| 3 | 2 | | *CEB247* 03/18/2025 3:23:40 PM CEB247 |
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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 510 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senator J. Boyd 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative Gramlich 6 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 7 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO ALLOW FOR THE CROSS DEPUTIZATION OF 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, STATE, AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | ON FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED TRIBAL LAND WITHIN THE STATE; 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | TO ALLOW FOR THE CROSS DEPUTIZATION OF 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, STATE, AND TRIBAL LAW 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | ENFORCEMENT ON FEDERALLY -RECOGNIZED 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | TRIBAL LAND WITHIN THE STATE. 19 |
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| 24 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 |
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| 26 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 12, Chapter 6, is amended to add an 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | additional subchapter to read as follows: 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | Subchapter 9 — Tribal Lands 25 |
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| 30 | 29 | | 12-16-901. Cross deputization. 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | (a) A municipality, a county, or the state may enter into an agreement 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | with a tribal nation having federally -recognized tribal land within the 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | borders of the state for the cross deputization of law enforcement agencies. 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (b) An agreement under subsection (a) of this section may allow 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | municipal, county, state law and tribal law enforcement agencies to have 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | authority to enforce tribal, state, and local laws within the borders of the 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | state on federally-recognized tribal land and surrounding jurisdictions. 34 |
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