Ark. Code § 27-73-301

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 27-73-301 - Flaggers or signs required - Notice to sheriff
(a)
(1) Any person owning or controlling croplands, rangelands, grasslands, pastures, or stubble lands along any Arkansas state primary or secondary highways or along a federal or interstate highway in Arkansas and setting fire to those lands so as to cause smoke to obstruct those adjacent roads and highways shall post flaggers or shall post advisory signs along those roads and highways to warn the drivers of all motor vehicles of the obstructing smoke. The flaggers shall be stationed in plain view along the roads and highways which are obstructed by the smoke and shall carry a flag, flare, flashlight, or other warning device to warn motorists of the danger of the obstructing smoke.
(2) The advisory signs shall be posted along both sides of the highway in plain view and shall state "SMOKE AHEAD" to warn motorists of the danger of obstructing smoke.
(b) Further, any person owning or controlling croplands, rangelands, grasslands, pastures, or stubble lands along any Arkansas state primary or secondary highways or along a federal or interstate highway in Arkansas and setting fire to those lands shall notify the sheriff's office of the county where the lands are located that a fire is to be set, the approximate time the fire is to be started, and the location of those lands to be burned.

Ark. Code § 27-73-301

Acts 1989, No. 756, § 1.