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 96 STAT. 150

PUBLIC LAW 97-213—JUNE 30, 1982 Public Law 97-213 97th Congress

June 30, 1982 [H.R. 4903]

MississippiLouisiana Rapid Rail Transit Compact. Congressional consent.

An Act Granting the consent of the Congress to an interstate compact between the States of Mississippi and Louisiana establishing a commission to study the feasibility of rapid rail transit service between the two States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress consents to the compact entered into between the States of Mississippi and Louisiana establishing a commission to study the feasibility of providing rapid rail transit service between the two States, which compact was approved on April 23, 1981, by the State of Mississippi, and was approved on July 15, 1980, and approved as amended on July 7, 1981, by the State of Louisiana. Such compact is as follows: 'MISSISSIPPI-LOUISIANA RAPID RAIL TRANSIT COMPACT "ARTICLE I

"The purpose of this compact is to study the feasibility of rapid rail transit service between the States of Mississippi and Louisiana and to establish a joint interstate commission to assist in this effort. "ARTICLE II

Ratification.

"This Compact shall become effective immediately as to the States ratifying it whenever the States of Louisiana and Mississippi have ratified it and Congress has given consent thereto. Any State not mentioned in this article which is contiguous with any member State may become a party to this compact, subject to approval by the legislature of each of the member States. "ARTICLE III

MississippiLouisiana Rapid Rail Transit Commission. Establishment. Membership.

Vacancies. Expenses.

"The States which are parties to this compact Qiereinafter referred to as 'party States') do hereby establish and create a joint agency which shall be known as the Mississippi-Louisiana Rapid Rail Transit Commission (hereinafter referred to as the 'commission'). The membership of such commission shall consist of the Governor of each party State, one representative each from the Mississippi Energy and Transportation Board, or its successor, and the Office of Aviation and Public Transportation of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, or its successor, and five other citizens of each party State to be appointed by the Governor thereof. The appointive members of the commission shall serve for terms of four years each. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term. The members of the commission shall not be compensated for service on the commission, but each of the appointed members shall be entitled to actual and reasonable

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