(a) This compact may be amended periodically. Amendments shall be presented in resolution form to the chairperson of the board, and shall be initiated by one or more participating states.

(b) The adoption of an amendment requires endorsement by all participating states and becomes effective 30 days after the date of the last endorsement.

Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 717

  • 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: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Fish and Game Code 83

(c) The failure of any participating state to respond to the appropriate authority within 60 days after receipt of a proposed amendment constitutes endorsement thereof.

(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 398, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002. Compact effective as prescribed in Section 716.9.)

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