Title 3 — Alcoholic Beverages

(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 in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) f…

(a) No local-option ballot question committee shall accept any contribution in cash, meaning currency or coin, that exceeds one hundred dollars ($100). (b) No local-option ballot question committee shall accept any contribution from a prohibited political action committee as defi…

(a) A local-option ballot question committee that either receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of expressly advocating the qualification, disqualification, passage, or defeat of a local-option ballot question shall f…

(1) In addition to the information required under §§ 7-9-407 — 7-9-409, a financial report of a local-option ballot question committee, individual person, or elected official shall contain the following information:(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the local-option b…

The financial reports identified in § 3-8-706 shall be verified by affidavit by the person filing them to the effect that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the information disclosed is a complete, true, and accurate financial statement of contributions or expenditure…

(a) (1) The first financial reports shall be filed no later than fifteen (15) days following the month in which the threshold of five hundred dollars ($500) under § 3-8-706 is met and thereafter no later than fifteen (15) days after the end of each month until the election is hel…

(a) All statements of organization and financial reports required by this subchapter shall be open to public inspection at the office of the Arkansas Ethics Commission during regular office hours. (b) All records supporting the reports filed under this subchapter shall be:(1) Mad…

The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall have the same power and authority to enforce the provisions of this subchapter as are provided the commission under §§ 7-6-217 and 7-6-218 for the enforcement of campaign finance laws.

Any funds appropriated to any state agency, board, or commission that are expended for the purpose of opposing or supporting a local-option ballot question that is submitted or intended to be submitted to a popular vote at an election, whether or not it qualifies for the ballot, …

(1) The use of state funds under this subchapter includes expenditures for:(1) Newspaper, television, radio, and other forms of communication;(2) Publication materials;(3) Travel expenses relative to reimbursement;(4) Surveys;(5) Private contracts; and(6) Postage. (1) Newspaper, …

This subchapter does not apply to state funds appropriated to any elected officials.

Nothing in this subchapter may limit, waive, or abrogate the scope of any statutory or common law privilege, including, but not limited to, the work product doctrine and the attorney-client privilege.

Upon conviction, any person who knowingly fails to comply with this subchapter shall be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Canvasser” means a person who circulates a local option election petition or a part or parts of a local option election petition to obtain the signatures of petitioners thereto;(2) “Intoxicating liquor” means any beverage containing more than o…

(a) (1) A person shall not provide money or anything of value to another person for obtaining signatures on a local option election petition unless the person receiving the money or item of value meets the requirements of this section.(2) Before a signature is solicited by a paid…

(a) An election to determine whether licenses will be granted for the manufacture or sale or the bartering, loaning, or giving away of intoxicating liquor shall be called by a petition signed by registered voters in the designated county, township, municipality, ward, or precinct…

(a) The duties imposed by this subchapter upon members of the State Board of Election Commissioners, members of the county boards of election commissioners, election officials, and other officers expressly named in this subchapter shall be performed:(1) In good faith;(2) Within t…

(a) (1) A person signing a petition under this subchapter shall:(A) Be a registered voter; and(B) After reading the ballot title of the petition in the presence of the canvasser or having the ballot title of the petition read aloud to him or her in the presence of the canvasser, …

(a) The petition for an ordinance, act, or amendment proposed by initiative shall be on substantially the following form: “PETITION FOR LOCAL OPTION ELECTION To the Honorable, County Clerk or City Clerk We, the undersigned registered voters of the State of Arkansas, or County, Ar…

(a) (1) Each petition under this subchapter for an election to be held in a district that includes more than one (1) county shall be prepared and circulated in a petition part, and each petition part shall be an exact copy of all other such petition parts upon which signatures of…

(a) Each petition containing signatures shall be verified in substantially the following form by the canvasser's affidavit thereon as a part thereof:“State of Arkansas, County of _____________I, _____________ (print name of canvasser) _____________, being duly sworn, state that e…

(a) If the county clerk does not examine and certify a petition under this chapter within the time prescribed in § 3-8-803, the sponsors may apply to the circuit court with jurisdiction for appropriate relief. (b) If the court decides that the petition is legally sufficient, it s…

(a) All petitions, notices, certificates, or other documentary evidence of procedural steps taken under this subchapter shall be filed and preserved. (b) Petitions with signatures shall be retained for two (2) years after submission to the county clerk.

(a) Upon the initial filing of a petition under this subchapter, the official charged with verifying the signatures shall:(1) Perform an initial count of the signatures; and(2) Determine whether the petition contains, on its face and before verification of the signatures of regis…

(a) No person who has received a permit under any law of the State of Arkansas for the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption shall suffer or permit any person to appear on the permitted premises in such manner or attire as to expose to view any por…

(a) (1) A person who has received a permit under the law of this state for the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages, beer, or wine for on-premises consumption in a private club that does not hold itself out to be a food service establishment shall post in a conspicuous place…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Alcoholic beverages” means a beverage containing more than five-tenths of one percent (0.5%) of alcohol by weight; and(2) “On-premises consumption” means the serving of alcoholic beverages on the state park property, including without limitation a…

(a) The General Assembly reaffirms the policy of this state of strict enforcement of alcoholic beverage control laws and further reaffirms the policy of this state that the qualified electors of any city, county, or political subdivision thereof shall have the right of local opti…

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Alcoholic beverages” means all intoxicating liquors of any sort, other than beer and wine as described and regulated in §§ 3-5-301 — 3-5-307, and 3-9-301 et seq., respectively;(2) “Bed and breakfast privat…

(a) The provisions of this subchapter authorizing on-premises consumption shall be effective only in cities and counties, or portions thereof, in which the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor is not prohibited as a result of a local option election held pursuant to Initiat…

(a) Any person who shall violate any provision of §§ 3-9-201 — 3-9-214, 3-9-221 — 3-9-225, and 3-9-232 — 3-9-237 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (b) Each violation shall constitute a separate offense. (c) The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shal…

(a) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized to adopt and enforce reasonable rules governing the qualifications for permits hereunder, the operation of licensed premises, and otherwise implementing and effectuating the provisions and purposes of this subchapter and, in …

(a) A referendum election hereunder shall be conducted in accordance with the following:(1) A referendum election may be called in a city by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the governing body of the city or by petition filed with the city clerk signed by qualified electo…

(a) In the event a majority of those voting in a referendum election under this subchapter shall vote for on-premises consumption, then permits may be issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to eligible hotels and to restaurants located in other than dry areas of the city …

(a) If a dry city or county shall subsequently vote at a local option election held pursuant to the Initiated Act No. 1 of 1942, §§ 3-8-201 — 3-8-203 and 3-8-205 — 3-8-209, for the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors, a referendum election under this subchapter may not be…

It shall be unlawful and constitute a Class A misdemeanor for any person not holding a valid permit issued hereunder to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.

(a) (1) Any hotel or restaurant as defined in § 3-9-202 desiring to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption shall make application to the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for a permit upon forms prescribed and furnished by the director and in accor…

(a) Any permit to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption shall include authority to sell beer for consumption on the same premises, and the provisions of § 3-5-307(7) and (8) shall not apply to premises covered by a permit issued under this subchapter. (b) An on-pre…

(a) Each application for a permit to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption shall be accompanied by a permit fee in the following applicable amount:Click here to view table. (b) An annual renewal fee in the same amount as provided in subsection (a) of this section s…

(a) The sale of alcoholic beverages pursuant to this subchapter shall be subject to the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941, § 26-52-101 et seq., as amended. (b) (1) In addition, there is levied a supplemental tax of ten percent (10%) upon the gross proceeds or gross receipts fro…

(a) An additional fee or supplemental tax as levied under §§ 3-9-212 and 3-9-213 may also be levied upon any permittee under this subchapter by a city or incorporated town in which the licensed premises are located, or by the county if located outside the limits of a city or inco…

When a Sunday falls on December 31 of any year, licensed restaurants and hotels authorized to sell alcoholic beverages under § 3-3-210 may automatically sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption between the hours of 10:00 a.m. on Sunday and 2:00 a.m. on the following M…

(a) A large attendance facility under § 3-9-202(16)(B) in which pari-mutuel wagering has been authorized and which has a valid and current license or permit to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption may sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption on any day…

(a) The General Assembly recognizes that:(1) (A) There are a number of counties or parts of counties where the public retail sale of intoxicating liquors has not been approved by the voters.(B) However, within those counties or parts of counties there are significant developments…

(a) (1) Application for a permit to operate as a private club may be made to the governing body of the county or municipality in which the private club seeks to be located.(2) If the governing body of the county or municipality approves by ordinance an application for a permit to…

(a) (1) A permit shall be renewed on or before June 30 of each calendar year for the fiscal year beginning July 1.(2) Any permit issued between January and July 1 of any year shall be at one-half (½) of the amount of the fee provided in § 3-9-222. (1) A permit shall be renewed on…

A.C.A. § 3-9-224Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized and directed to establish rules with respect to permits issued under the provisions of § 3-9-222 to assure compliance with the provisions hereof and to prohibit any permittee from engaging in the unlawful sale of alcoholic bevera…

(a) As used in this section, “intoxicating liquor” means a beverage containing more than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of alcohol by weight. (b) (1) It shall be unlawful for a private club, as defined in § 3-9-202, to use the advertising media to promote the consumption and use …

(a) (1) There is hereby created a large attendance facility mixed drink permit which is to be issued for any large attendance facility, as defined by § 3-9-202(16)(B), in which pari-mutuel wagering has been authorized by law.(2) Such permits may only be issued in cities of the fi…