SB514 HFA Dean 4-2 #1
Casto 3264
Delegate Dean moved to amend the bill on page 1, by striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
article 1. organization and administration.
§20-1-16. Natural resources commission -- Generally.
(a) The natural resources commission, created and
established by provisions of section three of this article code,
shall be a public benefit corporation and as such may sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, and have and use a common
seal. It shall be a commission advisory to the director and to the department
division of natural resources. The commission shall be composed of
seven members, known as commissioners, one from each congressional district and
the remainder from the state at large, appointed by the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate. Their terms of office shall begin on July
1, and shall be for a period of seven years, except that the Governor in making
the initial appointments shall designate and define their respective terms of
office so that the term of one member of the commission will expire each year.
As initial appointments expire, all subsequent appointments shall be for terms of
seven years or for the unexpired term of a member who may have died, resigned
or become disqualified. In the interests of fair representation, the
current size of the DNR commission will be increased by two. Because of this,
the commission shall be composed of nine members, known as commissioners, one
from each division of natural resources district and the remainder from the
state at large, and shall be appointed to provide the broadest geographic
distribution possible so that each commissioner shall attend the division
sectional meetings established in §20-1-7(6) of this code within his or
her respective district.
(b) In the interest of providing representation to all parts of the state, the Governor shall appoint two new members, that represent Districts 3 and 6. To return the commission to its current size, the appointments that expire on June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2022 will not be filled, so long as their district is still represented.
(c) The members of the commission shall be citizens
and residents of the state, selected with special reference to their
training and experience in relation to the principal activities required of the
commission, and for their ability and fitness to perform their duties within
the purposes of this chapter and shall be selected with special emphasis
on his or her interest in the conservation of the natural resources of the
state. No member of the commission shall be a candidate for or hold any
public office other than that of member of the commission; nor shall he or
she be a member of any committee of a political party. In case a member
becomes a candidate for or accepts appointment to any public office or
political party committee, his or her office as member of the commission
shall be immediately vacated. The director of the division of natural
resources may submit recommendations to the Governor for the appointment of the
commissioners: Provided, That the Governor shall not be limited to those
recommendations.
(d) Commissioners are not entitled to compensation for services performed for the commission, but may be reimbursed by the division of natural resources for actual and necessary expenses incurred for each day in which he or she is engaged in the discharge of official duties, the actual expenses not to exceed the amount paid similar reimbursement to members of the Legislature.
Adopted
Rejected