(a)
- (1) After filing an acceptable application with the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, the applicant shall cause to be published at least once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the city or locality where the business is to be located a notice that the applicant has applied for a permit to sell, manufacture, or dispense controlled beverages, as applicable.
(2)
- (A) The newspaper publishing the notice shall have a physical address within the county of the proposed location of the business identified in the application.
- (B) If the county does not have a newspaper, then the publication shall be placed in a newspaper with the nearest physical address of the location of the business identified in the application.
(b)
(1) The notice shall be verified and shall give the name of the applicant and the name and address or location of the business, and shall state that:
- (A) The applicant is a resident of Arkansas;
- (B) He or she has good moral character; and
- (C) He or she has never been convicted of a felony or had a permit revoked within the five (5) years preceding the date of notice.
(2) Provided, that this requirement shall not apply under the following circumstances:
- (A) If the applicant holds a restaurant mixed drink permit and subsequently makes application for a beer and/or wine permit at the same location; and
- (B) If the applicant holds a small farm wine retail permit and subsequently makes application for a grocery store wine permit at the same location.
- (c) It is further provided that applicants for a retail liquor permit or a private club permit shall be required to publish at least once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper as described in this section, per the authority of Acts 2007, No. 735.
Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "(Amended 9-20-17)"