South Carolina § 46-50-20 Execution and ratification of compact; exchange of documents with other ratifying states.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 46-50-20 — Execution and ratification of compact; exchange of documents with other ratifying states.

South Carolina § 46-50-20

Title 46AGRICULTURE

Ch. 50SOUTHERN INTERSTATE DAIRY COMPACT

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S.C. Code Ann. § 46-50-20 (2026).

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(A)The Governor on behalf of this State may execute a compact, in substantially the form set out in Section 46-50-30, with any two or more of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, and the legislature hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification of the compact when the compact has been enacted into law by any three of the compact states, including South Carolina, and the consent of Congress to the interstate compact has been obtained.

(B)When the Governor has executed the compact on behalf of this State, and caused a verified copy to be filed with the Secretary of State, and when the compact has been ratified by three or more of the states named in

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(A) The Governor on behalf of this State may execute a compact, in substantially the form set out in Section 46-50-30, with any two or more of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, and the legislature hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification of the compact when the compact has been enacted into law by any three of the compact states, including South Carolina, and the consent of Congress to the interstate compact has been obtained. (B) When the Governor has executed the compact on behalf of this State, and caused a verified copy to be filed with the Secretary of State, and when the compact has been ratified by three or more of the states named in Article VIII, Section 20 of the compact, including South Carolina, the compact shall become operative and effective as between this State and the states that have ratified the compact. The Governor shall take such action as may be necessary to complete the exchange of official documents between this State and any other state ratifying the compact, and to otherwise carry out the provisions of this chapter. (C) Upon the compact becoming operative and effective between this State and other states ratifying the compact, it is hereby declared to be the policy of this State to perform and carry out the compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof.