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Arkansas State overlays

All 16 tracked preemption laws for Arkansas.

Overview

All tracked preemption laws for Arkansas. Click any law for its trigger predicate, preempted fields, and source citation.

Laws tracked
16
Preempted fields
37
Required city attrs
21
Last reviewed
2026-05-18
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Tracked laws

Arkansas Tax Increment Finance — Redevelopment District Authority2 fields
Effective
2001-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_14_168_301_TIF_REDEVELOPMENT_DISTRICTS
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Arkansas Private Wetlands and Riparian Zone Conservation2 fields
Effective
1995-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_15_22_201_WETLANDS_RIPARIAN_CONSERVATION
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Arkansas Brownfield Voluntary Cleanup Program — DEQ Oversight & Liability Limits2 fields
Effective
1995-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_8_7_1101_BROWNFIELD_VOLUNTARY_CLEANUP
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Arkansas Critical Groundwater Areas — Awareness Designation & Conservation Incentives2 fields
Effective
1991-07-12
Authority
state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_15_22_901_CRITICAL_GROUNDWATER_AREAS
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Fort Chaffee / Ebbing AFRC / Fort Smith ANGB — Military Compatible Use Zones2 fields
Effective
1987-01-01
Authority
federal_via_state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_FORT_CHAFFEE_FORT_SMITH_MILITARY_INFLUENCE
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Arkansas Voluntary Agricultural District — Farmland Preservation & Nuisance Defense2 fields
Effective
1981-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_2_5_101_AGRICULTURAL_DISTRICT_FARMLAND_PRESERVATION
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Buffalo National River — Federal Adjacency & Viewshed (Newton, Searcy, Marion, Baxter Counties)3 fields
Effective
1972-03-01
Authority
federal_via_state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_BUFFALO_NATIONAL_RIVER_FEDERAL_BUFFER
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McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System — Federal Navigation & Floodway Corridor2 fields
Effective
1971-06-05
Authority
federal_via_state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_ARKANSAS_RIVER_NAVIGATION_CORRIDOR
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Arkansas Floodplain Management Act — NFIP-Aligned Local Mandate3 fields
Effective
1969-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_14_268_FLOODPLAIN_MANAGEMENT_ACT
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Arkansas Historic Preservation Program — State-Designated & National Register Sites2 fields
Effective
1969-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_13_7_501_HISTORIC_PRESERVATION_PROGRAM
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Arkansas Municipal Planning Enabling Act — Procedural Floor & Plan-Precondition Rule4 fields
Effective
1957-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_14_56_MUNICIPAL_PLANNING_ENABLING_ACT
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Arkansas Airport Zoning Act — Airport Hazard Area Compatible Use3 fields
Effective
1947-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_14_359_AIRPORT_ZONING_ACT
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Arkansas State Parks & Heritage Trails — Scenic Adjacency (Mount Magazine, Pinnacle Mountain, Crooked Creek)2 fields
Effective
1937-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_STATE_PARKS_AND_HERITAGE_TRAILS_ADJACENCY
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Mississippi Alluvial Plain — Federal Flood-Control & Levee District Overlay (East AR)2 fields
Effective
1928-05-15
Authority
federal_via_state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_MISSISSIPPI_ALLUVIAL_PLAIN_DELTA_PROTECTION
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Ozark-St. Francis & Ouachita National Forests — USFS Adjacency2 fields
Effective
1907-12-18
Authority
federal_via_state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_OZARK_OUACHITA_NATIONAL_FOREST_ADJACENCY
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Hot Springs National Park — Urban-Embedded Federal Boundary (Garland County)2 fields
Effective
1832-04-20
Authority
federal_via_state · scope: state:AR
ID
AR_HOT_SPRINGS_NATIONAL_PARK_BOUNDARY
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Required city attributes

Required city attributes

The evaluator needs these city-level facts present to resolve whether a given law's predicate fires.

  • population
  • county_population
  • is_first_class_city
  • is_second_class_city
  • has_adopted_land_use_plan
  • in_arkansas_river_corridor
  • in_buffalo_national_river_corridor
  • in_mississippi_alluvial_plain
  • ozark_ouachita_nf_adjacency
  • hot_springs_np_adjacency
  • national_register_district_adjacency
  • heritage_trail_adjacency
  • in_critical_groundwater_area
  • contains_jurisdictional_wetlands
  • in_designated_agricultural_district
  • airport_influence_zones
  • military_installation_influence
  • in_tif_redevelopment_district
  • in_voap_brownfield_site
  • in_femap_special_flood_hazard_area
  • state_park_adjacency