§ 17-21-201 — Registration of operators - Renewal - Fee

(a) No person shall conduct a beauty pageant in Arkansas unless registered with the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration on forms prescribed by him or her. Registration in another state as a beauty pageant operator shall not be effective in this state. (b) The registration form shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following information: (1) Name, address, and telephone number of the operator; (2) Name, address, and telephone number of the individual or officer of the organization having full responsibility for the conducting of the pageant; (3) Names of pageants customarily promoted by the operator; and (4) Name, address, and telephone number of the financial institution in which the entrant's fee is held. (c) (1) In order to continue to hold a valid registration in a subsequent year, each operator shall annually renew his or her registration. (2) Each registration shall expire on December 31 of each year.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3421, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1991, No. 101, § 2; 1993, No. 344, §§ 3, 4.