Kentucky cedes to the United States concurrent civil and criminal jurisdiction over all of the land and premises acquired by the United States in Clay County constituting the federal correctional institution at Manchester.
Effective: April 29, 1994

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 3.027

  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 1, effective April 29, 1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/94). By a letter dated April 29, 1994, the Attorney General of the United States advised the Governor of Kentucky that the United States accepted jurisdiction over the correctional facility as provided by 1994
Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 2, thereby making effective this statute.