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1 V.S.A. § 371
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Legal Holidays; Commemorative Days|§ 371. Legal holidays

§ 371. Legal holidays|(a) The following shall be legal holidays:  (1) New Year's Day, January 1; (2) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, the third Monday in January; (3) Presidents' Day, the third Monday in February; (4) Town Meeting Day, the first Tuesday in March; (5) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; (6) Independence Day, July 4; (7) Bennington Battle Day, August 16; (8) Labor Day, the first Monday in September; (9) Indigenous Peoples' Day, the second Monday in October; (10) Veterans' Day, November 11; (11) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November; (12) Christmas Day, December 25.   (b) All State departments, agencies and offices shall observe any legal holiday which falls on a Saturday on the preceding Friday and any legal holiday which falls on a Sunday on the following Monday; however, all other conditions of employment related to legal holidays, including decisions such as the closing or opening of State offices and compensation for work performed on such a day, shall be proper matters for collective bargaining pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 904.(c) The provisions of this section shall not affect any collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective date hereof. (Amended 1969, No. 202 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. date, see note set out below; 1973, No. 71, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974; 1973, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; eff. March 11, 1974; 1975, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 6, 1976; 1985, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2003, No. 83 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2017, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 2019, No. 18, § 2.)
1 V.S.A. § 372
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Legal Holidays; Commemorative Days|§ 372. Arbor Day

§ 372. Arbor Day|The first Friday in the month of May of each year is hereby designated as "Arbor Day."
1 V.S.A. § 373
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Legal Holidays; Commemorative Days|§ 373. American History Month

§ 373. American History Month|That February of each year is hereby designated as American History Month, and the Governor of the State of Vermont is requested and authorized to issue annually a proclamation inviting the people of the State of Vermont to observe such month in schools, churches, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies and activities. (1961, No. R-28, app. Feb. 23, 1961.)
1 V.S.A. § 374
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Legal Holidays; Commemorative Days|§ 374. POW-MIA Recognition Day

§ 374. POW-MIA Recognition Day|The third Friday in the month of September is designated as "POW-MIA Recognition Day."  (Added 1997, No. 82 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Sept. 18, 1998.)
1 V.S.A. § 375
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Legal Holidays; Commemorative Days|§ 375. Juneteenth

§ 375. Juneteenth|The third Saturday of the month of June is designated as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day."  (Added 2007, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
1 V.S.A. § 376
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Legal Holidays; Commemorative Days|§ 376. Health Care Career Awareness Month

§ 376. Health Care Career Awareness Month|October of each year is designated as Health Care Career Awareness Month. (Added 2009, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 31a.)
1 V.S.A. § 377
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Legal Holidays; Commemorative Days|§ 377. Green Up Day; River Cleanup Month

§ 377. Green Up Day; River Cleanup Month|(a) The first Saturday in the month of May is designated as Green Up Day.(b) September of each year is designated as River Cleanup Month. (Added 2013, No. 117 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2019, No. 50, § 3.)
1 V.S.A. § 431
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Time|§ 431. Standard time; daylight saving time

§ 431. Standard time; daylight saving time|(a) The standard time within the State of Vermont shall be based on the mean astronomical time of 75° of longitude west from Greenwich, known and designated as "U.S. Eastern Standard Time," except as provided in 15 U.S.C. § 260a, when standard time shall be advanced one hour. The period of time so advanced may be called "daylight saving time."(b) The Governor is authorized to shorten or lengthen the period specified in subsection (a) of this section by proclamation, if necessary to make the time accord with the time in effect in any of the states whose boundaries adjoin Vermont. This proclamation shall be issued at least 10 days before it takes effect. (Amended 2017, No. 74, § 1.)
1 V.S.A. § 432
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 9 - Time|§ 432. Use as to laws and contracts

§ 432. Use as to laws and contracts|In all laws, statutes, orders, decrees, rules, and regulations relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or department of this State, including the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches of the State government, or of any county, city, town, or district thereof, or relating to the time in which any rights shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of this State and in all the public schools and institutions of the State, or of any county, city, town, or district thereof, and in all contracts or choses in action made or to be performed in this State, it shall be understood and intended that the time shall be the time designated in section 431 of this title.
1 V.S.A. § 491
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 491. Coat of Arms; Crest; Motto and Badge

§ 491. Coat of Arms; Crest; Motto and Badge|The Coat of Arms, Crest, Motto and Badge of the State shall be and are described as follows:  (1) Coat of Arms. Green, a landscape occupying half of the shield; on the right and left, in the background, high mountains, blue; the sky, yellow. From near the base and reaching nearly to the top of the shield, arises a pine tree of the natural color and between three erect sheaves, yellow, placed diagonally on the right side and a red cow standing on the left side of the field. (2) Motto and Badge. On a scroll beneath the shield, the motto: Vermont; Freedom and Unity. The Vermonter's badge: two pine branches of natural color, crossed between the shield and scroll. (3) Crest. A buck's head, of natural color, placed on a scroll, blue and yellow.
1 V.S.A. § 492
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 492. Design of Coat of Arms

§ 492. Design of Coat of Arms|The Secretary of State shall keep in the archives of his or her office a representation of the Coat of Arms according to the foregoing description.
1 V.S.A. § 493
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 493. State Seal

§ 493. State Seal|The State Seal shall be the Great Seal of the State, a faithful reproduction, cut larger and deeper, of the original seal, designed by Ira Allen, cut by Reuben Dean of Windsor and accepted by resolution of the General Assembly, dated February 20, 1779. The Seal shall be kept by the Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs.
1 V.S.A. § 494
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 494. Use of State Seal

§ 494. Use of State Seal|The Vermont Development Board may, with the prior written consent of the Governor, reproduce the seal of the State of Vermont in any State-sponsored publication whether or not advertising is included in such publication. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 18(a), eff. March 1, 1961.)
1 V.S.A. § 495
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 495. State Flag

§ 495. State Flag|The Flag of the State shall be blue with the Coat of Arms of the State thereon.
1 V.S.A. § 496
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 496. State Flags, purchase, distribution

§ 496. State Flags, purchase, distribution|The Secretary of State shall obtain, through the Department of Buildings and General Services, State Flags. The Secretary may, on terms that he or she finds appropriate, distribute these State Flags to other states; to State officials, departments, and agencies; and to other persons the Secretary may determine should receive them. (Added 1961, No. 120, § 1, eff. May 16, 1961; amended 1963, No. 77, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 2, 1963; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a), eff. May 6, 1996; 2017, No. 111 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
1 V.S.A. § 496a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 496a. Bennington Battle Flag

§ 496a. Bennington Battle Flag|The Secretary of State shall obtain, through the Department of Buildings and General Services, two copies of the Bennington Battle Flag, one for delivery to the Sergeant at Arms to be flown at the State House in Montpelier, under the U.S. Flag, on the 15th, 16th, and 17th days of August each year to commemorate the Battle of Bennington, and a second for delivery to the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, along with one Vermont State Flag, to be flown at the Bennington Battle Monument Area. (Added 2017, No. 111 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
1 V.S.A. § 496b
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 496b. Green Mountain Boys Flag

§ 496b. Green Mountain Boys Flag|The Secretary of State shall obtain, through the Department of Buildings and General Services, a copy of the Green Mountain Boys Flag for delivery to the Sergeant at Arms to be flown at the State House in Montpelier, under the U.S. Flag, on the 15th day of January each year to commemorate Vermont's independence. (Added 2017, No. 111 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
1 V.S.A. § 496c
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 496c. POW-MIA flag; flying on State flagpoles

§ 496c. POW-MIA flag; flying on State flagpoles|The State of Vermont shall fly on State-owned flagpoles, where practicable, the National League of Families Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Flag, as designated in 36 U.S.C. § 902, provided the flag is donated. (Added 2017, No. 111 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
1 V.S.A. § 496d
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 496d. Flag protocol

§ 496d. Flag protocol|The Department of Buildings and General Services shall adopt and update as necessary a protocol for the flying of any flag on a State-owned flagpole and on municipally owned flagpoles if statutorily directed. The protocol shall incorporate any existing flag-flying policies or protocols that the Department has previously adopted. (Added 2017, No. 111 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
1 V.S.A. § 496e
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 496e. Honor and Remember Flag

§ 496e. Honor and Remember Flag|The Honor and Remember Flag is designated as the flag that recognizes those Vermonters who died during or as the result of serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. This designation will recognize their bravery and educate Vermonters about the sacrifices their fellow citizens have made to protect our nation. The Department of Buildings and General Services shall establish a protocol for the flying of the Honor and Remember Flag and may accept donations of the flag to be flown on State-owned flagpoles. The Honor and Remember Flag may be flown on State-owned and municipally owned flagpoles, including those at military facilities, war memorials, and veterans cemeteries on such days as the Department of Buildings and General Services shall designate in the protocol. (Added 2017, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 3, 2018.)
1 V.S.A. § 497
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 497. State Bird

§ 497. State Bird|The State Bird shall be the hermit thrush.
1 V.S.A. § 498
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 498. State Flower

§ 498. State Flower|The State Flower shall be the red clover.
1 V.S.A. § 499
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 499. State Tree

§ 499. State Tree|The State Tree shall be the sugar maple.
1 V.S.A. § 500
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 500. State Animal

§ 500. State Animal|The State Animal shall be the Morgan horse. (1961, No. 42, § 1, eff. March 23, 1961.)
1 V.S.A. § 501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 501. State Fish

§ 501. State Fish|The State Cold Water Fish shall be the brook trout ( salvelinus fontinalis ) and the State Warm Water Fish shall be the walleye pike ( sander vitreus ). (Added 2011, No. 82 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 13, 2012.)
1 V.S.A. § 502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 502. State Insect

§ 502. State Insect|The State Insect shall be the honeybee. (Added 1977, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 17, 1978.)
1 V.S.A. § 503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 503. State Beverage

§ 503. State Beverage|The State Beverage shall be milk. (Added 1983, No. 22, § 1, eff. April 22, 1983.)
1 V.S.A. § 504
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 504. State Soil

§ 504. State Soil|The State Soil shall be the Tunbridge soil series. (Added 1985, No. 9, § 1, eff. Mar. 27, 1985.)
1 V.S.A. § 505
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 505. State Butterfly

§ 505. State Butterfly|The State Butterfly shall be the monarch. (Added 1987, No. 72, § 1, eff. June 8, 1987.)
1 V.S.A. § 506
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 506. State Gem

§ 506. State Gem|The State Gem shall be the grossular garnet. (Added 1991, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 28, 1992.)
1 V.S.A. § 507
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 507. State Rocks

§ 507. State Rocks|The State Rocks shall be marble, granite, and slate. (Added 1991, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 28, 1992.)
1 V.S.A. § 508
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 508. State Mineral

§ 508. State Mineral|The State Mineral shall be talc. (Added 1991, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 28, 1992.)
1 V.S.A. § 509
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 509. State Fossils

§ 509. State Fossils|(a) The State Marine Fossil shall be the white whale fossilized skeleton at the University of Vermont's Perkins Geology Museum.(b) The State Terrestrial Fossil shall be the Mount Holly mammoth tooth and tusk at the Mount Holly Community Historical Museum. (Added 1993, No. 66, § 1, eff. June 6, 1993; amended 2013, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 15a.)
1 V.S.A. § 510
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 510. State Flavor

§ 510. State Flavor|The State Flavor shall be maple from the Vermont sugar maple tree. (Added 1993, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 26, 1994.)
1 V.S.A. § 511
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 511. State Amphibian

§ 511. State Amphibian|The State Amphibian shall be the northern leopard frog. (Added 1997, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 21, 1998.)
1 V.S.A. § 512
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 512. State Pie

§ 512. State Pie|The State Pie shall be apple pie. (Added 1999, No. 15, § 1, eff. May 10, 1999.)
1 V.S.A. § 513
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 513. State Fruit

§ 513. State Fruit|The State Fruit shall be the apple. (Added 1999, No. 15, § 3, eff. May 10, 1999.)
1 V.S.A. § 514
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 514. State Song

§ 514. State Song|The State Song shall be "These Green Mountains."  (Added 1999, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 5, 2000.)
1 V.S.A. § 515
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 515. State Heritage Livestock Breed

§ 515. State Heritage Livestock Breed|The Randall Lineback breed of cattle shall be an official State Heritage breed of livestock. (Added 2005, No. 97 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
1 V.S.A. § 516
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 516. State Sports

§ 516. State Sports|The State Winter Sports shall be skiing and snowboarding. (Added 2011, No. 77 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 8, 2012.)
1 V.S.A. § 517
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 517. State Fly-Fishing Fly

§ 517. State Fly-Fishing Fly|The State Fly-Fishing Fly shall be the Governor Aiken bucktail streamer. (Added 2013, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 14.)
1 V.S.A. § 518
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 518. State Latin Motto

§ 518. State Latin Motto|The State Latin Motto shall be Stella quarta decima fulgeat (May the 14th star shine bright). (Added 2015, No. 6, § 1.)
1 V.S.A. § 519
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Flag, Insignia, Seal, Etc.|§ 519. State Vegetable

§ 519. State Vegetable|The State Vegetable shall be the Gilfeather turnip. (Added 2015, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
1 V.S.A. § 551
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 13 - Jurisdiction of the United States|§ 551. Concurrent jurisdiction reserved

§ 551. Concurrent jurisdiction reserved|When, pursuant to U.S. Const. Art. 1, § 8, cl. 17, consent to purchase is given and exclusive jurisdiction ceded to the United States in respect to and over any lands within this State which shall be acquired by the United States for the purposes described in such clause of the Constitution, such jurisdiction shall continue so long as the lands are held and occupied by the United States for public purposes; but concurrent jurisdiction is reserved for the execution upon such lands of all process, civil or criminal, issued by the courts of the State and not incompatible with the cession, and for the enforcement of State law in the federal enclave along the border of Canada and Vermont by law enforcement officers certified under 20 V.S.A. § 2358. The deed or other conveyance of such land to the United States shall contain a description of such lands by metes and bounds and shall be recorded in the town clerk's office of the town in which such lands lie or an accurate map or plan and description by metes and bounds of such lands shall be filed in such clerk's office. (Amended 1999, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 29, 2000.)
1 V.S.A. § 552
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 13 - Jurisdiction of the United States|§ 552. Consent to purchase

§ 552. Consent to purchase|Subject to the provisions of section 551 of this title, consent to purchase is hereby given and exclusive jurisdiction is ceded to the United States in respect to and over so much land as the United States has or may acquire for the purposes described in U.S. Const. Art. 1, § 8, cl. 17. However, with respect to land hereafter sought to be acquired by the United States for flood control purposes or for other needful buildings as specified in such clause of the Constitution of the United States, the consent of the State shall not be deemed to have been given unless and until such land has been acquired by the State and conveyed to the United States in the manner provided by 29 V.S.A. chapter 15 with respect to public works projects and with the written approval of the Governor and the approval of the General Assembly. (Amended 1971, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
1 V.S.A. § 553
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 13 - Jurisdiction of the United States|§ 553. Federal Geological Survey

§ 553. Federal Geological Survey|For the purpose of making the surveys required of the Federal Geological Survey by acts of Congress, it shall be lawful for the persons employed in making the same to enter upon the lands within the boundaries of this State, but this section shall not be construed as authorizing any unnecessary interference with private rights.
1 V.S.A. § 554
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 13 - Jurisdiction of the United States|§ 554. National forest lands

§ 554. National forest lands|The consent of the State of Vermont is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, gift, or condemnation with adequate compensation, of such lands in Vermont with the approval of a Board consisting of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation, and Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets in the following towns: Bristol, Lincoln, Warren, Ripton, Granville, Hancock, Rochester, Pittsfield, Chittenden, Goshen, Middlebury, Salisbury, Leicester, Brandon, Mendon, Stockbridge, Winhall, Londonderry, Peru, Dorset, Danby, Landgrove, Weston, Wallingford, Mt. Holly, Mt. Tabor, Stratton, Wardsboro, Dover, Wilmington, Whitingham, Readsboro, Searsburg, Sunderland, Manchester, Woodford, Stamford, Jamaica, Bennington, Pownal, Shaftsbury, Arlington, and Killington, and the unorganized towns of Glastenbury and Somerset, which in the opinion of the federal government and the State may be needed for the establishment, consolidation, and extension of national forests in the State. Land in the Town of Rupert and the Town of Sandgate may be considered by the Board for classification within boundaries of areas of the State in which the United States may acquire lands as National Forest lands, provided that the legislative body of the town has voted to allow such consideration after having been advised to do so by a majority of town residents voting in an advisory referendum on the question. Such Board shall act on a specific parcel only after it has the written approval of the legislative body or selectboard members of the town or supervisors of an unorganized town or gore wherein such land, or a part thereof is located. (Amended 1989, No. 224 (Adj. Sess.), eff. June 4, 1990; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 72.)
1 V.S.A. § 555
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 13 - Jurisdiction of the United States|§ 555. Jurisdiction of United States over national forests

§ 555. Jurisdiction of United States over national forests|The United States shall have jurisdiction to make and enforce such laws, rules, and regulations as the United States shall deem necessary for the administration, protection, and management of national forests in the State. (Amended 2021, No. 52, § 2, eff. June 3, 2021.)
1 V.S.A. § 556
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 13 - Jurisdiction of the United States|§ 556. Jurisdiction of State over national forests

§ 556. Jurisdiction of State over national forests|In all other respects, the jurisdiction over persons and property within the territory of national forests in the State shall not be affected nor changed by reason of the acquisition of title to such lands by the United States. (Amended 2021, No. 52, § 3, eff. June 3, 2021.)