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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arkansas Code and Constitution of 1874: the General Assembly's Arkansas Law page (anchor)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Arkansas General Assembly's own site (arkleg.state.ar.us, run by the Bureau of Legislative Research) lists the Arkansas Code and Constitution of 1874 under its Arkansas Law menu. The Code text itself is hosted by LexisNexis behind a JavaScript viewer, so the operative statute text in this batch is quoted from the signed Acts on arkleg.state.ar.us that enacted or reprint it. The adult-oriented business definitions and location provisions are in Title 14 (Local Government), Chapter 1, Subchapter 3 (sections 14-1-301 to 14-1-303).",
      "body": "The Arkansas General Assembly's own site (arkleg.state.ar.us, run by the Bureau of Legislative Research) lists the Arkansas Code and Constitution of 1874 under its Arkansas Law menu. The Code text itself is hosted by LexisNexis behind a JavaScript viewer, so the operative statute text in this batch is quoted from the signed Acts on arkleg.state.ar.us that enacted or reprint it. The adult-oriented business definitions and location provisions are in Title 14 (Local Government), Chapter 1, Subchapter 3 (sections 14-1-301 to 14-1-303).\n\nWhat Arkansas General Assembly (arkleg.state.ar.us) actually says:\n\n“Arkansas Law Arkansas Code and Constitution of 1874 | Uncodified Historic Legislation”\n\nNote: Anchor record: arkleg.state.ar.us/ArkansasLaw. The Code link on that page leaves the site for Lexis (advance.lexis.com), which returns only a JavaScript shell to automated readers, so section text could not be quoted from the Code itself. Signed Act PDFs on arkleg.state.ar.us print the whole section when an Act amends it, with stricken and inserted words side by side.",
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      "source_link": "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ArkansasLaw",
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      "id": "learn_r489_arkansas_home_shoot_zoning_489_arkansas_home_shoot_zoning_def_sec",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] State definitions section for adult-oriented businesses exists",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Act 131 of 2023 amends Ark. Code 14-1-302, which the Act describes as 'concerning definitions related to adult-oriented businesses', and 14-1-303, 'concerning the location of adult-oriented businesses'; so Arkansas has a state statute defining adult-oriented businesses and addressing their location.",
      "body": "Act 131 of 2023 amends Ark. Code 14-1-302, which the Act describes as 'concerning definitions related to adult-oriented businesses', and 14-1-303, 'concerning the location of adult-oriented businesses'; so Arkansas has a state statute defining adult-oriented businesses and addressing their location.\n\nWhat Arkansas General Assembly (Bureau of Legislative Research, signed Act PDF on arkleg.state.ar.us) actually says:\n\n“SECTION 1. Arkansas Code 14-1-302, concerning definitions related to adult-oriented businesses, is amended to add additional subdivisions to read as follows:”\n\nNote: Only the added subdivisions (26)-(28) of 14-1-302 and a new subsection (d) of 14-1-303 are reprinted by the Act. The existing definitions of 'adult-oriented establishment' or similar terms and the siting rules in 14-1-303(a)-(c) are NOT reprinted and were not read, so whether a private residence producing content for online sale falls inside them is not answered here (see could_not_verify).",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=131.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R",
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      "subject": "Ark. Code 14-1-302 (definitions related to adult-oriented businesses)",
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      "id": "learn_r489_arkansas_home_shoot_zoning_489_arkansas_home_shoot_zoning_perf_def",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Ark. Code 14-1-302(26) (Act 131 of 2023): State definition of 'adult-oriented performance'",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Ark. Code 14-1-302(26), added by Act 131 of 2023: an 'adult-oriented performance' is a performance intended to appeal to the prurient interest that features a person who appears in a state of nudity or is seminude, the purposeful exposure (complete or partial) of a specific anatomical area or of prosthetic genitalia or breasts, or a specific sexual activity.",
      "body": "Ark. Code 14-1-302(26), added by Act 131 of 2023: an 'adult-oriented performance' is a performance intended to appeal to the prurient interest that features a person who appears in a state of nudity or is seminude, the purposeful exposure (complete or partial) of a specific anatomical area or of prosthetic genitalia or breasts, or a specific sexual activity.\n\nWhat Arkansas General Assembly (Bureau of Legislative Research, signed Act PDF on arkleg.state.ar.us) actually says:\n\n“(26) \"Adult-oriented performance\" means a performance that is intended to appeal to the prurient interest and that features: (A) A person who appears in a state of nudity or is seminude; (B) The purposeful exposure, whether complete or partial, of: (i) A specific anatomical area; or (ii) Prosthetic genitalia or breasts; or (C) A specific sexual activity;”\n\nNote: The definition speaks of a 'performance'; it does not say whether a performance recorded in a private residence for online sale is a 'performance' within the section. 'Specific anatomical area' and 'specific sexual activity' are defined elsewhere in 14-1-302 and were not read.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=131.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R",
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      "evidence_quote": "(26) \"Adult-oriented performance\" means a performance that is intended to appeal to the prurient interest and that features: (A) A person who appears in a state of nudity or is seminude; (B) The purposeful exposure, whether complete or partial, of: (i) A specific anatomical area; or (ii) Prosthetic genitalia or breasts; or (C) A specific sexual activity;",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Ark. Code 14-1-303(d) (Act 131 of 2023): State location rule for adult-oriented performances",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Ark. Code 14-1-303(d), added by Act 131 of 2023: an adult-oriented performance shall not take place on public property, admit any minor for attendance, or be funded in whole or in part with public funds.",
      "body": "Ark. Code 14-1-303(d), added by Act 131 of 2023: an adult-oriented performance shall not take place on public property, admit any minor for attendance, or be funded in whole or in part with public funds.\n\nWhat Arkansas General Assembly (Bureau of Legislative Research, signed Act PDF on arkleg.state.ar.us) actually says:\n\n“(d) An adult-oriented performance shall not: (1) Take place on public property; (2) Admit any minor for attendance; or (3) Be funded in whole or in part with public funds.”\n\nNote: The text restricts location, admission of minors and funding; it contains no licence requirement. Whether a court has enjoined Act 131 was not checked (no court site opened); see could_not_verify.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=131.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R",
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      "evidence_quote": "(d) An adult-oriented performance shall not: (1) Take place on public property; (2) Admit any minor for attendance; or (3) Be funded in whole or in part with public funds.",
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      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Official statute and acts portal",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Arkansas State Legislature publishes official state acts and statutory information on its official legislature website at https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/.",
      "body": "The Arkansas State Legislature publishes official state acts and statutory information on its official legislature website at https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/.\n\nWhat Arkansas State Legislature actually says:\n\n“Acts - Arkansas State Legislature”\n\nNote: Official anchor record for Arkansas statutory and legislative research portal.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] State home-occupation zoning statute",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A search of the Arkansas State Legislature Acts and Code search portal in Title 48 and general indexes did not locate a statewide general zoning or home-occupation statute specifically regulating or prohibiting adult content filming in private residences, as zoning authority in Arkansas is delegated to municipal and county governments.",
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