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SECTIONS 110-127

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 110-127
110. The sovereignty and jurisdiction of this State extends to all places within its boundaries as established by the Constitution. The extent of such jurisdiction over places that have been or may be ceded to, purchased, or condemned by the United States is qualified by the terms of the cession or the laws under which the purchase or condemnation is made. 111. The jurisdiction of the State over certain lands designated in the following statutes is subject to the cession of jurisdiction granted the United States by such statutes: (a) Statutes of 1854, Chapter 43, concerning Mare Island. (b) Statutes of 1859, Chapter 305, concerning Lime Point Bluff. (c) Statutes of 1861, Chapter 255, concerning land in the Counties of Marin, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Klamath. (d) Statutes of 1867-8, Chapter 76, concerning the site of the United States Mint in San Francisco. (e) Statutes of 1891, Chapter 106, concerning certain park and forest reservations. (f) Statutes of 1906 (Extraordinary Session), Chapter 58, concerning land in San Diego County. (g) Statutes of 1911, Chapter 675, concerning land in Riverside County. (h) Statutes of 1919, Chapter 51, concerning Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, and General Grant National Park. (i) Statutes of 1927, Chapter 207, concerning Lassen Volcanic National Park. (j) Statutes of 1933, Chapter 845, concerning land in Lassen County. (k) Statutes of 1935, Chapter 328, concerning land particularly described therein. (l) Statutes of 1935, Chapter 340, concerning land in Solano County, adjacent to Benicia Arsenal Reservation. (m) Statutes of 1935, Chapter 580, concerning Benicia Arsenal Reservation, and adjacent land. (n) Statutes of 1941, Chapter 308, concerning an easement for lighthouse purposes in Ventura County. (o) Statutes of 1942 (Second Extraordinary Session), Chapter 3, concerning Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. 112. The State has accepted the retrocession of jurisdiction over certain lands by the following statutes: (a) Statutes of 1935, Chapter 828, concerning the Presidio in the City and County of San Francisco and Fort Baker in Marin County. (b) Statutes of 1941, Chapter 226, concerning the Presidio in the City and County of San Francisco. 113. The Legislature of California hereby consents to the retrocession of jurisdiction by the United States of land within this state upon and subject to each and all of the following express conditions: (a) The United States must in writing have requested state acceptance of retrocession, and unless there is an officer of the United States empowered by a United States statute to cede jurisdiction, the request shall be by the act of Congress. The retrocession may return all jurisdiction to the state or may provide for concurrent jurisdiction. (b) When the conditions of subdivision (a) have been found and declared to have occurred and to exist, by the State Lands Commission, the commission shall hold a hearing to determine whether acceptance of the retrocession is in the best interests of the state. Notice of the hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 in each county in which the land or any part of the land is situated and a copy of the notice shall be personally served upon the clerk of the board of supervisors of each such county. The State Lands Commission shall make rules and regulations governing the conditions and procedure of the hearings. (c) The determination of the State Lands Commission shall be final and jurisdiction accepted shall become effective when certified copies of its orders or resolutions 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 and make them available to the public upon request. 115. All jurisdiction ceded to the United States by this article is limited by the terms of any retrocession of jurisdiction heretofore or hereafter granted by the United States and accepted by the State. 118. The State consents to the use by the United States of the territorial waters of the State adjacent to any land on the coast of the State now or hereafter owned by or under the control of the United States, and occupied for military purposes, in connection with conducting target practice operations of any type on the land. Before any of the waters are used in connection with conducting target practice operations of any type the United States shall take all appropriate measures and shall make and publish necessary regulations for the protection of the person and property of all persons using the waters. The use herein consented to shall not be so exercised as to interfere unreasonably with the public use of the waters. This section shall not be construed to impose any liability whatsoever upon the State in connection with the use of the waters as herein set forth. 119. Exclusive jurisdiction shall be and the same is hereby ceded to the United States over and within all of the territory which is now or may hereafter be included in those several tracts of land in the State of California set aside and dedicated for park purposes by the United States as "Kings Canyon National Park"; saving however to the State of California the right to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid park in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State outside of said park; and saving further to the said State the right to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and property on the lands included in said park, and the right to fix and collect license fees for fishing in said park; and saving also to the persons residing in said park now or hereafter the right to vote at all elections held within the county or counties in which said park is situate. The jurisdiction granted by this section shall not vest until the United States through the proper officer notifies the State of California that it assumes police jurisdiction over said park. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, the Legislature of California hereby cedes concurrent criminal jurisdiction to the United States within land 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: (a) The lands must be held by the United States for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings, or other public purpose within the purview of clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, or for the establishment, consolidation, and extension of national forests under the act of Congress approved March 1, 1911, (36 Stat. 961) known as the "Weeks Act," or for any other federal purposes. (b) The cession must be pursuant to and in compliance with the laws of the United States. (c) The United States must in writing have requested the state to cede concurrent criminal jurisdiction within such land and subject to each and all of the conditions and reservations in this section and in Section 7 of Article X of the Constitution prescribed. (d) The State Lands Commission is authorized for the state to cede concurrent criminal jurisdiction to the United States, upon having found and declared that the conditions and reservations prescribed in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (g) have occurred and exist and that the cession is in the interest of the state. Certified copies of its orders or resolutions making these findings and declarations shall be 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 and make them available to the public upon request. The purposes for which concurrent criminal jurisdiction is ceded shall be specified in and made a part of the orders or resolutions. (e) Jurisdiction ceded pursuant to this section continues only so long as the land continues to belong to the United States and is held by it for the purpose for which jurisdiction is ceded in accordance and in compliance with each and all of the limitations, conditions, and reservations in this section prescribed, or for five years, whichever period is less. (f) "Land held by the United States", as used in this section means: (1) lands acquired in fee by purchase or condemnation, (2) lands owned by the United States that are included in the military reservation by presidential proclamation or act of Congress, (3) leaseholds acquired by the United States over private lands or state-owned lands, and (4) any other lands owned by the United States including, but not limited to, public domain lands that are held for a public purpose. (g) 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. (h) In ceding concurrent criminal jurisdiction, the Legislature and the state except and reserve to the state all deposits of minerals, including oil and gas, in the land, and to the state, or persons authorized by the state, the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the deposits from the land. (i) Concurrent criminal jurisdiction shall vest when certified copies of the State Lands Commission's orders or resolutions, making such finding or declaration, have been recorded in the office of the county recorder of each county in which any part of the land is situated. The finding and declaration of the State Lands Commission provided for in subdivision (d) shall be made only after a public hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 in each county in which the land or any part of the land is situated and a copy of the notice shall be personally served upon the clerk of the board of supervisors of each such county. The State Lands Commission shall make rules and regulations governing the conditions and procedure of the hearings, which shall provide that the cost of publication and service of notice and all other expenses incurred by the commission shall be borne by the United States. The provisions of this section do not apply to any land or water areas heretofore or hereafter acquired by the United States for migratory bird reservations in accordance with Sections 10680 to 10685, inclusive, of the Fish and Game Code. 127. In addition to other records maintained by the State Lands Commission, the commission shall prepare and maintain an adequate index or record of documents with description of the lands over which the United States acquired jurisdiction pursuant to Section 126 of this code or pursuant to any prior state law. Said index shall record the degree of jurisdiction obtained by the United States for each acquisition.

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