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State Athletic Commission - 5 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 102

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     § 102.  State Athletic Commission.
        (a)  Composition.--The State Athletic Commission shall be
     composed of three members appointed by the Governor with the
     advice and consent of a majority of the members elected to the
     Senate. The Governor shall designate one of the members as
     chairman. The secretary and the chairman of the Medical Advisory
     Board established under section 501 (relating to Medical
     Advisory Board) shall be ex officio members of the commission.
     Each appointment shall be for a term of four years.
        (b)  Compensation.--Each commissioner, except the secretary
     and the chairman of the Medical Advisory Board, shall receive a
     salary of $10,000 annually. The chairman of the commission shall
     receive a salary of $10,500 annually. The commissioners and the
     chairman of the Medical Advisory Board shall also receive
     reasonable and necessary travel expenses incurred as a direct
     result of their duties as members of the commission. The
     expenses incurred by the commissioners shall be allowed and paid
     on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor, which
     vouchers shall be subject to the approval of the secretary.
        (c)  Removal.--Except as authorized under this section, no
     commissioner may be removed from office during his term. The
     Governor may, upon clear and convincing evidence of misfeasance
     or malfeasance in office or neglect of duty, remove a
     commissioner prior to the expiration of the term. The Governor
     shall then provide the commissioner so removed with a detailed
     written statement of the reasons for removal.
        (d)  Quorum requirement.--Two members of the commission shall
     constitute a quorum.

        Special Provisions in Appendix.  See section 3 of Act 32 of
     1992 in the appendix to this title for special provisions
     relating to current members of State Athletic Commission and
     Medical Advisory Board.

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