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This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would limit the duration and renewal of interstate compacts (agreements between two or more states) in Pennsylvania. Specifically, the bill would prohibit the General Assembly from enacting laws that authorize interstate compacts lasting more than 10 years or that automatically renew. Instead, the legislature would be required to periodically reauthorize such compacts for additional 10-year periods through new laws or joint resolutions. These reauthorization measures must be enacted between 4 and 10 months before the general election preceding the compact's expiration. The bill also outlines the procedural steps for implementing this constitutional amendment, which include the Secretary of the Commonwealth advertising the proposed amendment after its first and second passage by the General Assembly, and then submitting the amendment to qualified voters at the first eligible general or municipal election.

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