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Show ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT (KANSAS-OKLAHOMA) 17 or desirable by the commission, in available reservoir storage capacity which is not designated as conservation or new conservation storage capacity for subsequent release and use for any purpose approved by the commission; (7) Hold hearings and take testimony and receive evidence at such times and places as it deems necessary; (8) Secure from the head of any department or agency of the federal or state government such information, suggestions, estimates and statistics as it may need or believe to be useful for carrying out its functions and as may 'be available to or procurable by the department or agency to which tjhe request is addressed; (9) Print or otherwise reproduce and distribute all of its proceed- ings and reports. B. The commission shall: (1) Cause to be established, maintained and operated such stream, reservoir, or other gaging stations as may be necessary for the proper administration of the compact; (2) Collect, analyze and report on data as to stream flows, water quality, conservation storage, and such other information as is neces- sary for the proper administration of the compact; (3.) Perform all other functions required of it by the compact and do all things necessary, proper or convenient in the performance of its duties thereunder; (4) Prepare and submit an annual report to the governor of such signatory state and to the president of the United States covering the activities of the commission for the preceding fiscal year, together with an accounting of all funds received and expended by it in the conduct of its work; (5) Prepare and submit to the governor of each of the states of Kansas and Oklahoma an annual budget covering the anticipated expenses of the commission for the following fiscal year; (6) Make available to the governor or any state agency of either state or to any authorized representatives of the United States, upon request, any information within its possession. ARTICLE XII A. Recognizing the present limited uses of the available water supplies of the Arkansas river basin in the two states and the uncer- tainties of their ultimate water needs, the states of Kansas and Okla- homa deem it imprudent and inadvisable to attempt at this time to make final allocations of the new conservation storage capacity which may ultimately be required in either state, and, by the limitations on storage capacity imposed herein, have not attempted to do so. Accordingly, after the expiration of 25 years following the effective date of this compact, the commission may review any provisions of the compact for the purpose of amending or supplementing the same, and shall meet for the consideration of such review on the request of the commissioners of either state; provided, that the provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect until changed or amended by unanimous action of the states acting through their commissioners and until such changes are ratified by the legislatures of the respec- tive states and consented to by the congress in the same manner as this compact is required to be ratified to become effective. |
