A. The director of the state parks division and state parks division employees designated by the secretary are vested with general police power and shall be state park law enforcement officers with the authority of conservators of the peace within state parks and recreation areas. It shall be their duty to enforce the laws of the state and the rules and regulations of the energy, minerals and natural resources department within state parks and recreation areas. They shall have the further power of forcibly ejecting from a state park or recreation area a person who knowingly, willfully or wantonly violates a rule or regulation of the department within a state park or recreation area.
B. State park law enforcement officers, in emergency situations, shall be considered on duty and within the scope of their employment for employee benefits when they follow specific instructions from a duly qualified full-time peace officer and aid the peace officer in carrying out his duties. State park law enforcement officers shall respond in emergency situations, subject to the needs of the park to which they are assigned, and they shall have law enforcement powers outside the park so long as they follow specific instructions from the peace officer who requested aid.
C. As used in this section, "emergency" means a sudden, unexpected occurrence or an unforeseen combination of circumstances that calls for immediate action without time for deliberation.
History: Laws 1935, ch. 57, § 17; 1941 Comp., § 4-117; 1953 Comp., § 4-9-19; Laws 1963, ch. 98, § 19; 1965, ch. 14, § 5; 1977, ch. 254, § 29; 1987, ch. 234, § 25; 2003, ch. 107, § 1.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "state parks" for "park and recreation" in the section heading; added the Subsection A designation; in Subsection A, substituted "of the state parks division and state parks" for "and such state park and recreation" near the beginning, deleted "as may be" preceding "designated by the", inserted "shall be state park law enforcement officers" preceding "with the authority", substituted "a person" for "any and all persons" preceding "who knowingly, willfully", substituted "violates a" for "violate any" preceding "rule or regulation"; and added Subsections B and C.
The 1987 amendment, effective July 1, 1987, substituted "secretary" for "director," "energy, minerals and natural resources department" for "state park and recreation division" and "of the department" for "of the state park and recreation division" and made minor changes in language throughout the section.
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