Section 126 Of Article 2. Territorial Jurisdiction From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
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. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or
special, the Legislature of California, acting through the State
Lands Commission, hereby cedes concurrent criminal jurisdiction to
the United States within lands identified and held by the United
States upon and subject to each and all of the following express
limitations, conditions, and reservations, in addition to any other
limitations, conditions, or reservations prescribed by law:
(1) Before making a cession, the State Lands Commission shall make
the following findings:
(A) The United States has requested in writing the state to cede
concurrent criminal jurisdiction within the identified lands.
(B) The lands are held by the United States for the erection of
forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings
within the purview of clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the
United States Constitution, or for any other federal purposes. For
purposes of this section, lands held by the United States are defined
as: (i) lands acquired in fee by purchase or condemnation, (ii)
lands owned by the United States that are included in the military
reservation by presidential proclamation or act of Congress, (iii)
any other lands owned by the United States, including, but not
limited to, public domain lands that are held for a public purpose,
and (iv) leaseholds acquired by the United States over private lands
or state-owned lands that are held for a public purpose.
(C) The cession is made pursuant to and in compliance with the
laws of the United States.
(D) A notice of the proposed cession has been given to the clerk
for the board of supervisors of the county in which the federal lands
are located at least 15 days before the proposed cession.
(E) The proposed cession is in the best interests of the State of
California.
(F) The United States has agreed to bear all costs and expenses
incurred by the State Lands Commission in making the cession.
(2) The cession shall continue only so long as the lands are owned
by the United States and used for the purposes for which
jurisdiction is ceded or for 10 years, whichever period is less.
(3) The cession shall be made at a publicly noticed meeting of the
State Lands Commission. The cession shall vest when the State Lands
Commission has received notice of the United States' acceptance of
the cession and certified copies of the State Lands Commission's
orders or resolutions making the findings described in paragraph (1)
have been recorded in the office of the county recorder of each
county in which any part of the land is situated. The State Lands
Commission shall keep copies of its orders or resolutions in its
records and make them available to the public upon request.
(b) In ceding concurrent criminal jurisdiction, the Legislature
and the state reserve jurisdiction over the land, water, and use of
water with full power to control and regulate the acquisition, use,
control, and distribution of water with respect to the land affected
by the cession.