Kansas Statutes 27-120. Concurrent jurisdiction over crimes and offenses in national parks ceded to United States
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 27-120
- 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.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Concurrent legislative jurisdiction over crimes and offenses under the laws of the state of Kansas is ceded to the United States over and within all lands dedicated to national park purposes in the following tracts:
(a) Fort Scott National Historic Site;
(b) Fort Larned National Historic Site;
(c) Nicodemus National Historical Site;
(d) Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve;
(e) Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site.