Ark. Code Ann. § 22-7-301: Exclusive jurisdiction over Fort Chaffee - Findings

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 relinquishing such legislative jurisdiction as necessary from the United States to the State of Arkansas in order that the State of Arkansas may exercise concurrent jurisdiction over Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, until October 1, 1997, and relinquishing all legislative jurisdiction from the United States in order that the State of Arkansas may exercise exclusive legislative jurisdiction over Fort Chaffee from and after October 1, 1997.