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Act 594 of the Regular Session
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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 510 3
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By: Senator J. Boyd 5
By: Representative Gramlich 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO ALLOW FOR THE CROSS DEPUTIZATION OF 9
MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, STATE, AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 10
ON FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED TRIBAL LAND WITHIN THE STATE; 11
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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TO ALLOW FOR THE CROSS DEPUTIZATION OF 16
MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, STATE, AND TRIBAL LAW 17
ENFORCEMENT ON FEDERALLY -RECOGNIZED 18
TRIBAL LAND WITHIN THE STATE. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 12, Chapter 6, is amended to add an 23
additional subchapter to read as follows: 24
Subchapter 9 — Tribal Lands 25
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12-16-901. Cross deputization. 27
(a) A municipality, a county, or the state may enter into an agreement 28
with a tribal nation having federally -recognized tribal land within the 29
borders of the state for the cross deputization of law enforcement agencies. 30
(b) An agreement under subsection (a) of this section may allow 31
municipal, county, state law and tribal law enforcement agencies to have 32
authority to enforce tribal, state, and local laws within the borders of the 33
state on federally-recognized tribal land and surrounding jurisdictions. 34
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APPROVED: 4/14/25 36