SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        995

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Article I. Purposes
The purposes of this Compact are to:

(a)  Provide for mutual aid among the states of the United States
party to this Compact in the utilization of the National Guard to
cope with emergencies.

(b)  Permit and encourage a high degree of flexibility in the de-
ployment of National Guard Forces in the interest of efficiency.

(c)  Maximize the effectiveness of the National Guard in those
situations which call for its utilization under this Compact.

(d)  Provide protection for the rights of National Guard personnel
when serving in other states on emergency duty.

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Article II. Entry Into Force and Withdrawal

(a)  This Compact shall enter into force when enacted into law
by any two states and approved by the Congress of the United States.
Thereafter, this Compact shall become effective as to any other state
upon its enactment thereof.

(b)  Any party state may withdraw from this Compact by enact-
ing a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take
effect until one year after the Governor of the withdrawing state
has given notice in writing of such withdrawal to the Governors of
all other party states.

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Article III. Mutual Aid

(a)  As used in this Article:

(1)  "Emergency" means an occurrence or condition, temporary in
nature, in which police and other public safety officials and locally
available National Guard Forces are, or may reasonably be expected
to be, unable to cope with substantial and imminent danger to the
public safety.

(2)  "Requesting State" means the state whose Governor requests
assistance in coping with an emergency.

(3) "Responding State" means the state furnishing aid, or re-
quested to furnish aid.

(b)   Upon request of the Governor of a party state for assistance
in an emergency, the Governor of a responding state shall have au-
thority under this Compact to send without the borders of his state
and place under the temporary command of the appropriate National
Guard or other military authorities of the requesting state all or any
part of the National Guard Forces of his state as he may deem
necessary, and the exercise of his discretion in this regard shall be
conclusive.

(c)  The Governor of a party state may withhold the National
Guard Forces of his state from such use and recall any forces or
part or member thereof previously deployed in a requesting state.