O.C.G.A. § 12-10-40
Compact enacted and entered into; text of compact
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As of December 1, 2018
The Interstate Environment Compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
The Interstate Environment Compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
"INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENT COMPACT
“INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENT COMPACT Article 1. Findings, Purposes and Reservations of Power.
(1) 0 Findings. The signatory states hereby find and declare:
(2) The environment of every state is affected with local, state, regional and national interests, and its protection, under appropriate arrangements for intergovernmental cooperation, are public purposes of the respective signatories.
(3) Certain environmental pollution problems transcend state boundaries and thereby become common to adjacent states requiring cooperative efforts.
(4) The environment of each state is subject to the effective control of the signatories, and coordinated, cooperative or joint exercise of control measures is in their common interests. 02. Purposes. The purposes of the signatories in enacting this are: 1.03. Powers of the United States. 1.04. Powers of the States. Nothing contained in this compact shall impair or extend the constitutional authority of any signatory state, nor shall the police powers of any signatory state be affected except as expressly provided in a supplementary agreement under Article 4.
(a) To assist and participate in the national environment protection programs as set forth in federal legislation; to promote intergovernmental cooperation for multistate action relating to environmental protection through interstate agreements; and to encourage cooperative and coordinated environmental protection by the signatories and the federal government;
(b) To preserve and utilize the functions, powers and duties of existing state agencies of government to the maximum extent possible consistent with the purposes of the compact.
(a) Nothing contained in this compact shall impair, affect or extend the constitutional authority of the United States.
(b) The signatories hereby recognize the power and right of the Congress of the United States at any time by any statute expressly enacted for that purpose to revise the terms and conditions of its consent.
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