ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Forty-eighth Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2093
Barry Goldwater range; concurrent jurisdiction
Purpose
Grants concurrent criminal jurisdiction of the Barry M. Goldwater range to the United States.
Background
Concurrent jurisdiction is jurisdiction shared by two or more entities over the physical boundaries between them. Laws 1976, Chapter 54, vests concurrent criminal jurisdiction in the United States over certain lands and areas in Arizona. Statute provides a list of 22 national park lands and six dams administered by the Bureau of Reclamation or its successor agency of the Department of the Interior that are subject to concurrent criminal jurisdiction (A.R.S. § 37-620).
According to the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 (Withdrawal Act) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, the Barry M. Goldwater Range (range) is identified as the public lands and interests in lands that comprise approximately 1,650,200 acres of land in Maricopa, Pima and Yuma counties. The Withdrawal Act provided that all lands and interests in lands within the boundaries established at the range are withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the general land laws and jurisdiction over such lands and interests in lands is transferred to the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force (Pub. L. 106-65 (1999)).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund.
Provisions
1. Expands United States land subject to concurrent criminal jurisdiction to include lands administered by the Department of Defense or its successor land management agency consisting of the range.
2. Makes technical changes.
House Action
HSPR 1/22/07 DP 9-0-0-1
CMMA 1/23/07 DP 9-0-0-1
3rd Read 2/5/07 58-0-2-0
Prepared by Senate Research
March 23, 2007
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