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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-701

Definitions

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case William Nelson v. State of Arkansas (2024)

Most recently applied in William Nelson v. State of Arkansas (February 2024)

Acts 2001, No. 1707, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 290; 2009, No. 33, § 1; 2011, No. 1120, § 5; 2017, No. 332, § 2; 2017, No. 714, § 1; 2017, No. 955, § 1.

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As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Child” means a person under eighteen (18) years of age;

(2) “Conductor” means a conductor, switchman, brakeman, trainman, or fireman licensed and certified by the Federal Railroad Administration;

(3) “Engineer” means an engineer licensed and certified by the Federal Railroad Administration;

(4) “Family member of a current or former law enforcement officer or first responder” means the husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, or parent of a current or former law enforcement officer or first responder;

(5) “First responder” means a firefighter or a person employed as an emergency medical provider;

(6) “In the presence of a child” means in the physical presence of a child or knowing or having reason to know that a child is present and may see or hear an act;

(7) “Law enforcement officer” includes without limitation a: Prosecuting attorney or a deputy prosecuting attorney;

(8) Code enforcement officer; and

(9) Corrections officer;

(10) “Public transit employee” means a bus, rail, or trolley operator tasked with the transport of persons;

(11) “Railroad or public transit employee” means a conductor, engineer, public transit employee, or railroad management; and

(12) “Railroad management” means a rail employee overseeing and assisting in the operation of rail transit.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.