Pub. L. 94-188, tit. II, sec. 208

Sec. 208. (a) The second and third sentences of section 502(b) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 are amended to read as follows: “Each State member shall be the Governor. The State members of the commission shall elect a cochairman of the commission from among their number for a term of not less than one year.” (b) Section 502(c) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “No decision involving commission policy, approval of regional development plan, implementing investment programs, or allocating funds among the States may be made without a quorum of State members present.”. (c) The first sentence of section 502(d) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows: “Each State member may have a single alternate, appointed by the Governor from among the members of the Governor’s cabinet or the Governor’s personal staff.”. (d) Such section 502(d) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: “A State alternate shall not be counted toward the establishment of a quorum of the commission in any instance in which a quorum of the State members is required to be present. No commission power or responsibility specified in the last sentence of subsection (c) of this section, nor the vote of any commission member, may be delegated to any person not a commission member or who is not entitled to vote in commission meetings.”.