110 STAT. 884 PUBLIC LAW 104-126—APR. 1, 1996 Public Law 104-126 104th Congress Joint Resolution Apr. 1, 1996 Granting the consent of Congress to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public [S.J. Res. 38] Water Supply Compact. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL CONSENT. The Congress consents to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact entered into between the States of Vermont and New Hampshire. The compact reads substantially as follows: •*Verinont-New Hampshire Interstate Public Water Supply Compact "ARTICLE I " GENERAL PROVISIONS "(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.— It is recognized that in certain cases municipalities in Vermont and New Hampshire may, in order to avoid duplication of cost and effort, and in order to take advantage of economies of scale, find it necessary or advisable to enter into agreements whereby joint public water supply facilities are erected and maintained. The States of Vermont and New Hampshire recognize the value of and need for such agreements, and adopt this compact in order to authorize their establishment. "(b) REQUIREMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.— Th is compact shall not become effective until approved by the United States Congress. "(c) DEFINITIONS.— "(1) The term 'public water supply facilities' shall mean publicly owned water supply sources, storage, treatment, transmission and distribution facilities, and ancillary facilities regardless of whether or not the same qualify for Federal or State construction grants-in-aid. "(2) The term 'municipalities' shall mean cities, towns, village districts, or other incorporated units of local government possessing authority to construct, maintain, and operate public water supply facilities and to raise revenue therefore by bonding and taxation, which may legally impose and collect user charges and impose and enforce regulatory control upon users of public water supply facilities. "(3) The term 'water supply agency' shall mean the agencies within Vermont and New Hampshire possessing regulating
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