§ 3-9-228 - Private clubs -- Reapplication for permit. - Arkansas Statutes

3-9-228. Private clubs -- Reapplication for permit.

(a) Any person who has applied to the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for a permit to operate as a private club in an area which has not elected to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages, and that application was denied, may reapply by following the procedures set forth in 3-9-222 and the additional procedures provided for in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) (1) If the applicant is reapplying within two (2) years from the date an application was denied by the director, the application shall be accompanied by certification from the county clerk of the county where the private club is to be located certifying that the applicant obtained signatures from not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the registered voters in the county.

(2) The application shall be filed no later than twenty (20) days from the date that the county clerk certifies the petitions.

(3) The signatures must be obtained on petitions which clearly state that the purpose of the petitions is to obtain an alcoholic beverage permit for a private club and to serve alcoholic beverages.

(4) The person obtaining signatures shall verify the signatures by affidavit which is to be filed with the county clerk at the time of filing the petitions for certification.