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Arkansas Statutes, Title 2

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Title 2, Agriculture

31 chapters · 658 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 2658 Ch 16, Plant Disease and Pest Control91 Ch 20, Processing, Grading, Labeling, and M…72 Ch 2, Agricultural Cooperative Associations68 Ch 17, Warehousing of Grain58 Ch 40, Control of Contagious Diseases45 Ch 15, General Provisions36 Ch 19, Fertilizers, Liming Materials, and S…34 Ch 38, Livestock Running at Large or Straying28 Ch 32, General Provisions20 Ch 33, Arkansas Board of Animal Health17 Ch 35, Marketing, Sale, and Transportation17 Ch 7, Farm Mediation15 Ch 24, Arkansas Grain Dealers Act14 Ch 37, Arkansas Feed Law of 199714

12 sections·Filtered byTitle 2✕Ch 22✕

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Abandoned apiary” means an apiary to which the owner or operator fails to provide such reasonable and adequate attention to each hive during the year as to jeopardize the welfare of neighboring colonies;(2) “…
Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-102 Penalty
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Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be punished accordingly.
Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-103 Prohibited acts
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(a) (1) No person shall sell, offer for sale, give away, or otherwise transfer ownership of any bees, colony of bees, or queen bees without first receiving from the State Plant Board a certificate of health issued not more than six (6) months before disposition.(2) A copy of the …
Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-104 Administration
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The State Plant Board is vested with the authority to carry out the provisions of this chapter through the Director of the State Plant Board, State Apiarist, section head, and deputies.

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-105 Rules

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(a) The State Plant Board may promulgate such rules, not inconsistent with this chapter, as it shall deem necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter. (b) Rules shall be promulgated, issued, and enforced in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-106 Enforcement

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(a) (1) For the enforcement of this chapter, the apiary inspector shall have, where any apiary is located or any bees, combs, or apiary appliances are kept, the authority to enter upon any private or public premises with right of access, ingress, and egress for the purpose of asc…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-107 Inspections

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(a) (1) Whenever an apiary has been inspected and found apparently free from American foulbrood or other dangerous, contagious, or infectious bee diseases, and all other provisions of this chapter have been complied with, a certificate of inspection shall be issued.(2) The certif…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-108 Standards for inspectors

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The State Plant Board shall establish minimum competency standards for persons to be employed as apiary inspectors. These requirements are to include demonstrated ability to properly handle hives and bees in addition to proficient performance on a written test measuring knowledge…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-109 Duties of persons engaged in beekeeping

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(a) (1) It is the duty of all persons engaged in beekeeping to provide movable frames in all hives used by them to contain bees and to cause the bees in the hives to construct brood combs in the frames so that any of the frames may be removed from the hive without injuring other …

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-110 Registration by beekeepers

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(a) (1) (A) A person owning, leasing, or possessing bees within ten (10) days after coming into ownership or possession of bees or before moving bees from outside the State of Arkansas, shall file with the State Plant Board an application for registration.(B) The application shal…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-111 Transporting of bees

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(a) (1) All bees in used hives or other apiary equipment which may be brought into the state from other states or other countries must be accompanied by a certificate of health issued by the official inspector of the state or country where they had been located.(2) The transporta…

Ark. Code Ann. § 2-22-112 Quarantine

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(a) All apiaries, bees, bee equipment, bee products, buildings, premises, and appliances where or on which American or European foulbrood is known to exist are declared to be under quarantine. (b) (1) The removal of any and all bees, queen bees, bee products, colonies, nuclei, co…