Section 20-19-601 - DefinitionsAs used in this subchapter:
(1) "Interested person" means an individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity that a court determines may have a pecuniary interest in a primate that is the subject of the petition under § 20-19-607;(2) "Law enforcement officer" means a public servant vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make an arrest for an offense, including without limitation: (A) An animal control officer; and(B) An Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission game warden;(3) "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an organization, or another legal entity or an officer, a member, a shareholder, a director, an employee, an agent, or a representative of a partnership, a corporation, an organization, or another legal entity;(4) "Primate" means a live individual animal of the taxonomic order Primates, excluding humans;(5)(A) "Temporary holding facility" means an incorporated nonprofit animal protection organization, such as a registered humane society and shelter, that temporarily houses a primate at the written request of a law enforcement officer.(B) "Temporary holding facility" includes a person that is a registered primate owner that is temporarily caring for a primate; and(6) "Wildlife sanctuary" means a nonprofit entity that: (A) Operates a place of refuge where abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned, or displaced animals are provided care;(B) Does not conduct a commercial activity with respect to primates, including without limitation: (i) Sale, trade, auction, lease, or loan of primates or parts of primates; or(ii) Use of primates in a for-profit business or operation;(C) Does not use primates for entertainment purposes or in a traveling exhibit;(D) Does not breed primates; and(E) Does not allow members of the public to be in proximity to primates without sufficient distance and protective barriers, including without limitation offering photographic opportunities next to a primate of any age.Amended by Act 2023, No. 852,§ 7, eff. 8/1/2023.Added by Act 2013, No. 1337,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.