§ 13-29-2-5 — Commissioners

(a) In pursuance of Article 4 of the Ohio River
Valley Water Sanitation Compact, there are three (3) members of the
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission from Indiana.
(b) The governor shall appoint two (2) commissioners, each of
whom must be a resident and citizen of Indiana. The term of one (1) of
the two (2) commissioners first appointed is three (3) years and the
term of the other commissioner is six (6) years. The successors shall be
appointed by the governor for terms of six (6) years each. Each
commissioner holds office until a successor is appointed and qualified.
Vacancies occurring in the office of a commissioner from any reason
or cause shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the
unexpired term.
(c) The third commissioner from Indiana is the commissioner of the
department of environmental management ex officio. The term of the
ex officio commissioner terminates at the time the individual ceases to
hold the office of commissioner of the department of environmental
management, and the commissioner's successors as a commissioner are
the commissioner's successors as the commissioner of the department
of environmental management.
(d) With the exception of the issuance of any order under Article 9
of the compact, the ex officio commissioner may delegate, from time
to time, to any deputy or other subordinate in the commissioner's
department or office the power to be present and participate, including
voting, as the commissioner's representative or substitute at any
meeting of or hearing by or other proceeding of the commission.
(e) The terms of each of the initial three (3) members begin at the
date of the appointment of the two (2) appointive commissioners if the
compact has gone into effect in accordance with Article 11 of the
compact. If the compact has not gone into effect, the terms begin upon
the date upon which the compact becomes effective in accordance with
Article 11 of the compact.
(f) The governor may remove a commissioner from office upon
charges and after a hearing but the commissioner shall be given the
opportunity to be heard.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-5-5-2 part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.19.