27-16-302. Unlawful use of license.
27-16-303. Driving while license cancelled, suspended, or revoked.
27-16-304. Permitting unauthorized person to drive.
27-16-305. Permitting minor to drive.
Effective Dates. Acts 1939, No. 72, § 3: approved Feb. 10, 1939; Acts 1941, No. 370, § 3: approved Mar. 26, 1941. Emergency clauses provided: It is hereby determined that the State Police Department is in need for additional funds for the efficient operation of said department, and it is further determined that by this efficient operation of said department the death rate from motor vehicle accidents has been greatly reduced and that by employing additional police as members of the department, crime will be further deterred; therefore, an emergency is declared to exist, this act being necessary for the public peace, health, and safety shall be in force and effect from and after its passage.
Acts 1955, No. 278, § 4: Mar. 16, 1955. Emergency clause provided: It is hereby determined that the present laws pertaining to the responsibility of parents for minors under the age of 18 who drive automobiles is inadequately defined and would permit a parent who violates the law by failing to sign his child's drivers license application to thus escape liability for such child's acts while driving; and thus immediate passage of this Act is necessary to remedy such situation; and therefore an emergency is declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, shall take effect and be in force from the date of its approval.
Acts 1993, No. 445, § 37: §§ 1-36 effective on and after January 1, 1994.
Acts 1993, No. 445, § 46: Mar. 10, 1993. Emergency clause provided: It is hereby found and determined by the Seventy-Ninth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the terms ‘operator's license’ and ‘chauffeur's license’ are obsolete and should be replaced with the term ‘driver's license’; that the chauffeur's license is no longer issued and has been replaced with the commercial driver's license; that federal law governing commercial driver's license authorizes the use of an assigned number on a commercial driver's license instead of the applicant's social security number; and that this act is necessary to eliminate obsolete references in the Arkansas Code and to be in compliance with federal law governing commercial driver's license. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this act being necessary for the preservation of public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.