§ 21-0901. Great Lakes Basin Compact.\n The Great Lakes Basin Compact, as first enacted by chapter 643 of the\nlaws of l960, as reenacted by chapter 473 of the laws of 1961, and as\nrenumbered by chapter 73 of the laws of l962, is hereby continued. The\ncompact is as follows:\n The party states solemnly agree:\n ARTICLE I\n The purposes of this compact are, through means of joint or\ncooperative action:\n 1. To promote the orderly, integrated, and comprehensive development,\nuse, and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes Basin\n(hereinafter called the Basin).\n 2. To plan for the welfare and development of the water resources of\nthe Basin as a whole as well as for those portions of the Basin which\nmay have problems of special concern.\n 3. To make it possible for the states of the Basin and their people to\nderive the maximum benefit from utilization of public works, in the form\nof navigational aids or otherwise, which may exist or which may be\nconstructed from time to time.\n 4. To advise in securing and maintaining a proper balance among\nindustrial, commercial, agricultural, water supply, residential,\nrecreational, and other legitimate uses of the water resources of the\nBasin.\n 5. To establish and maintain an intergovernmental agency to the end\nthat the purposes of this compact may be accomplished more effectively.\n ARTICLE II\n A. This compact shall enter into force and become effective and\nbinding when it has been enacted by the legislatures of any four of the\nStates of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio,\nPennsylvania, and Wisconsin and thereafter shall enter into force and\nbecome effective and binding as to any other of said states when enacted\nby the legislature thereof.\n B. The Province of Ontario and the Province of Quebec, or either of\nthem, may become states party to this compact by taking such action as\ntheir laws and the laws of the Government of Canada may prescribe for\nadherence thereto. For the purpose of this compact the word "state"\nshall be construed to include a Province of Canada.\n ARTICLE III\n The Great Lakes Commission created by Article IV of this compact shall\nexercise its powers and perform its functions in respect to the Basin\nwhich, for the purposes of this compact, shall consist of so much of the\nfollowing as may be within the party states:\n 1. Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, St. Clair, Superior, and the\nSt. Lawrence River, together with any and all natural or man-made water\ninterconnections between or among them.\n 2. All rivers, ponds, lakes, streams, and other watercourses which, in\ntheir natural state or in their prevailing condition, are tributary to\nLakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, St. Clair, and Superior or any of\nthem or which comprise part of any watershed draining into any of said\nlakes.\n ARTICLE IV\n A. There is hereby created an agency of the party states to be known\nas The Great Lakes Commission, (hereinafter called the Commission). In\nthat name the Commission may sue and be sued, acquire, hold and convey\nreal and personal property and any interest therein. The Commission\nshall have a seal with the words "The Great Lakes Commission" and such\nother design as it may prescribe engraved thereon by which it shall\nauthenticate its proceedings. Transactions involving real or personal\nproperty shall conform to the laws of the state in which the property is\nlocated, and the Commission may by bylaws provide for the execution and\nacknowledgment of all instruments in its behalf.\n B. The Commission shall be composed of not less than three\ncommissioners nor more than five commissioners from each party state\ndesignated or appointed in accordance with the law of the state which\nthey represent and serving and subject to removal in accordance with\nsuch law.\n C. Each state
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