Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-9-111: Compacting states - Effective date - Amendment

ARTICLE X

COMPACTING STATES, EFFECTIVE DATE AND AMENDMENT

A. Any state, the District of Columbia (or its designee), the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American

Samoa, and the Northern Marianas Islands as defined in Article II of

this compact is eligible to become a compacting state.

B. The compact shall become effective and binding upon

legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than

thirty-five of the states. The initial effective date shall be the

later of July 1, 2004, or upon enactment into law by the thirty-

fifth jurisdiction. Thereafter it shall become effective and

binding as to any other compacting state upon enactment of the

compact into law by that state. The governors of nonmember states

or their designees shall be invited to participate in the activities

of the Interstate Commission on a nonvoting basis prior to adoption

of the compact by all states and territories of the United States.

C. The Interstate Commission may propose amendments to the

compact for enactment by the compacting states. No amendment shall

become effective and binding upon the Interstate Commission and the

compacting states unless and until it is enacted into law by

unanimous consent of the compacting states.