40 USC 421: Jurisdiction of State or political subdivision; civil rights under local law preserved

40 USC 421: Jurisdiction of State or political subdivision; civil rights under local law preserved Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001

From Title 40-PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKSCHAPTER 8-EMERGENCY PUBLIC WORKS AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTSSUBCHAPTER II-SLUM CLEARANCE AND LOW COST HOUSING PROJECTS

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§421. Jurisdiction of State or political subdivision; civil rights under local law preserved

The acquisition by the United States of any real property in connection with any low-cost housing, or slum-clearance project constructed with funds allotted to the Administrator of General Services pursuant to any law, shall not be held to deprive any State or political subdivision thereof of its civil and criminal jurisdiction in and over such property, or to impair the civil rights under the local law of the tenants or inhabitants on such property; and insofar as any such jurisdiction has been taken away from any such State or subdivision, or any such rights have been impaired, jurisdiction over any such property is ceded back to such State or subdivision.

(June 29, 1936, ch. 860, §1, 49 Stat. 2025 ; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§301, 305, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2729, 53 Stat. 1426, 1428; Ex. Ord. No. 9357, eff. June 30, 1943, 8 F.R. 9041; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §103(a), 63 Stat. 380 .)

Transfer of Functions

Functions of Federal Works Agency and of all agencies thereof, together with functions of Federal Works Administrator transferred to Administrator of General Services by section 103(a) of act June 30, 1949, which is classified to section 753(a) of this title. Federal Works Agency and office of Federal Works Administrator abolished by section 103(b) of act June 30, 1949.

Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works consolidated into Federal Works Agency to be administered as Public Works Administration by Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939. Functions of Public Works Administration and Commissioner of Public Works in Federal Works Agency transferred to Federal Works Administrator by Ex. Ord. No. 9357.

Effective Date of Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions by act June 30, 1949, effective July 1, 1949, see section 605 of act June 30, 1949, set out as an Effective Date note under section 471 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 423, 424, 425 of this title.