Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 5733
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 5733
- 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
- Interstate Commission: means the Interstate Commission for Juveniles created by section 5723 of this title. 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
§ 5733. Binding effect; other laws
(a) Other laws.
(1) Nothing in this chapter 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compacting states’ laws other than state Constitutions and other interstate compacts conflicting with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.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) Binding effect of compact.
(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. (Added 2009, No. 108 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. July 1, 2010.)