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AR Code § 2-22-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-109. Duties of persons engaged in beekeeping

 (a)  (1) It is the duty of all persons engaged in beekeeping to provide movable frames in all hives used by them to contain bees and to cause the bees in the hives to construct brood combs in the frames so that any of the frames may be removed from the hive without injuring other combs in the hive.  (2) Beekeepers shall change newly acquired bees from their natural habitat to hives as soon as possible, but in no case shall a period of more than twelve (12) months elapse between the date of acquiring new bees and transferring them to hives.    (b) Immediately upon detection of disease, anyone keeping bees shall treat and disinfect, or burn and bury in places where they shall remain undisturbed, combs and frames taken from diseased colonies, or, until salvaged, combs and frames shall be placed in tight receptacles so constructed that it is impossible for bees to gain access to combs or for honey or any other liquid to leak out where bees are able to gain access to it.  (c) Anyone exposing combs, honey, frames, empty hives, covers or bottom-boards, or tools, or other appliances contaminated by infected material from diseased colonies shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in this chapter.
AR Code § 2-22-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-110. Registration by beekeepers

 (a)  (1)  (A) A person owning, leasing, or possessing bees within ten (10) days after coming into ownership or possession of bees or before moving bees from outside the State of Arkansas, shall file with the State Plant Board an application for registration.  (B) The application shall set forth the exact location by legal description of the premises, together with the name of the owner or possessor of the apiary, the number of colonies of bees in each apiary owned by him or her or in his or her possession or under his or her control, together with such other information as may be required by the board.    (2) The beekeeper may register one (1) location for each ten (10) colonies for the first one thousand (1,000) colonies and may register one (1) location for each twenty (20) colonies thereafter.  (3) A new registration is required when any significant change occurs in the location or operation of the beekeeper.  (4) All applications for registration shall be approved or rejected by the board so as to effectuate compliance with this chapter or rules promulgated under this section.    (b)  (1) No person can place bees on property other than his or her own within three (3) miles of a previously registered area without the written permission of the registrant.  (2) Upon written complaint made to the board by any beekeeper or any landowner whose land is in the registered area that the registrant or any other person claiming prior bee pasturage rights is not properly covering the area so registered, then the board shall be authorized to permit the placing in such area of other bees or bee yards as, in its judgment, shall be sufficient.    (c)  (1)  (A) Nonresidents of this state who desire to locate their colonies of bees in Arkansas shall register their bees and the locations they desire as required in subsection (a) of this section.  (B) Registration shall be required annually.    (2) If a nonresident beekeeper fails to place his or her bees in an area registered by him or her during the registration period, the beekeeper shall forfeit his or her rights to that area and shall not be allowed to apply for that area until one (1) year after the forfeiture.
AR Code § 2-22-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-111. Transporting of bees

 (a)  (1) All bees in used hives or other apiary equipment which may be brought into the state from other states or other countries must be accompanied by a certificate of health issued by the official inspector of the state or country where they had been located.  (2) The transportation of bees in used hives or other apiary equipment into this state without a certificate of health by any person or by common carriers is expressly prohibited.    (b) The certificate of health shall certify to the apparent freedom from foulbrood or any other contagious or infectious bee disease and shall be based on actual inspection of bees and material within ninety (90) days of the date of shipment.  (c)  (1) A person transporting bees within the state to a location not previously approved shall notify the State Plant Board of the action at least twenty (20) days before the move.  (2)  (A) Under emergency conditions such as fires, crop dusting, and natural disasters, the bees may be moved without prior notice if the board is notified within five (5) days of the move and informed of the circumstances necessitating the emergency move.  (B) No notification shall be required for the movement of disease-free bees between previously registered locations.
AR Code § 2-22-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 22 - Bees and Apiaries|§ 2-22-112. Quarantine

 (a) All apiaries, bees, bee equipment, bee products, buildings, premises, and appliances where or on which American or European foulbrood is known to exist are declared to be under quarantine.  (b)  (1) The removal of any and all bees, queen bees, bee products, colonies, nuclei, combs and apiary appliances, and bee fixtures is prohibited except under such cases as the State Plant Board may permit or approve.  (2) The quarantines shall exist until the board shall determine and declare the premises or material is apparently free from American or European foulbrood.    (c) The imposed quarantine shall cease to be in effect if the board has not verified the existence of American or European foulbrood within thirty (30) days after appeal by the beekeeper.
AR Code § 2-23-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 23 - Arbitration of Defective Seed Claims|§ 2-23-101. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Advertisement” means all representations other than those on the label written, recorded, or published and distributed by the labeler;  (2) “Agricultural seed” means the seeds of grass, forage, cereal, oil and fiber crops, and any other kinds of seed commonly recognized within this state as agricultural seeds and mixtures of such seed;  (3) “Arbitration committee” means the committee established by the Director of the State Plant Board under this subchapter to hear and make determinations in mandatory, nonbinding arbitration cases;  (4) “Buyer” means a person who purchases agricultural seeds;  (5) “Chairperson” means the person selected by the arbitration committee from among its members to preside over arbitration hearings;  (6) “Dealer” means any person, individual, partnership, or company who distributes agricultural seeds;  (7) “Label” means the display or displays of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or attached to the container of seed or as required by rules established under the Arkansas Plant Act of 1917, § 2-16-201 et seq.;  (8) “Labeler” means the person, firm, corporation, or the registered code number whose name appears on the label or container of seed;  (9) “Labeling” includes all labels, advertisements, and other written, printed, or graphic representations in any manner whatsoever pertaining to any seed, whether in bulk or in containers, and includes representations on invoices except for current, official publications of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of the Interior, state experiment stations, state agricultural colleges, and other similar federal or state institutions or agencies authorized by law to conduct research; and  (10) “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or company.
AR Code § 2-23-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 23 - Arbitration of Defective Seed Claims|§ 2-23-102. Prerequisite to legal action — Notice — Arbitration committee

 (a)  (1) When any buyer believes that he or she has been damaged by the failure of agricultural seed to produce or perform as represented by the labeling of the agricultural seed, as a prerequisite to the buyer's right to maintain a legal action against the dealer or labeler and within a reasonable time after the alleged defect or violation becomes apparent, the buyer shall file a written notice of intent to seek arbitration to permit inspection of the crops or plants during the growing season.  (2) A meeting shall be scheduled by the Director of the State Plant Board between the buyer and labeler for the purpose of resolving the dispute, or if the dispute is not resolved, for officially filing the complaint.  (3) The buyer shall make a sworn complaint against the dealer or labeler alleging the damages sustained or to be sustained and file the complaint with the director.  (4) The buyer shall send a copy of the complaint to the labeler by United States registered mail.    (b)  (1) A filing fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) plus one dollar ($1.00) per acre filed on, not to exceed a total of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750), shall be paid to the director with each complaint filed, and complaints shall be filed on forms provided by the State Plant Board.  (2) This fee shall be deposited into the Plant Board Fund in the State Treasury and may be used by the director to offset expenses of the investigation.    (c) Within ten (10) days after receipt of a copy of the complaint, the labeler shall file with the director the labeler's answer to the complaint and send a copy of the answer to the buyer by United States registered mail.  (d)  (1) However, unless notice of this section is legibly printed or typed on the seed container or on a label affixed to the seed container or printed on the invoice covering bulk seed, the buyer shall not be required to comply with this section as a prerequisite to maintaining a legal action against the dealer or labeler.  (2) A notice in the following form, or some reasonably equivalent language, is sufficient:  (3) If language setting forth the requirement is not so placed on the seed package, analysis label, or invoice covering bulk seed shipments, the filing and serving of a complaint under this section are not required.      “Notice of Mandatory Arbitration   NOTICE: As a prerequisite to maintaining a legal action based upon the failure of seed to which this label is attached to produce as represented, a consumer shall file a sworn complaint with the Director of the State Plant Board within such time as to permit inspection of the crops or plants during the growing season.”
AR Code § 2-23-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 23 - Arbitration of Defective Seed Claims|§ 2-23-103. Seed dealer or labeler may request investigation — Requirements

 (a)  (1) Any seed dealer or labeler against whom suit is brought in any state or federal court by a buyer who alleges that he or she has been damaged by the failure of seeds purchased from a seed dealer to perform as labeled, may request an investigation by the arbitration committee.  (2) A filing fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) plus one dollar ($1.00) per acre filed on, not to exceed a total of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750), shall be paid by the party.    (b) The Director of the State Plant Board shall refer the complaint and the answer to the complaint to the arbitration committee provided in § 2-23-104 for investigation, findings, and recommendations on the matters complained of.
AR Code § 2-23-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 23 - Arbitration of Defective Seed Claims|§ 2-23-104. Arbitration committee — Members

 (a)  (1)  (A) The Director of the State Plant Board shall appoint an arbitration committee composed of six (6) members and six (6) alternate members with one (1) member and one (1) alternate to be appointed upon the recommendation of each of the following:  (i) The President of the Arkansas Seed Growers Association;  (ii) The President of the Arkansas Seed Dealers Association;  (iii) The President of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation; and  (iv) The President of the Agricultural Council of Arkansas.    (B) Terms for seed grower, seed dealer, farm bureau, and agricultural council members shall be for four (4) years.    (2) The members and alternates shall be confirmed by the Governor.  (3)  (A) The Director of the University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, or his or her designee or alternate, and the Director of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, or his or her designee or alternate, shall serve as ex officio members.  (B) Ex officio members shall serve until replaced by their organizations.    (4) Recommending organizations shall submit member recommendations not less than thirty (30) days before the expiration day of an expiring term.  (5) Each alternate member shall serve only in the absence of the member for whom he or she is an alternate.  (6) Members of the committee may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.    (b)  (1) The committee shall elect a chairperson from its membership and the Director of the State Plant Board, or his or her designee, shall serve as secretary of the committee and shall not vote.  (2) It is the duty of the chairperson to conduct all meetings and deliberations held by the committee and to direct all other activities of the committee.  (3) It is the duty of the secretary to keep accurate and correct records on all meetings and deliberations and perform other duties for the committee as directed by the chairperson.
AR Code § 2-23-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 23 - Arbitration of Defective Seed Claims|§ 2-23-105. Committee purpose

 (a) The purpose of the arbitration committee is to assist agricultural seed buyers and agricultural seed dealers or labelers in determining the facts relating to matters alleged in complaints made by buyers against dealers or labelers. The committee may make rules to carry out the purposes of this act.  (b) The committee may recommend money damages be paid the buyer as a result of alleged failure of seeds to produce as represented by the labeling of the seed and may also recommend that the seed dealer or labeler reimburse the buyer for the amount of the filing fee paid by the buyer.
AR Code § 2-23-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 23 - Arbitration of Defective Seed Claims|§ 2-23-106. Committee — Meetings — Informal hearing

 (a) The arbitration committee may be called into session by the Director of the State Plant Board or upon the direction of the chairperson to consider the matters referred to it by the board.  (b) If the committee determines that an informal hearing should be conducted to allow each party an opportunity to present his or her respective side of the dispute, attorneys may be present at the hearing to confer with their clients, but may not participate directly in the proceedings unless requested to do so by the chairperson of the arbitration committee.
AR Code § 2-23-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 23 - Arbitration of Defective Seed Claims|§ 2-23-107. Committee — Investigation and report — Findings as evidence

 (a) When the Director of the State Plant Board refers to the arbitration committee any complaint made by a buyer against a dealer or labeler, the committee shall make a full and complete investigation of the matters complained of and at the conclusion of the investigation, report through its secretary the findings and recommendations to the buyer and to the labeler by United States registered mail.  (b)  (1) The report of arbitration shall be binding upon all parties to the extent, if any, that they have so agreed:  (A) In any contract governing the sale of the seed; or  (B) Before the official filing of arbitration.    (2) In the absence of an agreement to be bound by arbitration, a buyer may commence legal proceedings against a seller or assert such claim, as a counterclaim or defense in any action brought by the seller, at any time after the receipt of the report of arbitration.  (3)  (A) In litigation involving a complaint which has been the subject of arbitration under this section, any party may introduce the report of arbitration as evidence of the facts found in the report, and the court may give such weight to the committee's findings and conclusions of law and recommendations as to damages and costs as the court may see fit based upon all the evidence before the court.  (B) The court may also take into account any findings of the committee with respect to the failure of any party to cooperate in the arbitration proceedings, including any finding as to the effect of delay in filing the arbitration claim upon the committee's ability to determine the facts of the case.
AR Code § 2-23-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 23 - Arbitration of Defective Seed Claims|§ 2-23-108. Committee — Investigative powers

 (a) In conducting its investigation, the arbitration committee may:  (1) Examine the buyer on his or her use of the seed of which he or she complains and the dealer or labeler on his or her packaging, labeling, and selling operation of the seed alleged to be faulty;  (2) Grow to production a representative sample of the alleged faulty seed through the facilities of the state, under the supervision of the Director of the State Plant Board, when such action is deemed by the committee to be necessary;  (3) Hold informal hearings at a time and place directed by the chairperson of the committee upon reasonable notice to the buyer and the dealer or labeler; and  (4) Seek evaluations from authorities in allied disciplines, when deemed necessary.    (b) An investigation made by less than the whole membership of the committee shall be by authority of a written directive by the chairperson, and the investigation shall be summarized in writing and considered by the committee in reporting its findings and making its recommendations.
AR Code § 2-23-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 23 - Arbitration of Defective Seed Claims|§ 2-23-109. Committee records

 The committee shall keep a record of its activities and reports on file in the State Plant Board.
AR Code § 2-23-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 23 - Arbitration of Defective Seed Claims|§ 2-23-110. Notice

 The consumer and seedsman shall give written notice to the department of the acceptance or rejection of the arbitration committee's recommended terms of settlement within thirty (30) days from the date such recommended terms of settlement are issued by the arbitration committee.
AR Code § 2-24-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 24 - Arkansas Grain Dealers Act|§ 2-24-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Grain Dealers Act”.
AR Code § 2-24-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 24 - Arkansas Grain Dealers Act|§ 2-24-102. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1)  (A) “Dealer” means a person that operates as a grain buyer.  (B) “Dealer” does not include a person licensed under the following:  (i) The United States Warehouse Act, 7 U.S.C. § 241 et seq.; or  (ii) The Arkansas Public Grain Warehouse Law, § 2-17-201 et seq.;      (2) “End user” means a person that:  (A) Is the ultimate user of the grain; or  (B) Offers the grain for sale to the general public as a retail sale;    (3) “Facility” means one (1) or more locations in the state that are operated by a grain dealer;  (4) “Grain” means corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice, sorghum, soybeans, oil seeds, and other agricultural commodities approved by the State Plant Board; and  (5) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal form of business.
AR Code § 2-24-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 24 - Arkansas Grain Dealers Act|§ 2-24-103. Administration — Exemption

 (a) The State Plant Board shall:  (1) Administer this chapter; and  (2) Create a publicly accessible database of:  (A) Dealers licensed under this chapter;  (B) Persons licensed under the United States Warehouse Act, 7 U.S.C. § 241 et seq.; and  (C) Persons licensed under the Arkansas Public Grain Warehouse Law, § 2-17-201 et seq.      (b) An end user is exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
AR Code § 2-24-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 24 - Arkansas Grain Dealers Act|§ 2-24-104. License required

 (a)  (1) A dealer shall obtain a license from the State Plant Board under this chapter before entering into a contract for or purchasing grain.  (2) A dealer that exists as of the effective date of this chapter has sixty (60) days from March 23, 2015 to obtain a license.    (b)  (1) A license is valid from July 1 of the year of application until June 30 of the following year.  (2) However, an initial license received between January 1 and June 30 is valid only until June 30 of the year in which the license was obtained.
AR Code § 2-24-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 24 - Arkansas Grain Dealers Act|§ 2-24-105. Applications for licenses — Renewal

 (a) The State Plant Board shall issue a license to a dealer that satisfies the requirements of this chapter and the rules promulgated by the board.  (b) A dealer seeking licensure under this chapter shall submit an application to the board on the form prescribed by the board.  (c)  (1) A dealer shall renew its license annually as long as the dealer is operating in the state.  (2) A dealer shall apply for renewal of a license issued under this chapter by submitting an application for renewal on the form prescribed by the board.  (3) An application for renewal shall be received by the board on or before June 30.  (4) The board shall renew the license of a dealer that satisfies the requirements of this chapter and the rules promulgated by the board.    (d) The board may establish nominal application and renewal fees to offset the costs of administering this chapter.  (e) If a dealer does not renew its license by the deadline stated in subsection (c) of this section, then the dealer's license is terminated, and it shall not be reinstated until the dealer submits an application for renewal and meets all other requirements of this chapter and the rules promulgated by the board.
AR Code § 2-24-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 24 - Arkansas Grain Dealers Act|§ 2-24-106. Bond requirement

 The State Plant Board may require a surety bond, financial reserve, or other evidence of creditworthiness for dealers.
AR Code § 2-24-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Subtitle 2 - Agronomy|Chapter 24 - Arkansas Grain Dealers Act|§ 2-24-107. Reporting — Audits and inspections

 (a) A dealer shall report to the State Plant Board annually on the form prescribed by the board.  (b) The board may audit and inspect each dealer annually and as necessary.