CHAPTER 258

S.P. 484 - L.D. 1395

An Act Regarding National Forests

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §751 is amended to read:

§751. Concurrent jurisdiction

The consent of the State of Maine is given to the acquisition by the United States of America by purchase or gift, but not by condemnation, of such lands in the State as in the opinion of the Federal Government may be needed for the establishment, consolidation and extension of national forests in the State. The State shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over lands so acquired as national forests in the State so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State against any person charged with the commission of crime without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this section and sections 752 and 754 had not passed. The State of Maine shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters referred to in the proviso contained in section 752.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §752 is amended to read:

§752. Federal rules and regulations