Arkansas Code Title 3, Chapter 9, Subchapter 2 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally

• § 3-9-201 - Legislative Determinations and Intent.
  (a) The General Assembly reaffirms the policy of this state of strict enforcement of alcoholic beverage control laws and further reaffirms the policy of...
• § 3-9-202 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Alcoholic beverages" means all intoxicating liquors of any sort, other than beer and...
• § 3-9-203 - Applicability -- Purpose and Effect of Referendum Election.
  (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...
• § 3-9-204 - Penalties.
  (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...
• § 3-9-205 - Rules and Regulations -- Police Power of State and Local Governments.
  (a) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized to adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the qualifications for permits hereunder, the operation...
• § 3-9-206 - Referendum Elections -- Conduct.
  (a) A referendum election hereunder shall be conducted in accordance with the following: (1) A referendum election may be called in a city by...
• § 3-9-207 - Referendum Elections -- Effect.
  (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...
• § 3-9-208 - Subsequent Local Option Elections.
  (a) If a dry city or county shall subsequently vote at a local option election held pursuant to the Initiated Act No. 1 of...
• § 3-9-209 - Sales Without Permit Prohibited.
  It shall be unlawful and constitute a Class A misdemeanor for any person not holding a valid permit issued hereunder to sell alcoholic beverages...
• § 3-9-210 - Permit to Sell Beverages -- Issuance.
  (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...
• § 3-9-211 - Permit to Sell Beverages -- Scope -- Effect on Other Laws.
  (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...
• § 3-9-212 - Permit to Sell Beverages -- Fees.
  (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...
• § 3-9-213 - Gross Receipts and Supplemental Taxes on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages.
  (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...
• § 3-9-214 - Supplemental Tax or Fee on Sales Levied by Political Subdivisions.
  (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...
• § 3-9-215 - Authorization of Sunday Sales on December 31.
  When a Sunday falls on December 31 of any year, licensed restaurants and hotels authorized to sell alcoholic beverage under § 3-3-210 may automatically...
• § 3-9-216 - Authorization of Sales for Certain Large Attendance Facilities and Restaurants.
  (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...
• § 3-9-217 -- 3-9-220 - [Reserved.]
• § 3-9-221 - Private Clubs -- Exception From Alcoholic Beverage Laws.
  (a) The General Assembly recognizes that: (1) Many individuals in this state serve mixed drinks containing alcoholic beverages to their friends and guests in...
• § 3-9-222 - Private Clubs -- Procedure for Obtaining Permit.
  (a) Application for a permit to operate as a private club may be made to the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division in...
• § 3-9-223 - Private Clubs -- Permit Renewal Fees -- Taxes.
  (a) (1) A permit shall be renewed on or before June 30 of each calendar year for the fiscal year beginning July 1. (2)...
• § 3-9-224 - Private Clubs -- Sales Prohibited.
  (a) No private club permitted hereunder shall sell alcoholic beverages either by the package or drink.(b) Alcoholic beverages, beer, and wine owned by members...
• § 3-9-225 - Private Clubs -- Rules and Regulations.
  The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized and directed to establish rules and regulations with respect to permits issued under the provisions of §...
• § 3-9-226 - Private Clubs -- Advertising.
  (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) It...
• § 3-9-227 - Large Attendance Facility Mixed Drink Permit.
  (a) (1) There is hereby created a large attendance facility mixed drink permit which is to be issued for any large attendance facility, as...
• § 3-9-228 - Private Clubs -- Reapplication for Permit.
  (a) Any person who has applied to the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for a permit to operate as a private club...
• § 3-9-229 - Collection of Taxes.
  The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration may assess and collect delinquent state and local taxes from the owner or owners of...
• § 3-9-230, 3-9-231 - [Reserved.]
• § 3-9-232 - Inspection of Premises and Records of Licensed Premises and Private Clubs.
  (a) No permit shall be issued under this subchapter unless the permittee has consented in writing that the licensed premises and its books and...
• § 3-9-233 - Closing Hours.
  (a) The regulations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and existing laws with respect to the closing hours of licensed premises under this subchapter...
• § 3-9-234 - Failure to Pay Renewal Fees or Taxes.
  (a) If any permittee shall fail to remit any fee levied in this subchapter for the annual renewal of a permit within the time...
• § 3-9-235 - Suspension, Cancellation, and Revocation of Permits.
  (a) Upon his or her own complaint or that of any law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the permitted premises, the Director of the...
• § 3-9-236 - Permittees -- Miscellaneous Unlawful Practices.
  It shall be unlawful and constitute a Class A misdemeanor for any person holding a permit hereunder or his or her agents, servants, or...
• § 3-9-237 - Disposition of Funds.
  All permit fees and supplemental gross receipts taxes collected for the state pursuant to this subchapter shall be remitted monthly to the Treasurer of...
• § 3-9-238 - Pari-Mutuel Mixed Drink Permit.
  (a) (1) There is hereby created a pari-mutuel mixed drink permit which is to be issued for any restaurant, as defined by § 3-9-202(8)(A),...
• § 3-9-239 - Small Restaurant Permit.
  (a) A restaurant that purchases five hundred sixty liters (560 l) of spirituous liquors or less from an entity holding a wholesale liquor permit...
• § 3-9-240 - Hotel or Large-Event Facility Private Club Permit.
  (a) (1) An application for a hotel or large-event facility private club permit shall be in writing and shall provide information concerning the applicant...
• § 3-9-241 - Private Clubs -- Posting Information About the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline.
  An entity governed by this subchapter shall post information about the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline as required under § 12-19-102.

Last modified: November 15, 2016