Sec. 5. (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.]
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.19.
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