Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 1.djvu/519

 PUBLIC LAW 100-319—MAY 19, 1988

102 STAT. 481

"(E) Conflict of Interest. "(1) Prohibitions— "No commissioner, officer or employee shall: "(a) Be financially interested, either directly or indirectly, in a contract, sale, purchase, lease or transfer of real or personal property to which the Commission is a party. "(b) Solicit or accept money or any other thing of value in addition to the expenses paid to him by the Commission for services performed within the scope of his official duties. "(c) Offer money or an5rthing of value for or in consideration of obtaining an appointment, promotion or privilege in his employment with the Commission. "(2) Forfeiture of Office or Employment— "Any officer or employee who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit his office or employment. "(3) Agreement Void— "Any contract or agreement knowingly made in contravention of this section is void. "(4) Criminal and Civil Sanctions— "Officers and employees of the Commission shall be subject, in addition to the provisions of this section, to such criminal and civil sanctions for misconduct in office as may be imposed by Federal law and the law of the signatory state in which such misconduct occurs.

Emplo3mient and unemployment. Contracts.

"Article 5 "Eligibility, Entry Into Effect, Congressional Consent, Withdrawal "(A) Eligibility. "Only the States of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware and Maryland are eligible to become parties to this compact. "(B) Entry into Effect. "An eligible state may become a party state by legislative enactment of this compact or by executive order of the governor adopting this compact; provided, however, a state becoming a party state by executive order shall cease to be a party state upon adjournment of the first general session of its legislature convened thereafter, unless the legislature shall have enacted this compact before such adjournment. "(C) (Congressional Consent. "This compact shall take effect when it has been enacted by the legislatures of Pennsylvania and one or more eligible states. However, Article 4 (B) and (C) shall not take effect until Congress has consented to this compact. Every fifth year after such consent has been given. Congress may withdraw consent. "(D) Withdrawal. "A party state may withdraw from the compact by repealing the enactment of this compact, but no such withdrawal shall become effective until two years after enactment of the repealing legislation. If the withdrawing state is a host state, any regional facility in that state shall remain available to receive low-level waste generated within the region until five years after the effective date of the withdrawal.

State listing.

Effective date.

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