| C.__Suspension and termination of membership in the compact.__ |
| Suspension is imposed only after all other reasonable means |
| of securing compliance under the bylaws and rules have been |
| exhausted.__Immediate notice of suspension must be given by |
| the interstate commission to the governor, the chief justice |
| or chief judicial officer of the state; the majority and |
| minority leaders of the defaulting state's legislature; and |
| the state council.__The grounds for default include, but are |
| not limited to, failure of a compacting state to perform the |
| obligations or responsibilities imposed upon it by this |
| compact, interstate commission bylaws or duly promulgated |
| rules.__The interstate commission shall immediately notify |
| the defaulting state in writing of the penalty imposed by |
| the interstate commission on the defaulting state pending a |
| resolution of the default.__The interstate commission shall |
| stipulate the conditions and the time period within which |
| the defaulting state shall resolve its default.__If the |
| defaulting state fails to resolve the default within the |
| time period specified by the interstate commission, in |
| addition to any other penalties imposed in this section the |
| defaulting state may be terminated from the compact upon an |
| affirmative vote of a majority of the compacting states and |
| all rights, privileges and benefits conferred by this |
| compact are terminated from the effective date of |
| suspension. |