All rules and amendments are binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment.

2.__Promulgation of rules.__When adopting a rule, the interstate commission shall:

A.__Publish the proposed rule stating with particularity the text of the proposed rule and the reason for the proposed rule;

B.__Allow persons to submit written data, facts, opinions and arguments, which must be added to the record and made publicly available;

C.__Provide an opportunity for an informal hearing, if petitioned by 10 or more persons; and

D.__Promulgate a final rule and its effective date, if appropriate, based on the rule-making record, including input from state or local officials and other interested parties.

3.__Rule review.__No later than 60 days after a rule is promulgated, an interested person may file a petition in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or in the federal district court where the interstate commission's principal office is located for judicial review of the rule.__If the court finds that the interstate commission's action is not supported by substantial evidence in the rule-making record as defined in the APA, the court shall hold the rule unlawful and set it aside.

4.__Rule void.__If a majority of the legislatures of the compacting states rejects a rule by enactment of a statute or resolution in the same manner used to adopt the compact, then the rule has no further force and effect in any compacting state.

5.__Existing rules suspended.__The existing rules governing the operation of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles superceded by this subchapter are void 12 months after the first meeting of the interstate commission.

6.__Emergency rule.__If the interstate commission determines that an emergency exists, it may promulgate an emergency rule that becomes effective immediately upon adoption as long as the usual rule-making procedures provided under this section are retroactively applied to the rule as soon as reasonably possible