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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 509

Article VII. Other Laws and Relationships
Nothing in this compact shall be construed to:

(a)   Permit or require any person or other entity to
avoid or refuse compliance with any law, rule, regulation,
order or ordinance of a party state or subdivision thereof
now or hereafter made, enacted or in force.

(b)   Limit, diminish, or otherwise impair jurisdiction
exercised by the [Atomic Energy Commission] UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, any agency successor thereto, or any
other federal department, agency or officer pursuant to and
in conformity with any valid and operative act of Congress.

(c)   Alter the relations between and respective
internal responsibilities of the government of a party state
and its subdivisions.

(d)   Permit or authorize the board to exercise any
regulatory authority or to own or operate any nuclear
reactor for the generation of electric energy; nor shall the
board own or operate any facility or installation for
industrial or commercial purposes.

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Article VIII. Eligible Parties, Entry into Force
and Withdrawal

(a)   Any or all of the states of Alabama, Arkansas,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, [and] West Virginia,
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, AND THE UNITED STATES
VIRGIN ISLANDS shall be eligible to become party to this
compact.

(b)   As to any eligible party state, this compact shall
become effective when its legislature shall have enacted the
same into law: Provided that it shall not become initially
effective until enacted into law by seven states.

(c)   Any party state may withdraw from this compact by
enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such
withdrawal shall become effective until the governor of the
withdrawing state shall have sent formal notice in writing
to the governor of each other party state informing said
governors of the action of the legislature in repealing the
compact and declaring an intention to withdraw.

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Article IX. Severability and Construction

The provisions of this compact and of any supplementary
agreement entered into hereunder shall be severable and if