Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 5914
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 5914
- 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.
- Child: means a person who, by reason of minority, is legally subject to parental, guardianship, or similar control. See
- Member state: means a state that has enacted this Compact. See
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. See
[Contingently enacted.]
§ 5914. Member states; effective date and amendment [Contingently enacted]
(a) Any state is eligible to become a member state.
(b) The Compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the Compact into law by no fewer than 35 states. The effective date shall be the later of July 1, 2007 or upon enactment of the Compact into law by the 35th state. Thereafter it shall become effective and binding as to any other member state upon enactment of the Compact into law by that state. The executive heads of the state human services administration with ultimate responsibility for the child welfare program 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.
(c) The Interstate Commission may propose amendments to the Compact for enactment by the member states. No amendment shall become effective and binding on the member states unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the member states. (Contingently added 2021, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)