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20-60-205. Penalties.
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20-60-205. Penalties.
(a) Any person who violates the provisions of this subchapter shall upon conviction be subject to imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or both imprisonment and fine:
(1) If the violation is committed after one (1) conviction of the person under this section, the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both imprisonment and fine; or
(2) If the violation is committed after two (2) or more convictions of the person under this section have become final, the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than two (2) years or a fine of not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both imprisonment and fine.
(b) When construing or enforcing the provisions of this subchapter, the act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business unit within the scope of his or her employment or office shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure of the individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business unit, as well as of the person.
(c) No carrier or warehouser shall be subject to the penalties of this subchapter other than the penalties for violation of § 20-60-215 by reason of his or her receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery in the usual course of business as a carrier or warehouser of livestock carcasses, parts thereof, or meat food products owned by another person unless the carrier or warehouser has knowledge or is in possession of facts
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-60-205
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20-60-205. Penalties.
(a) Any person who violates the provisions of this subchapter shall upon conviction be subject to imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or both imprisonment and fine:
(1) If the violation is committed after one (1) conviction of the person under this section, the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both imprisonment and fine; or
(2) If the violation is committed after two (2) or more convictions of the person under this section have become final, the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than two (2) years or a fine of not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both imprisonment and fine.
(b) When construing or enforcing the provisions of this subchapter, the act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business unit within the scope of his or her employment or office shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure of the individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business unit, as well as of the person.
(c) No carrier or warehouser shall be subject to the penalties of this subchapter other than the penalties for violation of § 20-60-215 by reason of his or her receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery in the usual course of business as a carrier or warehouser of livestock carcasses, parts thereof, or meat food products owned by another person unless the carrier or warehouser has knowledge or is in possession of facts which would cause a reasonable person to believe that the articles were not inspected or marked in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter or were not otherwise in compliance with this subchapter.
(d) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as requiring the Secretary of the Department of Health to report violations of this subchapter for criminal prosecution whenever the secretary believes that the public interest will be adequately served and compliance with this subchapter obtained by a suitable written notice of warning.
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20-60-215. Records.
(a) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this subchapter, persons engaged in this state in the business of processing for intrastate commerce or transporting, shipping, or receiving in commerce livestock slaughtered for human consumption or meat or meat food products, or holding articles so received, shall maintain the records as the Secretary of the Department of Health by rule may require, showing, to the extent that they are concerned therewith, the receipt, delivery, sale, movement, or disposition of the articles and shall, upon the request of an authorized representative of the secretary, permit him or her at reasonable times to have access to and to copy all the records.
(b) Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for a period of two (2) years after the transaction which is subject to the record has taken place.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-60-215
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 20-60-215. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.