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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1849
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5 By: Representative Gramlich
6 By: Senator J. Boyd
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO ALLOW FOR THE CROSS DEPUTIZATION OF
10 MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, STATE, AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
11 ON FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED TRIBAL LAND WITHIN THE STATE;
12 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 Subtitle
16 TO ALLOW FOR THE CROSS DEPUTIZATION OF
17 MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, STATE, AND TRIBAL LAW
18 ENFORCEMENT ON FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED
19 TRIBAL LAND WITHIN THE STATE.
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21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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23 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 12, Chapter 6, is amended to add an
24 additional subchapter to read as follows:
25 Subchapter 9 -- Tribal Lands
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27 12-16-901. Cross deputization.
28 (a) A municipality, a county, or the state may enter into an agreement
29 with a tribal nation having federally-recognized tribal land within the
30 borders of the state for the cross deputization of law enforcement agencies.
31 (b) An agreement under subsection (a) of this section may allow
32 municipal, county, state law and tribal law enforcement agencies to have
33 authority to enforce tribal, state, and local laws within the borders of the
34 state on federally-recognized tribal land and surrounding jurisdictions.
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