Opinion No.

Robert S. Moore, Jr., Director Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division 1515 West 7th Street, Suite 503 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Dear Mr. Moore:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on the effect of A.C.A. § 3-2-103 (Supp. 2005) on an individual's application for a permit issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division (the "ABC"). Specifically, you have posed two questions that I will paraphrase as follows:

1. Pursuant to provisions of A.C.A. 3-2-103 and the conclusions reached in Ark. Ops. Att'y Gen. Nos. 2003-057 and 2003-183, is the Alcoholic Beverage Control…