Section 21-1703. Force and effect of the compact

Upon  its  signature by the respective governors on behalf of at least
  the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and by  the
  Governor  on  behalf  of the state of New York, and upon the attestation
  thereof by the secretary of state of each of the  signatory  states  and
  commonwealth  and  the  affixing thereto of the seal of each of the said
  states and commonwealth, and the aforesaid compact, which may  be  known
  and cited as the Delaware basin compact, shall be and become binding and
  shall  have  the force and effect of a statute of the state of New York,
  and the Delaware river basin water  commission  shall  thereupon  become
  vested with all the powers, rights and privileges, and be subject to the
  duties  and  obligations,  contained  in said compact as though the same
  were specifically authorized and imposed by statute, and  the  state  of
  New  York  shall  be bound by all of the obligations assumed by it under
  said compact; and the Governor shall transmit an  original  signed  copy
  thereof to the Secretary of State of the state of New York for filing in
  his office.