Arkansas Administrative Code

3 CAR § 5-605. Public restaurant not allowed on permitted premises. No bed and breakfast private club permittee may operate a restaurant open to any party other than registered lodging guests on the same property as the bed and breakfast permitted establishment.

3 CAR § 5-606. Permittee to designate service areas — Subject to approval. (a) The premises where the consumption of beer and wine furnished to registered lodging guests is lawful shall consist of the building in which the permit is located plus any land or open space as shown on…

3 CAR § 5-607. Breakfast meal must be served. (a)(1) A bed and breakfast private club must serve a breakfast meal to its lodging guests. (2) This meal may be served buffet style or by individual servings and it shall be served in a common dining area. (b) An exception to service …

3 CAR § 5-608. Wine and beer cannot be given away — Taxes to be collected. A bed and breakfast private club must make a charge for the service of beer and wine and shall collect the appropriate state, county, and local sales taxes and remit them to the proper authority.

3 CAR § 5-701. Operation generally. (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. (b) The net revenues of the microbrewery-restaurant private …

3 CAR § 5-702. Procedure for obtaining permit. (a)(1) A microbrewery-restaurant private club applicant may apply to obtain a microbrewery-restaurant private club permit through the procedures provided under 3 CAR § 5-102(a)(14) and 3 CAR § 1-202. (2) The application for a microbr…

3 CAR § 5-703. Reapplication. An entity denied a microbrewery-restaurant private club permit may reapply with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for a permit pursuant to 3 CAR § 1-219.

3 CAR § 5-704. Permit scope and restrictions. The Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division may issue a microbrewery-restaurant private club permit that authorizes the permittee to: (1) Operate a microbrewery-restaurant private club and manufacture one (1) or more varie…

3 CAR § 5-705. Tastings. (a) A microbrewery-restaurant private club may conduct beer-tasting, malt beverage-tasting, and hard cider-tasting events for educational or promotional purposes at any location in wet areas of this state if: (1) A request for approval to conduct a beer-t…

3 CAR § 5-706. Separate facility authorized. (a) A microbrewery-restaurant private club may maintain one (1) separate brewing facility for the production or storage of beer, malt liquor, and hard cider as needed to meet demand, except that each facility used by the microbrewery-r…

3 CAR § 5-707. Prohibited sales. (a) A microbrewery private club may not sell alcoholic beverages to nonmembers. (b) A microbrewery private club shall not sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption. (c) Violation of this provision will result in the permit being revoke…

3 CAR § 5-708. Advertising for a microbrewery-restaurant private club. (a) Except as provided in Arkansas Code § 3-5-1904(d)(2), a microbrewery-restaurant private club may use advertising media to announce social functions of general interest, including without limitation: (1) A …

3 CAR § 5-709. Advertising for a microbrewery-restaurant private club in a dry area. A microbrewery-restaurant private club shall not use advertising media to promote the consumption and use of alcoholic beverages or to advertise or announce the price of service of alcoholic beve…

3 CAR § 6-101. Establishment of special fund. (a)(1) In order to maintain adequate funding within the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division to provide for all necessary copying and miscellaneous legal costs, and to ensure the maintenance of regulation books in sufficient quantities…

3 CAR § 6-102. Tasting rooms authorized on premises of any licensed winery, brewery, distillery, and rectifying plant — Restrictions. As a further exception to the prohibitions contained in 3 CAR § 2-301(6), any winery, brewery, distillery, or rectifying plant operating within th…

3 CAR § 6-103. Description of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division and its methods of operation. (a)(1) Pursuant to the provisions of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, Arkansas Code § 25-15-201 et seq., the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division hereby adopts as a rule t…

3 CAR § 6-104. Procedure for adoption of rules. (a)(1) Pursuant to powers granted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division may adopt or review rules which govern the alcohol distribution business in the State of Arkansas. (2) The A…

3 CAR § 6-105. The Arkansas responsible permittee program. (a)(1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall oversee a server training program designed to encourage permittees and their employees to treat the sale and service of alcoholic beverages in a responsible manner. (2) Th…

3 CAR § 6-106. Small farm wineries and liquor wholesalers may be authorized to distribute free wine samples in any area of the state. (a) Any small farm winery or Arkansas liquor wholesaler licensed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division may petition the division for permissi…

3 CAR § 6-107. Arkansas native brewers authorized to distribute samples of alcoholic beverages in any wet area of the state. (a)(1) An Arkansas native brewery, as defined in Acts 2003, No. 1805, is authorized to seek permission from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for per…

3 CAR § 20-101. Definitions. As used in this part: (1)(A) “Approved political action committee” means any person who: (i) Receives contributions from one (1) or more persons in order to make contributions to: (a) Candidates; (b) Campaign committees; (c) Ballot question committees…

3 CAR § 20-102. Contributions and expenditures — Limits. (a) No local-option ballot question committee shall accept any contribution in cash, meaning currency or coin, which exceeds one hundred dollars ($100). (b) No local-option ballot question committee shall accept any contrib…

3 CAR § 20-103. Contributions — Date received. A contribution to a local-option ballot question committee shall be deemed to have been received or accepted when it has been delivered to a committee and not returned to the contributor within five (5) business days.

3 CAR § 20-104. In-kind contributions — Reporting and value. (a) In addition to monetary contributions, committees are required to report the receipt of any in-kind contributions, as defined in 3 CAR § 20-101(7). (b)(1) For reporting purposes, the value of an in-kind contribution…

3 CAR § 20-105. Volunteer services — Exception to in-kind contribution. (a)(1) In addition to the other exceptions noted in this part, the value of volunteer services provided without compensation do not constitute an in-kind contribution. (2)(A) Accordingly, an individual may vo…

3 CAR § 20-106. Expenditures — Date made. (a) The date of an expenditure is the date the amount is readily ascertainable by the person making the expenditure, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. (b)(1) If, under normal business practices, the amount of an expend…

3 CAR § 20-107. Statement of organization. (a)(1)(A) A local-option ballot question committee shall file a Local-Option Ballot Question Committee Statement of Organization with the Arkansas Ethics Commission within five (5) days of receiving contributions or making expenditures i…

3 CAR § 20-108. Filing of financial reports. (a) A local-option ballot question committee which either receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or de…

3 CAR § 20-109. Contents of financial reports. A financial report of a local-option ballot question committee, individual person, or elected official as required by 3 CAR § 20-108, shall contain the following information: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the local-o…

3 CAR § 20-110. Verification of financial reports. (a) All financial reports filed by local-option ballot question committees or by public servants or governmental bodies spending public funds shall be verified by affidavit. (b) This affidavit shall state that, to the best of the…

3 CAR § 20-111. Time to file financial reports — Late fee. (a)(1)(A) The first financial reports shall be filed: (i) No later than fifteen (15) days following the month in which the five hundred dollar ($500) threshold of 3 CAR § 20-108 is met; and (ii) Thereafter no later than f…

3 CAR § 20-112. Dissolution and disposition of funds. (a) Upon dissolution, a local-option ballot question committee shall so notify the Arkansas Ethics Commission in writing. (b) Any remaining funds on hand at the time of dissolution shall be turned over to either: (1) The Treas…

3 CAR § 20-113. Inspection of reports and retention of records. (a) All statements of organization and financial reports required by these rules shall be open to public inspection at the office of the Arkansas Ethics Commission during regular office hours. (b) All records support…

3 CAR § 20-114. Reporting the use of state funds to oppose or support a local-option ballot measure. (a) Any funds appropriated to any state agency, board, or commission that are expended, as prescribed in 3 CAR § 20-115, for the purpose of opposing or supporting any local-option…

3 CAR § 20-115. Use of state funds to oppose or support a local-option ballot measure. The use of state funds under 3 CAR § 20-114 includes expenditures for: (1) Newspaper, television, radio, and other forms of communication; (2) Publication materials; (3) Travel expenses relativ…

3 CAR § 20-116. Applicability of 3 CAR §§ 20-114 and 20-115. Sections 114 and 115 of this part do not apply to state funds appropriated to any elected officials.

3 CAR § 20-117. Prohibition against public servants circulating an initiative or referendum petition. It shall be unlawful for any public servant, as defined in 3 CAR § 20-101(16), to circulate an initiative or referendum petition or to solicit signatures on an initiative or refe…

3 CAR § 20-118. Scope. Nothing in these rules is intended to limit, waive, or abrogate the scope of any statutory or common law privilege, including, but not limited to: (1) The work product doctrine; and (2) Attorney-client privilege.

3 CAR § 20-119. Criminal penalties. Upon conviction, any person who knowingly fails to comply with any provision of Arkansas Code §§ 3-8-701 – 3-8-714, shall: (1) Be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000); (2) Be imprisoned for not more than one (1) year; or …

3 CAR § 30-101. Definitions.As used in this part: (1) "Alcoholic beverages" means a beverage containing more than five-tenths of one percent (0.5%) of alcohol by weight; (2) "Director" means the Director of the State Parks Division; (3) "Division" means the State Parks Division; …

3 CAR § 30-102. Park applications and secretary approval. (a) A state park may seek approval from the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism to sell alcoholic beverages or provide complimentary servings of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to an…

3 CAR § 30-103. Secretary permits. (a)(1) Upon approval by the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, permits shall be issued to the Park Superintendent or other party designated by the Director of the State Parks Division with a short description of the aut…

3 CAR § 30-104. Hours of operation. A state park authorized to sell alcoholic beverages shall serve the alcoholic beverages only during operating hours of the premises, including without limitation the: (1) Hours of operation of a restaurant on the state park property; or (2) Hou…

3 CAR § 30-105. Applicable laws and rules. (a) A state park authorized to sell alcoholic beverages under a Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism’s permit is subject to all other applicable Arkansas laws involving the distribution and sale of alcoholic bevera…

3 CAR § 30-106. Monitoring and compliance. (a) The State Parks Division shall perform annual inspections for all permitted facilities for compliance with Arkansas laws and rules involving the distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages. (b) The division may perform additional in…

3 CAR § 30-107. Third-party vendors. (a) A state park that has obtained a permit may allow a third-party vendor at the state park to serve alcoholic beverages as described under Arkansas Code § 3-9-103. (b) A third-party vendor shall seek approval to operate under a Secretary of …

3 CAR § 30-108. General. Nothing in this part shall repeal any current permit issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division until a Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism’s permit is issued.