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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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LICENSING OF A REGIONAL FACILITY. ANY SUCH PROVISION IN
EXISTENCE AT THE TIME OF RATIFICATION OF THIS COMPACT IS HEREBY
REPEALED.
7-307.
ARTICLE VII.
ELIGIBLE PARTIES, WITHDRAWAL, REVOCATION,
ENTRY INTO FORCE, TERMINATION
A. THE INITIALLY ELIGIBLE PARTIES TO THIS COMPACT SHALL BE
THE 11 STATES OF CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, MAINE, MARYLAND,
MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA,
RHODE ISLAND, AND VERMONT. INITIAL ELIGIBILITY WILL EXPIRE JUNE
30, 1984.
B. EACH STATE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME A PARTY STATE TO THIS
COMPACT SHALL BE DECLARED A PARTY STATE UPON ENACTMENT OF THIS
COMPACT INTO LAW BY THE STATE, REPEAL OF ALL STATUTES OR
STATUTORY PROVISIONS THAT POSE UNREASONABLE IMPEDIMENTS TO THE
CAPABILITY OF THE STATE TO HOST A REGIONAL FACILITY IN A TIMELY
MANNER, AND UPON PAYMENT OF THE FEES REQUIRED BY ARTICLE
IV(J)(1). AN ELIGIBLE STATE MAY BECOME A PARTY TO THIS COMPACT
BY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE AND UPON
PAYMENT OF THE FEES REQUIRED BY ARTICLE IV(J)(1). HOWEVER, ANY
STATE WHICH BECOMES A PARTY STATE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER SHALL CEASE
TO BE A PARTY STATE UPON THE FINAL ADJOURNMENT OF THE NEXT
GENERAL OR REGULAR SESSION OF ITS LEGISLATURE, UNLESS THIS
COMPACT HAS BY THEN BEEN ENACTED AS A STATUTE BY THE STATE AND
ALL STATUTES AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS THAT CONFLICT WITH THE
COMPACT HAVE BEEN REPEALED.
C. THE COMPACT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IN A PARTY STATE UPON
ENACTMENT BY THAT STATE. IT SHALL NOT BECOME INITIALLY EFFECTIVE
IN THE REGION UNTIL ENACTED INTO LAW BY 3 PARTY STATES AND
CONSENT GIVEN TO IT BY THE CONGRESS.
D. THE FIRST 3 STATES ELIGIBLE TO BECOME PARTY STATES TO
THIS COMPACT WHICH ADOPT THIS COMPACT INTO LAW AS REQUIRED IN
ARTICLE VII(B) SHALL IMMEDIATELY UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF THEIR
COMMISSION MEMBERS, CONSTITUTE THEMSELVES AS THE NORTHEAST
INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION. THEY SHALL
CAUSE LEGISLATION TO BE INTRODUCED IN THE CONGRESS WHICH GRANTS
THE CONSENT OF THE CONGRESS TO THIS COMPACT, AND SHALL DO THOSE
THINGS NECESSARY TO ORGANIZE THE COMMISSION AND IMPLEMENT THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT.
1. THE COMMISSION SHALL BE THE JUDGE OF THE
QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PARTY STATES AND OF ITS MEMBERS AND OF
THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
COMPACT AND OF THE LAWS OF THE PARTY STATES RELATING TO THE
ENACTMENT OF THIS COMPACT.
2. ALL SUCCEEDING STATES ELIGIBLE TO BECOME PARTY
STATES TO THIS COMPACT SHALL BE DECLARED PARTY STATES PURSUANT TO
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION (B) OF THIS ARTICLE.
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