A. The member states create and establish a joint government agency known as the cosmetology licensure compact commission whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted this compact. The commission is an instrumentality of the member states acting jointly and is not an instrumentality of any one state. The commission shall come into existence on or after the effective date of this compact as set forth in section 32-596.
B. Each member state shall have and be limited to one delegate selected by that member state's state licensing authority. The delegate shall be an administrator of the state licensing authority of the member state or the administrator's designee.
C. The commission shall establish by rule or bylaw a term of office for delegates and by rule or bylaw may establish term limits.
D. The commission may recommend removal or suspension of any delegate from office.
E. A member state's state licensing authority shall fill any vacancy of its delegate occurring on the commission within sixty days after the vacancy.
F. Each delegate is entitled to one vote on all matters that are voted on by the commission.
G. The commission shall meet at least once during each calendar year. Additional meetings may be held as set forth in the bylaws. The commission may meet by telecommunication, videoconference or other similar electronic means.
H. The commission may:
1. Establish the commission's fiscal year.
2. Establish code of conduct and conflict of interest policies.
3. Adopt rules and bylaws.
4. Maintain its financial records in accordance with the bylaws.
5. Meet and take actions that are consistent with this compact, the commission's rules and the bylaws.
6. Initiate and conclude legal proceedings or actions in the name of the commission, if the standing of any state licensing authority to sue or be sued under applicable law is not affected.
7. Maintain and certify records and information provided to a member state as the authenticated business records of the commission and designate an agent to do so on the commission's behalf.
8. Purchase and maintain insurance and bonds.
9. Borrow, accept or contract for services of personnel, including employees of a member state.
10. Conduct an annual financial review.
11. Hire employees, elect or appoint officers, fix compensation, define duties, grant such individuals appropriate authority to carry out the purposes of this compact and establish the commission's personnel policies and programs relating to conflicts of interest, qualifications of personnel and other related personnel matters.
12. As set forth in the commission rules, charge a fee to a licensee for granting a multistate license and, as may be established by commission rule, charge the licensee a multistate license renewal fee for each renewal period. This paragraph does not prevent a home state from charging a licensee a fee for a multistate license or renewals of a multistate license or a fee for the jurisprudence requirement if the member state imposes such a requirement for granting a multistate license.
13. Assess and collect fees.
14. Accept any appropriate gifts, donations, grants of monies, other sources of revenue, equipment, supplies, materials and services and receive, use and dispose of the same except that at all times the commission shall avoid any appearance of impropriety or conflict of interest.
15. Lease, purchase, retain, own, hold, improve or use any property, real, personal or mixed, or any undivided interest in the property.
16. Sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon or otherwise dispose of any property, real, personal or mixed.
17. Establish a budget and make expenditures.
18. Borrow monies.
19. Appoint committees, including standing committees, composed of members, state regulators, state legislators or their representatives, consumer representatives and other interested persons as may be designated in this compact and the bylaws.
20. Provide and receive information from, and cooperate with, law enforcement agencies.
21. Elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary and treasurer and other officers of the commission as provided in the commission's bylaws.
22. Establish and elect an executive committee, including a chairperson and a vice chairperson.
23. Adopt and provide to the member states an annual report.
24. Determine whether a state's adopted language is materially different from the model compact language such that the state would not qualify for participation in this compact.
25. Perform other functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this compact.
I. The commission shall adopt and provide an annual report to the member states.