{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-3.260","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 3.260","heading":"Application by United States for concurrent legislative jurisdiction --","body":"Procedure.\n(1) Whenever the United States shall desire to acquire concurrent legislative\njurisdiction for purposes of criminal law enforcement over any lands within this\nCommonwealth which the United States has or shall have acquired for purposes of\nthe establishment or extension of a unit of the National Park System of the United\nStates Department of the Interior and shall make application for that purpose,\nKentucky cedes such measu re of legislative jurisdiction, not exceeding that\nrequested by the United States, as may be necessary to enable the United States and\nthe Commonwealth of Kentucky to exercise concurrent legislative jurisdiction for\npurposes of criminal law enforcement ove r such lands. The Governor is directed to\nnegotiate with the United States, on behalf of the General Assembly, the\nadministrative details of any such cession, which details shall be included in the\ninstrument of cession.\n(2) Said application on behalf of the United States shall be accompanied by an accurate\ndescription of the lands over which such concurrent legislative jurisdiction for\npurposes of criminal law enforcement is desired.\n(3) Said cession of legislative jurisdiction shall become effective when the instrument\nof cession is signed by the Governor and the acceptance of jurisdiction by the\nUnited States is indicated in writing upon the instrument of cession by the United\nStates Secretary of the Interior or his designee and entered upon the executive\njournal. In the event the Governor is of the opinion that the cession of legislative\njurisdiction embodied in any proposed instrument of cession exceeds the measure of\nlegislative jurisdiction necessary to enable the United States and the\nCommonwealth of Kentucky to exercise concurrent legislative jurisdiction for\npurposes of criminal law enforcement over the lands in question, he shall not sign\nthe instrument of cession, and the cession shall not become effective until the\nGeneral Assembly, at its next session, shall approve same.","path":["KRS Chapter 3"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=96","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:21Z","sha256":"e7bb09b4cfc9fbca706fc8690a1350b0a05c3d4957ab6743e840b884debb9a73","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-3.255","next":"us-ky/krs-3.265"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}