Legislation
SECTION 52-B
Governor may execute deed or release with sundry reservations; Pershing Center, West Point Military Reservation
State (STL) CHAPTER 57, ARTICLE 4
§ 52-b. Governor may execute deed or release with sundry reservations;
Pershing Center, West Point Military Reservation. 1. Notwithstanding
section fifty-seven of this article, the governor is hereby authorized
to cede to the United States full concurrent jurisdiction over the
tracts of land comprising the Pershing Center, United States Military
Academy, West Point Military Reservation, acquired by the United States
for military purposes upon conditions that the jurisdiction so ceded
should not prevent the execution on such tracts of any process, civil or
criminal, issued under the authority of this state, nor prevent from
operating within the bounds of such tracts any of the laws or
regulations of the state, not incompatible with the free use and
enjoyment of the premises by the United States or the purposes for which
such cession is made, nor prevent from operating within the same tracts
or parcels of land the laws or ordinances of the county of Orange, town
of Highlands, or the village of Highland Falls, not incompatible with
the free use and enjoyment of the premises by the United States or the
purposes for which such cession is made; and that the United States
shall retain such jurisdiction so long only as such tracts or parcels of
land shall be used for military purposes.
2. Sections fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-five and fifty-six of this
article shall not apply to the provisions of this section.
Pershing Center, West Point Military Reservation. 1. Notwithstanding
section fifty-seven of this article, the governor is hereby authorized
to cede to the United States full concurrent jurisdiction over the
tracts of land comprising the Pershing Center, United States Military
Academy, West Point Military Reservation, acquired by the United States
for military purposes upon conditions that the jurisdiction so ceded
should not prevent the execution on such tracts of any process, civil or
criminal, issued under the authority of this state, nor prevent from
operating within the bounds of such tracts any of the laws or
regulations of the state, not incompatible with the free use and
enjoyment of the premises by the United States or the purposes for which
such cession is made, nor prevent from operating within the same tracts
or parcels of land the laws or ordinances of the county of Orange, town
of Highlands, or the village of Highland Falls, not incompatible with
the free use and enjoyment of the premises by the United States or the
purposes for which such cession is made; and that the United States
shall retain such jurisdiction so long only as such tracts or parcels of
land shall be used for military purposes.
2. Sections fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-five and fifty-six of this
article shall not apply to the provisions of this section.