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Terms Used In Maryland Code, HUMAN SERVICES 9-314

  • Bylaws: means those bylaws established by the Interstate Commission for its governance, or for directing or controlling its actions or conduct. See
  • Compacting state: means any state which has enacted the enabling legislation for this Compact. See
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • Interstate Commission: means the Interstate Commission for Juveniles created by Article III of this Compact. See
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia or its designee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. See
cle XIII. Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws.

(a) (1) Nothing in this subtitle prevents the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state that is not inconsistent with this Compact.

(2) All compacting states’ laws other than state constitutions and other interstate compacts conflicting with this Compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.

(b) (1) All lawful actions of the Interstate Commission, including all rules and bylaws promulgated by the Interstate Commission, are binding upon the compacting states.

(2) All agreements between the Interstate Commission and the compacting states are binding in accordance with their terms.

(3) Upon the request of a party to a conflict over meaning or interpretation of Interstate Commission actions, and upon a majority vote of the compacting states, the Interstate Commission may issue advisory opinions regarding such meaning or interpretation.

(4) In the event any provision of this Compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any compacting state, the obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction sought to be conferred by such provision upon the Interstate Commission shall be ineffective and such obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction shall remain in the compacting state and shall be exercised by the agency thereof to which such obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction are delegated by law in effect at the time this Compact becomes effective.