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PUBLIC LAW 92-280-APR. 26, 1972

[86 STAT.

that such agreements will improve services, facilities, or institutional care and treatment in the fields of mental illness or mental deficiency, No such supplementary agreement shall be construed so as to relieve any party state of any obligation which it otherwise would have under other provisions of this compact. "ARTICLE X II — EFFECTIVE DATE OF COMPACT

"This compact shall enter into full force and effect as to any state when enacted by it into law and such state shall thereafter be a party thereto with any and all states legally joining therein. "ARTICLE XIII—^WITHDRAWAL FROM COMPACT

" (a) A state party to this compact may withdraw therefrom by enacting a statute repealing the same. Such withdrawal shall take effect one year after notice thereof has been communicated officially and in writing to the governors and compact administrators of all other party states. However, the withdrawal of any state shall not change the status of any patient who has been sent to said state or sent out of said state pursuant to the provisions of this compact. "(b) Withdrawal from any agreement permitted by Article X II (b) as to costs or from any supplementary agreement made pursuant to Article X I shall be in accordance with the terms of such agreement. "ARTICLE XIV—^CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY

Compact administrator, designation.

D. C. government, cooperation.

Supplementary agreements.

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"This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters." SEC. 3. Pursuant to this compact, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of party States, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The coiiipact administrator is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies, and officers of and in the government of the District of Columbia in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by the District thereunder. SEC. 4. The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of party States pursuant to articles VII and X I of the compact. I n the event that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of the District of Columbia or require or contemplate the provision of any service by the District of Columbia, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction said institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service.

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