Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 4.djvu/472

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104 STAT. 2788 PUBLIC LAW 101-565 —NOV. 15, 1990 " ARTICLE V "COMMISSIONERS "The Authority shall consist of twelve Commissioners, six of whom shall be residents of and qualified to vote in and shall be appointed from the State of Delaware, and six of whom shall be residents of and qualified to vote in and shall be appointed from the State of New Jersey; not more than three of the Commissioners of each State shall be of the same political party; the Commissioners for each State shall be appointed in the manner fixed and determined from time to time by the law of each State respectively. Each Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years, and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified, but the terms of the first Commissioners shall be so designated that the term of at least one Commissioner from each State shall expire each year. All terms shall run to the first day of July. Any vacancy, however created, shall be filled for the unexpired term only. Any Commissioner may be suspended or removed from office as provided by law of the State from which he shall be appointed. "Commissioners shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses to be paid only from revenues of the Authority and may not receive any other compensation for services to the Authority except such as may from time to time be authorized from such revenues by concurrent legislation. " ARTICLE VI "BOARD ACTION "The Commissioners shall have charge of the Authority's property and affairs and shall, for the purpose of doing business, constitute a Board, but no action of the Commissioners shall be binding or effective unless taken at a meeting at which at least four Commissioners from each State are present, and unless at least four Commissioners from each State shall vote in favor thereof. The vote of any one or more of the Commissioners from each State shall be subject to cancellation by the Governor of such State at any time within 10 days (Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays in the particular State excepted) after receipt at the Governor's office of a certified copy of the minutes of the meeting at which such vote was taken. Each State may provide by law for the manner of delivery of such minutes and for notification of the action thereon. " ARTICLE VII "GENERAL POWERS "For the effectuation of its authorized purposes, the Authority is hereby grginted the following powers: "(a) To have perpetual succession. "(h) To adopt and use an official seal. "(c) To elect a chairman and a vice chairman from among the Commissioners. The chairman and vice chairman shall be elected from different States and shall each hold office for two years. The chairmanship and vice chairmanship shall be alternated between the two States.