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2005 vol. I bk. 6 5753 (2005)

handle is hein.ssl/ssar0021 and id is 1 raw text is: ACTS OF ARKANSAS

ACT 1767
AN ACT TO PROVIDE ENHANCED PENALTIES
IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR FUR-
NISHING AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO A
PERSON UNDER TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS
OF AGE IF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
IS PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY CONSUMP-
TION OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Subtitle
AN ACT TO PROVIDE ENHANCED PENALTIES
IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR FUR-
NISHING AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO A
PERSON UNDER TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS
OF AGE IF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
IS PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY CONSUMP-
TION OF THE BEVERAGE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 3-3-202 is amend-
ed to read as follows:
3-3-202. Knowingly furnishing or selling to minor.
(a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly
to give, procure, or otherwise furnish any alcoholic
beverage to any person under twenty-one (21) years of
age. However, this section shall not apply to the
serving of such to one's family or to the use of wine in
any religious ceremony or rite in any established
church or religion.
(2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2)(B)
of this section, Any any person violating this subsec-
tion shall, upon a first conviction, be deemed guilty of
a Class A misdemeanor and shall be fined not more
than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned for not
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