KRS 3.270: Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction by United States -- Acceptance --

Governor's duties.

(1) Whenever the United States, in order to enable the Commonwealth and the United

States to exercise concurrent legislative jurisdiction for purposes of cri minal law

enforcement, tenders to the Commonwealth a relinquishment of all or part of the

legislative jurisdiction theretofore acquired by it over lands within this

Commonwealth for purposes of the establishment or extension of a unit of the

National Park System of the United States Department of the Interior, Kentucky

accepts the legislative jurisdiction so relinquished.

(2) The acceptance of such relinquishment of jurisdiction shall be indicated by a

writing signed by the Governor addressed to the United States Secretary of the

Interior, or as the laws of the United States may otherwise provide, and such

acceptance shall be effective when said writing is deposited in the United States

mails or, if it is not mailed, when it is personally handed to the Secre tary of the

Interior or his designee.

(3) The Governor shall negotiate with the United States, on behalf of the General

Assembly, the administrative details of any relinquishment of jurisdiction by the

United States under the provisions of KRS 3.255 to 3.2 75. In the event the

Governor is of the opinion that the relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction

tendered by the United States exceeds that necessary to enable the Commonwealth

and the United States to exercise concurrent legislative jurisdiction for p urposes of

criminal law enforcement over the lands in question, or commits the

Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions to expenses or obligations

beyond those necessarily entailed by the exercise of concurrent legislative

jurisdiction for purposes of criminal law enforcement over the lands in question, the

Governor shall not indicate the acceptance of such relinquishment of jurisdiction,

and such acceptance shall not become effective until the General Assembly, at its

next session, shall approve same.