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| 4 | 4 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 5 | | 94th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | Regular Session, 2023 SENATE BILL 528 3 |
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| 8 | 8 | | By: Senator K. Hammer 5 |
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| 9 | 9 | | By: Representative Pearce 6 |
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| 11 | 11 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT TO PROHIBIT A LOAN OR FINANCING AG REEMENT FOR 9 |
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| 13 | 13 | | THE SALE OF A DOG OR CAT; TO CLARIFY THE REGULATION 10 |
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| 14 | 14 | | OF THE SALE OF A DOG OR CAT; TO PROVIDE P ENALTIES FOR 11 |
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| 15 | 15 | | PROVIDING A LOAN OR FINANCING AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE 12 |
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| 16 | 16 | | OF A DOG OR CAT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Subtitle 16 |
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| 20 | 20 | | TO PROHIBIT A LOAN OR FINANCING AGREEMENT 17 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR THE SALE OF A DOG OR CAT; TO CLARIFY 18 |
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| 22 | 22 | | THE REGULATION OF THE SALE OF A DOG OR 19 |
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| 23 | 23 | | CAT; AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR 20 |
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| 24 | 24 | | PROVIDING A LOAN OR FINANCING AGREEMENT 21 |
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| 25 | 25 | | FOR THE SALE OF A DOG OR CAT. 22 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 25 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 14, Chapter 1, Subchapter 1, is amended 27 |
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| 31 | 31 | | to add an additional section to read as follows: 28 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 14-1-108. Loan or financing agreement for the sale of a dog or cat — 29 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Prohibition — Penalty — Definitions. 30 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) As used in this section: 31 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) "Legislative body" means the quorum court of a county or the 32 |
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| 36 | 36 | | city council, board of directors, board of commissioners, or similar elected 33 |
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| 37 | 37 | | governing body of a local government ; 34 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) "Local government" means a county, a city of the first 35 |
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| 39 | 39 | | class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town; 36 SB528 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) "Ordinance" means an ordinance, resolution, or other 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | appropriate legislative enactment of a legislative body that: 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (A) Prohibits an individual from operating a business from 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | a residence; or 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (B) Requires an individual to obtain approval before 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | operating a business from a residence; and 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (4) "Person" means an individual or legal entity. 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) A person shall not offer, ar range, broker, negotiate, place, find, 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | or service a loan or financing agreement for the sale of a dog or cat. 9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (c) This section does not prohibit a legislative body of a local 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | government from enacting and enforcing an ordinance that regulates the sale 11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | of a dog or cat. 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (d) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. 13 |
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