72-15-8: [Colorado River Compact; modified.]

That the provisions of the first paragraph of Article XI of the Colorado River Compact [72-15-5 NMSA 1978], making said compact effective when it shall have been approved by the legislature of each of the signatory states, are hereby waived and said compact shall become binding and obligatory upon the state of New Mexico and upon the other signatory states, which have ratified or may hereafter ratify it, whenever at least six of the signatory states shall have consented thereto and the congress of the United States shall have given its consent and approval, provided, however, that this act [72-15-8, 72-15-9 NMSA 1978] shall be of no force or effect until a similar act or resolution shall have been passed or adopted by the legislature [legislatures] of the states of California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.