N.Y. State Law § 38: Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction by the United States of America to this state

§ 38. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction by the United States

of America to this state. 1. The governor is hereby authorized, whenever

he deems it desirable and in the public interest, to cooperate with any

executive agency of the United States of America in following and

fulfilling the procedure set forth in public law 87-852 of the United

States statutes at large, approved October twenty-third, nineteen

hundred sixty-two, for the relinquishment to this state, by the United

States of America acting by and through such executive agency, of all or

part of the legislative jurisdiction over land within this state, which

legislative jurisdiction was heretofore ceded or hereafter will have

been ceded by this state to the United States of America, including the

execution and delivery by the governor of the acceptance provided for by

the said public law 87-852.

Upon such execution and delivery of an acceptance, the governor shall

cause the notice of relinquishment, provided for by the said public law

87-852, and a duplicate original acceptance to be filed and recorded in

the office of the secretary of state of this state. The secretary of

state of this state shall cause to be printed in the session laws, of

the year succeeding such filing and recording in his office, a statement

of the date of the notice of relinquishment, the name of the federal

executive agency which issued the notice, a description of the land

affected, the date of the acceptance by the governor and the date of the

filing and recording in the office of the secretary of state.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other

law, the commissioner of general services, upon such terms and

conditions as seem proper to him, may accept on behalf of the state the

relinquishment or retrocession of all or part of jurisdiction in and

over lands previously or subsequently acquired by or ceded to the United

States of America. The relinquishment or retrocession of such

jurisdiction shall be effective upon the written acceptance by the

commissioner of general services of a notice of relinquishment or

retrocession signed by the secretary or head of the appropriate

department or agency of the United States of America. The notice of

relinquishment or retrocession and an executed counterpart of the

written acceptance thereof shall be filed or recorded with the

department of state. The secretary of state shall cause to be printed in

the session laws of the year succeeding such filing or recording a

statement of (a) the date of the notice of relinquishment or

retrocession, (b) the name of the department or agency of the United

States of America which issued such notice, (c) a description of the

land affected, (d) the date of acceptance of such notice and (e) the

date of the filing or recording of the written acceptance of such

notice.