LD 311
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and unless a greater percentage is required by the bylaws, in order
to constitute an act of the interstate commission, the act must
have been taken at a meeting of the interstate commission and must
have received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members
present.

 
2.__Members' rights.__Each member of the interstate commission
has the right and power to cast a vote to which the compacting
state is entitled and to participate in the business and affairs
of the interstate commission.__A member shall vote in person on
behalf of the state and may not delegate a vote to another member
state.__A state council shall appoint another authorized
representative in the absence of the commissioner from that state
to cast a vote on behalf of the member state at a specified
meeting.__The bylaws may provide for members' participation in
meetings by telephone or other means of telecommunication or
electronic communication.__Any voting conducted by telephone or
other means of telecommunication or electronic communication is
subject to the same quorum requirements of meetings when members
are present in person.

 
3.__Meeting.__The interstate commission shall meet at least
once during each calendar year.__The chair of the interstate
commission may call additional meetings at any time and, upon the
request of a majority of the members, shall call additional
meetings.

 
4.__Information; records available.__The interstate
commission's bylaws must establish conditions and procedures
under which the interstate commission shall make its information
and official records available to the public for inspection or
copying.__The interstate commission may exempt from disclosure
any information or official records to the extent they would
adversely affect personal privacy rights or proprietary
interests.__In promulgating rules, the interstate commission may
make available to law enforcement agencies records and
information otherwise exempt from disclosure, and may enter into
agreements with law enforcement agencies to receive or exchange
information or records subject to nondisclosure and
confidentiality provisions.

 
5.__Meeting notice. Public notice must be given of all
meetings and all meetings are open to the public, except as set
forth in the rules or as otherwise provided in the compact.__The
interstate commission shall promulgate rules consistent with the
principles contained in the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5
United States Code, Section 552 (b), as amended.__The interstate
commission and any of its committees may close a meeting to the
public when the interstate commission determines by 2/3 vote that
an open meeting:


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