Ark. Code Ann. § 6-5-501
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As used in this subchapter: (1) "Civil War" means the 1861-1865 American Civil War; (2) "Civil War-era weapon" means an instrument used in offensive or defensive combat during the Civil War or a modern reproduction; (3) "Civil War reenactor" means a member of an organized group acting out historical events from the Civil War and carrying an actual weapon from that era or a reproduction; (4) "School official" means a public school district superintendent or principal, a private school superintendent or principal, a president, chancellor, or dean of a publicly supported institution of higher education, or a president or dean of a private institution of higher education; and (5) "School property" means any building, bus, campus, ground, recreational area, athletic field, or other area or structure owned or in the charge of a public school district, a private school, a publicly supported institution of higher education, or a private institution of higher education. Acts 1995, No. 130, § 1.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) "Civil War" means the 1861-1865 American Civil War;
(2) "Civil War-era weapon" means an instrument used in offensive or defensive combat during the Civil War or a modern reproduction;
(3) "Civil War reenactor" means a member of an organized group acting out historical events from the Civil War and carrying an actual weapon from that era or a reproduction;
(4) "School official" means a public school district superintendent or principal, a private school superintendent or principal, a president, chancellor, or dean of a publicly supported institution of higher education, or a president or dean of a private institution of higher education; and
(5) "School property" means any building, bus, campus, ground, recreational area, athletic field, or other area or structure owned or in the charge of a public school district, a private school, a publicly supported institution of higher education, or a private institution of higher education.
Acts 1995, No. 130, § 1.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) "Civil War" means the 1861-1865 American Civil War;
(2) "Civil War-era weapon" means an instrument used in offensive or defensive combat during the Civil War or a modern reproduction;
(3) "Civil War reenactor" means a member of an organized group acting out historical events from the Civil War and carrying an actual weapon from that era or a reproduction;
(4) "School official" means a public school district superintendent or principal, a private school superintendent or principal, a president, chancellor, or dean of a publicly supported institution of higher education, or a president or dean of a private institution of higher education; and
(5) "School property" means any building, bus, campus, ground, recreational area, athletic field, or other area or structure owned or in the charge of a public school district, a private school, a publicly supported institution of higher education, or a private institution of higher education.
Acts 1995, No. 130, § 1.
Status: in_force
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