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Ark. Code Ann. § 3-2-201 (2026)

Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

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  1. There is created an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
  2. The board shall consist of five (5) persons appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, for a term of six (6) years.
  3. The Chair of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall be designated by the Governor and may be removed as chair at any time by the Governor.
  4. All action by the board shall be by a majority vote of the full membership of the board.
  5. The board shall take no official action in connection with any matter except at a regular or special meeting in the office of the board at Little Rock, Arkansas.
  6. The board is charged with the management of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.
  7. In addition to any other powers, duties, and authority, the board shall be vested with the additional authority to establish written policies for the enforcement, by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division, of the laws and rules affecting alcoholic beverage control.
  8. The board shall have the power of review over the actions of the head of the enforcement division and its employees, including all disciplinary actions taken by the head of the division against any division employee and may, in any particular case, reverse such actions for good cause.
  9. The members of the board may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.

History. Acts 1953, No. 109, § 2; 1955, No. 113, §§ 2, 3; 1971, No. 343, § 1; 1981, No. 45, § 9; 1981, No. 790, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 48-1302.1 — 48-1302.3, 48-1314.2, 48-1317.1; Acts 1997, No. 250, § 10; 2019, No. 315, § 32.

Amendments. The 2019 amendment substituted “rules” for “regulations” in (g).

Research References

ALR.

Interplay between Twenty-First Amendment and Commerce Clause concerning state regulation of intoxicating liquors. 116 A.L.R.5th 149.

Ark. L. Rev.

Watkins, Open Meetings Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, 38 Ark. L. Rev. 268.

Case Notes

Majority Vote.

Board order issued without majority approval was not a valid, appealable order. Durkee v. Ark. ABC Bd., 11 Ark. App. 151, 667 S.W.2d 376 (1984).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Arkansas Beverage Retailers Ass'n v. Langley, 305 S.W.3d 427 (Ark. 2009).
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Arkansas Beverage Retailers Ass'n v. Langley, 305 S.W.3d 427 (Ark. 2009). “§ 3-2-201 (h). Further, a decision of the Board may be appealed to the circuit court, and the appeal is taken under the Administrative Procedure Act.”
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