§ 36-21-120 — Definitions

Alabama § 36-21-120

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 36: Public Officers and Employees
• Ch. 21: Law Enforcement Officers Generally
• Art. 6: Police Officers of Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians

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For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) POLICE OFFICER. A law enforcement officer appointed by a tribe pursuant to Section 36-21-122 who meets all of the requirements of the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission for certified law enforcement officers.
(2) RESERVATION. The Mowa Choctaw Indian Reservation or Poarch Creek Indian Reservation, including any and all tribal properties or property owned in trust for the tribe by the United States government.
(3) TRIBE. The tribe of Indians known as the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians organized as a nonprofit corporation and recognized as a tribal government and law enforcement agency by the State of Alabama and the tribe of Indians recognized as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians by the federal government and by the State of Alabama as a tribal government and as a law enforcement agency.

Legislative History

(Act 99-527, p. 1152, §1; Act 2018-393, §1.)