1030                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 4

TERMINATE THE COMPACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING
PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS:

1.   NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) YEARS NOR MORE THAN
TWELVE (12) YEARS AFTER THE UNITED STATES ACTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 1.05 (B), THE STATES MAY ENACT
STATUTES REPEALING THE COMPACT. SUCH REPEALING
STATUTES SHALL TAKE EFFECT WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN ENACTED
BY AT LEAST FOUR OF THE STATES.

2.    IF THE ACTION OF THE UNITED STATES IS IN THE
NATURE OF A MODIFICATION OF THE TERMS OF ITS
PARTICIPATION RATHER THAN A WITHDRAWAL, THE
CONSIDERATION OF REPEAL OF THE COMPACT BY THE STATE
LEGISLATURES SHALL BE PRECEDED BY A REPORT OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FROM THE STATES FINDING THAT
THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION BY THE
UNITED STATES IS SUBSTANTIAL, SETTING FORTH THE
EFFECTS WHICH THE STATE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
BELIEVE THE MODIFICATION WILL HAVE OR HAS HAD, AND
RECOMMENDING EITHER THAT THE COMPACT SHOULD BE
CONTINUED OR THAT IT SHOULD BE TERMINATED.

3.   ANY TERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
SHALL INCLUDE ADEQUATE PROVISION FOR THE ASSUMPTION OF
ANY OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMMISSION.

ARTICLE 2
COMMISSION—ORGANIZATION AND TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

2.01.   COMMISSION CREATED.—THE POTOMAC RIVER
BASIN COMMISSION IS HEREBY CREATED AS A BODY POLITIC
AND CORPORATE, WITH SUCCESSION FOR THE DURATION OF
THIS COMPACT, AS AN AGENCY AND INSTRUMENTALITY OF EACH
OF THE RESPECTIVE SIGNATORIES, WITH ALL POWERS AND
DUTIES HEREIN SET FORTH.

2.02.  COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP.—THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMISSION SHALL BE THE GOVERNOR OF EACH SIGNATORY
STATE, OR HIS DESIGNEE OR APPOINTEE TO SERVE AT HIS
PLEASURE, AND ONE MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO SERVE AT THE
PLEASURE OF THE PRESIDENT. A GOVERNOR WHO INTENDS TO
ACT AS THE MEMBER FROM HIS STATE AT A MEETING SHALL
GIVE NOTICE OF HIS INTENTION TO THE OTHER GOVERNORS.

2.03.   ALTERNATES.—EACH GOVERNOR OF A SIGNATORY
STATE AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL
APPOINT OR DESIGNATE AN ALTERNATE FOR THE COMMISSIONER
FROM HIS JURISDICTION WHO SHALL SERVE AT HIS PLEASURE