16 U.S.C. § 460bbb–9: State and local…

Summary

Keeps California and its local governments in charge of civil and criminal matters, state fish and game rules, taxes, and regulation of private lands inside the recreation area. Nothing here changes those state or local powers. Allows the federal Secretary to make cooperative agreements with California or its local governments to do two main things: get paid help from nearby agencies for rescue, firefighting, and law enforcement, and plan the use and management of non-Federal lands in the recreation area and the Smith River watershed. The federal Secretary, after consulting with the Secretaries of the Interior, Commerce, and Housing and Urban Development, must consider giving technical help when asked. That help can include payments or grants through existing programs. The Secretary of Agriculture must help Del Norte County build a land information system that works with Forest Service, National Park Service, and other systems so federal and local groups can coordinate planning.

Title 16, §460bbb–9

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(a)State and local jurisdiction

Nothing in this subchapter shall diminish, enlarge, or modify any right of the State of California or any political subdivision thereof, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction or to carry out State fish and game laws, rules, and regulations within the recreation area, or to tax persons, franchise, or private property on the lands and waters included in the recreation area, or to regulate the private lands within the recreation area.

(b)Cooperative agreements

The Secretary is authorized and encouraged to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of California or its political subdivisions for— (1)

(2)the planning for use, management, and development of non-Federal lands within the recreation area and elsewhere in the Smith River watershed in the furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter.

(c)Technical assistance

To enable the State of California and its political subdivisions to develop and implement programs compatible with the purposes of this subchapter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Interior, Commerce, and Housing and Urban Development, shall consider upon request such technical assistance to the State and its political subdivisions as is necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section. Such assistance may include payments or grants, within existing programs, for technical aid and program development.

(d)Land information system

The Secretary of Agriculture shall assist the county of Del Norte in developing a land information system that will be compatible with the Forest Service and National Park Service systems for the Federal lands in Del Norte County and such non-Federal systems as may be appropriate and that will be made available to Federal and non-Federal entities for use in coordinating planning for the recreation area and other lands in the Smith River watershed.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a), (b)(2), and (c), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 101–612, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3209, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 460bbb of this title and Tables.

§460bbb–9 State and Local Jurisdiction and Assistance