§ 38. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction by the United States\nof America to this state.
1.The governor is hereby authorized, whenever\nhe deems it desirable and in the public interest, to cooperate with any\nexecutive agency of the United States of America in following and\nfulfilling the procedure set forth in public law 87-852 of the United\nStates statutes at large, approved October twenty-third, nineteen\nhundred sixty-two, for the relinquishment to this state, by the United\nStates of America acting by and through such executive agency, of all or\npart of the legislative jurisdiction over land within this state, which\nlegislative jurisdiction was heretofore ceded or hereafter will have\nbeen ceded by this state to the United States of America, including the\nexecution and
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§ 38. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction by the United States\nof America to this state. 1. The governor is hereby authorized, whenever\nhe deems it desirable and in the public interest, to cooperate with any\nexecutive agency of the United States of America in following and\nfulfilling the procedure set forth in public law 87-852 of the United\nStates statutes at large, approved October twenty-third, nineteen\nhundred sixty-two, for the relinquishment to this state, by the United\nStates of America acting by and through such executive agency, of all or\npart of the legislative jurisdiction over land within this state, which\nlegislative jurisdiction was heretofore ceded or hereafter will have\nbeen ceded by this state to the United States of America, including the\nexecution and delivery by the governor of the acceptance provided for by\nthe said public law 87-852.\n Upon such execution and delivery of an acceptance, the governor shall\ncause the notice of relinquishment, provided for by the said public law\n87-852, and a duplicate original acceptance to be filed and recorded in\nthe office of the secretary of state of this state. The secretary of\nstate of this state shall cause to be printed in the session laws, of\nthe year succeeding such filing and recording in his office, a statement\nof the date of the notice of relinquishment, the name of the federal\nexecutive agency which issued the notice, a description of the land\naffected, the date of the acceptance by the governor and the date of the\nfiling and recording in the office of the secretary of state.\n 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other\nlaw, the commissioner of general services, upon such terms and\nconditions as seem proper to him, may accept on behalf of the state the\nrelinquishment or retrocession of all or part of jurisdiction in and\nover lands previously or subsequently acquired by or ceded to the United\nStates of America. The relinquishment or retrocession of such\njurisdiction shall be effective upon the written acceptance by the\ncommissioner of general services of a notice of relinquishment or\nretrocession signed by the secretary or head of the appropriate\ndepartment or agency of the United States of America. The notice of\nrelinquishment or retrocession and an executed counterpart of the\nwritten acceptance thereof shall be filed or recorded with the\ndepartment of state. The secretary of state shall cause to be printed in\nthe session laws of the year succeeding such filing or recording a\nstatement of (a) the date of the notice of relinquishment or\nretrocession, (b) the name of the department or agency of the United\nStates of America which issued such notice, (c) a description of the\nland affected, (d) the date of acceptance of such notice and (e) the\ndate of the filing or recording of the written acceptance of such\nnotice.\n