HB1510

House Bill 1510 proposes to eliminate the authority of municipalities in Arkansas to exercise territorial jurisdiction (also known as extraterritorial jurisdiction) over unincorporated areas of a county. The bill repeals multiple sections of the Arkansas Code that currently permit cities to enforce planning, zoning, subdivision, and other regulatory ordinances beyond their corporate boundaries. By removing this authority, the bill shifts land-use planning and development control exclusively to the county level for all unincorporated areas. The legislation also strikes references to municipal territorial jurisdiction from various laws related to annexation, fire protection, electrical licensing, and private property protection. The primary goal is to restrict the geographic reach of municipal regulations and return local control of unincorporated land to county governing bodies.