Pub. L. 94-188, tit. I, sec. 103

Sec. 103. Section 101 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (40 App. U.S.C. 101) is amended as follows: (1) The third sentence of subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: “Each State member shall be the Governor.”. 89 STAT. 1080 (2) The last sentence of subsection (a) is amended by striking the period and inserting the following: “for a term of not less than one year.”. (3) Subsection (b) is amended by adding the following: “No decision involving Commission policy, approval of State, regional or subregional development plans or implementing investment programs, any modification or revision of the Appalachian Regional Commission Code, or any allocation of funds among the States may be made without a quorum of State members present. The approval of project and grant proposals shall be a responsibility of the Commission and exercised in accordance with section 303 of this Act.”. (4) The first sentence of subsection (c) 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.”. (5) Subsection (c) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “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 powers or responsibilities specified in the last two sentences of subsection (b) 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.”.