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title: "16 U.S.C. § 460jj–6"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 460jj–6 - State civil and criminal jurisdiction

## Text

Nothing in this subchapter shall diminish, enlarge, or modify any right of the State of Colorado, or any political subdivision thereof, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction within the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area or the Arapaho National Recreation Area or of rights to tax persons, franchises, or property, including mineral or other interests, in or on lands or waters within those areas.

(Pub. L. 95–450, § 10, Oct. 11, 1978, 92 Stat. 1098.)