Arkansas § 15-41-109 - Transfer of state-owned land.

§ 15-41-109. Transfer of state-owned land.

The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission shall be authorized to apply to the Commissioner of State Lands for the transfer of any state-owned land or land the title to which has reverted to the state by reason of tax delinquency and which is deemed by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission as suitable and desirable for game or fish refuge areas or public hunting or fishing areas or other purposes allied to the development of wildlife resources and that are not suitable for agricultural or industrial uses. The Commissioner of State Lands is authorized and directed to make the transfers after receipt of sufficient proof of the nature of lands desired, and of the need of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission for the land. Any transfers shall operate as an appropriation of the land for game or fish refuge areas, public hunting and fishing areas, or other uses as may be assigned to the land by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission forever. The transfers shall be a bar to any grants by this state of the land so transferred or any interest in the land for any purpose whatsoever. Provided, that any lands so acquired cannot be sold by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission but shall revert to the state if the lands are not developed within two (2) years after acquisition or at any time the lands are no longer desired by the commission.