2017 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
Subchapter IX - Colonial National Historical Park
Sec. 81h - Civil and criminal jurisdiction; legislative authority of State over park

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 81h (2017)
Section Name §81h. Civil and criminal jurisdiction; legislative authority of State over park
Section Text

Nothing in this subchapter shall be held to deprive the State of Virginia, or any political subdivision thereof, of its civil and criminal jurisdiction in and over the areas included in said national park, nor shall this subchapter in any way impair or affect the rights of citizenship of any resident therein; and save and except as the consent of the State of Virginia may be hereafter given, the legislative authority of said State in and over all areas included within said national park shall not be diminished or affected by the creation of said national park, nor by the terms and provisions of this subchapter: Provided, That any rules and regulations authorized in section 81g of this title, and in the Act therein referred to,1 shall not apply to any property of a public nature in the city of Williamsburg, other than property of the United States.

Source Credit

(July 3, 1930, ch. 837, §6, 46 Stat. 856; June 5, 1936, ch. 525, §2, 49 Stat. 1483.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Act referred to in section 81g of this title, referred to in text, is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act. See References in Text note set out under section 81g of this title.

CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 443e of this title.

CHANGE OF NAME

Act June 5, 1936, changed "Colonial National Monument" to "Colonial National Historical Park".

Footnotes

1 See References in Text note below.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER IX - COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 81h - Civil and criminal jurisdiction; legislative authority of State over park
Contains section 81h
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 39 Stat. 535
46 Stat. 856
49 Stat. 1483
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