§ 81h. — Civil and criminal jurisdiction; legislative authority of State over park.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC81h]
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
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 sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title therein
referred to, shall not apply to any property of a public nature in the
city of Williamsburg, other than property of the United States.
(July 3, 1930, ch. 837, Sec. 6, 46 Stat. 856; June 5, 1936, ch. 525,
Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 1483.)
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''.
