Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20115 – Member states, effective date and amendment – Article 15
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1. Eligibility. Any state is eligible to become a member state.
[PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20115
- 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.
- Compact: means the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
- Interstate commission: means the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children established under section 20109. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
- Member state: means a state that has enacted the compact. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands and any other United States territory. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 20102
2. Effective date. The compact becomes effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no fewer than 10 of the states. The effective date may be no earlier than December 1, 2007; thereafter, it becomes effective and binding as to any other member state upon enactment of the compact into law by that state. The governors of nonmember states or their designees are invited to participate in the activities of the interstate commission on a nonvoting basis prior to adoption of the compact by all states.
[PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).]
3. Amendments. The interstate commission may propose amendments to the compact for enactment by the member states. An amendment is not effective and binding upon the interstate commission and the member states until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the member states.
[PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2009, c. 409, §1 (NEW).