N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 21-1703: Force and effect of the compact

§ 21-1703. Force and effect of the compact.

Upon its signature by the respective governors on behalf of at least

the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and by the

Governor on behalf of the state of New York, and upon the attestation

thereof by the secretary of state of each of the signatory states and

commonwealth and the affixing thereto of the seal of each of the said

states and commonwealth, and the aforesaid compact, which may be known

and cited as the Delaware basin compact, shall be and become binding and

shall have the force and effect of a statute of the state of New York,

and the Delaware river basin water commission shall thereupon become

vested with all the powers, rights and privileges, and be subject to the

duties and obligations, contained in said compact as though the same

were specifically authorized and imposed by statute, and the state of

New York shall be bound by all of the obligations assumed by it under

said compact; and the Governor shall transmit an original signed copy

thereof to the Secretary of State of the state of New York for filing in

his office.