§ 8-10-302 - Construction of motor vehicle racing facility -- Requirement. - Arkansas Statutes

8-10-302. Construction of motor vehicle racing facility -- Requirement.

(a) (1) Due to the noise, air pollution, and traffic congestion caused by motor vehicle racing facilities, no motor vehicle racing facility may be constructed in this state after passage of this act without the consent of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the property owners and seventy-five percent (75%) of the registered voters within three (3) miles of the outside boundary of the proposed facility.

(2) (A) Such consent shall be accomplished by signing petitions that shall be filed with the city clerk if the facility is to be located within the boundaries of any city or town or with the county clerk if the facility is to be located wholly or partially outside the boundaries of any city or town.

(B) The petitions shall indicate:

(i) The name;

(ii) The residence address or, if a nonresident property owner, the address or legal description of the property located within the three-mile area; and

(iii) The date of the signature.

(C) (i) The petitions must be verified pursuant to 7-9-109.

(ii) Signatures shall become invalid sixty (60) days after signing.

(iii) It shall be the duty of the county clerk or city clerk, as the case may be, to determine the sufficiency of the signatures and to certify the sufficiency or insufficiency of the signatures in writing to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.

(b) As used in this section, "motor vehicle racing facility" means any facility designed and used for competitive racing by automobiles or trucks that are modified for racing.