{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-230.3761","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 230.3761","heading":"Interstate Racing and Wagering Compact.  (Effective upon contingency)","body":"The Governor of this Commonwealth is authorized and directed to execute a compact on\nbehalf of the Commonwealth with any of the United States, the District of Columbia, the\nCommonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each territory or possession of the United States,\nlegally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:\nARTICLE I\nPURPOSES\nThe purposes of this compact are:\n(A) To enable member states to act jointly and cooperativel y to create more uniform,\neffective, and efficient practices, programs, rules, and regulations relating to live\npari-mutuel horse or greyhound racing and to pari -mutuel wagering activities, both\non-track and off-track, that occur in or affect a member state;\n(B) To facilitate the health and growth of the industry by simplifying the process of\nparticipating in live horse and greyhound racing and pari -mutuel wagering,\nimproving the quality and integrity of racing and wagering, more effectively\nregulating simulcast and wagering systems and activities, and through cooperative\naction reducing the costs incurred by each member state or participant;\n(C) To authorize the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation to participate in\nthis compact;\n(D) To permit offic ials from the member states to participate in this compact and,\nthrough the compact commission established by this compact, to enter into\ncontracts with governmental agencies and other persons to carry out the purposes of\nthis compact; and\n(E) To establish the compact commission created by this compact as an interstate\ngovernmental entity duly authorized to request and to receive criminal history\nrecord information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and from state, local,\nand foreign law enforcement agencies.\nARTICLE II\nDEFINITIONS\nFor the purposes of this compact, the following terms shall have the following meaning:\n(A) \"Commissioner\" means the chairperson of the member state racing commission, or\nsuch person's designee, who represents th e member state as a voting member of the\ncompact commission and anyone who is serving as such person's alternate;\n(B) \"Compact commission\" means the organization of officials from the member states\nthat is authorized and empowered by this compact to carry out the purposes of this\ncompact;\n(C) \"Compact rule\" means a rule or regulation adopted by a member state through the\ncompact to govern, for two (2) or more member states, any part of live pari -mutuel\nhorse and greyhound racing or pari -mutuel wagering activities, whether on-track or\noff-track, that occur in or affect such states;\n(D) \"Live racing\" means live horse or greyhound racing with pari-mutuel wagering;\n(E) \"Member state\" means each state that has enacted this compact;\n(F) \"National industry stakehol der\" means a non -governmental organization that the\ncompact commission determines from a national perspective significantly\nrepresents one (1) or more categories of participants in live racing and pari -mutuel\nwagering;\n(G) \"Participants in live racing and pari-mutuel wagering\" means all persons who\nparticipate in, operate, provide industry services for, or are involved with live\nracing and pari-mutuel wagering;\n(H) \"State\" means each of the several states of the United States, the District of\nColumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each territory or possession of\nthe United States; and\n(I) \"State racing commission\" means the state racing commission, or its equivalent, in\neach member state. Where a member state has more than one (1), it shall mean all\nsuch racing commissions, or their equivalents.\nARTICLE III\nCOMPOSITION AND MEETINGS OF COMPACT COMMISSION\nThe member states shall create and participate in a compact commission as follows:\n(A) This compact shall come into force when enacted by any six (6) eligible states, and\nshall thereafter become effective as to any other member state that enacts this\ncompact. Any state that has adopted or authorized pari -mutuel wagering or live\nhorse or greyhound racing shall be eligible to become a party to this compac t. A\ncompact rule, fee, practice, or program shall not become effective in a new member\nstate based merely upon it entering the compact.\n(B) The member states hereby create the racing and wagering commission, a body\ncorporate and an interstate governmental  entity of the member states, to coordinate\nthe decision-making and actions of each member state racing commission through a\ncompact commission.\n(C) The compact commission shall consist of one (1) commissioner, the chairperson of\nthe state racing commissio n or such person's designee, from each member state.\nWhen a commissioner is not present to perform any duty in the compact\ncommission, a designated alternate may serve instead. The person who represents a\nmember state in the compact commission shall serve and perform such duties\nwithout compensation or remuneration; provided that, subject to the availability of\nbudgeted funds, each may be reimbursed for ordinary and necessary costs and\nexpenses. The designation of a commissioner, including the alternate, sh all be\neffective when written notice has been provided to the compact commission. The\ncommissioner, including the alternate, must be a member or employee of the state\nracing commission.\n(D) The compact commissioner from each state shall participate as an a gent of the state\nracing commission. Each commissioner shall have the assistance of the state racing\ncommission in regard to all decision making and actions of the state in and through\nthe compact commission.\n(E) Each member state, by its commissioner, sha ll be entitled to one (1) vote in the\ncompact commission. A majority vote of the total number of commissioners shall\nbe required to issue or renew a license, to receive and distribute any funds, and to\nadopt, amend, or rescind the by -laws. A compact rule, fee, practice, or program\nshall take effect in and for each member state whose commissioner votes\naffirmatively to adopt it. Other compact actions shall require a majority vote of the\ncommissioners who are meeting.\n(F) Meetings and votes of the compact com mission may be conducted in person or by\ntelephone or other electronic communication. Meetings may be called by the\nchairperson of the compact commission or by any two (2) commissioners.\nReasonable notice of each meeting shall be provided to all commission ers serving\nin the compact commission.\n(G) No action may be taken at a compact commission meeting unless there is a quorum,\nwhich is either a majority of the commissioners in the compact commission or,\nwhere applicable, all the commissioners from any membe r states who propose or\nare voting affirmatively to adopt a compact rule, fee, practice, or program.\n(H) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding according to\nits terms upon each member state; provided that, a member state may  withdraw\nfrom the compact by repealing the statute that enacted the compact into law. The\nracing commission of a withdrawing state shall give written notice of such\nwithdrawal to the compact chairperson, who shall notify the member state racing\ncommissions. A withdrawing state shall remain responsible for any unfulfilled\nobligations and liabilities. The effective date of withdrawal from the compact shall\nbe the effective date of the repeal.\nARTICLE IV\nOPERATION OF COMPACT COMMISSION\nThe compact commission is hereby granted, so that it may be an effective means to\npursue and achieve the purposes of each member state in this compact, the power and\nduty:\n(A) To adopt, amend, and rescind by-laws to govern its conduct, as may be necessary or\nappropriate to carry out the purposes of the compact; to publish them in a\nconvenient form; and to file a copy of them with the state racing commission of\neach member state;\n(B) To elect annually from among the commissioners (including alternates) a\nchairperson, vice-chairperson, and treasurer with such authority and duties as may\nbe specified in the by-laws;\n(C) To establish and appoint committees which it deems necessary for the carrying out\nof its functions, including advisory committees which shall b e comprised of\nnational industry stakeholders and organizations, and such other persons as may be\ndesignated in accordance with the by -laws, to obtain their timely and meaningful\ninput into the compact rule, fee, practice, and program making processes;\n(D) To establish an executive committee, with membership established in the by -laws,\nwhich shall oversee the day -to-day activities of compact administration and\nmanagement by the executive director and staff; hire and fire as may be necessary\nafter consultati on with the compact commission; administer and enforce\ncompliance with the provisions, by -laws, rules, fees, practices, and programs of the\ncompact; and perform such other duties as the by-laws may establish;\n(E) To create, appoint, and abolish all those o ffices, employments, and positions,\nincluding an executive director, useful to fulfill its purposes; to hire persons for\nthem; to prescribe their powers, duties, and qualifications; and to provide for their\nterm, tenure, removal, compensation, fringe and r etirement benefits, and other\nconditions of employment;\n(F) To delegate day -to-day management and administration of its duties, as needed, to\nan executive director and support staff, such as the Association of Racing\nCommissioners International, Inc., or its successor;\n(G) To adopt an annual budget sufficient to provide for the payment of the reasonable\nexpenses of its establishment, organization, and ongoing activities. The budget shall\nbe fully funded by means established by the compact commission. A memb er state\nmay choose to participate in funding by means other than a compact fee or fees, in\nwhich case the compact commission shall make a finding of how much the member\nstate, including its racing and wagering, may benefit from budget items (less\nprogram costs funded by user fees); and the member state may provide such\nfunding by its own means. Indivisible benefits to live racing shall be allocated by\nproportion of annual purses. Nothing in this provision shall prevent the compact\ncommission from paying ob ligations accrued in a prior year or from revising its\nfinding of the benefit to a member state from the preceding year; and\n(H) To provide a mediation and a binding dispute resolution service for member states\nwho decide to use them to resolve a compact d ispute among each other; provided,\nthat the design and implementation of each program shall be established by\ncompact rule making.\nARTICLE V\nGENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES\nTo allow each member state, as and when it chooses, to achieve the purpose of this\ncompact through joint and cooperative action, the member states are hereby granted the\npower and duty, by and through the compact commission:\n(A) To act jointly and cooperatively to create a more equitable and uniform pari -mutuel\nracing and wagering interstate r egulatory framework, including but not limited to\nthe adoption of standardized rules of racing and equine drug regulations, closing\ninequalities in how regulatory standards and statutory requirements apply to\nindustry participants; improving wagering monit oring and integrity; and making\nindustry and participant information more available to government officials;\n(B) To collaborate with national industry stakeholders and industry organizations, such\nas the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium, in the des ign and\nimplementation of compact rules, fees, practices, and programs in a manner that\nserves the best interests of racing;\n(C) To create more uniform, effective, or efficient practices and programs, with the\nconsent of each member state that shall partic ipate in them, relating to any part of\nlive pari -mutuel horse or greyhound racing or pari -mutuel wagering activities,\nwhether on-track or off-track, that occur in or affect a member state;\n(D) To adopt compact rules, which shall have the force and effect o f state rules or\nregulations in the member states who vote to adopt them, to govern all or any part\nof live pari-mutuel horse and greyhound racing or pari-mutuel wagering activities;\n(E) To charge and collect a fee for services provided by the compact, inc luding\nlicensure and renewal of each license applicant, and for defraying the actual cost of\ncompact commission administration, procedures, activities and programs; and\n(F) To issue and renew licenses for participants in live racing and pari-mutuel wagering\nwho are found by the compact commission to have met its licensure or renewal\nrequirements in categories it chooses to license. It shall establish the term for each\ncategory, and the license criteria and weight given to character and integrity\ninformation that in its judgment meet the most restrictive requirements of the\nmember states. The compact commission shall not have the power or authority to\ndeny a license. If it determines that an applicant will not be eligible, it shall notify\nthe applicant that i t will not be able to process the application any further, which\nshall not constitute and shall not be considered to be the denial of a license.\nAlthough an applicant shall have the right to present further evidence and to be\nheard, the final decision on i ssuance or renewal of a license shall be made by the\ncompact commission pursuant to its established requirements. The compact\ncommission shall have the power and duty to investigate license applicants and, as\npermitted by federal and state law, to gather i nformation, including criminal history\nrecords from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and from state, local, and foreign\ncountry law enforcement agencies (including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police),\nnecessary to decide whether an applicant meets its li cense requirements. Such\ncriminal history record information may be received and reviewed only by the\nofficials on, and employees of, the compact commission, and that information may\nbe used only for the purposes of this compact. No such official or employ ee may\ndisclose or disseminate such criminal history record information to any person or\nentity other than another official on, or employee of, the compact commission. The\ncompact commission, its employees, or its designee shall take the fingerprints of\neach license applicant and, pursuant to Public Law 92 -544 or Public Law 100 -413,\nforward the fingerprints to a state identification bureau, the Association of Racing\nCommissioners International (an association of state officials regulating pari-mutuel\nwagering, designated by the Attorney General of the United States), or another\nentity with an equivalent designation, for submission to the Federal Bureau of\nInvestigation or other receiving law enforcement agency. The compact commission\nshall cooperate with the  Interstate Compact on Licensure of Participants in Live\nRacing with Pari-Mutuel Wagering and, if requested by that entity, assume all of its\nlicensing and employer duties and responsibilities with the authority of and\npursuant to all of the licensing stan dards, laws, rules and regulations applicable to\nthat entity.\nARTICLE VI\nOTHER POWERS AND DUTIES\nThe compact commission may exercise such incidental powers and duties as may be\nnecessary and proper for it to function in a useful manner, including but not l imited to the\npower and duty:\n(A) To enter into contracts and agreements with governmental agencies and other\npersons, including officers and employees of a member state, to provide personal\nservices for its activities and such other services as may be necessary;\n(B) To borrow, accept, and contract for the services of personnel from any state,\nfederal, or other governmental agency, or from any other person or entity;\n(C) To receive information from and to provide information to each member state\nracing commission, including its officers and staff, on such terms and conditions as\nmay be established in the by-laws;\n(D) To acquire, hold, and dispose of any real or personal property by gift, grant,\npurchase, lease, license, and similar means and to receive addit ional funds through\ngifts, grants, and appropriations;\n(E) To purchase and maintain insurance and bonds, and to require others to do so;\n(F) When authorized by a compact rule, to conduct hearings, issue subpoenas requiring\nthe attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence, and\nrender decisions and orders;\n(G) To establish in the by -laws the requirements that shall describ e and govern its\nduties to conduct open or public meetings and to provide public access to compact\nrecords and information, which shall include the exceptions established by law in\none (1) or more member states and shield any confidential submissions made in\nconnection with license applications; and\n(H) To enforce compliance with the provisions, by -laws, rules, fees, practices, and\nprograms of the compact using such means as may be consistent with this compact.\nARTICLE VII\nCOMPACT RULE MAKING\nIn the exercise of its rule making authority, the compact commission shall:\n(A) Engage in formal rule making pursuant to a process that substantially conforms to\nthe Model State Administrative Procedure Act of 1981 as amended, as may be\nappropriate to the actions and operations of the compact commission;\n(B) Gather information and engage in discussions with advisory committees, national\nindustry stakeholders, and others to foster and conduct a collaborative approach in\nthe design and advancement of compact rules in a man ner that serves the best\ninterests of racing and as established in the by-laws;\n(C) Not publish a proposed compact rule in a member state over its objection. The\naffirmative vote of a member state for a proposed compact rule shall be necessary\nand sufficie nt to adopt, amend, or rescind a compact rule as applicable to that\nmember state; and\n(D) Have a standing committee that reviews at least quarterly the participation in and\nvalue of compact rules and, when it determines that a revision is appropriate or\nwhen requested to by any member state, submits a revising proposed compact rule.\nTo the extent a revision would only add or remove a member state or states from\nwhere a compact rule has been adopted, the vote required by this article shall be\nrequired of only such state or states.\nARTICLE VIII\nCOMPACT FEES\n(A) The compact commission may charge and collect a fee for services provided by the\ncompact, including licensure and renewal of each license applicant, and for\ndefraying the actual cost of compact commissi on administration, procedures,\nactivities, and programs; provided that such latter fee or fees shall not create a\ndisproportionate cost for any member state.\n(B) Compact fees must relate to participation in live horse or greyhound racing and\npari-mutuel wa gering activities, whether on -track or off -track, that occur in or\naffect a member state. No fee shall be adopted except after consultation with\nrelevant advisory committees and interested national industry stakeholders.\n(C) The establishment of a compact fee may include a requirement that a participant in\nlive horse or greyhound racing with pari -mutuel wagering, as a condition of\ncontinued participation, collect, hold, and remit to the compact commission funds\nthat belong to a third party, with which it co nducts related transactions, that is\nobliged to pay the compact fee.\n(D) The compact commission may require fee payments to occur on a periodic basis,\naccompanied by a sworn report attesting to accuracy and completeness, and may\nprovide that it shall have the power to examine the books and records of any\npersons required to pay or remit it, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the\nproper amounts are being paid. Such books and records shall not thereby be made\navailable for public inspection.\n(E) No fee s hall be adopted before the completion of a period of public notice and\nparticipation substantially conforming, as may be appropriate to the actions and\noperations of the compact commission, for making rules under the Model State\nAdministrative Procedure Act of 1981 as amended.\nARTICLE IX\nSTATUS AND RELATIONSHIP TO MEMBER STATES\n(A) The compact commission, as an interstate governmental entity, shall be exempt\nfrom all taxation in and by the member states.\n(B) The compact commission shall not pledge the credi t of any member state except by\nand with the appropriate legal authority of that state.\n(C) The compact commission shall adopt an annual budget that is sufficient to provide\nfor the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization, and\nongoing activities, and by which member states shall fully fund the compact\ncommission by the means set forth in this compact.\n(D) Each member state shall reimburse or otherwise pay the expenses of its\ncommissioner, including any alternate, in the compact commission.\n(E) No member state, except as provided in Article XII of this compact, shall be held\nliable for the debts or other financial obligations incurred by the compact\ncommission.\n(F) No member state shall have, while it participates in the compact commission, any\nclaim to or ownership of any property held by or vested in the compact commission\nor to any compact commission funds held pursuant to this compact except for state\nlicense or other fees or moneys collected by the compact commission as its agent.\n(G) The compact dissolves upon the date of the withdrawal of the member state that\nreduces membership in the compact to one (1) state. Upon dissolution, the compact\nbecomes null and void and shall be of no further force or effect, although rules and\nprograms adopted through this compact shall remain rules and programs in each\nmember state that had adopted or consented to them, and the business and affairs of\nthe racing and wagering compact shall be concluded and any surplus funds shall be\ndistributed to the former member states in accordance with the by-laws.\nARTICLE X\nRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEMBER STATES\n(A) Each member state in the compact shall accept the decisions, duly applicable to it,\nof the compact commission in regard to compact rules, fees, practices, and\nprograms, and the issuance or renewal of licenses.\n(B) When the compact commission determines tha t an application shall not be\nprocessed further, the member states shall not treat this as the denial of a license or\notherwise penalize the applicant because of such action by the compact\ncommission.\n(C) Each member state in the compact shall have and exercise the right:\n(1) To charge a fee for the use of a compact license within that member state\nequal to the fee charged for a comparable state license;\n(2) To apply its own standards and procedures to determine whether the use of a\ncompact commission licen se should be suspended or revoked in its\njurisdiction;\n(3) To apply its own standards for licensure or renewal of state applicants who do\nnot meet the licensure requirements of the compact commission, who are\nwithin a category of participants in racing and  wagering that the compact\ncommission does not license, or who apply to the member state for a state\nlicense; and\n(4) To apply its own standards and procedures, except as may be provided by\nrule, to determine whether a participant in live racing or pari -mutuel wagering\nhas violated any rule or regulation in its jurisdiction and to impose an\nappropriate penalty.\n(D) Each member state racing commission shall promptly notify the compact\ncommission, or its designee, whenever the member state has adjudged a violation of\nany state or compact rule and imposed a suspension or revocation upon a compact\ncommission licensee.\n(E) All departments, agencies, bodies, officers, and employees of each member state\nand its political subdivisions are authorized to cooperate wit h the compact\ncommission and shall take all necessary and appropriate action, such as to publish\nproposed and adopted rules in state registries and administrative codes, to effectuate\nand in furtherance of compact duties or actions that may affect the state.\n(F) This compact shall not be construed to diminish or limit the powers and\nresponsibilities of the member state racing commission, or to invalidate any action\nit has previously taken, except to the extent it has, by its compact commissioner,\nexpressed its consent to a specific rule or other action of the compact commission.\nThe compact commissioner from each state shall serve as the agent of the state\nracing commission and shall possess substantial racing and wagering knowledge\nand experience as a regul ator or participant in the racing and wagering industry in\norder to participate effectively in compact rule making.\nARTICLE XI\nENFORCEMENT OF COMPACT\n(A) Any member state in the compact and the compact commission may initiate legal\naction in the United Sta tes District Court, in any federal district where the compact\ncommission has an office, to enforce compliance by any member state or the\ncompact commission with the compact provisions, by -laws, fees, findings,\npractices, and programs.\n(B) Any member state in the compact and the compact commission may initiate legal\naction, in any state or federal court, to enforce the compact provisions, fees,\npractices, and programs against any person, including a non -member state or\npolitical subdivision. Member states th at benefit from the compact commission, its\nemployees, or one (1) of its provisions, by -laws, fees, findings, practices, or\nprograms shall provide or share in the cost of legal services to defend or uphold\nthem.\n(C) The compact commission shall have standi ng to intervene in any legal action that\npertains to the subject matter of the compact and might affect its powers, duties, or\nactions.\n(D) The courts and executive in each member state shall enforce the compact and take\nall actions necessary and appropria te to effectuate its purposes and intent. Compact\nprovisions, by -laws, and rules shall be received by all judges, departments,\nagencies, bodies, and officers of each member state and its political subdivisions as\nevidence of them.\n(E) The compact commission may require, from the date a compact fee was required to\nbe paid, interest not to exceed the rate of one percent (1%) per month and a penalty\nnot to exceed five percent (5%). The compact commission may, if it determines that\nany fees received by it were paid in error, and provided that an application for it is\nfiled with the compact commission within one (1) year from the time the erroneous\npayment is made, correct the error by a refund, without interest, including from\nother collected fees.\n(F) The compact commission, if it determines that a payment or report is in error, may\nmake a finding that fixes the correct amount of the fee. It must issue the finding\nwithin three (3) years from when a fee or report was due or filed. The finding shall\nbe final and c onclusive unless an application for a hearing is filed by the subject\nwithin thirty (30) days. The action of the compact commission in making a final\nfinding, after a hearing, shall be reviewable in state court as provided in this\ncompact.\nARTICLE XII\nLEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST COMPACT\n(A) Any person may commence a claim, action, or proceeding against the compact\ncommission in state court for damages or to challenge a compact rule, fee, practice,\nor program that is duly applicable to that state. The compact comm ission shall have\nthe benefit of the same limits of liability, defenses, rights to indemnity and defense\nby the state, and other legal rights and defenses for non-compact matters of the state\nracing commission in the state. All legal rights and defenses th at arise from this\ncompact shall also be available to the compact commission.\n(B) A compact commissioner, alternate, or other member or employee of a state racing\ncommission who undertakes compact activities or duties does so in the course of\nbusiness of t heir state racing commission, and shall have the benefit of the same\nlimits of liability, defenses, rights to indemnity and defense by the state, and other\nlegal rights and defenses for noncompact matters of state employees in their state.\nThe executive director and other employees of the compact commission shall have\nthe benefit of these same legal rights and defenses of state employees in the\nmember state in which they are primarily employed. All legal rights and defenses\nthat arise from this compact shall also be available to them.\n(C) Each member state shall be liable for and pay judgments filed against the compact\ncommission to the extent related to its participation in the compact. Where liability\narises from action undertaken jointly with other member  states, the liability shall be\ndivided equally among the states for whom the applicable rule, fee, practice,\nprogram, or action or omission of the executive director or other employees of the\ncompact commission was undertaken; and no member state shall co ntribute to or\npay, or be jointly or severally or otherwise liable for, any part of any judgment\nbeyond its share as determined in accordance with this article.\nARTICLE XIII\nRESTRICTIONS ON AUTHORITY\n(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the compact commission shall not\nadopt any practice, program, or rule that may change Kentucky requirements\ngoverning the amount and distribution of the takeout, retention, or breakages on\nintrastate wagers or that imposes licensure requirements for non -racing or non -\nwagering employees of any racetrack or off -site wagering facility operating wholly\nwithin the state.\n(B) Kentucky state laws applicable to pari -mutuel racing and wagering shall remain in\nfull force and effect.\n(C) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no fee except for services\nprovided by the compact commission shall be adopted by the compact commission\nin Kentucky without the prior consent of any horsemen (as expressed by their\nrecognized horsemen's organization) licensed by the state racing commission who,\nor any franchised or state racing commission licensed racing corporation that,\nwould be obliged to pay the fee.\nARTICLE XIV\nCONSTRUCTION, SAVING AND SEVERABILITY\n(A) This compact sh all be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes. The\nprovisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or\nprovision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of the\nUnited States or of any m ember state, or the applicability of this compact to any\ngovernment, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the\nremainder of this compact and its applicability to any government, agency, person,\nor circumstance shall not be affect ed. If all or some portion of this compact is held\nto be contrary to the constitution of any member state, the compact shall remain in\nfull force and effect as to the remaining member states and in full force and effect\nas to the state affected as to all severable matters.\n(B) In the event of any allegation, finding, or ruling against the compact or its\nprocedures or actions, provided that a member state has followed the compact's\nstated procedures, any rule it purported to adopt using the procedures of thi s statute\nshall constitute a duly adopted and valid state rule, and any program that it\npurported to create or agree to using the procedures of this statute shall constitute a\nduly made and valid state program and multilateral agreement with the other\nconsenting member states.","path":["KRS Chapter 230"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54713","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:46Z","sha256":"d66bd629e0bcefc60f6f53fe1485ed8ea899b7425816a964b84a5af2879cd00f","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-230.376","next":"us-ky/krs-230.3763"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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