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15-33-103. Effective date.
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15-33-103. Effective date.
When the Governor has executed the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact on behalf of this state and has caused a verified copy thereof to be filed with the Secretary of State, and when the compact has been ratified by one (1) or more of the states named in § 15-33-101, then the compact shall become operative and effective as between this state and the other state or states. The Governor is authorized and directed to take action as necessary to complete the exchange of official documents between this state and any other state ratifying the compact.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-33-103
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15-33-103. Effective date.
When the Governor has executed the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact on behalf of this state and has caused a verified copy thereof to be filed with the Secretary of State, and when the compact has been ratified by one (1) or more of the states named in § 15-33-101, then the compact shall become operative and effective as between this state and the other state or states. The Governor is authorized and directed to take action as necessary to complete the exchange of official documents between this state and any other state ratifying the compact.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
15-33-101. Text.
The Governor on behalf of this State is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with any one or more of the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas, and the General Assembly hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification of the compact:
SOUTH CENTRAL INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE PROTECTION COMPACT
Article I
The purpose of this compact is to promote effective prevention and control of forest fires in the South Central region of the United States by the development of integrated forest fire plans, by the maintenance of adequate forest fire fighting services by the member state, by providing for mutual aid in fighting forest fires among the compacting states of the region and with states which are party to other Regional Forest Fire Protection compacts or agreements, and for more adequate forest development.
Article II
This compact shall become operative immediately as to those states ratifying it whenever any two or more of the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas which are contiguous have ratified it and Congress has given consent thereto. Any state not mentioned in this article which is contiguous with any member state may become a party to this compact, subject to approval by the legislature of each of the member states.
Article III
In each state, the state forester or officer holding the equivalent position who is responsible for forest fire control shall act as compact administrator for that state and shall consult with like officials of the other member states and shall implement co-operation between such states in forest fire prevention and control.
The compact administrators of the member states shall organize to co-ordinate the services of the member states
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-33-101
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 15-33-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.