PUBLIC LAW 104-144 —MAY 16, 1996
110 STAT. 1343
of Randolph County, one shall be a resident of Clay County, one
shall be a resident of Quitman County, one shall be a resident
of Early Coimty, one shall be a resident of Seminole County, and
one shall be a resident of Decatur County. In addition, there shall
be three at-large members who shall be selected from any three
of the Georgia member counties listed above. The Commission at
its discretion may appoint as many advisory members as it deems
necessary from any Georgia or Alabama County which is located
in the Chattahoochee Valley area. The contribution of each party
State shall be in equal amounts. If the party States fail to appropriate equal amounts to the Commission during any given fiscal
year, voting membership on the Commission board shall be determined as follows: The State making the larger appropriation shall
be entitled to full voting membership. The total number of members
from the other State shall be divided into the amount of the larger
appropriation and the resulting quotient shall be divided into the
amount of the smeJler appropriation. The then resulting quotient,
rounded to the next lowest whole number, shall be the number
of voting members from the State making the smaller contribution.
The members of the Commission from the State making the larger
contribution shall decide which of the members from the other
State shall serve as voting members, based upon the level of tourism, preservation, promotional activity, and general support of the
Commission's activities by and in the county of residence of each
of the members of the State making the smaller appropriation.
Such determination shall be made at the next meeting of the
Commission following September 30 of each year. Members of the
Commission shall serve for terms of office as follows: Of the 14
Alabama members, one from each of said counties shall serve for
two years and the remaining member of each county shall serve
for four years. Upon the expiration of the original terms of office
of Alabama members, all successor Alabama members shall be
appointed for four-year terms of office, with seven vacancies in
the Alabama membership occurring every two years. Of the 14
Georgia members, seven shall serve four-year terms and seven
two-year terms for the initial term of this compact. The terms
of the individual Georgia voting members shall be determined by
their place in the alphabet by alternating the four- and two-year
terms beginning with Chattahoochee County, four years. Clay
County, two years, Decatur County, four years, etc. Upon the expiration of the original terms of office of Georgia members, all successor
Georgia members shall be appointed for four-year terms of office,
witii seven vacancies in the Georgia membership occurring every
two years. Of the three Georgia at-large board members, one shall
serve a four-year term and two shall serve two-year terms.
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