§ 460bbb-9. — State and local jurisdiction and assistance.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460bbb-9]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXIII--SMITH RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Sec. 460bbb-9. State and local jurisdiction and assistance
(a) State and local jurisdiction
Nothing in this subchapter shall diminish, enlarge, or modify any
right of the State of California or any political subdivision thereof,
to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction or to carry out State fish
and game laws, rules, and regulations within the recreation area, or to
tax persons, franchise, or private property on the lands and waters
included in the recreation area, or to regulate the private lands within
the recreation area.
(b) Cooperative agreements
The Secretary is authorized and encouraged to enter into cooperative
agreements with the State of California or its political subdivisions
for--
(1) the rendering on a reimbursable basis, of rescue,
firefighting, and law enforcement services and cooperative
assistance by nearby law enforcement and fire prevention agencies;
and
(2) the planning for use, management, and development of non-
Federal lands within the recreation area and elsewhere in the Smith
River watershed in the furtherance of the purposes of this
subchapter.
(c) Technical assistance
To enable the State of California and its political subdivisions to
develop and implement programs compatible with the purposes of this
subchapter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretaries of the
Interior, Commerce, and Housing and Urban Development, shall consider
upon request such technical assistance to the State and its political
subdivisions as is necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section.
Such assistance may include payments or grants, within existing
programs, for technical aid and program development.
(d) Land information system
The Secretary of Agriculture shall assist the county of Del Norte in
developing a land information system that will be compatible with the
Forest Service and National Park Service systems for the Federal lands
in Del Norte County and such non-Federal systems as may be appropriate
and that will be made available to Federal and non-Federal entities for
use in coordinating planning for the recreation area and other lands in
the Smith River watershed.
(Pub. L. 101-612, Sec. 12, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3221.)
