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PUBLIC LAW 89-789-NOV. 7, 1966

[80 STAT.

" (3) Perform all other functions required of it by the compact and do all things necessary, proper or convenient in the performance of its duties thereunder; dent^"*^' *° ^'^^^^' ^'(4:) Prepare and submit an annual report to the governor of such signatory state and to the president of the United States covering the activities of the commission for the preceding fiscal year, together with an accounting of all funds received and expended by it in the conduct of its work; "(5) Prepare and submit to the governor of each of the states of Kansas and Oklahoma an annual budget covering the anticipated expenses of the commission for the following fiscal year; "(6) Make available to the governor or any state agency of either state or to any authorized representatives of the United States, upon request, any information within its possession. "ARTICLE

XII

"A. Recognizing the present limited uses of the available water supplies of the Arkansas river basin in the two states and the uncertamties of their ultimate water needs, the states of Kansas and Oklahoma deem it imprudent and inadvisable to attempt at this time to make final allocations of the new conservation storage capacity which may ultimately be required in either state, and, by the limitations on storage capacity imposed herein, have not attempted to do so. Accordingly, after the expiration of 25 years following the effective date of this compact, the commission may review any provisions of the compact for the purpose of amending or supplementing the same, and shall meet for the consideration of such review on the request of the commissioners of either state; provided, that the provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect until changed or amended by unanimous action of the states acting through their commissioners and until such changes are ratified by the legislatures of the respective states and consented to by the congress in the same manner as this compact is required to be ratified to become effective. " B. This compact may be terminated at any time by the appropriate action of the legislatures of both signatory states. "C. I n the event of amendment or termination of the compact, all rights established under the compact shall continue unimpaired. "ARTICLE

XIII

"Nothing in this compact shall be deemed: A. To impair or affect the powers, rights or obligations of the United States, or those claiming under its authority, in, over and to the waters of the Arkansas River Basin; " B. To interfere with or impair the right or power of either signatory state to regulate within its boundaries the appropriation, use and control of waters within that state not inconsistent with its obligations under this compact. "ARTICLE

XIV

"If any part or application of this compact should be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions and applications of this compact shall remain in full force and effect. "ARTICLE

XV

"This compact shall become binding and obligatory when it shall have been ratified by the legislatures of each state and consented to by the congress of the United States, and when the congressional act con-

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