Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 27-107a

  • 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.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

The state of Kansas hereby accepts concurrent jurisdiction over the site of Haskell institute in the city of Lawrence which was retroceded to the state of Kansas by public law 89-442 of the United States.