Sec. 3. 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.]

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.269.