Auctioneer’s Licensing Board in Arkansas

Arkansas Code Annotated
Title 17. Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 2. Nonmedical Professions (Chapters 10 to 79)
Chapter 17. Auctioneers (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter 2. Auctioneer's Licensing Board (Refs & Annos)

§ 17-17-201. Establishment, composition, etc.

(a) There is hereby created the Auctioneer's Licensing Board. The Governor shall appoint a board consisting of seven (7) members, four (4) of whom are licensed auctioneers and three (3) from the public at large, each of whom immediately prior to the date of his or her appointment has been a resident of the State of Arkansas for five (5) years.
(b) The four (4) members who are auctioneers shall have been auctioneers for at least five (5) years.
(c) Each member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. All successor members shall serve terms of four (4) years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(d) Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the unexpired term.
(e) Each member of the board may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.

§ 17-17-202. Collection of chairman; quorum

(a) The Auctioneer's Licensing Board, immediately upon qualification of the member appointed in each year, shall organize by selecting from its members a chair.
(b) A quorum of the board shall be four (4) members.

§ 17-17-203. Employment and purchase authority

 (a) The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall have full authority to employ and discharge a secretary who shall also be the treasurer, and such other personnel as may be necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The board shall obtain office space, furniture, stationery, and other proper supplies and conveniences reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

§ 17-17-204. Funds paid to secretary-treasurer

(a) All fees, charges, and penalties collected by the Auctioneer's Licensing Board under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the Secretary-treasurer of the Auctioneer's Licensing Board, who shall be the custodian of all funds and shall deposit them in a bank or banks to be designated by the board.
(b) The secretary-treasurer shall execute a bond in an amount determined by the State Risk Manager pursuant to the self-insured fidelity program as authorized in § 21-2-701 et seq.
(c)(1) The secretary-treasurer shall pay funds of the board only on vouchers signed by himself or herself and countersigned by the Chair of the Auctioneer's Licensing Board.
(2) The total expenses for all purposes and obligations of the board shall not exceed the total fees, charges, penalties, and other funds paid to the board under the provisions of this chapter.
(d) The secretary-treasurer shall make semiannual financial reports in detail to the board not later than January 30 and July 30 of each year, which will be kept on permanent file by the board.

§ 17-17-205. Financially self-sustaining

The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall be financially self-sustaining, and, if funds permit, it may underwrite, within its financial limitations, educational programs for the enlightenment and benefit of the public and all auctioneers licensed under this chapter.

§ 17-17-206. List of suspended, etc., licensees

The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall annually publish a list of the names and addresses of all auctioneers licensed by it pursuant to this chapter. This list shall contain the names of all persons whose licenses have been suspended or revoked within the preceding year as well as any other information relative to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter that the board may deem of interest to the public.

§ 17-17-207. Rules and regulations; promulgation
The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall have the authority to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement this chapter and may establish by regulation such forms as may be necessary to administer this chapter.

§ 17-17-208. Administrative proceedings

The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall be subject to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
§ 17-17-209. Seal; records requirements

 (a) The Auctioneer's Licensing Board shall adopt a seal by which it shall authenticate its proceedings.
(b) Copies of all records and papers in the office of the board, duly certified and authenticated by the seal of the board, shall be received in evidence in all courts equally and with like effect as the original.
(c) All records kept in the office of the board under the authority of this chapter shall be open to public inspection under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the board.

Ark. Code Ann. §§ 17-17-201-09