Legislation

§ 79. Law enforcement agreements. 1. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, at the request of the Seneca nation, 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 enter into an agreement with the Seneca nation governing
the terms and conditions of criminal law enforcement activities within
the nation's federally-recognized Indian Country lands.

2. The agreements authorized in subdivision one of this section may
include provisions defining criminal offenses and penalties that shall
apply within the nation, deputization, extradition, and other related
provisions that may be agreed upon by the parties.

3. The courts of the state shall give full force and effect to the
provisions of any agreement authorized herein in any criminal proceeding
arising out of offenses committed within the lands of the Seneca nation.