Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 467 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 94th General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2023 SENATE BILL 338
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5 By: Senator Caldwell
6 By: Representative Rye
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING ACT OF
10 1969; TO AMEND THE NUMBER OF HENS A RETAILER IS
11 PERMITTED TO HAVE TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE ARKANSAS EGG
12 MARKETING ACT OF 1969; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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16 TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING ACT
17 OF 1969; AND TO AMEND THE NUMBER OF HENS
18 A RETAILER IS PERMITTED TO HAVE TO BE
19 EXEMPT FROM THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING
20 ACT OF 1969.
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23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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25 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 20-58-203 is amended to read as follows:
26 20-58-203. Applicability.
27 This subchapter shall be applicable to all retailers of eggs except
28 that retailers shall be permitted to sell eggs when the eggs are purchased
29 directly from producers who own fewer than two hundred (200) seven hundred
30 (700) hens, provided that the following requirements are met:
31 (1) The eggs are washed and clean;
32 (2) The eggs are prepackaged and identified as ungraded with the
33 name and address of the producer;
34 (3) The used cartons are not used unless all brand markings and
35 other identification are obliterated; and
36 (4) The eggs are refrigerated and maintained at a temperature of
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1 forty-five degrees Fahrenheit (45° F) or below.
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