§ 410jj-7. — Advisory Commission.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410jj-7]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LIX-H--KALAUPAPA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 410jj-7. Advisory Commission
(a) Establishment; membership
There is hereby established the Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Advisory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the ``Commission''),
which shall consist of eleven members each appointed by the Secretary
for a term of five years as follows:
(1) seven members who shall be present or former patients,
elected by the patient community; and
(2) four members appointed from recommendations submitted by the
Governor of Hawaii, at least one of whom shall be a Native Hawaiian.
(b) Chairman; vacancies
The Secretary shall designate one member to be Chairman. Any vacancy
in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which the
original appointment was made.
(c) Compensation; expenses
A member of the Commission shall serve without compensation as such.
The Secretary is authorized to pay the expenses reasonably incurred by
the Commission in carrying out its responsibilities under this Act on
vouchers signed by the Chairman.
(d) Functions
The Secretary shall consult with and seek the advice of the
Commission with respect to the development and operation of the park
including training programs. The Commission shall, in addition, advise
the Secretary concerning public visitation to the park, and such advice
with respect to numbers of visitors shall be binding upon the Secretary
if the Commission certifies to him that such advice is based on a
referendum, held under the auspices of the Commission, of all patients
on the official Kalaupapa Registry.
(e) Termination
The Commission shall expire twenty-five years from December 22,
1980.
(Pub. L. 96-565, title I, Sec. 108, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3323.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 96-565, Dec. 22,
1980, 94 Stat. 3321, as amended, which enacted this subchapter and
provisions set out as a note under section 2991a of Title 42, The Public
Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see Tables.
