§ 16-123-407. Exemptions
The Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, a county jail, and a detention facility are exempt from this subchapter.
§ 16-123-341. Pattern and practice cases
(a) At the request of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, the Attorney General may file a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the respondent resides for appropriate relief if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that: (1) A person is engaged in a pattern or practice of […]
§ 16-123-342. Subpoena enforcement
The Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, on behalf of itself or other party at whose request a subpoena is issued under this subchapter, may enforce the subpoena in appropriate proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the respondent resides.
§ 16-123-343. Prevailing party
(a) A court in a civil action brought under this subchapter or the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission in an administrative hearing under § 16-123-331 may award reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing party. (b) However, nothing contained in this subchapter shall waive the sovereign immunity of the State of Arkansas or any of its officials, […]
§ 16-123-344. Intimidation or interference
A person commits an offense if the person, whether or not acting under color of law, intentionally intimidates or interferes with or attempts to intimidate or interfere with a person: (1) Because of the person’s race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin and because the person is or has been selling, purchasing, […]
§ 16-123-345. Incentives for self-testing and self-correction
(a) (1) A report or result of a self-test, as that term is defined by rule of the Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, shall be considered to be privileged under subdivision (a)(2) of this section if a person: (A) Conducts or authorizes an independent third party to conduct a self-test of any aspect […]
§ 16-123-346. Fair housing education program
(a) The Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission shall establish a statewide education and outreach program through contracts with local governments or their agencies, public or private nonprofit organizations or institutions, or other public or private entities that are formulating or carrying out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices. (b) The program […]
§ 16-123-347. Arkansas Fair Housing Commission Trust Fund
(a) There is hereby established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “Arkansas Fair Housing Commission Trust Fund”. (b) The fund shall consist of: (1) Funds received by the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, and any […]
§ 16-123-348. Violations — Bodily injury — Penalties
(a) It is unlawful for a person, whether or not acting under color of law, by force or threat of force, to willfully injure, intimidate, or interfere with, or attempt to injure, intimidate, or interfere with: (1) Any person because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, disability, as defined in § 16-123-302, familial […]
§ 16-123-401. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act”.