Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1420t
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1420t
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 1420t. Member states; effective date and amendment
(a) Any state is eligible to become a member state of the Compact.
(b) The Compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the Compact into law by no fewer than seven states. Thereafter, it shall become effective and binding on a state upon enactment of the Compact into law by that state.
(c) The governors of non-member 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.
(d) The Interstate Commission may propose amendments to the Compact for enactment by the member states. No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the Interstate Commission and the member states unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the member states. (Added 2017, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.)