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ABSTRACT: This article examines the application of Waukesha, Wisconsin in 2010 for an exception under the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact to divert water from Lake Michigan [...]

Dan Stier What is mutual aid? It is, in a very fundamental sense, assistance rendered by one government entity to help another government entity to respond to emergency conditions. The [...]

In this article, the author examines the use of the interstate compact as a mechanism for the continued regulation of the business of insurance by the states. The last decade has produced a new series of congressional investigations into the state regulatory system, producing a list of federal criticisms of the system's effectiveness. Of major concern is the states' handling of the numerous insolvencies that occurred first in the property and casualty business during the 1980s and the more recent failure of several large multistate life insurance companies. These criticisms have generated a flurry of corrective activity on the part of state regulation, the most notable being the development and partial implementation of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner's Financial Standards Accreditation Program. While this program addresses most of the federal concerns, one major criticism remains unanswered - the NAIC's kick of compulsory enforcement power for its decisions on member states. This article suggests that implementation of the constitutionally sanctioned interstate compact device used in conjunction with the NAIC accreditation program could counteract the remaining criticism of state regulation and, in the process, provide a stronger and more uniform approach to the handling of selected problems presently confronting it.

The current Interstate Compact on Juveniles was established in 1955 to manage the interstate movement of adjudicated youth--allowing the transfer of community supervision to another state and ensuring the return […]

Interstate compacts have played a role in state government since 1783 when the British signed the Treaty of Paris, officially recognizing the United States as a sovereign nation. Many of [...]

The interstate investment co-operation agreement signed by New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory is presented. State governments would need to try to increase revenue for healthcare, and continually improve their co-ordination to attract international investors, plus promote Australia as an investment destination.

Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska have put forward an interstate receivership plan. The plan is designed to coordinate and streamline the receivership process for insurers across the three states. The interstate compact requires the establishment of an not-for-profit Interstate Insurance Receivership Commission whose members comprise insurance commissioners from the three participating states. Other Midwest states are leery of the proposal, having no prior experience with the concept.

Interstate compacts are an effective and essential mechanism for developing statebased solutions to regional and national problems. Without state action in certain policy areas that cross state lines, federal preemption […]

Members of Congress are encouraging states to form interstate compacts to regulate the insurance industry. The interstate compacts will provide uniformity among states and will allow them to resolve issues among themselves while still efficiently enforcing insurance regulations. Policyholders are also guaranteed to be protected from financial insolvency. On the other hand, regulators are assured of a more efficient regulatory system. However, some legislators are against the compacts and, instead, are proposing federal regulations to monitor the industry.