Chapter
179
2006 -- H 7454 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/23/06
A N A C T
RELATING
TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES
Introduced
By: Representatives McManus, Ehrhardt, and Long
Date
Introduced: February 16, 2006
It is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
SECTION 1. Section
14-6.1-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 14-6.1 entitled "The
Interstate Compact for Juveniles" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
14-6.1-3.
Ratification procedure -- Effective date. -- When the governor shall
have
executed the compact on behalf of this state and
shall have caused a verified copy to be filed with
the secretary of state; and when the compact
shall have been ratified by one or more of the states,
territories, or possessions of the United
States, the District of Columbia, and/or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, then the compact
shall become operative and effective as
between this state and those other state or
states, territories or possessions of the United States,
the District of Columbia, and/or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico no less than thirty-five (35) of
the states, and thereafter it shall become
effective and binding as to any other compacting state
upon the enactment of the compact into law by
that state.
The governor is authorized and directed
to take any action that may be necessary to
complete the exchange of official documents as
between this state and any other state, territory,
or possession of the United States, the District of
Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
ratifying the compact.
SECTION 2. Title
14 of the General Laws entitled "DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT
CHILDREN" is hereby amended by adding thereto
the following chapter:
CHAPTER
6.2
INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR
JUVENILES
14-6.2-1.
Execution of the Compact. – The governor on behalf of the state of
Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations is authorized
to execute a compact, in substantially the
following form, with any state, territory or
possession of the United States, the District of
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
and the general assembly signifies in advance
its approval and ratification of this compact:
Interstate
Compact on Juveniles
The contracting
states solemnly agree:
ARTICLE I
Findings and Purposes
That juveniles
who are not under proper supervision and control, or who have absconded,
escaped or run away, are likely to endanger
their own health, morals and welfare, and the health
morals and welfare of others. The cooperation of
the states party to this compact is therefore
necessary to provide for the welfare and
protection of juveniles and of the public with respect to:
(1) cooperative supervision of delinquent
juveniles on probation or parole; (2) the return, from
one state to another, of delinquent juveniles
who have escaped or absconded; (3) the return, from
one state to another, of non-delinquent
juveniles who have run away from home; and (4)
additional measures for the protection of
juveniles and of the public, which any two (2) or more
of the party states may find desirable to
undertake cooperatively. In carrying out the provisions
of this compact the party states shall be guided
by the non-criminal, reformative and protective
polices which guide their laws concerning
delinquent, neglected or dependent juveniles generally.
It shall be the policy of the states party to
this compact to cooperate and observe their respective
responsibilities for the prompt return and
acceptance of juveniles and delinquent juveniles who
become subject to the provisions of this
compact. The provisions of this compact shall be
reasonably and liberally construed to accomplish
the purposes of Article I of this compact.
ARTICLE II
Existing Rights and
Remedies
That all
remedies and procedures provided by this compact shall be in addition to and
not
in substitution for other rights, remedies and
procedures, and shall not be in derogation of
parental rights and responsibilities.
ARTICLE III
Definitions
That, for the
purposes of this compact, "delinquent juvenile" means any juvenile
who has
been adjudged delinquent and who, at the time
the provisions of this compact are invoked, is still
subject to the jurisdiction of the court that
has made that adjudication or to the jurisdiction or
supervision of an agency or institution pursuant
to an order of the court; "probation or parole"
means any kind of conditional release of juveniles
authorized under the laws of the states party to
the compact; "court" means any court
having jurisdiction over delinquent, neglected or dependent
children; "state" means any state,
territory or possession of the United States, the District of
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
and "residence" or any variant of it means a
place at which a home or regular place of abode
is maintained.
ARTICLE IV
Return of Runaways
(a) That the
parent, guardian, person or agency entitled to legal custody of a juvenile who
has not been adjudged delinquent but who has run
away without the consent of the parent,
guardian, person or agency may petition the
appropriate court in the demanding state for the
issuance of a requisition for his or her return.
The petition shall state the name and age of the
juvenile, the name of the petitioner and the
basis of entitlement to the juvenile's custody, the
circumstances of his or her running away, his
location if known at the time application is made,
and any other facts that may tend to show that
the juvenile who has run away is endangering his
or her own welfare or the welfare of others and
is not an emancipated minor. The petition shall
be verified by affidavit, shall be executed in
duplicate, and shall be accompanied by two (2)
certified copies of the document or documents on
which the petitioner's entitlement to the
juvenile's custody is base, such as birth
certificates, letters of guardianship, or custody decrees.
Any further affidavits and other documents that
maybe deemed proper may be submitted with the
petition. The judge of the court to which this
application is made may hold a hearing on it to
determine whether for the purposes of this compact
the petitioner is entitled to the legal custody
of the juvenile, whether or not it appears that
the juvenile has in fact run away without consent,
whether or not he or she is an emancipated
minor, and whether or not it is in the best interest of
the juvenile to compel his or her return to the
state. If the judge determines, either with or
without a hearing, that the juvenile should be
returned, he or she shall present to the appropriate
court or to the executive authority of the state
where the juvenile is alleged to be located a written
requisition for the return of the juvenile. The
requisition shall set forth the name and age of the
juvenile, the determination of the court that
the juvenile has run away without the consent of a
parent, guardian, person or agency entitled to
his or her legal custody, and that it is in the best
interest and for the protection of the juvenile
that he or she be returned. In the event that a
proceeding for the adjudication of the juvenile
as a delinquent, neglected or dependent juvenile is
pending in the court at the time when the
juvenile runs away, the court may issue a requisition for
the return of the juvenile upon its own motion,
regardless of the consent of the parent, guardian,
person or agency entitled to legal custody,
reciting in it the nature and circumstances of the
pending proceeding. The requisition shall in
every case be executed in duplicate and shall be
signed by the judge. One copy of the requisition
shall be filed with the compact administrator of
the demanding state, there to remain on file
subject to the provisions of law governing records of
such court. Upon the receipt of a requisition
demanding the return of a juvenile who has run
away, the court or the executive authority to
whom the requisition is addressed shall issue an
order to any peace officer or other appropriate
person directing him to take into custody and
detain the juvenile. The detention order must
substantially recite the facts necessary to the
validity of its issuance under this article. No
juvenile detained upon the order shall be delivered
over to the officer whom the court demanding him
or her shall have appointed to receive him or
her, unless he or she shall first be taken
immediately before a judge of a court in the state, who
shall inform him or her of the demand made for
his or her return, and who may appoint counsel or
guardian ad litem for him or her. If the judge
of the court shall find that the requisition is in
order, he or she shall deliver the juvenile over
to the officer whom the court demanding him or
her shall have appointed to receive him or her.
The judge, however, may fix a reasonable time to
be allowed for the purpose of testing the
legality of the proceeding. Upon reasonable information
that a person is a juvenile who has run away
from another state party to this compact without
consent of a parent, guardian, person or agency
entitled to his or her legal custody, the juvenile,
consistent with section 14-1-26.1, may be taken
into custody without a requisition and brought
immediately before a judge of the appropriate
court who may appoint counsel or guardian ad
litem for the juvenile and who shall determine
after a hearing whether sufficient cause exists to
hold the person, subject to the order of the
court, for his or her own protection and welfare, for a
time not exceeding ninety (90) days that will
enable his or her return to another state party to this
compact pursuant to the requisition for his or her
return from a court of that state. If, at the time
when a state seeks the return of a juvenile who
has run away, there is pending in the state in
which he or she is found any criminal charge, or
any proceeding to have him or her adjudicated a
delinquent juvenile for an act committed in that
state, or if he or she is suspected of having
committed within that state a criminal offense
or an act of juvenile delinquency, he or she shall
not be returned without the consent of that
state until discharged from prosecution or other form
of proceeding, imprisonment, detention or
supervision for the offense or juvenile delinquency.
The duly accredited officers of any state party
to this compact, upon the establishment of their
authority and the identity of the juvenile being
returned, shall be permitted to transport the
juvenile through any and all states party to
this compact without interference. Upon his or her
return to the state from which he or she ran
away, the juvenile shall be subject to any further
proceedings that may be appropriate under the
laws of that state.
(b) That the
state to which a juvenile is returned under this article shall be responsible
for
payment of the transportation costs of that
return.
(c) That
"juvenile" as used in this article means any person who is a minor
under the law
of the state of residence of the parent,
guardian, person or agency entitled to the legal custody of
the minor.
ARTICLE V
Return of Escapees and
Absconders
(a) That the
appropriate person or authority from whose probation or parole supervision
a delinquent juvenile has absconded or from
whose institutional custody he or she has escaped
shall present to the appropriate court or to the
executive authority of the state where the
delinquent juvenile is alleged to be located a
written requisition for the return of the delinquent
juvenile. The requisition shall state the name
and age of the delinquent juvenile, the particulars of
his or her adjudication as a delinquent
juvenile, the circumstances of the breach of the terms of
his or her probation or parole or of his or her
escape from an institution or agency vested with his
or her legal custody or supervision, and the
location of the delinquent juvenile, if known, at the
time the requisition is made. The requisition
shall be verified by affidavit, shall be executed in
duplicate, and shall be accompanied by two (2)
certified copies of the judgment, formal
adjudication, or order of commitment which
subjects the delinquent juvenile to probation or
parole or to the legal custody of the
institution or agency concerned. Any further affidavits and
other documents that may be deemed proper may be
submitted with the requisition. One copy of
the requisition shall be filed with the compact
administrator of the demanding state, there to
remain on file subject to the provisions of law
governing records of the appropriate court. Upon
the receipt of a requisition demanding the
return of a delinquent juvenile who has absconded or
escaped, the court or the executive authority to
whom the requisition is addressed shall issue an
order to any peace officer or other appropriate
person directing him or her to take into custody
and detain the delinquent juvenile. The
detention order must substantially recite the facts
necessary to the validity of its issuance under
this article. No delinquent juvenile detained upon
the order shall be delivered over to the officer
whom the appropriate person or authority
demanding him or her shall have appointed to
receive him or her, unless he or she shall first be
taken immediately before a judge of an
appropriate court in the state, who shall inform him or
her of the demand made for his or her return and
who may appoint counsel or guardian ad litem
for him or her. If the judge of the court shall
find that the requisition is in order, he or she shall
deliver the delinquent juvenile over to the
officer whom the appropriate person or authority
demanding him or her shall have appointed to
receive him or her. The judge, however, may fix a
reasonable time to be allowed for the purpose of
testing the legality of the proceeding. Upon
reasonable information that a person is a
delinquent juvenile who has absconded while on
probation or parole, or escaped from an
institution or agency vested with his or her legal custody
or supervision in any state party to this
compact, the person may be taken into custody in any
other state party to this compact without a requisition.
But in that event, he or she must be taken
immediately before a judge of the appropriate
court, who may appoint counsel or guardian ad
litem for the person and who shall determine,
after a hearing, whether sufficient cause exists to
hold the person subject to the order of the
court for a time, not exceeding ninety (90) days, as will
enable his or her detention under a detention
order issued on a requisition pursuant to this article.
If, at the time when a state seeks the return of
a delinquent juvenile who has either absconded
while on probation or parole or escaped from an
institution or agency vested with his or her legal
custody or supervision, there is pending in the
state in which he or she is detained any criminal
charge or any proceeding to have him or her
adjudicated a delinquent juvenile for an act
committed in the state, or if he or she is
suspected of having committed within the state a criminal
offense or an act of juvenile delinquency, he or
she shall not be returned without the consent of
the state until discharged from prosecution or
other form of proceeding, imprisonment, detention
or supervision for the offense or juvenile
delinquency. The duly accredited officers of any state
party to this compact, upon the establishment of
their authority and the identity of the delinquent
juvenile being returned, shall be permitted to
transport the delinquent juvenile through any and all
states party to this compact, without
interference. Upon his or her return to the state from which
he or she escaped or absconded, the delinquent
juvenile shall be subject to any further
proceedings that may be appropriate under the
laws of that state.
(b) That the
state to which a delinquent juvenile is returned under this article shall be
responsible for payment of the transportation
costs of the return.
ARTICLE VI
Voluntary Return
Procedure
That any
delinquent juvenile who has absconded while on probation or parole, or escaped
from an institution or agency vested with his or
her legal custody or supervision in any state party
to this compact, and any juvenile who has run
away from any state party to this compact, who is
taken into custody without a requisition in
another state party to this compact under the
provisions of article IV (a) or of article V
(a), may consent to his or her immediate return to the
state from which he or she absconded, escaped or
ran away. Consent shall be given by the
juvenile or delinquent juvenile and his or her counsel
or guardian ad litem if any, by executing or
subscribing a writing, in the presence of a
judge of the appropriate court, which states that the
juvenile or delinquent juvenile and his or her
counsel or guardian ad litem, if any, consent to his
or her return to the demanding state. Before the
consent shall be executed or subscribed,
however, the judge, in the presence of counsel
or guardian ad litem, if any, shall inform the
juvenile or delinquent juvenile of his or her
rights under this compact. When the consent has
been duly executed, it shall be forwarded to and
filed with the compact administrator of the state
in which the court is located and the judge
shall direct the officer having the juvenile or
delinquent juvenile in custody to deliver his or
her to the duly accredited officer or officers of the
state demanding his or her return, and shall
cause to be delivered to that officer or officers a copy
of the consent. The court may, however, upon the
request of the state to which the juvenile or
delinquent juvenile is being returned, order him
or her to return unaccompanied to the state and
shall provide him or her with a copy of the
court order; in that event a copy of the consent shall
be forwarded to the compact administrator of the
state to which the juvenile or delinquent
juvenile is ordered to return.
ARTICLE VII
Cooperative Supervision
of Probationers and Parolees
(a) That the
duly constituted judicial and administrative authorities of a state party to
this
compact (called "sending state") may
permit any delinquent juvenile within the state, placed on
probation or parole, to reside in any other
state party to this compact (called "receiving state")
while on probation or parole, and receiving state
shall accept the delinquent juvenile, if the
parent, guardian or person entitled to the legal
custody of the delinquent juvenile is residing or
undertakes to reside within the receiving state.
Before granting permission, opportunity shall be
given to the receiving state to make any
investigations that it deems necessary. The authorities of
the sending state shall send to the authorities
of the receiving state copies of pertinent court
orders, social case studies and all other available
information which may be of value to and assist
the receiving state in supervising a probationer
or parolee under this compact. A receiving state
,in its discretion, may agree to accept
supervision of a probationer or parolee in cases where the
parent, guardian or person entitled to the legal
custody of the delinquent juvenile is not a resident
of the receiving state, and if so accepted the
sending state may transfer supervision accordingly.
(b) That each
receiving state will assume the duties of visitation and of supervision over
any delinquent juvenile and in the exercise of
those duties will be governed by the same standards
of visitation and supervision that prevail for
its own delinquent juveniles released on probation or
parole.
(c) That, after
consultation between the appropriate authorities of the sending state and of
the receiving state as to the desirability and
necessity of returning a delinquent juvenile, the duly
accredited officers of a sending state may enter
a receiving state and there apprehend and retake
any delinquent juvenile on probation or parole.
For that purpose, no formalities will be required,
other than establishing the authority of the
officer and the identity of the delinquent juvenile to be
retaken and returned. The decision of the
sending state to retake a delinquent juvenile on
probation or parole shall be conclusive upon and
not reviewable within the receiving state, but if
at the time the sending state seeks to retake a
delinquent juvenile on probation or parole, there is
pending against him or her within the receiving
state any criminal charge or any proceeding to
have him or her adjudicated a delinquent
juvenile for any act committed in the state, or if he or
she is suspected of having committed within the
state a criminal offense or an act of juvenile
delinquency, he or she shall not be returned
without the consent of the receiving state until
discharge from prosecution or other form of
proceeding, imprisonment, detention or supervision
for such offense or juvenile delinquency. The
duly accredited officers of the sending state shall
be permitted to transport delinquent juveniles
being so returned through any and all states party to
this compact, without interference.
(d) That the
sending state shall be responsible under this article for paying the costs of
transporting any delinquent juvenile to the
receiving state or of retuning any delinquent juvenile
to the sending state.
ARTICLE VIII
Responsibility for Costs
(a) That the
provisions of articles IV (b), V (b), and VII (d) of this compact shall not be
construed to alter or affect any internal
relationship among the departments, agencies and officers
of and in the government of a party state, or
between a party state and its subdivisions, as to the
payment of costs, or responsibilities for them.
(b) That
nothing in this compact shall be construed to prevent any party state or
subdivision from asserting any right against any
person, agency or other entity in regard to costs
for which the party state or subdivision may be
responsible pursuant to articles IV (b), V (b), or
VII (d) of this compact.
ARTICLE IX
Detention Practices
That, to every extent
possible it shall be the policy of states party to this compact that no
juvenile or delinquent juvenile shall be placed
or detained in any prison, jail or lockup nor be
detained or transported in association with
criminal, vicious or dissolute persons.
ARTICLE X
Supplementary Agreements
That the duly
constituted administrative authorities of a state party to this compact may
enter into supplementary agreements with any
other state or states party to this compact for the
cooperative care, treatment and rehabilitation
of delinquent juveniles whenever they shall find
that the agreements will improve the facilities
or programs available for the care, treatment and
rehabilitation. The care, treatment and rehabilitation
may be provided in an institution located
within any state entering into the supplementary
agreement. Any supplementary agreements
shall: (1) provide the rates to be paid for the
care, treatment and custody of delinquent juveniles,
taking into consideration the character of
facilities, services and subsistence furnished; (2)
provide that the delinquent juvenile shall be
given a court hearing prior to his or her being sent to
another state for care, treatment and custody;
(3) provide that the state receiving such a delinquent
juvenile in one of its institutions shall act
solely as agent for the state sending the delinquent
juvenile; (4) provide that the sending state
shall at all times retain jurisdiction over delinquent
juveniles sent to an institution in another
state; (5) provide for reasonable inspection of the
institutions by the sending state; (6) provide
that the consent of the parent, guardian person or
agency entitled to the legal custody of the
delinquent juvenile shall be secured prior to his or her
being sent to another state; and (7) make
provision for such other matters and details as shall be
necessary to protect the rights and equities of
such delinquent juveniles and of the co-operating
states.
ARTICLE XI
Acceptance of Federal
and Other Aid
That any state
party to this compact may accept any and all donations, gifts and grants of
money, equipment and services from the federal
or any local government, or any agency of the
federal or any local government and from any
person, firm or corporation, for any of the purposes
and functions of this compact, and may receive
and utilize the same subject to the terms,
conditions and regulations governing donations,
gifts and grants.
ARTICLE XII
Compact Administrators
That the
governor of each state party to this compact shall designate an officer who,
acting jointly with like officers of other party
states, shall promulgate rules and regulations to
carry out more effectively the terms and
provisions of this compact.
ARTICLE XIII
Executive of Compact
That this
compact shall become operative immediately upon its execution by any state as
between it and any other state or states so
executing. When executed it shall have the full force
and effect of law within the state, the form of
execution to be in accordance with the laws of the
executing state.
ARTICLE XIV
Renunciation
That this
compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each executing state
until renounced by it. Renunciation of this
compact shall be by the same authority which
executed it, by sending six (6) months notice in
writing of its intention to withdraw from the
compact to the other states party to it. The
duties and obligations of a renouncing state under
Article VII of this compact shall continue as to
parolees and probationers residing in that state at
the time of withdrawal until retaken or finally
discharged. Supplementary agreements entered
into under Article X of this compact shall be
subject to renunciation as provided by any
supplementary agreements, and shall not be
subject to the six (6) months' renunciation notice of
the present article.
ARTICLE XV
Severability
That the provisions
of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence
or provision of this compact is declared to be
contrary to the constitution of any participating state
or of the United States or its applicability to
any government, agency, person or circumstance is
held invalid, the validity of the remainder of
this compact and its applicability to any government,
agency, person or circumstance shall not be
affected by it. If this compact shall be held contrary
to the constitution of any state participating
in it, the compact shall remain in full force and effect
as to the remaining states and in full force and
effect as to the state affected as to all severable
matters.
14-6.2-2.
Amendment to compact. – The governor is authorized and directed to
execute
with any other state legally joining, an
amendment to the compact in substantially the following
form:
(1) This
amendment shall provide additional remedies, and shall be binding only as
among and between those party state which
specifically execute the same.
(2) All
provisions and procedures of Articles V and VI of the interstate compact on
juveniles shall be construed to apply to any
juvenile charged with being a delinquent by reason of
a violation of any criminal law. Any juvenile,
charged with being a delinquent by reason of
violating any criminal law, shall be returned to
the requesting state upon a requisition to the state
where the juvenile may be found. A petition in
the case shall be filed in a court of competent
jurisdiction in the requesting state where the
violation of criminal law is alleged to have been
committed. The petition may be filed regardless
of whether the juvenile has left the state before
or after the filing of the petition. The
requisition described in Article V of the compact shall be
forwarded by the judge of the court in which the
petition has been filed.
14-6.2-3.
Ratification procedure – Effective date. – When the governor shall
have
executed the compact on behalf of this state and
shall have caused a verified copy to be filed with
the secretary of state; and when the compact
shall have been ratified by one or more of the state,
territories or possessions of the United States,
the District of Columbia, and/or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, then the compact
shall become operative and effective as
between this state and those other state or
states, territories or possessions of the United States,
the District of Columbia, and/or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The governor is authorized
and directed to take any action that may be
necessary to complete the exchange of official
documents as between this state and any other
state, territory or possession of the United States,
the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, ratifying the compact.
14-6.2-4.
Compact administrator. – Pursuant to the compact, the governor is
authorized
and empowered to designate an officer who shall
be the compact administrator and who, acting
jointly with like officers of other party
states, shall promulgate rules and regulations to more
effectively carry out the terms of the compact.
The compact administrator shall serve subject to
the pleasure of the governor. The compact administrator
is authorized, empowered and directed
to cooperate with all departments, agencies and
officers of and in the government of this state and
its subdivisions in facilitating the proper
administration of the compact or of any supplementary
agreement or agreements entered into by this
state under it.
14-6.2-5.
Supplementary agreements. – The compact administrator is authorized
and
empowered to enter into supplementary agreements
with appropriate officials of other states
pursuant to the compact. In the event that a
supplementary agreement shall require or
contemplate the use of any institution or
facility of this state or require or contemplate the
provision of any service by this state, the
supplementary agreement shall have no force or effect
until approved by the head of the department or
agency under whose jurisdiction the institution or
facility is operated or whose department or
agency will be charged with the rendering of the
service.
14-6.2-6.
Financial arrangements. – The compact administrator, subject to the
approval
of the director administration, may make or
arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any
financial obligations imposed upon this state by
the compact or by any supplemental agreement
entered into under it.
14-6.2-7.
Federal and other aid. – Any and all donations, gifts and grants of
money,
equipment and services from the federal or any
local government, or any agency of it, and from
any person, firm or corporation, for any of the
purposes and functions of the compact, may be
accepted by and administered by the compact
administrator, subject to the approval of the
director of administration, who may receive and
utilize the aid, subject to the terms, conditions,
and regulation governing donations, gifts and
grants.
14-6.2-8.
Fees. – Any judge of this state who appoints counsel or guardian ad
litem
pursuant to the provisions of the compact may,
in his or her discretion, fix a fee to be paid out of
funds available for disposition by the court,
but no fee shall exceed to sum of fifty dollars
($50.00).
14-6.2-9.
Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers. – The
courts,
departments, agencies, and officers of this
state and its subdivisions shall enforce the compact and
shall do all things appropriate to the
effectuation of its purposes and intent which may be within
their respective jurisdictions.
14-6.2-10.
"Delinquent juvenile" defined. – "Delinquent
juvenile," as used in section
14-6.2-1, includes a wayward child as defined in
chapter one of this title.
14-6.2-11.
Appropriations. – The general assembly shall annually appropriate,
out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, any sum that it may deem necessary to
carry out the purposes of this chapter; and the
state controller is authorized and directed to draw
his or her orders upon the general treasurer for
the payment of that sum, or so much of it as may
be required from time to time, upon receipt by him
or her of properly authenticated vouchers.
14-6.2-12.
Expiration date. – This section shall be repealed and the term of
the compact
shall expire upon the ratification of the
Interstate Compact as referenced in chapter 14-6.1 et. seq.
of the general laws.
SECTION 3. This
act shall take effect upon passage.
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