Section 7-104 - Interstate agreements. - Maryland Statutes

§ 7-104. Interstate agreements.
 

(a)  Scope of section.- This section does not apply to an agreement for the care, treatment, or supervision of 1 individual. 

(b)  Delivery to Secretary of State.- Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a unit that enters into an international or interstate compact or other international or interstate agreement of general application, including an amendment to a compact or agreement, on behalf of the State, shall file a copy of the compact or agreement with the Division of State Documents in the Office of the Secretary of State. 

(c)  Exception.- A unit need not file a copy of a compact or agreement under this section if the compact or agreement is part of the Annotated Code of Maryland. 

(d)  Retention.- The Division of State Documents in the Office of the Secretary of State shall: 

(1) keep an agreement or compact delivered under this section: 

(i) until any limit that is set for the agreement or compact to become effective expires; and 

(ii) if the agreement or compact becomes effective, until it is abrogated; and 

(2) publish the agreement or compact in the Maryland Register. 

(e)  Delivery to State Archives.- After keeping the agreement or compact for the time required under this section, the Division of State Documents may deliver the agreement or compact to the State Archives. 
 

[1984, ch. 320; 2005, ch. 466.]