1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

5.4 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT SHALL BE SEVERABLE, AND IF ANY
PHRASE, CLAUSE, SENTENCE OR PROVISION OF THE JENNINGS RANDOLPH LAKE
PROJECT COMPACT IS DECLARED TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR INAPPLICABLE TO
ANY SIGNATORY PARTY OR AGENCY OF ANY PARTY, THE CONSTITUTIONALITY AND
APPLICABILITY OF THE COMPACT SHALL NOT BE OTHERWISE AFFECTED AS TO ANY
OTHER PROVISION, PARTY, OR AGENCY. IT IS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT BE REASONABLY AND LIBERALLY CONSTRUED TO
EFFECTUATE THE STATED PURPOSES OF THE COMPACT.

5.5 NO MEMBER OF OR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS, OR SIGNATORY SHALL BE
ADMITTED TO ANY SHARE OR PART OF THIS COMPACT, OR TO ANY BENEFIT THAT
MAY ARISE THEREFROM; BUT THIS PROVISION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
EXTEND TO THIS AGREEMENT IF MADE WITH A CORPORATION FOR ITS GENERAL
BENEFIT.

5.6      WHEN THIS COMPACT HAS BEEN RATIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
EACH RESPECTIVE STATE, WHEN THE GOVERNOR OF WEST VIRGINIA AND THE
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND HAVE EXECUTED THIS COMPACT ON BEHALF OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE STATES AND HAVE CAUSED A VERIFIED COPY THEREOF TO BE FILED
WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF EACH RESPECTIVE STATE, WHEN THE
BALTIMORE DISTRICT ENGINEER OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS
EXECUTED ITS CONCURRENCE WITH THIS COMPACT, AND WHEN THIS COMPACT HAS
BEEN CONSENTED TO BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, THEN THIS
COMPACT SHALL BECOME OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE.

5.7      EITHER STATE MAY, BY LEGISLATIVE ACT, AFTER ONE YEAR'S WRITTEN
NOTICE TO THE OTHER, WITHDRAW FROM THIS COMPACT. THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF

ENGINEERS MAY WITHDRAW ITS CONCURRENCE WITH THIS COMPACT UPON ONE
YEAR'S WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE BALTIMORE DISTRICT ENGINEER TO THE
GOVERNOR OF EACH STATE.

5.8      THIS COMPACT MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.

EACH PROPOSED AMENDMENT SHALL BE PRESENTED IN RESOLUTION FORM
TO THE GOVERNOR OF EACH STATE AND THE BALTIMORE DISTRICT ENGINEER OF
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. AN AMENDMENT TO THIS COMPACT SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE ONLY AFTER IT HAS BEEN RATIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURES OF .
BOTH SIGNATORY STATES AND CONCURRED IN BY THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS, BALTIMORE DISTRICT. AMENDMENTS SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE LAST CONCURRENCE OR RATIFICATION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act may not take
effect until a similar Act is passed by the State of West Virginia; that the legislature of the
State of West Virginia is requested to concur in this Act of the General Assembly of
Maryland by the passage of a similar Act; that the Department of Legislative Reference
shall notify the appropriate officials of the Sate State of West Virginia of the passage of
this Act; and that upon the concurrence in this Act by the State of West Virginia, the
Governor of the State of Maryland shall issue a proclamation declaring this Act valid and
effective.

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