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Show 192 INTERSTATE COMPACTS ception of this paragraph may be considered and acted upon by the commission in executive sessions under such rules and regulations as may be established therefor. 10. In the case of the failure of the two voting members of the commission to agree on anv matter relating to the administration of this compact as provided In paragraph 2 of this subdivision A, the representative from each state shall appoint one person and the two appointed persons shall appoint a third person. The three appointees shall sit ias an arbitration forum. The terms of appointment and the compensation of the members of the arbitration forum shall be fixed by the commission. Matters on which the two voting members of the commission have failed to agree shall be decided by a majority vote of the members of the arbitration forum. Each state obligates itself to abide by the decision of the arbitration forum, subject, how- ever, to the right of each state to have the decision reviewed by a court of competent jurisdiction. 11. The commission shall have the right of access, through its authorized representatives, to all properties in the Klamath Eiver Basin whenever necessary for the purpose of administration of this compact. The commission may obtain a court order to enforce its right of access. B. 1. The commission shall submit to the governor or designated officer of each state a budget of its estimated expenditures for such period and at such times as may be required by the laws of that state for presentation to the legislature thereof. Each state pledges itself to appropriate and pay over to the commission one-half of the amount required to finance the commission's estimated expenditures as set forth in each of its budgets, and pledges further that concurrently with approval of this compact by its legislature the sum of not less than $12,000 will be appropriated by it to be paid over to the com- mission at its first meeting for use in financing the commission's functions until the commission can prepare its first budget and re- ceive its first appropriation thereunder from the states. 2. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements, which shall be audited yearly by a certified public accountant, and the report of the audit shali be made a part of its annual report. The accounts of the commission shall be open for public inspection during established office hours. 3. The commission shall make and transmit to the legislature and governor of each state and to the President of the United States an annual report covering the finances and activities of the commission and embodying such plans, recommendations and findings as may have been ladoDted by the commission. C. 1. The commission shall have the power to adopt, and to amend or repeal, such rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this compact as in its judgment may be appropriate. 2. Except as to matters involving exclusively the management of the internal affairs of the commission and its staff or involving emer- gency matters, prior to the adoption amendment or repeal of any rule or regulation the commission shall hold a hearing at which any interested person shall have the opportunity to present his views on the proposed action in writing, with or without the opportunity to present the same orally. The commission shall give adequate advance notice in a reason- able manner of the time, place and subject of such hearings. |
