Chapter 0100 - 531R - H Ver of HB2535

House Engrossed

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature

First Regular Session

2017

CHAPTER 100

HOUSE BILL 2535

AN ACT

Amending section 37‑620, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to concurrent criminal jurisdiction.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 37-620, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE37-620. Vesting of concurrent criminal jurisdiction in the United States over certain lands and areas

A. Concurrent criminal jurisdiction over any lands in the this state heretofore reserved from public domain or acquired by the United States as identified in subsection D of this section, and any additions made to such lands, is hereby vested in the United States upon on completion of the conditions set forth in subsection B of this section, except that the jurisdiction of the this state over such lands shall continue.

B. Concurrent criminal jurisdiction shall vest vests as to the lands in each area identified in subsection D of this section when the United States submits to the governor of the this state a formal written request for concurrent criminal jurisdiction accompanied by a satisfactory legal description and plat of such the area, and upon on approval by the governor granting concurrent jurisdiction such the legal description and plat shall be filed by the governor with the county recorder of each county in which the land is situated. The This state may withdraw jurisdiction over any land or area three years after written notification by the governor to the secretary of the interior.

C. The concurrent criminal jurisdiction hereby vested shall continue continues only as long as the United States continues to own or control the lands within such those areas. In the case of any lands included within the boundaries of the areas set forth in subsection D of this section that are not owned or controlled by the United States, the jurisdiction shall does not change by operation of this section.

D. The lands subject to this section are all those lands that are owned or controlled by the United States and that are now or hereafter included within the exterior boundaries of:

1. The national park service lands consisting of:

(a) Canyon de Chelly national monument.

(b) Casa Grande Ruins national monument.

(d) Coronado national memorial.

(e) Fort Bowie national historic site.

(f) Glen Canyon national recreation area.

(g) Grand Canyon national park.

(h) Hohokam Pima national monument.

(i) Hubbell Trading Post national historic site.

(j) Lake Mead national recreation area.

(k) Montezuma Castle national monument.

(l) Navajo national monument.

(m) Organ Pipe Cactus national monument.

(n) Petrified Forest national park.

(o) Pipe Spring national monument.

(p) Saguaro national monument.

(q) Sunset Crater national monument.

(r) Tonto national monument.

(s) Tumacacori national monument.

(t) Tuzigoot national monument.

(u) Walnut Canyon national monument.

(v) Wupatki national monument.

2. Those lands administered by the bureau of reclamation or its successor agency of the United States department of the interior consisting of:

(a) Davis dam.

(b) Glen Canyon dam.

(d) Imperial dam.

(e) Laguna dam.

(f) Parker dam.

3. Lands administered by the United States department of defense or its successor land management agency consisting of the Barry M. Goldwater range. This paragraph is effective only after a memorandum of understanding has been completed with the sheriff of a county that has territory within the Barry M. Goldwater range to address lead investigative agency responsibilities on specific crimes and other coordinating matters, and applies through December 1, 2017. For the purposes of this paragraph, the Barry M. Goldwater range is defined by the military lands withdrawal act of 1999 (Public Law P.L. 106-65) and federal register / volume 66, number 231, / Friday, November 30, 2001. END_STATUTE