Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A. Maine Insurance Code § 2487. Binding effect of compact and other laws--Article 16

A. The access of any person to state courts;

B. Remedies available under state law related to breach of contract, tort or other laws not specifically directed to the content of the product;

C. State law relating to the construction of insurance contracts; or

D. The authority of the attorney general of the state, including, but not limited to, maintaining any actions or proceedings, as authorized by law.

A. All lawful actions of the commission, including all rules and operating procedures promulgated by the commission, are binding upon the compacting states.

B. All agreements between the commission and the compacting states are binding in accordance with their terms.

C. Upon the request of a party to a conflict over the meaning or interpretation of commission actions, and upon a majority vote of the compacting states, the commission may issue advisory opinions regarding the meaning or interpretation in dispute.

D. In the event any provision of this compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of a compacting state, the obligation, duty, power or jurisdiction sought to be conferred by that provision upon the commission is ineffective as to that compacting state, and that obligation, duty, power or jurisdiction remains in the compacting state and must be exercised by the agency thereof to which that obligation, duty, power or jurisdiction is delegated by law in effect at the time this compact becomes effective.