Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 8 - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-15-119) › Chapter 6 - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTES AND OTHER REFUSE (§§ 8-6-201 — 8-6-2019) › Subchapter 4 - LITTER CONTROL ACT (§§ 8-6-401 — 8-6-418) › Section 8-6-403 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Abandoned" means property to which no person claims or exercises right of ownership;
(2)
"Automobile repair shop" means any business which engages in the repair or servicing of vehicles;
(3)
"Commercial littering" includes, but is not limited to, littering done by commercial businesses and manufacturing companies of every kind and description, including those businesses and persons who illegally dispose of litter or solid waste for other persons in return for money, fees, or other compensation;
(4)
"Demolisher" means any person whose business, to any extent or degree, is to convert a motor vehicle or household appliance into processed scrap or scrap metal, into saleable parts, or otherwise to wreck or dismantle vehicles or appliances;
(5)
"Disposable package or container" means all items or materials designed or intended to contain another item or product, but not designed or intended for permanent or continued use;
(6)
"Enclosed building" means a structure surrounded by walls or one (1) continuous wall and having a roof enclosing the entire structure and includes a permanent appendage to the structure;
(7)
"Household appliance" includes, but is not limited to, refrigerators, freezers, ranges, stoves, automatic dishwashers, clothes washers, clothes dryers, trash compacters, television sets, radios, hot water heaters, air conditioning units, commodes and other plumbing fixtures, and bed springs or other furniture;
(8)
"Inoperative household appliance" means a discarded household appliance which by reason of mechanical or physical defects can no longer be used for its intended purpose and which is not serving a functional purpose;
(9)
"Junk motor vehicle" means any vehicle which is inoperable, dismantled, or damaged and that is unable to start and move under its own power. Vehicles are excluded as long as they are registered and bear a current license permit;
(10)
(A)
"Litter" means all waste material which has been discarded or otherwise disposed of as prohibited in this subchapter, including, but not limited to, convenience food and beverage packages or containers, trash, garbage, all other product packages or containers, and other postconsumer solid wastes.
(B)
"Litter" does not include wastes from the primary processing of mining, logging, sawmilling, or farming, the raising of poultry, manufacturing, or wastes deposited into proper receptacles;
(11)
"Old vehicle tire" means a pneumatic tire in which compressed air is designed to support a load, but which because of wear, damage, or defect can no longer safely be used on a vehicle and which is either not serving a functional purpose or use or is not in an enclosed building, a salvage yard, or the actual possession of a demolisher;
(12)
"Public place" means any area that is used or held out for use by the public, whether owned or operated by public or private interests;
(13)
"Salvage yard" means any business that, in the course of its operation, maintains ten (10) or more vehicles to be used, wholly or in parts, to generate revenue for the operation of the business; and
(14)
"Vehicle" includes every device capable of being moved upon a public highway and in, upon, or by which any persons or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, excepting devices moved by human or animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
Acts 1977, No. 883, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-3902.