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                                           Act 801 of the Regular Session
 1   State of Arkansas                   As Engrossed:       S3/29/23
 2   94th General Assembly                        A Bill
 3   Regular Session, 2023                                                             HOUSE BILL 1177
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 5   By: Representative L. Johnson
 6   By: Senator B. Davis
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 8                                     For An Act To Be Entitled
 9                   AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC
10                   BEVERAGES; TO CLARIFY THE LAW REGARDING PRIVATE CLUB
11                   ADVERTISING; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15                           TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC
16                           BEVERAGES TO CLARIFY THE LAW ON PRIVATE
17                           CLUB ADVERTISING.
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20   BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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22          SECTION 1.        Arkansas Code § 3-9-226(b), concerning advertising
23   alcoholic beverages at a private club for on-premises consumption, is amended
24   to add an additional subdivision to read as follows:
25          (b)(1)       It shall be unlawful for a private club, as defined in § 3-9-
26   202, to use the advertising media to promote the consumption and use of
27   alcoholic beverages or to advertise or announce the price of service of
28   alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in a county where its voters
29   have not authorized the sale of intoxicating liquor in a local option
30   election under Initiated Act No. 1 of 1942, as amended, §§ 3-8-201 — 3-8-203,
31   and 3-8-205 — 3-8-209.
32                   (2)     The prohibition on advertising or promoting the consumption
33   of alcoholic beverages under subdivision (b)(1) of this section does not
34   require a private club to block visibility through the private club's windows
35   or doors to prevent the general public from viewing patrons consuming
36   alcoholic beverages, including without limitation through the use of window
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     As Engrossed:   S3/29/23                                           HB1177
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Statutes affected: 
Old version HB1177 Original - 1-19-2023 12:14 PM: 3-9-226(b)
Old version HB1177 V2 - 3-29-2023 09:22 AM: 3-9-226(b)
HB 1177: 3-9-226(b)
Act 801: 3-9-226(b)