30 Pa.C.S. Ch. 71

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30 Pa.C.S. § 7101 Execution and form of compact.

The Governor of this Commonwealth is authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with any one or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and with such other states as may enter into the compact legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMPACT The contracting states solemnly agree:

30 Pa.C.S. § 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.

30 Pa.C.S. § 7103 Powers and duties of commission and Commonwealth agencies.

The commission and the commissioners thereof shall have all the powers provided for in the compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. All officers of the Commonwealth are directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular, it being hereby declared to be the policy of this Commonwealth to perform and carry out the compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof. All officers, bureaus, departments and persons of and in the State Government or Administration of the Commonwealth are hereby authorized and directed, at convenient times and upon request of the commission, to furnish the commission with information and data possessed by them or any of them and to aid the commission by loan of personnel or other means lying within their legal rights, respectively.

30 Pa.C.S. § 7104 Powers granted commission supplemental to other powers.

Any powers granted to the commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to, and in no case a limitation upon, any of the powers vested in the commission by other laws of this Commonwealth, or by the laws of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, or by the Congress of the United States or the terms of said compact.

30 Pa.C.S. § 7105 Accounts and reports of commission.

(a) General rule.--The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 10 in each year, setting forth, in detail, the transactions conducted by it during the 12 months preceding December 1 of that year, and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of this Commonwealth, which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the compact between the signatory states. (b) Examination by Auditor General.--The Auditor General of the Commonwealth may, from time to time, examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements and other items referring to its financial standing as the Auditor General deems proper, and report the results of the examination to the Governor.

30 Pa.C.S. § 7106 Amendment to compact.

(a) Execution and form of amendment.--The Governor is authorized and directed to enter into an amendment of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact with any one or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and such other states as may become party to that compact, for the purpose of permitting the states that ratify this amendment to establish joint regulation of specific fisheries common to those states through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and their representatives on that body, such amendment to be in substantially the following form: Amendment No. 1 of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact The states consenting to this amendment agree that any two or more of them may designate the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission as a joint regulatory agency with such powers as they may jointly confer from time to time for the regulation of the fishing operations of the citizens and vessels of such designating states with respect to specific fisheries in which such states have a common interest. The representatives of such states on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission shall constitute a separate section of the commission for the exercise of the additional powers so granted: Provided, That the states so acting shall appropriate additional funds for this purpose. The creation of such section as a joint regulatory agency shall not deprive the states participating therein of any of their privileges or powers or responsibilities in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission under the general compact. (b) Effectiveness of amendment.--This amendment shall take effect as to this Commonwealth with respect to such other of the aforesaid states as take similar action. (c) Withdrawal from amendment.--Notice of intention to withdraw from this amendment shall be executed and transmitted by the Governor and shall be in accordance with Article XII of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and shall be effective as to this Commonwealth with those states which similarly ratify this amendment.

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