§ 1324. — Amendment of State constitutions or statutes to remove legal impediment; effective date.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1324]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 15--CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER III--JURISDICTION OVER CRIMINAL AND CIVIL ACTIONS
Sec. 1324. Amendment of State constitutions or statutes to
remove legal impediment; effective date
Notwithstanding the provisions of any enabling Act for the admission
of a State, the consent of the United States is hereby given to the
people of any State to amend, where necessary, their State constitution
or existing statutes, as the case may be, to remove any legal impediment
to the assumption of civil or criminal jurisdiction in accordance with
the provisions of this subchapter. The provisions of this subchapter
shall not become effective with respect to such assumption of
jurisdiction by any such State until the people thereof have
appropriately amended their State constitution or statutes, as the case
may be.
(Pub. L. 90-284, title IV, Sec. 404, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 79.)
