§ 30-108 — Powers and duties of commission; annual report

A. The members of the commission shall devote to their duties as members such time and attention as is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and to carry out their duties and exercise their powers. The commission shall designate a person or persons who shall execute all documents and instruments on behalf of the authority.

B. The commission shall acquire suitable offices, furnishings and articles of equipment and necessary supplies.

C. Subject to title 41, chapter 4, article 4, the commission may employ a person in the capacity of director, manager or chief engineer. The chief engineer shall be a duly licensed engineer, but need not be a resident or licensed in this state. The person shall be actively engaged in the practice of the person's profession and trained and experienced in the performance of the person's duties. The person shall not hold any other public office or have any interest in a business that may be adversely affected by the operation of the authority in the exercise of the authority's powers and discharge of the authority's duties.

D. The commission shall make and submit to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairman of the senate natural resources, energy and water committee and the chairman of the house of representatives energy, environment and natural resources committee, or their successor committees, on or before January 1 each year a report containing a full and complete account of the commission's transactions and proceedings for the preceding fiscal year, together with other facts, suggestions and recommendations deemed of public value.