2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 9 - Fish and Wildlife Service
Sec. 742m - Relinquishment of exclusive legislative jurisdiction
| 16 U.S.C. § 742m (2019) |
| §742m. Relinquishment of exclusive legislative jurisdiction |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, may relinquish to a State, or to a Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, the exclusive legislative jurisdiction of the United States over all or part of any United States Fish and Wildlife Service lands or interests therein, including but not limited to National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatchery System lands, in that State, Commonwealth, territory, or possession. Relinquishment of exclusive legislative jurisdiction under this subsection may be accomplished (1) by filing with the Governor (or, if none, the chief executive officer) of the State, Commonwealth, territory, or possession concerned, a notice of relinquishment to take effect upon acceptance thereof, or (2) as the laws of the State, Commonwealth, territory, or possession may otherwise provide. |
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(Pub. L. 100–653, title IX, §901, Nov. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 3834.) |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
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| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Sec. 742m - Relinquishment of exclusive legislative jurisdiction |
| section 742m |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
| No |
| standard |
| 102 Stat. 3834 |
| Public Law 100-653 |
