IC 25-33.5-12-1: Compact enforcement; compact standing as statutory law; judicial notice; service of process; intervention

Sec. 1. (a) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each compact state shall enforce the compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact's purposes and intent.

(b) The provisions of this compact and the rules promulgated under the compact shall have standing as statutory law.

(c) All courts shall take judicial notice of the compact and the rules in any judicial or administrative proceeding in a compact state pertaining to the subject matter of the compact that may affect the powers, responsibilities, or actions of the commission.

(d) The commission shall be entitled to receive service of process in any proceeding, and shall have standing to intervene in the proceeding for all purposes. Failure to provide service of process to the commission shall render a judgment or order void as to the commission, this compact, or promulgated rules.