Section 8: Board of administrators; voting; annual election of chair and vice chair; by-laws; donations and grants; procedures and forms

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Section 8.

(a)For the purpose of administering the interstate wildlife violator compact and to serve as a governing body for the resolution of all matters relating to the compact, there shall be a board of compact administrators. The board shall be composed of 1 representative from each of the participating states who shall be known as a compact administrator. A compact administrator shall be appointed by the head of the licensing authority of each participating state and shall serve and be subject to removal under the laws of the state that the compact administrator represents; provided, however, that the compact administrator for the commonwealth shall be the commissioner fish and game or a designee. The compact administrator may provide for the discharge of the compact administrator's duties and the performance of such functions as a board member by an alternate. An alternate shall not serve unless written notification of the alternate's identity has been given to the board.

(b)Each member of the board of compact administrators shall be entitled to 1 vote. No action of the board of compact administrators shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of the total number of the board's votes are cast in favor of the action. Action by the board of compact administrators shall only occur at a meeting at which a majority of the participating states are represented.

(c)The board of compact administrators shall annually elect from its membership a chair and a vice chair.

(d)The board of compact administrators shall adopt by-laws consistent with the compact or the laws of a participating state for the conduct of its business and may amend and rescind those by-laws.

(e)The board of compact administrators may accept donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services, conditional or otherwise, from any state, the United States or any governmental agency and may receive, use and dispose of the same in order to carry out the purposes and functions of the board under the interstate wildlife violator compact.

(f)The board of compact administrators may contract with or accept services or personnel from a governmental or intergovernmental agency, individual, firm, corporation or private, nonprofit organization or institution.

(g)The board of compact administrators shall formulate all necessary procedures and develop uniform forms and documents for administering the compact. All procedures and forms adopted by board action shall be contained in a compact manual.