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1	1	Session of 2025
2	2	HOUSE BILL No. 2242
3	3	By Committee on Judiciary
4	4	Requested by Representative Proctor on behalf of Michelle Richart
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6	6	AN ACT concerning federal jurisdiction; relating to federal property;
7	7	authorizing the governor to accept requests from the federal
8	8	government to establish concurrent jurisdiction in certain
9	9	circumstances; amending K.S.A. 27-102 and repealing the existing
10	10	section.
11	11	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
12	12	Section 1. K.S.A. 27-102 is hereby amended to read as follows: 27-
13	13	102. (a) That exclusive jurisdiction over and within any lands so acquired
14	14	by the United States shall be, and the same is hereby, ceded to the United
15	15	States, for all purposes; saving, however, to the state of Kansas the right to
16	16	serve therein any civil or criminal process issued under the authority of the
17	17	state, in any action on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred or
18	18	crimes committed in said state, but outside the boundaries of such land;
19	19	and saving further to said state the right to tax the property and franchises
20	20	of any railroad, bridge or other corporations within the boundaries of such
21	21	lands; but the jurisdiction hereby ceded shall not continue after the United
22	22	States shall cease to own said lands.
23	23	(b) (1) The state of Kansas authorizes the governor to grant requests
24	24	from the United States to establish concurrent jurisdiction over land
25	25	owned by the United States for military purposes within the boundaries of
26	26	Kansas. Concurrent jurisdiction shall be effective upon completion of:
27	27	(A) A written offer for concurrent jurisdiction being sent to the
28	28	governor by the principal officer of the military installation or other
29	29	authorized representative of the United States having supervision and
30	30	control over the land that:
31	31	(i) Clearly states the subject matter for the concurrent jurisdiction
32	32	request;
33	33	(ii) provides the metes and bounds description of the boundary of the
34	34	concurrent jurisdiction offer; and
35	35	(iii) indicates whether the request includes future contiguous
36	36	expansion of land acquired for military purposes; and
37	37	(B) the governor accepting the offer in writing that clearly confirms
38	38	each of the elements of the offer that are accepted; and
39	39	(C) the governor recording and indexing the offer, acceptance and
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75	75	metes and bounds description of the boundary of concurrent jurisdiction
76	76	with the secretary of state who shall publish such information in the
77	77	Kansas register.
78	78	(2) After concurrent jurisdiction is effective:
79	79	(A) The governor shall send a copy of the information provided to the
80	80	secretary of state to the official who made the initial written offer; and
81	81	(B) any state or local agency may enter into a reciprocal agreement
82	82	or memorandum of understanding with any agency of the United States for
83	83	the coordination and designation of responsibilities related to the
84	84	concurrent jurisdiction.
85	85	Sec. 2. K.S.A. 27-102 is hereby repealed.
86	86	Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
87	87	publication in the statute book.
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