completion of the transcript, and the moneys shall be deposited into the general revenues of the State of Arkansas.  (c) All copies of the original transcript shall cost forty cents (40¢) per page, and the sums shall be collected and deposited as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
AR Code § 3-2-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 3 - Other Enforcing Agencies|§ 3-2-301. Circuit judges — Appointment of temporary officers and special prosecutors

 (a) The circuit judges of this state are declared to be primarily responsible for the enforcement of laws against the unlawful manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors.  (b)  (1) Circuit judges are given authority to appoint an officer of the court in lieu of the sheriff to act temporarily and in cases specially designated in the enforcing of any of the laws when the circuit judge becomes convinced that the sheriff is for any cause neglecting his or her duties under the law imposed upon him or her.  (2) The compensation and expenses of such temporary officer shall be fixed by the judge making the appointment and shall be ordered paid by the judge out of an appropriation hereafter made. A certified copy of the judgment of the court fixing the compensation and expenses shall be sufficient authority for the Auditor of State to draw a voucher in payment of the compensation and expenses and of the Treasurer of State to pay a warrant when presented. The voucher shall be preaudited as other claims against the state.    (c)  (1) Whenever the circuit judge becomes convinced that any prosecuting attorney is not performing his or her full duty with respect to the enforcement of the laws against the unlawful manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors, he or she shall have authority to appoint a special prosecutor who shall be an attorney learned in the law and with at least ten (10) years' experience in the actual practice of law.  (2) The special prosecutor shall proceed to investigate and prosecute such cases as may be called to his or her attention by the circuit judge.  (3) The compensation and expenses of the special prosecutor shall be fixed by the circuit court and paid out of the fund hereafter appropriated. The order of the circuit judge fixing the compensation and expenses of the special prosecutor shall be sufficient authority upon which the Auditor of State may issue a voucher in payment thereof and of the Treasurer of State to pay a warrant when presented. The voucher shall be preaudited as other claims against the state.    (d) The temporary appointees in place of the sheriffs and the special prosecutors shall have all of the powers and authorities designated by law in the persons whom they are appointed to succeed.
AR Code § 3-2-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 3 - Other Enforcing Agencies|§ 3-2-302. Circuit judges — Impeachment

 (a) If the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division shall report to the Governor that any circuit judge is not doing his or her duty with respect to the enforcement of the laws against the unlawful manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors, and when the report is supported by competent evidence, the Governor may call the General Assembly into extra session to impeach the judge.  (b) It is declared to be an impeachable offense for any circuit judge to fail to exercise all of the powers of his or her office or the powers granted to him or her under § 3-2-301 to enforce the laws.
AR Code § 3-2-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 3 - Other Enforcing Agencies|§ 3-2-303. Authority of the Division of Arkansas State Police

 (a) In addition to the duties otherwise prescribed by law upon the Division of Arkansas State Police, it shall be the duty of the division to assist in enforcing all of the laws of the State of Arkansas against the unlawful manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors.  (b)  (1) The Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police, the Deputy Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police, captains, lieutenants, rangers, and other employees of the director shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the director with respect to the enforcement of the laws, and they shall have authority to take affidavits and to swear the persons signing the affidavits with respect to the violation of any law.  (2) The false swearing or making of the affidavits shall be deemed and punished as perjury.    (c)  (1) The director, deputy director, captains, lieutenants, and rangers shall have all of the authority now vested in sheriffs and police officers to search for and seize intoxicating liquors unlawfully held in this state.  (2) They shall also have the same authority to make arrests for the violation of such laws and to serve any and all kinds of criminal process issued by any of the courts in this state in connection with the enforcement of such laws.
AR Code § 3-2-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 3 - Other Enforcing Agencies|§ 3-2-304. Search warrants

 (a) It is made and declared to be the duty of a circuit, district, and city court on information given, on its own knowledge, or when it has reasonable grounds to believe that alcohol, spirituous, ardent, vinous, malt, or fermented liquors, or any compound or preparation thereof commonly called tonics, bitters, or medicated liquors of any kind are kept in any prohibited district to be sold contrary to law or have been shipped into any prohibited district to be sold contrary to law, that it issue a warrant directed to some peace officer, directing in the warrant a search for intoxicating liquors and specifying in the warrant the place to be searched.  (b) However, this section shall not apply to the giving away or selling of native wines when the sale is authorized by law.
AR Code § 3-2-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-401. Purpose

 This subchapter is promulgated pursuant to the authority granted to the State of Arkansas pursuant to the provisions of the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution specifically for the following purposes:   (1) To prevent unfair business practices, discrimination, and undue control of such wholesalers by distillers, manufacturers, importers, and producers;  (2) To maintain stability and healthy competition in the alcoholic beverage industry;  (3) To promote and maintain a sound and stable system of distribution of alcoholic beverages; and  (4) To promote the public health, safety, and welfare.
AR Code § 3-2-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-402. Scope of subchapter

 This subchapter does not repeal or supersede any of the provisions of § 3-5-1101 et seq. and to the extent of any conflict, the provisions of § 3-5-1101 et seq. shall prevail.
AR Code § 3-2-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-403. Spirituous and vinous beverages — Registration of brands and labels — Designation of licensed wholesaler — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “brand label” means the label carrying the distinctive design of a brand name of a spirituous liquor or vinous liquor.  (b)  (1) Every manufacturer, importer, or producer of spirituous and vinous beverages, as defined by § 3-1-102, doing business in the State of Arkansas shall submit to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division one (1) Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Certificate of Label Approval for each brand of spirituous and vinous beverages and the brand label extension of each brand of spirituous and vinous beverages to be shipped for the first time by the shipper into or within the state and shall designate in the application for registration one (1) licensed liquor wholesaler in the state, who shall be the exclusive distributor of such brand or label within the state. Such designated wholesaler shall be initially approved by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division and shall not be changed or initially disapproved except for good cause, and the director shall determine good cause after a hearing pursuant to the provisions set out in this subchapter. Any brands or labels previously registered in this state and which have subsequently been withdrawn from distribution in this state shall be treated in the same manner as the initial registration of brands or labels and are subject to the provisions of this section.  (2) A brand label and a brand label extension shall be registered by the supplier before the first shipment of each brand label and brand label extension into or within the state on or after July 1, 2013.    (c) A copy of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Certificate of Label Approval for each brand label and brand label extension shall be submitted with the registration of each brand label and brand label extension.  (d) The registration of a brand label and a brand label extension shall:  (1) Be in writing or electronically submitted as prescribed by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division;  (2) Be verified if it is submitted in writing; and  (3) Set forth information as the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division requires.    (e) Each Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Certificate of Label Approval submitted for registration shall be accompanied by a registration fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) payable by check, cash, money order, or electronic payment.  (f) The registration shall be renewed annually.  (g) The division shall promulgate rules to administer and implement this section.