{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-9-112","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-9-112","heading":"Withdrawal - Default - Termination - Judicial","body":"enforcement.\n\nARTICLE XI\n\nWITHDRAWAL, DEFAULT, TERMINATION AND JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT\n\nA. Withdrawal.\n\n1. Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and\n\nremain binding upon each and every compacting state; provided that a\n\ncompacting state may withdraw from the compact by specifically\n\nrepealing the statute which enacted the compact into law.\n\n2. The effective date of withdrawal is the effective date of\n\nthe repeal.\n\n3. The withdrawing state shall immediately notify the\n\nchairperson of the Interstate Commission in writing upon the\n\nintroduction of legislation repealing this compact in the\n\nwithdrawing state. The Interstate Commission shall notify the other\n\ncompacting states of the withdrawing state’s intent to withdraw\n\nwithin sixty (60) days of its receipt thereof.\n\n4. The withdrawing state is responsible for all assessments,\n\nobligations and liabilities incurred through the effective date of\n\nwithdrawal, including any obligations, the performance of which\n\nextend beyond the effective date of withdrawal.\n\n5. Reinstatement following withdrawal of any compacting state\n\nshall occur upon the withdrawing state reenacting the compact or\n\nupon such later date as determined by the Interstate Commission.\n\nB. Technical assistance, fines, suspension, termination and\n\ndefault.\n\n1. If the Interstate Commission determines that any compacting\n\nstate has at any time defaulted in the performance of any of its\n\nobligations or responsibilities under this compact, or the bylaws or\n\nduly promulgated rules, the Interstate Commission may impose any or\n\nall of the following penalties:\n\na. remedial training and technical assistance as directed\n\nby the Interstate Commission,\n\nb. alternative dispute resolution,\n\nc. fines, fees, and costs in such amounts as are deemed\n\nto be reasonable as fixed by the Interstate\n\nCommission, and\n\nd. suspension or termination of membership in the\n\ncompact, which shall be imposed only after all other\n\nreasonable means of securing compliance under the\n\nbylaws and rules have been exhausted and the\n\nInterstate Commission has therefore determined that\n\nthe offending state is in default. Immediate notice\n\nof suspension shall be given by the Interstate\n\nCommission to the Governor, the Chief Justice or the\n\nChief Judicial Officer of the state, the majority and\n\nminority leaders of the defaulting state’s\n\nlegislature, and the state council. The grounds for\n\ndefault include, but are not limited to, failure of a\n\ncompacting state to perform such obligations or\n\nresponsibilities imposed upon it by this compact, the\n\nbylaws, or duly promulgated rules and any other\n\ngrounds designated in Interstate Commission bylaws and\n\nrules. The Interstate Commission shall immediately\n\nnotify the defaulting state in writing of the penalty\n\nimposed by the Interstate Commission and of the\n\ndefault pending a cure of the default. The Interstate\n\nCommission shall stipulate the conditions and the time\n\nperiod within which the defaulting state must cure its\n\ndefault. If the defaulting state fails to cure the\n\ndefault within the time period specified by the\n\nInterstate Commission, the defaulting state shall be\n\nterminated from the compact upon an affirmative vote\n\nof a majority of the compacting states and all rights,\n\nprivileges and benefits conferred by this compact\n\nshall be terminated from the effective date of\n\ntermination.\n\n2. Within sixty (60) days of the effective date of termination\n\nof a defaulting state, the Interstate Commission shall notify the\n\nGovernor, the Chief Justice or Chief Judicial Officer, the Majority\n\nand Minority Leaders of the defaulting state’s legislature, and the\n\nstate council of such termination.\n\n3. The defaulting state is responsible for all assessments,\n\nobligations and liabilities incurred through the effective date of\neffective date of termination\n\nof a defaulting state, the Interstate Commission shall notify the\n\nGovernor, the Chief Justice or Chief Judicial Officer, the Majority\n\nand Minority Leaders of the defaulting state’s legislature, and the\n\nstate council of such termination.\n\n3. The defaulting state is responsible for all assessments,\n\nobligations and liabilities incurred through the effective date of\n\ntermination including any obligations, the performance of which\n\nextends beyond the effective date of termination.\n\n4. The Interstate Commission shall not bear any costs relating\n\nto the defaulting state unless otherwise mutually agreed upon in\n\nwriting between the Interstate Commission and the defaulting state.\n\n5. Reinstatement following termination of any compacting state\n\nrequires both a reenactment of the compact by the defaulting state\n\nand the approval of the Interstate Commission pursuant to the rules.\n\nC. Judicial enforcement.\n\nThe Interstate Commission may, by majority vote of the members,\n\ninitiate legal action in the United States District Court for the\n\nDistrict of Columbia or, at the discretion of the Interstate\n\nCommission, in the federal district where the Interstate Commission\n\nhas its offices, to enforce compliance with the provisions of the\n\ncompact, its duly promulgated rules and bylaws, against any\n\ncompacting state in default. In the event judicial enforcement is\n\nnecessary the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such\n\nlitigation including reasonable attorneys fees.\n\nD. Dissolution of compact.\n\n1. The compact dissolves effective upon the date of the\n\nwithdrawal or default of the compacting state, which reduces\n\nmembership in the compact to one compacting state.\n\n2. Upon the dissolution of this compact, the compact becomes\n\nnull and void and shall be of no further force or effect, and the\n\nbusiness and affairs of the Interstate Commission shall be concluded\n\nand any surplus funds shall be distributed in accordance with the\n\nbylaws.","path":["OK Code","Title 10A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"8ba9e51eee34346fb959b971702543cd1e1d96aef948e3cbb858c3b49b507472","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-9-111","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-9-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}