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Show 360 INTERSTATE COMPACTS sylvania and State of West Virginia. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting proce- dures established under its by-laws: Provided, That all receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant, and the report of the audit shall be transmitted to each contributor of funds to the district or commission. ARTICLE VIII. EXEMPTION FROM TAXES AND FEES The district and the property belonging to the district shall be exempt from the payment of all taxes or fees imposed by the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania or the State of West Virginia and by any agency and political subdivision thereof. ARTICLE IX. EFFECTIVE DATE OF COMPACT This compact shall become effective upon ratification by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Legisla- ture of the State of West Virginia and upon approval by the Congress of the United States. NOTES State ratifications.--West Virginia, Act of March 1, 1967 (citation not yet available). Pennsylvania, Act of August 2, 1967 (citation not yet available). Congressional consent to compact.-Act of December 8, 1967 (81 Stat. 553), from which the text of the compact above set out is taken. Section 2 of this Act reads as follows: " (a) The consent granted by this Act does not include advance con- sent for any additional powers that may hereafter be conferred upon the Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Com- mission by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania and the Legislature of West Virginia. " (b) The Congress and any of its committees shall have the right to require the disclosure and furnishing of such information by the Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Com- mission as they may deem appropriate and shall have access to all books, records, and papers of the Commission. "(c) The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved." For legislative history, see S. 2514 and H. R. 12010, 90th Congress; Senate Report 720 (Committee on Public Works), House Report 948 (Committee on the Judiciary), 90th Congress; 113 Cong. Bee. S15883: H15587, S17186 (daily edition) (1967); P.L. 90-181. |
