104 STAT. 1302 PUBLIC LAW 101-505—NOV. 3, 1990 "6. The Commission shall establish its office at a location to be determined by the Commission within the Metropolitan District and shall publish rules and regulations governing the conduct of its operations. "ARTICLE IV "1. (a) The signatories shall bear the expenses of the Commission in the manner set forth here. "(b) The Commission shall submit to the Governor of Virginia, the Governor of Maryland, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia, when requested, a budget of its requirements for the period required by the laws of the signatories for presentation to the legislature. "(c) The Commission shall allocate its expenses among the signatories in the proportion that the population of each signatory within the Metropolitan District bears to the total population of the Metropolitan District. "(d)(i) The Commission shall base its allocation on the latest available population statistics of the Bureau of the Census; or "(ii) If current population data are not available, the Commission may, upon the request of a signatory, employ estimates of population prepared in a manner approved by the Commission and by the signatory making the request. "(e) The Governors of the two states and the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall approve the allocation made by the Commission. "2. (a) The signatories shall appropriate their proportion of the budget for the expenses of the Commission and shall pay that appropriation to the Commission. "(b) The budget of the Commission and the appropriations of the signatories may not include a sum for the payment of salaries or expenses of the Commissioners. "(c) The provisions of section 2.1 -30 (1979) of the Code of Virginia do not apply to any official or employee of the Commonwealth of Virginia acting or performing services under this Act. "3. (a) If the Commission requests and a signatory makes available personnel, services, or material which the Commission would otherwise have to employ or purchase, the Commission shall— "(i) determine an amount; and "(ii) reduce the expenses allocable to a signatory. "(b) If any services in kind are rendered, the Commission shall return to the signatory an amount equivalent to the savings to the Commission represented by the contribution in kind. "4. (a) The Commission shall have the power to establish fees under regulations, including but not limited to filing fees and annual fees. "(b) The Commission shall return to the signatories fees established by it in proportion to the share of the Commission's expenses borne by each signatory in the fiscal year during which the fees were collected. Records. "5. (a) The Commission shall keep accurate books of account, showing in full its receipts and disbursements. "(b) The books of account shall be open for inspection by representatives of the respective signatories at any reasonable time.
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