A8289 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Relates to intrusions upon lands owned or occupied by any nation, tribe or band of Indians, and to drug trafficking activities within Indian lands; provides that the district attorney of a county in which reservation lands are situated, upon application of a person designated by the laws of a nation, tribe or band to make such application, shall make complaint of intrusions on such lands and cause intruders to be removed; provides that the governor, the superintendent of state police, a sheriff of a county that includes lands of the Seneca nation, or the chief of police of the city of Salamanca, may, at the request of the Seneca nation, enter into an agreement with the Seneca nation governing the terms and conditions of criminal law enforcement activities within the nation's Indian County lands; provides that such agreements shall be given full force and effect by the courts of the state.
- Title
- Relates to non-Indian trespass and drug trafficking activities within Indian lands, and to criminal law enforcement activities within Seneca nation lands
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- Signed by Governor
- Latest action date
- 2025-12-19
- Introduced
- 2025-05-09
- Same as
- S8127
- Law section
- Indian Law
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Judiciary NY State Assembly committee
- Rules NY State Assembly committee
- Rules NY State Senate committee
Same as
- S8127 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Substituted for
- S8127 (2025-26 session) NY State bill