Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Governor of the State of California is authorized to accept any retrocession of legislative jurisdiction offered by the United States of America over real property upon which an easement for a right-of-way or any other interest for highway purposes has been granted by the federal government to the State of California.

The execution and delivery of acceptance of retrocession of legislative jurisdiction by the Governor of California shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder where the land is located and in the office of the State Lands Commission. The State Lands Commission shall maintain a permanent public record of such acceptances as part of the index relating to jurisdiction of the United States of lands in the State of California required by § 127 of the Government Code.

Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 77.5

  • commission: means the California Transportation Commission. See California Streets and Highways Code 22
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Streets and Highways Code 14
  • highway: includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to highway construction, improvement, and maintenance. See California Streets and Highways Code 23
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 473.)