(a) No person shall conduct a beauty pageant in Arkansas unless registered with the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration on forms prescribed by him or her. Registration in another state as a beauty pageant operator shall not be effective in this state.
(b) The registration form shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following information:
(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the operator;
(2) Name, address, and telephone number of the individual or officer of the organization having full responsibility for the conducting of the pageant;
(3) Names of pageants customarily promoted by the operator; and
(4) Name, address, and telephone number of the financial institution in which the entrant's fee is held.
(c)
(1) In order to continue to hold a valid registration in a subsequent year, each operator shall annually renew his or her registration.
(2) Each registration shall expire on December 31 of each year.