3.260 Application by United States for concurrent legislative jurisdiction --
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Procedure.
(1)Whenever the United States shall desire to acquire concurrent legislative
jurisdiction for purposes of criminal law enforcement over any lands within this
Commonwealth which the United States has or shall have acquired for purposes of
the establishment or extension of a unit of the National Park System of the United
States Department of the Interior and shall make application for that purpose,
Kentucky cedes such measure of legislative jurisdiction, not exceeding that
requested by the United States, as may be necessary to enable the United States and
the Commonwealth of Kentucky to exercise concurrent legislative jurisdiction for
purposes of criminal law enforcement over such lands. The Governor is directed to
negotiate with the United States, on behalf of the General Assembly, the
administrative details of any such cession, which details shall be included in the
instrument of cession.
(2)Said application on behalf of the United States shall be accompanied by an accurate
description of the lands over which such concurrent legislative jurisdiction for
purposes of criminal law enforcement is desired.
(3)Said cession of legislative jurisdiction shall become effective when the instrument
of cession is signed by the Governor and the acceptance of jurisdiction by the
United States is indicated in writing upon the instrument of cession by the United
States Secretary of the Interior or his designee and entered upon the executive
journal. In the event the Governor is of the opinion that the cession of legislative
jurisdiction embodied in any proposed instrument of cession exceeds the measure of
legislative jurisdiction necessary to enable the United States and the
Commonwealth of Kentucky to exercise concurrent legislative jurisdiction for
purposes of criminal law enforcement over the lands in question, he shall not sign
the instrument of cession, and the cession shall not become effective until the
General Assembly, at its next session, shall approve same.