§460bb–4 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission. It must have eighteen members who are picked by the Secretary for five-year terms. Anyone appointed or reappointed after January 1, 1979 must have their term extended so it does not end before June 1, 1985. If a seat opens, it is filled the same way the first appointment was made. Members do not get pay, but the Secretary can pay reasonable expenses if the Chairman signs the expense claims. The Secretary, or the person the Secretary names, must meet and talk with the Commission at least once a year about rules, planning, management, and development that affect the recreation area and other park units in Marin, San Mateo, and San Francisco Counties. The Commission acts or gives advice when more than half the members vote yes. The Commission ends thirty years after October 27, 1972.

Title 16, §460bb–4

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(a)There is hereby established the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”).

(b)The Commission shall be composed of eighteen members appointed by the Secretary for terms of five years each.11 So in original. The period probably should be a colon. Provided, That the terms of those members who have been either appointed or reappointed subsequent to January 1, 1979, shall be extended so as to expire not before June 1, 1985.

(c)Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.

(d)Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, as such, but the Secretary may pay, upon vouchers signed by the Chairman, the expenses reasonably incurred by the Commission and its members in carrying out their responsibilities under this subchapter.

(e)The Secretary, or his designee, shall from time to time, but at least annually, meet and consult with the Commission on general policies and specific matters related to planning, administration and development affecting the recreation area and other units of the national park system in Marin, San Mateo, and San Francisco Counties.

(f)The Commission shall act and advise by affirmative vote of a majority of the members thereof.

(g)The Commission shall cease to exist thirty years after October 27, 1972.

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1992—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 102–525 substituted “thirty” for “twenty”. 1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–607, § 1001(6), substituted “eighteen” for “seventeen”. Pub. L. 96–344, § 4(2), substituted “five” for “three” and inserted proviso that the terms of members appointed or reappointed subsequent to Jan. 1, 1979, be extended so as not to expire before June 1, 1985. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96–607, § 1001(7), substituted “Marin, San Mateo,” for “Marin”. Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 96–344, § 4(3), substituted “twenty” for “ten”. 1978—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–625 increased Commission membership from fifteen to seventeen.

§460bb–4 Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission

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Title 16, §460bb–4

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