ARTICLE II. THE COMMISSION.
(a)The
compacting states hereby create the Midwestern Higher Education
Commission, hereinafter called the Commission. The Commission
shall be a body corporate of each compacting state. The Commission
shall have all the responsibilities, powers, and duties set forth herein,
including the power to sue and be sued, and such additional powers as
may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective
legislatures of the compacting states in accordance with the terms of
this Compact.
(b)The Commission shall consist of five (5) resident members of
each state as follows: the governor or the governor's designee who shall
serve during the tenure of office of the governor; two (2) legislators,
one (1) from each house (except Nebraska, which may appoint two (2)
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ARTICLE II. THE COMMISSION. (a) The
compacting states hereby create the Midwestern Higher Education
Commission, hereinafter called the Commission. The Commission
shall be a body corporate of each compacting state. The Commission
shall have all the responsibilities, powers, and duties set forth herein,
including the power to sue and be sued, and such additional powers as
may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective
legislatures of the compacting states in accordance with the terms of
this Compact.
(b) The Commission shall consist of five (5) resident members of
each state as follows: the governor or the governor's designee who shall
serve during the tenure of office of the governor; two (2) legislators,
one (1) from each house (except Nebraska, which may appoint two (2)
legislators from its Unicameral Legislature), who shall serve two (2)
year terms and be appointed by the appropriate appointing authority in
each house of the legislature; and two (2) other at-large members, at
least one (1) of whom shall be selected from the field of higher
education. The at-large members shall be appointed in a manner
provided by the laws of the appointing state. One (1) of the two (2)
at-large members initially appointed in each state shall serve a two (2)
year term. The other member, and any regularly appointed successor to
either at-large member, shall serve a four (4) year term. All vacancies
shall be filled in accordance with the laws of the appointing states. Any
commissioner appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve until the end of
the incomplete term.
(c) The Commission shall select annually, from among its members,
a chairperson, a vice chairperson, and a treasurer.
(d) The Commission shall appoint an executive director who shall
serve at the Commission's pleasure and who shall act as secretary to the
Commission. The treasurer, the executive director, and such other
personnel as the Commission may determine shall be bonded in such
amounts as the Commission may require.
(e) The Commission shall meet at least once each calendar year. The
chairperson may call additional meetings and upon the request of a
majority of the Commission members of three (3) or more compacting
states, shall call additional meetings. Public notice shall be given of all
meetings, and meetings shall be open to the public.
(f) Each compacting state represented at any meeting of the
Commission is entitled to one (1) vote. A majority of the compacting
states shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, unless
a larger quorum is required by the bylaws of the Commission.
[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation:
20-12-73-4.]