2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 33 Human Services
Chapter 57 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES
§ 5730 Compacting states; effective date; amendment
5730. Compacting states; effective date; amendment
(a) Any state as defined in subdivision 5722(12) of this title 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 compacting 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. (Added 2009, No. 108 (Adj. Sess.), 12, eff. July 1, 2010.)
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