Sec. 523.009.  EFFECTIVE DATE;  WITHDRAWAL FROM COMPACT.  (a)  This compact shall enter into force and become effective as to any state when it has enacted the compact into law.
(b)  Any member state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the compact, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until six months after the executive director of the withdrawing state has given notice of the withdrawal to the executive directors of all other member states.  No withdrawal shall affect the validity or applicability by the licensing authorities of states remaining party to the compact of any report of conviction occurring prior to the withdrawal.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.