2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 30 - FISH
Chapter 71 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact
Section 7102 - Members of commission from Pennsylvania

     § 7102.  Members of commission from Pennsylvania.
        (a)  Designation and term.--In pursuance of Article III of
     the compact, there shall be three members (hereinafter called
     commissioners) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
     Commission (hereinafter called commission) from this
     Commonwealth. The first commissioner shall be the executive
     director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, ex
     officio, and the term of this commissioner shall terminate at
     the time he ceases to hold the office of executive director and
     his successor as commissioner shall be his successor as
     executive director. The second commissioner shall be a
     legislator and member of the Pennsylvania Commission on
     Interstate Cooperation, ex officio, designated by the
     Pennsylvania Commission on Interstate Cooperation, and the term
     of this commissioner shall terminate at the time he ceases to
     hold legislative office or office as a member of the
     Pennsylvania Commission on Interstate Cooperation and his
     successor as commissioner shall be named in like manner. The
     Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate)
     shall appoint a citizen as a third commissioner who shall have a
     knowledge of and interest in the marine fisheries problem. The
     term of this commissioner shall be three years and he shall hold
     office until his successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies
     occurring in the office of this commissioner from any reason or
     cause shall be filled by appointment by the Governor (by and
     with the advice and consent of the Senate) for the unexpired
     term.
        (b)  Delegate of executive director.--The executive director
     of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, as ex officio
     commissioner, may delegate from time to time to any assistant or
     other subordinate in his agency or office, the power to be
     present and participate, including voting, as his representative
     or substitute at any meeting of or hearing by or other
     proceeding of the commission.
        (c)  Terms of initial members.--The terms of each of the
     initial three members shall begin at the date of the appointment
     of the appointive commissioner, provided the compact shall then
     have gone into effect in accordance with Article II of the
     compact; otherwise, they shall begin upon the date upon which
     the compact becomes effective in accordance with Article II.
        (d)  Removal from office.--Any commissioner may be removed
     from office by the Governor upon charges and after a hearing.
     (Mar. 19, 1992, P.L.18, No.7, eff. imd.)

        1992 Amendment.  Act 7 amended subsecs. (a) and (b).
        Appointment of Legislative Member.  The Pennsylvania
     Commission on Interstate Cooperation was abolished when the
     statute creating it was repealed by the act of May 1, 1981
     (P.L.22, No.9), which provided in section 3 that the legislative
     member of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission shall
     be jointly appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate
     and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.