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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 3-8-101. When elections held - Local option elections to determine the legality or illegality of...
§ 3-8-102. Effect of dry vote — Retail dealers — Definition - (a) Retail dealers in alcoholic beverages shall be allowed a...
§ 3-8-103. Effect of dry vote — Wholesalers and manufacturers - (a) It shall be lawful for any warehousing and office...
Subchapter 2 - Proceedings Pursuant to Initiated Act
§ 3-8-201. Definition - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§ 3-8-202. Sections 3-8-201 — 3-8-203, 3-8-205 — 3-8-209 cumulative — Construction - It is expressly declared that §§ 3-8-201 — 3-8-203 and...
§ 3-8-203. Applicability of §§ 3-8-201 — 3-8-203, 3-8-205 — 3-8-209 - Nothing in §§ 3-8-201 — 3-8-203 and 3-8-205 — 3-8-209...
§ 3-8-205. Determination of sufficiency of petition — Calling of election - (a) If the petition is determined to be sufficient under...
§ 3-8-206. Conduct of election - (a) (1) The county board of election commissioners of the...
§ 3-8-207. Mandamus of county officials - Upon petition of ten (10) interested legal voters in the...
§ 3-8-208. Election results — Effects - (a) If the majority of the electors voting on the...
§ 3-8-209. Sales or furnishing place for sale in dry territory prohibited — Penalty - (a) Except as provided in § 3-5-1901 et seq., it...
§ 3-8-210. Authority to continue to issue sale permits - The Alcoholic Beverage Control Division shall have the authority to...
Subchapter 3 - Proceedings Pursuant to 1935 Act
§ 3-8-301. Exceptions from act - The provisions of this act shall not apply to any...
§ 3-8-303. Election costs deposited - The county court shall not make the order for the...
§ 3-8-305. Elections for entire county, district, or city — Effect - (a) (1) No election in any town, city, district, or...
§ 3-8-306. Certificate of election results - (a) If it shall be found that a majority of...
§ 3-8-307. Effect of vote against sale - If, at any election provided for in this act, a...
§ 3-8-308. Applicability of election laws — Violations - (a) If, at any election provided for in this act,...
§ 3-8-309. Contests of elections - (a) Any election held under this act may be contested...
§ 3-8-310. Effect of voting for or against sale — Penalty for unlawful sales - (a) (1) Whenever a local option election shall be held...
§ 3-8-312. Sale, barter, or possession for sale or barter in dry area — Penalties - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or...
§ 3-8-313. Indictment - (a) In an indictment for a violation of any provision...
§ 3-8-314. Bond for multiple violations - (a) On the second or any subsequent conviction for a...
§ 3-8-315. C.O.D. shipments - (a) All the shipments of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors...
§ 3-8-316. Act given in charge to grand jury - It shall be the duty of the judges of the...
§ 3-8-317. Wholesale of intoxicating liquor in prohibited territory - (a) (1) It shall be unlawful to sell by wholesale...
Subchapter 4 - Beer and Light Wine
§ 3-8-401. Beer and light wine - (a) At each general election for state and county offices,...
Subchapter 5 - Petition for Local Option Elections
§ 3-8-501. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Dry” means that the...
§ 3-8-502. Local option elections in certain annexed areas - (a) (1) (A) If an area meets the qualifications provided...
Subchapter 6 - Local Option Elections
§ 3-8-601. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Beer” means a fermented...
§ 3-8-602. Local option election — Defunct voting district — On-premises consumption only - (a) (1) Under subsection (b) of this section, an area...
Subchapter 7 - Disclosure Act for Initiative Proceedings
§ 3-8-701. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 3-8-702. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Contribution” means, whether...
§ 3-8-703. Filing deadlines - (a) (1) (A) A local-option ballot question committee shall file...
§ 3-8-704. Contributions and expenditures limited - (a) No local-option ballot question committee shall accept any contribution...
§ 3-8-705. Financial reports — Requirement - (a) A local-option ballot question committee that either receives contributions...
§ 3-8-706. Financial report — Information - In addition to the information required under §§ 7-9-407 —...
§ 3-8-707. Financial reports — Verification - The financial reports identified in § 3-8-706 shall be verified...
§ 3-8-708. Financial reports — Time to file — Late fee - (a) (1) The first financial reports shall be filed no...
§ 3-8-709. Public inspection — Record retention - (a) All statements of organization and financial reports required by...
§ 3-8-710. Enforcement - The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall have the same power and...
§ 3-8-711. Reporting the use of state funds to oppose or support ballot measure - Any funds appropriated to any state agency, board, or commission...
§ 3-8-712. Use of state funds to oppose or support a local-option ballot measure - The use of state funds under this subchapter includes expenditures...
§ 3-8-713. Applicability of §§ 3-8-711 and 3-8-712 - This subchapter does not apply to state funds appropriated to...
§ 3-8-714. Scope - Nothing in this subchapter may limit, waive, or abrogate the...
§ 3-8-715. Penalty - Upon conviction, any person who knowingly fails to comply with...
Subchapter 8 - Circulation of Petition for Local Option Election
§ 3-8-801. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Canvasser” means a person...
§ 3-8-802. Hiring and training of paid canvassers - (a) (1) A person shall not provide money or anything...
§ 3-8-803. Petition to determine granting of licenses for manufacture or sale or bartering, loaning, or giving away of intoxicating liquor - (a) An election to determine whether licenses will be granted...
§ 3-8-804. Duties of election officers — Penalty for failure to perform - (a) The duties imposed by this subchapter upon members of...
§ 3-8-805. Signing of petition — Penalty for falsification — Notice of suspected forgery - (a) (1) A person signing a petition under this subchapter...
§ 3-8-806. Form of initiative petition — Sufficiency of signatures - (a) The petition for an ordinance, act, or amendment proposed...
§ 3-8-807. Procedure for circulation of petition - (a) (1) Each petition under this subchapter for an election...
§ 3-8-808. Form of verification — Penalty for false statement - (a) Each petition containing signatures shall be verified in substantially...
§ 3-8-809. Failure to act on petition — Mandamus — Injunction - (a) If the county clerk does not examine and certify...
§ 3-8-810. Preservation of records - (a) All petitions, notices, certificates, or other documentary evidence of...
§ 3-8-811. Count of signatures - (a) Upon the initial filing of a petition under this...