(a) A microbrewery-restaurant private club applicant shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of this state before applying for a microbrewery-restaurant private club permit as prescribed in this subchapter.
(b) The net revenues of the microbrewery-restaurant private club shall not directly or indirectly benefit its members, except for the payment of bona fide expenses of the microbrewery-restaurant private club's operations.
(c) Activities at the microbrewery-restaurant private club shall be conducted for some common recreational, social, patriotic, political, national, benevolent, athletic, community hospitality, professional association, entertainment, or other object or purpose and not solely for the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
(d)
(1) At the time of application for a microbrewery-restaurant private club permit, the entity shall own or lease, be the holder of a buy-sell agreement or offer and acceptance, or have an option to lease a building, property, or space for the reasonable comfort and accommodation of its members and the families and guests of its members.
(2) The microbrewery-restaurant private club shall restrict the use of club facilities to its members and the families and guests of its members.
(e) For purposes of this subchapter, a person is a member of the microbrewery-restaurant private club only upon ordering an alcoholic beverage as defined in § 3-5-1901.
(f) If the entity holding a microbrewery-restaurant private club permit additionally holds another alcoholic beverage permit, the hours of operation authorized for the microbrewery-restaurant private club apply to all permits of the entity.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 5 - Beer and Wine — Manufacture, Sale, and Transportation Generally
Subchapter 19 - Microbrewery-Restaurant Private Club Permit
§ 3-5-1902. Microbrewery-restaurant private club
§ 3-5-1903. Microbrewery-restaurant private club — Procedure for obtaining permit
§ 3-5-1904. Permit — Scope — Restrictions
§ 3-5-1905. Microbrewery-restaurant private clubs — Sales prohibited
§ 3-5-1907. Microbrewery-restaurant private clubs — Reapplication for permit
§ 3-5-1908. Collection of taxes
§ 3-5-1909. Inspection of premises — Records of permitted premises and private clubs