{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-111-307","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 23-111-307","heading":"Franchises granted prior to July 1, 1957","body":"(a) (1) Any permit granted prior to July 1, 1957, to conduct greyhound racing in this state is validated, and the action of the authority granting the permit is ratified and confirmed. (2) Whether or not the permit has been granted for a definite period of time, the holder of the permit shall pay a franchise fee in an amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and shall be deemed to have a franchise upon compliance with provisions of this chapter. (b) The franchise shall continue in effect so long as the holder thereof shall comply with all applicable laws of this state relating to greyhound racing or until the rights thereunder shall terminate by operation of law making greyhound racing unlawful in the area covered by the franchise or until the forfeit of the franchise by the holder thereof. Acts 1957, No. 191, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 84-2821.\n\n(a) (1) Any permit granted prior to July 1, 1957, to conduct greyhound racing in this state is validated, and the action of the authority granting the permit is ratified and confirmed. (2) Whether or not the permit has been granted for a definite period of time, the holder of the permit shall pay a franchise fee in an amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and shall be deemed to have a franchise upon compliance with provisions of this chapter.\n\n(1) Any permit granted prior to July 1, 1957, to conduct greyhound racing in this state is validated, and the action of the authority granting the permit is ratified and confirmed.\n\n(2) Whether or not the permit has been granted for a definite period of time, the holder of the permit shall pay a franchise fee in an amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and shall be deemed to have a franchise upon compliance with provisions of this chapter.\n\n(b) The franchise shall continue in effect so long as the holder thereof shall comply with all applicable laws of this state relating to greyhound racing or until the rights thereunder shall terminate by operation of law making greyhound racing unlawful in the area covered by the franchise or until the forfeit of the franchise by the holder thereof.","path":["AR Code","Title 23","Chapter 111","Subchapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:35:43Z","sha256":"e1c4c825eb3fa36512c528415b99806027709fc12123ad39137d2aa6fb4bca94","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-111-306","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-111-308","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ar","title":"Arkansas Release 78 supplement","text":"Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ar.code"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}