Pennsylvania Act 1992-72 — DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - NEGOTIATING INTERSTATE COMPACT OF MAINTENANCE

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - NEGOTIATING INTERSTATE COMPACT OF
                               MAINTENANCE
                  Act of Jul. 1, 1992, P.L. 345, No. 72               Cl. 74
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to negotiate an
        interstate compact with states adjoining this Commonwealth
        concerning maintenance and repair of public highways,
        transportation facilities and rights-of-way on or along state
        lines.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

     Section 1.  Authority.
        The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to negotiate a
     compact with the duly authorized agents of any one or more of
     the States of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and
     West Virginia in accordance with the Constitution of the United
     States, concerning maintenance and repair of public highways,
     transportation facilities and rights-of-way situated on or along
     the line between the Commonwealth and any of the states
     enumerated above, whereby the Commonwealth and any of these
     other states mutually agree to maintain and repair those
     portions of such public highways, transportation facilities and
     rights-of-way as are situated within their respective
     jurisdictions.
     Section 2.  Submission to General Assembly for ratification.
        The compact negotiated by the Secretary of Transportation
     shall be submitted by the Governor to the General Assembly and
     shall become immediately operative as to the Commonwealth and
     other states that ratify it whenever it has been ratified by a
     duly enacted law of this Commonwealth, and by any other states
     as their laws may prescribe, and the Congress of the United
     States has, if required, consented thereto.
     Section 3.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect immediately.