(1) Kentucky cedes to the United States concurrent civil and criminal jurisdiction over all of the lands acquired by the United States in McCreary County and Martin County acquired for a United States penitentiary and ancillary correctional facilities, including lands now owned and adjacent lands that may be acquired by the United States in the future as part of said correctional facilities.
(2) The cession granted hereby shall remain in effect as to all of said land, or any portion thereof that continues to be owned by the United States and used as a United States penitentiary and ancillary correctional facilities.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 3.028

  • 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.

Effective: March 1, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 1, effective March 1, 2002.