Federal · Title 16 — Conservation

16 U.S.C. § 460v: State and local jurisdiction

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute preserves state and local government authority to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction and taxation powers within a recreation area, consistent with federal provisions.

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Nothing in this subchapter shall deprive any State or political subdivision thereof of its right to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction within the recreation area consistent with the provisions of this subchapter or of its right to tax persons, corporations, franchises, or other non-Federal property, including mineral or other interests, in or on lands or waters within the recreation area.

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