2002

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 296

THIS COMPACT SHALL BE OPEN TO JOINDER BY ANY STATE,
TERRITORY OR POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, AND WITH THE CONSENT
OF CONGRESS, THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA OR ANY PROVINCE THEREOF. IT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH JURISDICTION WHEN
SUCH JURISDICTION HAS ENACTED THE SAME INTO LAW. WITHDRAWAL FROM
THIS COMPACT SHALL BE BY THE ENACTMENT OF A STATUTE REPEALING THE
SAME, BUT SHALL NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL TWO YEARS AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH STATUTE AND UNTIL WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE
WITHDRAWAL HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE WITHDRAWING STATE TO THE
GOVERNOR OF EACH OTHER PARTY JURISDICTION. WITHDRAWAL OF A PARTY
STATE SHALL NOT AFFECT THE RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER
THIS COMPACT OF ANY SENDING AGENCY THEREIN WITH RESPECT TO A
PLACEMENT MADE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF WITHDRAWAL.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly appeared as Article
16, § 212E.

No changes are made.

Defined terms: "Placement" § 5-603
"Sending agency" § 5-603

5-611. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION; SEVERABILITY.

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT SHALL BE LIBERALLY CONSTRUED
TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES THEREOF. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
COMPACT SHALL BE SEVERABLE AND IF ANY PHRASE, CLAUSE, SENTENCE OR
PROVISION OF THIS COMPACT IS DECLARED TO BE CONTRARY TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF ANY PARTY STATE OR OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE
APPLICABILITY THEREOF TO ANY GOVERNMENT, AGENCY, PERSON OR
CIRCUMSTANCE IS HELD INVALID, THE VALIDITY OF THE REMAINDER OF
THIS COMPACT AND THE APPLICABILITY THEREOF TO ANY GOVERNMENT,
AGENCY, PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED THEREBY. IF
THIS COMPACT SHALL BE HELD CONTRARY TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ANY
STATE PARTY THERETO, THE COMPACT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND
EFFECT AS TO THE REMAINING STATES AND IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS
TO THE STATE AFFECTED AS TO ALL SEVERABLE MATTERS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly appeared as Article
16, § 212F.

No changes are made.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE:

It is the usual practice of the Commission to Revise the
Annotated Code to make few, if any, changes in an interstate
compact. However, the terms of § 5-601 of this subtitle only
require that the compact be "in the form substantially as
follows". Also, minor structural changes, such as the deletion
of article designations, were made in the original enactment of
the compact by the General Assembly. In enacting the compact as
Ch. 266, Acts of 1975, the General Assembly corrected by
amendment an erroneous cross-reference in the bill as introduced.