19-3-205 - Eligible party states -- Requirements regarding joinder and withdrawal from compact -- Consent of Congress.
19-3-205. Eligible party states -- Requirements regarding joinder and withdrawalfrom compact -- Consent of Congress.
(1) Each of the following states is eligible to become a party to this compact: Alaska,Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. As to any eligible party, thiscompact becomes effective upon enactment into law by that party, but it is not initially effectiveuntil enacted into law by two states. Any party state may withdraw from this compact byenacting a statute repealing its approval.
(2) After the compact has initially taken effect under Subsection (1), any eligible partystate may become a party to this compact by the execution of an executive order by the governorof the state. Any state which becomes a party in this manner shall cease to be a party upon thefinal adjournment of the next general or regular session of its legislature or July 1, 1983,whichever occurs first, unless the compact has by then been enacted as a statute by that state.
(3) Section 19-3-203 takes effect on July 1, 1983, if consent is given by Congress. Asprovided in Public Law 96-573, Congress may withdraw its consent to the compact after everyfive-year period.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 112, 1991 General Session