HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      4059

House Bill No. 1260

AN ACT concerning

Southern Regional Education Compact - Membership of Oklahoma

FOR the purpose of providing for the admission of the State of
Oklahoma as a member of the Southern Regional Education
Compact; and correcting an address.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 25-204

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

25-204.

(a) The admission of the states of Delaware and West
Virginia into the Southern Regional Education Compact[,] is
approved, and the states of Delaware and West Virginia or either
of them shall become a party to the compact upon approval in each
instance by the legislature and the governor, and upon further
approval of their admission by the other states which were party
to the original compact.

(B) AS OF JULY 1, 1985, THE STATE OF MARYLAND APPROVES THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA AS A PARTY TO THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION
COMPACT. APPROVAL BY THE OTHER STATES WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE
COMPACT IS REQUIRED.

[(b)] (C) Upon the approval of this act, the Governor of
Maryland shall sign an accurate copy of it and submit it to the
Southern Regional Education Board, [830 W. Peachtree] 1340
SPRING Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30309.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

The Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin

May 28, 1985