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16-123-348. Violations — Bodily injury — Penalties.
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16-123-348. Violations — Bodily injury — Penalties.
(a) It is unlawful for a person, whether or not acting under color of law, by force or threat of force, to willfully injure, intimidate, or interfere with, or attempt to injure, intimidate, or interfere with:
(1) Any person because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, disability, as defined in § 16-123-302, familial status, as defined in § 16-123-302, or national origin or because the person is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, occupying, or contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing, or occupation of any dwelling, or applying for or participating in any service, organizations, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings;
(2) Any person because he or she is or has been, or in order to intimidate the person or any other person or any class of persons from:
(A) Participating, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, disability, as defined in § 16-123-302, familial status, as defined in § 16-123-302, or national origin, in any of the activities, services, organizations, or facilities described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section; or
(B) Affording any person or class of persons opportunity or protection so to participate; or
(3) Any citizen because he or she is or has been, or in order to discourage the citizen or any other citizen from lawfully aiding or encouraging other persons to participate, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, disability, as defined in § 16-123-302, familial status, as defined in § 16-123-302, or national origin, in any of the activities, services, organizations, or facilities described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section, or participating lawfully in speech o
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-123-348
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16-123-348. Violations — Bodily injury — Penalties.
(a) It is unlawful for a person, whether or not acting under color of law, by force or threat of force, to willfully injure, intimidate, or interfere with, or attempt to injure, intimidate, or interfere with:
(1) Any person because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, disability, as defined in § 16-123-302, familial status, as defined in § 16-123-302, or national origin or because the person is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, occupying, or contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing, or occupation of any dwelling, or applying for or participating in any service, organizations, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings;
(2) Any person because he or she is or has been, or in order to intimidate the person or any other person or any class of persons from:
(A) Participating, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, disability, as defined in § 16-123-302, familial status, as defined in § 16-123-302, or national origin, in any of the activities, services, organizations, or facilities described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section; or
(B) Affording any person or class of persons opportunity or protection so to participate; or
(3) Any citizen because he or she is or has been, or in order to discourage the citizen or any other citizen from lawfully aiding or encouraging other persons to participate, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, disability, as defined in § 16-123-302, familial status, as defined in § 16-123-302, or national origin, in any of the activities, services, organizations, or facilities described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section, or participating lawfully in speech or peaceful assembly opposing any denial of the opportunity to so participate.
(b) A person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall:
(1) If the violation results in bodily injury, be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or be imprisoned for not more than ten (10) years, or both;
(2) If the violation results in death, be imprisoned for not less than ten (10) years or life;
(3) If the violation results in property damage exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) or if the violation involves the use or attempted use of fire or a firearm, be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or both; or
(4) Otherwise, be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or be imprisoned for not more then one (1) year, or both.
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16-123-302. Definitions.
(1) “Aggrieved person” means a person who:
(A) Claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice; or
(B) Believes that a person will be injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur;
(2) “Commission” means the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission;
(3) “Complainant” means a person, including the Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission acting on behalf of the commission who files a complaint under this subchapter;
(4) “Conciliation” means the process for resolving issues raised by a complaint or by the investigation of a complaint through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the respondent, and the director on behalf of the commission;
(5) “Conciliation agreement” means a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues raised in conciliation;
(6) “Director” means the Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission created in § 16-123-303;
(7)(A) “Disability” throughout this subchapter shall be interpreted identically to the term “handicap” within federal laws, regulations, cases, directives, and administrative rulings and positions on subject matter similar to the purposes of this subchapter and means a person:
(i) With a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one (1) or more of the person's major life activities;
(ii) With a record of having an impairment which substantially limits one (1) or more of the person's major life activities; or
(iii) Regarded as having an impairment which substantially limits one (1) or more of a person's major life activities.
(B) “Disability” does not include current, illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance, as defined in § 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 802, as in effe
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-123-302
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-123-302. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.