§ 53-13-106.6. State and local law enforcement officers and federal employees -- Exercise of federal law enforcement authority to enforce the Federal Land Policy Management Act. (Effective 5/13/2014)

     Notwithstanding Section 53-13-106.2, state and local law enforcement officers are authorized to recognize a federal employee's exercise of law enforcement authority to enforce the provisions of the Federal Land Policy Management Act on proprietary jurisdiction federally managed land, only if the exercise is consistent with the Constitution of the United States and based on:

(1) a federal statute other than the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 13; or

(2) a federal regulation that is:

(a) authorized by a federal statute other than the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 13; and

(b) necessary to implement the provisions of the Federal Land Policy Management Act with respect to the management, use, and protection of the public lands, including the property located on those lands, as provided in 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1733(a).

Enacted by Chapter 317, 2014 General Session