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Ch. 500
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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OF POLICY CONCERNING OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURE OF THE COMPACT
WITHIN THAT STATE.
9-311.
ARTICLE X. COMPACTING STATES, EFFECTIVE DATE AND AMENDMENT.
(A) ANY STATE IS ELIGIBLE TO BECOME A COMPACTING STATE.
(B) THE COMPACT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AND BINDING UPON
LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT OF THE COMPACT INTO LAW BY NO LESS THAN 35 OF
THE STATES. THE INITIAL EFFECTIVE DATE SHALL BE THE LATER OF JULY 1,
2004, OR UPON ENACTMENT INTO LAW BY THE 35TH JURISDICTION,
THEREAFTER IT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AND BINDING AS TO ANY OTHER
COMPACTING STATE UPON ENACTMENT OF THE COMPACT INTO LAW BY THAT
STATE. THE GOVERNORS OF NONMEMBER STATES OR THEIR DESIGNEES SHALL
BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERSTATE
COMMISSION ON A NONVOTING BASIS PRIOR TO ADOPTION OF THE COMPACT BY
ALL STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.
(C) THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION MAY PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO
THE COMPACT FOR ENACTMENT BY THE COMPACTED STATES. NO AMENDMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AND BINDING UPON THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION
AND THE COMPACTING STATES UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS ENACTED INTO LAW BY
UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COMPACTING STATES.
9-312.
ARTICLE XI. WITHDRAWAL, DEFAULT, TERMINATION, AND JUDICIAL
ENFORCEMENT.
(A) (1) ONCE EFFECTIVE, THE COMPACT SHALL CONTINUE IN FORCE
AND REMAIN BINDING UPON EACH AND EVERY COMPACTING STATE; PROVIDED
THAT A COMPACTING STATE MAY WITHDRAW FROM THE COMPACT BY
SPECIFICALLY REPEALING THE STATUTE WHICH ENACTED THE COMPACT INTO
LAW.
(2) THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF WITHDRAWAL IS THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THE REPEAL.
(3) THE WITHDRAWING STATE SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE
CHAIRPERSON OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION IN WRITING UPON THE
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