Arkansas Code Title 2, Subtitle 1, Chapter 6 - Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act

• § 2-6-101 - Title.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Arkansas Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act of 1987".
• § 2-6-102 - Purpose.
  The General Assembly finds that a burden on and an obstruction to intrastate commerce in the catfish farming industry is caused when payment is...
• § 2-6-103 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Board" means the State Plant Board; (2) "Capable of use as human food" means and applies to any...
• § 2-6-104 - Administration.
  (a) This chapter shall be administered by the State Plant Board.(b) The board is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be...
• § 2-6-105 - Registration and Suspension -- Exception.
  (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, every catfish processor in the state shall register with the State Plant Board....
• § 2-6-106 - Unlawful Practices -- Penalties.
  (a) (1) With respect to catfish or catfish products, it shall be unlawful for any processor to engage in or use any unfair, unjustly...
• § 2-6-107 - Purchase Methods -- Delays.
  (a) Each processor shall use one (1) of the following methods to purchase catfish products: (1) The processor may deliver to the producer or...
• § 2-6-108 - [Repealed.]
• § 2-6-109 - Receivership -- Petition -- Assets.
  (a) The Director of the State Plant Board in his or her discretion may, following a suspension of a Class A registrant as provided...
• § 2-6-110 - Receivership -- Plan for Disposition of Catfish.
  A petition filed by the Director of the State Plant Board under § 2-6-109 shall be accompanied by the director's plan for disposition of...
• § 2-6-111 - Receivership -- Hearings on Plan -- Notice -- Service.
  (a) When a petition is filed by the Director of the State Plant Board under § 2-6-109 the clerk of court shall set a...
• § 2-6-112 - Receivership -- Notification to Weigh Ticket Holders.
  (a) The Director of the State Plant Board shall cause a copy of each of the documents served upon the Class A registrant under...
• § 2-6-113 - Receivership -- Publication of Notification of Receiver's Appointment.
  When appointed as a receiver under this chapter the Director of the State Plant Board shall cause notification of the appointment to be published...
• § 2-6-114 - Receivership -- Designee -- Duties of Director.
  The Director of the State Plant Board may designate one (1) of his or her employees to appear on behalf of the director in...
• § 2-6-115 - Receivership -- Applicability of Administrative Procedures.
  The actions of the Director of the State Plant Board in connection with petitioning for appointment as a receiver, and all actions pursuant to...
• § 2-6-116 - Receivership -- Sureties.
  When the Director of the State Plant Board is appointed as receiver under this chapter, the surety on the bond of the Class A...
• § 2-6-117 - Receivership -- Notice of Claims Filing Deadline.
  (a) When appointed as receiver under this chapter, the Director of the State Plant Board is authorized to give notice in the manner specified...
• § 2-6-118 - Receivership -- Sale of Processed Catfish -- Merchandiser.
  (a) When the court approves the sale of processed catfish the Director of the State Plant Board shall employ a merchandiser to effect the...
• § 2-6-119 - Receivership -- Distribution to Producers.
  The plan of disposition, as approved by the court, shall provide for the distribution of the processed catfish, or the proceeds from the sale...
• § 2-6-120 - Receivership -- Continued Operation of Business.
  The Director of the State Plant Board may, with the approval of the court, continue the operation of all or any part of the...
• § 2-6-121 - Receivership -- Reimbursement.
  The Director of the State Plant Board shall be entitled to reimbursement out of processed catfish or proceeds held in receivership for all expenses...
• § 2-6-122 - Receivership -- Proceeds -- Termination.
  In the event the approved plan of disposition requires the sale of processed catfish, or the distribution of proceeds from the surety bond, or...
• § 2-6-123 - Receivership -- Final Report.
  At the termination of the receivership, the Director of the State Plant Board shall file a final report containing the details of his or...

Last modified: November 15, 2016