1. (a)

   1. (1) Within five (5) days after filing an application for any permit issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division at any premises, a notice of the application in a form approved by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the front entrance to the premises.
   2. (2) The applicant shall notify the director of the date such notice was first posted.

2. (b)

   1. (1) No application may be acted on and no permit issued to any applicant until the application has been in the possession of the division and proper notice has been so posted on the premises for a period of at least thirty (30) consecutive days.

   2. (2) Provided, that this requirement shall not apply to an applicant for a permit to conduct business at a premises for which a valid permit of the same type is in existence at the time of said applicant’s application nor shall it apply under the following circumstances:

      1. (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; or
      2. (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.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "(Amended 9-20-17)"