§ 26-57-1209 - Penalties. - Arkansas Statutes

26-57-1209. Penalties.

(a) (1) Any person who is the operator of a vending device who places a vending device in use and operation, or in a place available to members of the general public for use and operation, without a valid and current annual or special vending device decal having been affixed thereto, as required by 26-57-1204 and 26-57-1206, shall be liable for the decal fee on such vending device in the full amount of the applicable annual vending device decal fee, as levied by this subchapter, and such annual vending device decal fee shall be collected by the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration in accordance with the provisions of 26-57-1204.

(2) (A) In addition to the annual vending device decal fee that is due on such vending device, the operator of the vending device who was responsible for failing to apply for and pay for the applicable annual vending device decal fee shall also be liable to pay the director a penalty which such person shall pay to the director and which the director shall assess against such person.

(B) The amounts of these penalties for failure to purchase and display the annual decal fee are to be paid by such operator, in addition to the applicable annual vending device decal fee, and such penalty shall be the larger of either twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per vending device, or an amount equal to eight (8) times the annual vending decal fee applicable to each such vending device.

(b) Upon conviction, a person who is the operator of a vending device who places the vending device in operation in this state for use or operation by members of the general public without first attaching to the vending device a valid and current annual vending device decal or special vending device decal under this subchapter is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor for each vending device found not to have a valid and current annual vending device decal or special vending device decal under this subchapter.