§ 7-104. Interstate agreements

   (a) Scope of section. -- This section does not apply to an agreement for the care, treatment, or supervision of 1 individual.

(b) Delivery to Secretary of State. -- Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a unit that enters into an international or interstate compact or other international or interstate agreement of general application, including an amendment to a compact or agreement, on behalf of the State, shall file a copy of the compact or agreement with the Division of State Documents in the Office of the Secretary of State.

(c) Exception. -- A unit need not file a copy of a compact or agreement under this section if the compact or agreement is part of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

(d) Retention. -- The Division of State Documents in the Office of the Secretary of State shall:

   (1) keep an agreement or compact delivered under this section:

      (i) until any limit that is set for the agreement or compact to become effective expires; and

      (ii) if the agreement or compact becomes effective, until it is abrogated; and

   (2) publish the agreement or compact in the Maryland Register.

(e) Delivery to State Archives. -- After keeping the agreement or compact for the time required under this section, the Division of State Documents may deliver the agreement or compact to the State Archives.

HISTORY: 1984, ch. 320; 2005, ch. 466.