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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission - 37 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 104

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     § 104.  Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
        (a)  Membership.--The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
     Commission shall consist of the Secretary of Education, or his
     designee; nine residents of this Commonwealth appointed by the
     Governor with the advice and consent of a majority of the
     members elected to the Senate; and four members of the General
     Assembly, or their designees, two from the Senate, one of whom
     shall be appointed by the President pro tempore and one by the
     Minority Leader, and two from the House of Representatives, one
     of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker and one by the
     Minority Leader.
        (b)  Term of office.--A member appointed from the General
     Assembly shall serve for a term to expire with his concurrent
     term as a legislator and shall serve until a successor is
     appointed and qualified, unless he is not elected for the next
     succeeding term as a member of the General Assembly, in which
     case a vacancy shall occur. Members other than the members of
     the General Assembly shall serve for a term of four years and
     shall serve until a successor is appointed and qualified.
        (c)  Chairman.--One of the members shall be designated by the
     Governor to serve as chairman of the commission.
        (d)  Quorum.--Eight members shall constitute a quorum.
        (e)  Attendance at meetings.--A member who fails to attend
     three consecutive meetings shall forfeit his seat unless the
     chairman of the commission, upon written request from the
     member, finds that the member should be excused from a meeting
     because of illness or the death of an immediate family member.
        (f)  Public hearings.--The commission shall hold public
     hearings in various locations throughout this Commonwealth at
     such places and times as it may deem appropriate.
        (g)  Executive director.--The commission shall appoint an
     executive director who shall attend to the administrative work
     of the commission. The executive director shall serve at the
     pleasure of the commission, which shall fix his compensation,
     subject to the approval of the Governor. No member of the
     commission or person who has served as a member of the
     commission within one year shall be eligible for appointment as
     executive director.
        (h)  Historical Preservation Fund.--The money collected by
     the commission from all fees, sales and other activities shall
     be paid into the State Treasury through the Department of
     Revenue and credited to the Historical Preservation Fund.
     Collections shall include the proceeds from the sale of historic
     properties. The money in the fund may be used by the commission
     and is hereby appropriated to it in exercising its powers and
     performing its duties as set forth in this title.
     (Nov. 28, 1995, P.L.647, No.70, eff. imd.; Dec. 9, 2002,
     P.L.1395, No.173, eff. imd.)

        2002 Amendment.  Act 173 amended subsec. (h).
        1995 Amendment.  Act 70 amended subsec. (a).
        Termination of Commission.  The Pennsylvania Historical and
     Museum Commission is subject to periodic review under the act of
     December 22, 1981 (P.L.508, No.142), known as the Sunset Act,
     and will terminate on the date specified in that act unless
     reestablished or continued by the General Assembly. The
     Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission was reestablished
     by the act of May 26, 1988 (P.L.414, No.72), until December 31,
     1997. The termination date of December 31, 1997, is probably not
     effective since the Sunset Act expired December 22, 1991.

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