10 chapters · 482 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-101 Purchase of real property by United States — Limited cession of jurisdiction — Right to tax — Local agreements authorized
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(a) The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of any site or ground for the erection of any armory, arsenal, fort, fortification, navy yard, customhouse, lighthouse, lock, dam, fish hatchery, or other public buildings of any kind. (b) The jurisdiction of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-102 Transfer of legislative jurisdiction over lands — Procedure
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(a) (1) In order to acquire all or any measure of legislative jurisdiction of the kind addressed in United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, over any land or other area, or in order to relinquish that legislative jurisdiction or any measure thereof which may b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-201 National cemeteries
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The jurisdiction of this state within and over all lands purchased by the United States on which national cemeteries may be established within the limits of this state is ceded to the United States so far as the permanent enclosures of such national cemeteries may extend and no f…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-202 National forests generally
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(a) The consent of the State of Arkansas is given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, by exchange, or otherwise with adequate compensation, of such land in Arkansas as, in the opinion of the United States Government, may be needed for the establishment, consolid…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-203 National forests — Fish and game regulations
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(a) The consent of the State of Arkansas is given to the making by the United States Congress, or under its authority, of all such rules and regulations as the United States Government may determine to be needful in respect to game animals and game and nongame birds and fish on, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-204 National forests — Sale of tax-forfeited lands to United States Forest Service
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(a) Upon application of any duly authorized person of the United States Forest Service to purchase tax-forfeited lands lying within or contiguous to any national forest for the purpose of adding the lands to the national forest, the Commissioner of State Lands shall set aside and…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-205 Ouachita National Forest and Ozark National Forest — Sale of school or tax lands
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(a) The Commissioner of State Lands is authorized, at his or her discretion, to negotiate with the representatives of the United States Government for the sale of all or any part of the school or tax lands situated within the Ouachita National Forest and Ozark National Forest. Up…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-206 Waterfowl and wildlife refuges
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(a) For the purpose of more effectively cooperating with the United States in the acquisition, development, and maintenance of refuges for migratory waterfowl and other wildlife, consent is granted to the United States to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, gift, lease, or exchan…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-207 Submarginal land
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(a) The Commissioner of State Lands is authorized and empowered to grant and convey to the United States Government, or to any duly constituted agency thereof, all state lands owned by the State of Arkansas in any area designated as a submarginal land project when the Commissione…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-208 Building site — Little Rock
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(a) The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for public buildings mentioned in 17 Stat. 280, Ch. 324, and cedes jurisdiction to the United States over any lot, parcel, or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Little Rock, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-209 Building site — Helena
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The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for a public building mentioned in 25 Stat. 84, Ch. 80, and cedes to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over any lot or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Helena, not excee…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-210 Building site — Texarkana
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The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for a public building mentioned in 25 Stat. 87, Ch. 128, and cedes to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over any lot or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Texarkana, not e…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-211 Building site — Camden
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The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for a public building mentioned in 26 Stat. 702, Ch. 39, and cedes to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over any lot or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Camden, not exce…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-212 Cession of jurisdiction — Certain property in Fort Smith
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(a) The jurisdiction of the state within and over block number five hundred fourteen (514), in the military reservation addition to the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, as it is marked and designated by the field notes on file in the mayor's office and known as part of the abandoned…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-213 Acquisition of land in Pulaski County for military purposes
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(a) The consent of the State of Arkansas is granted to the United States to purchase or acquire real property of not more than one thousand five (1,005) acres in extent in Pulaski County in this state for the purpose of a military post, fort, arsenal, or reservation. (b) Exclusiv…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-214 Hot Springs National Park — Hot Springs Mountain
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(a) Exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the Hot Springs National Park known and described as part of the Hot Springs Mountain, and whose limits are particularly described by the following boundary lines: Commencing at stone monument number seven (7) set upon the west line of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-215 Hot Springs National Park — Block 82
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(a) Exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the Hot Springs National Park known and described as block eighty-two (82) on the official plat of the United States Hot Springs Commission is ceded to the United States to be exercised so long as it shall remain the property of the Un…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-216 Hot Springs National Park — Tourist camps
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(a) Exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the Hot Springs National Park known and described as the automobile tourist camp and whose limits are particularly described by the following boundary lines: Commencing at the stone marking at the northeast corner of the northeast quar…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-217 Hot Springs National Park — Land not previously ceded
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(a) Exclusive jurisdiction over all lands which are or shall be included in the Hot Springs National Park in the State of Arkansas and which have not previously been included in acts of the General Assembly is ceded to the United States to be exercised so long as the lands remain…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-221 Lands necessary to Ouachita River Navigation Project
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(a) The State of Arkansas or any agency or institution of the state having jurisdiction or authority over lands held in the name of the State of Arkansas, which lands are necessary or desirable in the furtherance of the Ouachita River Navigation Project and any wildlife refuge es…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-222 Concurrent jurisdiction — Certain tract in Camp Robinson
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(a) The State of Arkansas accepts relinquishment by the United States to the State of Arkansas of such legislative jurisdiction as will enable the State of Arkansas and its political subdivisions to exercise, concurrently with the United States, law enforcement powers on a tract …
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-223 Concurrent jurisdiction — Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Arkansas Post National Memorial, Buffalo National River, Fort Smith National Historic Site, Pea Ridge National Military Park
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(a) The State of Arkansas accepts relinquishment by the United States to the state of the legislative jurisdiction that will enable the state and its political subdivisions to exercise, concurrently with the United States, law enforcement powers on:(1) All lands comprising the Jo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-224 Donation of real property to Department of Veterans Affairs
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(a) (1) It is the intent of this section to permit the securing of payment from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to the State of Arkansas and the Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board for the fair replacement value of all existing improveme…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-225 Federal relinquishment of exclusive legislative jurisdiction pertaining to the administration of criminal laws
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(a) The consent of the state is hereby given to accept the relinquishment by the United States of exclusive legislative jurisdiction only as to the administration of criminal laws insofar as said assignment affects the following described tracts of real property situated in the S…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-226 Cession of concurrent jurisdiction — Federal prisons
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The State of Arkansas hereby cedes concurrent jurisdiction to the United States over the lands, waters, and buildings previously or hereinafter acquired for the United States Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution in Forrest City, St. Francis County, Arkansas, and ov…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-227 Cession of jurisdiction under § 22-7-226 effective upon acceptance of jurisdiction by United States
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Cession of jurisdiction pursuant to § 22-7-226 shall take effect only upon acceptance of such jurisdiction by the United States. Federal jurisdiction so ceded shall end as to any such lands, waters, or buildings, or portions thereof, that cease to be owned, leased, or occupied by…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-228 Cession of concurrent jurisdiction — Little Rock
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The State of Arkansas hereby cedes concurrent jurisdiction to the United States over the lands, waters, and buildings previously or hereinafter acquired for the Oscar C. Finkbeiner United States Army Reserve Center in the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, and over al…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-229 Cession of concurrent jurisdiction — Hot Springs
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The State of Arkansas hereby cedes concurrent jurisdiction to the United States over the lands, waters, and buildings previously or hereinafter acquired for the United States Army Reserve Center in the City of Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, and over all future lands, wate…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-230 Cession of jurisdiction under §§ 22-7-228 and 22-7-229 effective upon acceptance of jurisdiction by United States
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Cession of jurisdiction pursuant to §§ 22-7-228 and 22-7-229 shall take effect only upon acceptance of such jurisdiction by the United States. Federal jurisdiction so ceded shall end as to any such lands, waters, or buildings, or portions thereof, that cease to be owned, leased, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-301 Exclusive jurisdiction over Fort Chaffee — Findings
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The General Assembly finds that pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 2683, the United States Secretary of the Army, acting by and through his or her duly authorized Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, has caused a proper and lawful notice to be filed with the Governor relinquish…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-302 Concurrent jurisdiction over Fort Chaffee
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The State of Arkansas hereby accepts concurrent legislative jurisdiction with the United States of the following-described real property known as Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, from April 9, 1997, until the beginning of the first day of October 1997, and furthermore accepts exclusive le…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-303 Description of land
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From and after passage of this subchapter, and upon receipt by the Governor of any subsequent surveys and descriptions of the lands and areas of Fort Chaffee prepared at the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers which may describe lands or areas which are erroneo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-304 Resolution of discrepancies in description of land
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Any discrepancy in the descriptions set forth in this subchapter and in the descriptions of any subsequent surveys prepared by the United States Army Corps of Engineers shall be resolved and interpreted as to extend the legislative jurisdiction of the State of Arkansas over all l…
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-305 Filing requirement
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A copy of this subchapter shall be filed with the respective circuit clerks and recorders of Franklin, Logan, Sebastian, and Crawford Counties, Arkansas.
Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-306 Construction of subchapter
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(a) This subchapter shall not be construed or interpreted to the effect that the State of Arkansas by this subchapter proposes, purposes, or intends to alter, diminish, take, or enlarge any estate in lands, boundary between lands, interest in or title to any estate in lands which…