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OF THE PARTY STATES AND BY ANY PERSONS AUTHORIZED BY THE
COMMISSION.

F. AUDIT AND INSPECTION BY GOVERNMENTS CONTRIBUTING
SUPPORT.

NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PREVENT
COMMISSION COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS RELATING TO AUDIT OR
INSPECTION OF ACCOUNTS BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION.

ARTICLE VIII. ELIGIBLE PARTIES; ENTRY INTO
AND WITHDRAWAL.

A.   ELIGIBLE PARTIES; "GOVERNOR" DEFINED.

THIS COMPACT SHALL HAVE AS ELIGIBLE PARTIES ALL STATES,
TERRITORIES, AND POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO.
IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION NOT HAVING A GOVERNOR,
THE TERM "GOVERNOR," AS USED IN THIS COMPACT, SHALL MEAN THE
CLOSEST EQUIVALENT OFFICIAL OF SUCH JURISDICTION.

B.  ENTRY INTO COMPACT; TIME OF INITIAL EFFECT.

ANY STATE OR OTHER ELIGIBLE JURISDICTION MAY ENTER INTO
THIS COMPACT AND IT SHALL BECOME BINDING THEREON WHEN IT HAS
ADOPTED THE SAME; PROVIDED, THAT IN ORDER TO ENTER INTO
INITIAL EFFECT, ADOPTION BY AT LEAST TEN ELIGIBLE PARTY
JURISDICTIONS SHALL BE REQUIRED.

C.   METHODS OF ADOPTION.

ADOPTION OF THE COMPACT MAY BE EITHER BY ENACTMENT
THEREOF OR BY ADHERENCE THERETO BY THE GOVERNOR; PROVIDED
THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF ENACTMENT, ADHERENCE BY THE GOVERNOR
SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO MAKE HIS STATE A PARTY ONLY UNTIL
DECEMBER 31, 1967. DURING ANY PERIOD WHEN A STATE IS
PARTICIPATING IN THIS COMPACT THROUGH GUBERNATORIAL ACTION,
THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THOSE PERSONS WHO, IN ADDITION TO
HIMSELF, SHALL SERVE AS THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FROM
HIS STATE, AND SHALL PROVIDE TO THE COMMISSION AN EQUITABLE
SHARE OF THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION FROM ANY
SOURCE AVAILABLE TO HIM.

D.   WITHDRAWAL.

EXCEPT FOR A WITHDRAWAL EFFECTIVE ON DECEMBER 31, 1967
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH C OF THIS ARTICLE, ANY PARTY
STATE MAY WITHDRAW FROM THIS COMPACT BY ENACTING 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 THE WITHDRAWAL TO THE
GOVERNORS OF ALL OTHER PARTY STATES. NO WITHDRAWAL SHALL
AFFECT ANY LIABILITY ALREADY INCURRED BY OR CHARGEABLE TO A
PARTY STATE PRIOR TO THE TIME OF SUCH WITHDRAWAL.

ARTICLE IX. CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY.