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Subchapter
003
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NEW ENGLAND INTERSTATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMPACT
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 1335)
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§ 1335. General powers of Commission—Article IV
The Commission shall annually elect from its members a chair and vice chair and shall
appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge such officers. It may appoint and
employ a secretary who shall be a professional engineer versed in water pollution
and may employ such stenographic or clerical employees as shall be necessary, and
at its pleasure remove or discharge such employees. It shall adopt a seal and suitable
bylaws and shall promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control.
It may maintain an office for the transaction of its business and may meet at any
time or place within the signatory states. Meetings shall be held at least twice
each year. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business, but no action of the Commission imposing any obligation on any signatory
state or on any municipal agency or subdivision thereof or on any person, firm or
corporation therein shall be binding unless a majority of the members from such signatory
state shall have voted in favor thereof. Where meetings are planned to discuss matters
relevant to problems of water pollution control affecting only certain of the signatory
states, the Commission may vote to authorize special meetings of the commissioners
of the states especially concerned. The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of
all receipts and disbursements and shall make an annual report to the governor and
the legislature of each signatory state setting forth in detail the operations and
transactions conducted by it pursuant to this compact, and shall make recommendations
for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes
of the signatory states which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose
of this compact. The Commission shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office,
administrative, traveling or other expenses prior to the allotment of funds by the
signatory states adequate to meet the same; nor shall the Commission pledge the credit
of any of the signatory states. Each signatory state reserves the right to provide
hereafter by law for the examination and audit of the accounts of the Commission.
The Commission shall appoint a treasurer who may be a member of the Commission, and
disbursements by the Commission shall be valid only when authorized by the Commission
and when vouchers therefor have been signed by the secretary and countersigned by
the treasurer. The secretary shall be custodian of the records of the Commission
with authority to attest to and certify such records or copies thereof.