Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-102
§3311 State Administration of Criminal and Health and Safety Laws
Title 40 › SUBTITLE II — PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › PART A — GENERAL › CHAPTER 33 — ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND ALTERATION › § 3311
Summary
The General Services Administrator may give a State, territory, or possession the power to enforce criminal and health-and-safety laws on land the Administrator controls there, by a notice accepted by the area’s chief executive or by methods allowed under local law.
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Title 40, §3311
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When the Administrator of General Services considers it desirable, the Administrator may assign to a State or a territory or possession of the United States any part of the authority of the Federal Government to administer criminal laws and health and safety laws with respect to land or an interest in land under the control of the Administrator and located in the State, territory, or possession. Assignment of authority under this section may be accomplished by filing with the chief executive officer of the State, territory, or possession a notice of assignment to take effect on acceptance, or in another manner as may be prescribed by the laws of the State, territory, or possession in which the land or interest is located.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 331140:617.Pub. L. 86–249, § 19, as added Pub. L. 100–678, § 5, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4050. The words “Notwithstanding any other provision of law” and “commonwealth” are omitted as unnecessary.
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40 U.S.C. § 3311
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102