Section 853.3 Of Article 2. California-nevada Compact For Jurisdiction On Interstate Waters From California Penal Code >> Title 3. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 5b. >> Article 2.
853.3
. (a) Pursuant to the authority vested in this state by
Section 112 of Title 4 of the United States Code, the Legislature of
the State of California hereby ratifies the California-Nevada Compact
for Jurisdiction on Interstate Waters as set forth in Section 853.4.
(b) The Legislature finds that law enforcement has been impaired
in sections of Lake Tahoe and Topaz Lake forming an interstate
boundary between California and Nevada because of difficulty in
determining precisely where a criminal act was committed.
(c) The Legislature intends that a person arrested for an act that
is illegal in both states should not be freed merely because neither
state could establish that a crime was committed within its
boundaries.
(d) The California-Nevada Compact for Jurisdiction on Interstate
Waters is enacted to provide for the enforcement of the laws of this
state with regard to certain acts committed on Lake Tahoe or Topaz
Lake, on either side of the boundary line between California and
Nevada.