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3-9-303. Sale by licensed cafe or restaurant authorized — Restrictions.
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3-9-303. Sale by licensed cafe or restaurant authorized — Restrictions.
(a) It shall be lawful for a cafe or restaurant, as defined in § 3-9-301, in this state to sell wines, as defined in § 3-9-301, or hard cider, for consumption with food served in the cafe or restaurant upon obtaining a license, and paying the fee therefor, from the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division as provided in this subchapter.
(b) However, it shall be unlawful for the director to issue a license to a cafe or restaurant for sales of wine or hard cider served with food in a city, county, township, or other area in this state wherein the sale and possession of wines or hard cider is unlawful.
(c) All licenses shall be renewed annually in the manner provided by law.
(d) The holder of a license to sell wine or hard cider in a restaurant or cafe, as defined in § 3-9-301, which is located in any city having a population of less than six hundred (600) persons and in a county having a population of less than seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) persons according to the 1990 Federal Decennial Census and within three (3) miles of a river which serves as a common boundary between that county and another state shall be entitled, in addition to other privileges inherent under the permit, to sell wine or hard cider in unopened containers from such restaurant for off-premises consumption.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 3-9-303
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3-9-303. Sale by licensed cafe or restaurant authorized — Restrictions.
(a) It shall be lawful for a cafe or restaurant, as defined in § 3-9-301, in this state to sell wines, as defined in § 3-9-301, or hard cider, for consumption with food served in the cafe or restaurant upon obtaining a license, and paying the fee therefor, from the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division as provided in this subchapter.
(b) However, it shall be unlawful for the director to issue a license to a cafe or restaurant for sales of wine or hard cider served with food in a city, county, township, or other area in this state wherein the sale and possession of wines or hard cider is unlawful.
(c) All licenses shall be renewed annually in the manner provided by law.
(d) The holder of a license to sell wine or hard cider in a restaurant or cafe, as defined in § 3-9-301, which is located in any city having a population of less than six hundred (600) persons and in a county having a population of less than seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) persons according to the 1990 Federal Decennial Census and within three (3) miles of a river which serves as a common boundary between that county and another state shall be entitled, in addition to other privileges inherent under the permit, to sell wine or hard cider in unopened containers from such restaurant for off-premises consumption.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
3-9-301. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Director” means the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division;
(2) “Guest” means a person who orders and is served a meal inside a restaurant during regular hours;
(3)(A) “License” means a license to sell wine in a restaurant or cafe.
(B) An annual fee of three hundred dollars ($300) shall be paid for each license or renewal of a license.
(C) All moneys derived from the annual fees shall be deposited into the State Treasury as general revenues to the credit of the State Apportionment Fund, to be allocated and transferred to the various funds, fund accounts, and accounts participating in general revenues in the respective proportions to each as provided by law, and to be used for the respective purposes set forth in the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq.;
(4) “Meal” means food commonly ordered at various hours of the day;
(5) “Person” means any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation;
(6)(A) “Restaurant” or “cafe” means a place of business that is regularly used to serve a meal to a guest for compensation and has a suitable kitchen facility to serve an entire menu approved by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.
(B) The menu shall contain a selection of food and shall not be limited to sandwiches or salads.
(C) The kitchen shall:
(i) Have adequate refrigeration to preserve the food on the menu;
(ii) Be kept in a sanitary condition; and
(iii) Comply with the rules of the Department of Health.
(D)(i) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is authorized and directed to establish appropriate rules defining “established eating places” to the extent that licenses granted under the provisions of this subchapter shall be
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 3-9-301
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 3-9-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.