H. R. 2064
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
An Act
To grant the consent of Congress to an amendment of the Historic Chattahoochee
Compact between the States of Alabama and Georgia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOO-
CHEE COMPACT BETWEEN THE STATES OF ALABAMA
AND GEORGIA.
The consent of Congress is given to the amendment of articles
I, II, and III of the Historic Chattahoochee Compact between the
States of Alabama and Georgia, which articles, as amended, read
as follows:
‘‘ARTICLE I
‘‘The purpose of this compact is to promote the cooperative
development of the Chattahoochee valley’s full potential for historic
preservation and tourism and to establish a joint interstate author-
ity to assist in these efforts.
‘‘ARTICLE II
‘‘This compact shall become effective immediately as to the
States ratifying it whenever the States of Alabama and Georgia
have ratified it and Congress has given consent thereto.
‘‘ARTICLE III
‘‘The States which are parties to this compact (hereinafter
referred to as ‘party States’) do hereby establish and create a
joint agency which shall be known as the Historic Chattahoochee
Commission (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Commission’). The
Commission shall consist of 28 members who shall be bona fide
residents and qualified voters of the party States and counties
served by the Commission. Election for vacant seats shall be by
majority vote of the voting members of the Commission board
at a regularly scheduled meeting. In Alabama, two shall be residents
of Barbour County, two shall be residents of Russell County, two
shall be residents of Henry County, two shall be residents of Cham-
bers County, two shall be residents of Lee County, two shall be
residents of Houston County, and two shall be residents of Dale
County. In Georgia, one shall be a resident of Troup County, one
shall be a resident of Harris County, one shall be a resident of
Muscogee County, one shall be a resident of Chattahoochee County,
one shall be a resident of Stewart County, one shall be a resident
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of Randolph County, one shall be a resident of Clay County, one
shall be a resident of Quitman County, one shall be a resident
of Early County, one shall be a resident of Seminole County, and
one shall be a resident of Decatur County. In addition, there shall
be three at-large members who shall be selected from any three
of the Georgia member counties listed above. The Commission at
its discretion may appoint as many advisory members as it deems
necessary from any Georgia or Alabama County which is located
in the Chattahoochee Valley area. The contribution of each party
State shall be in equal amounts. If the party States fail to appro-
priate equal amounts to the Commission during any given fiscal
year, voting membership on the Commission board shall be deter-
mined as follows: The State making the larger appropriation shall
be entitled to full voting membership. The total number of members
from the other State shall be divided into the amount of the larger
appropriation and the resulting quotient shall be divided into the
amount of the smaller appropriation. The then resulting quotient,
rounded to the next lowest whole number, shall be the number
of voting members from the State making the smaller contribution.
The members of the Commission from the State making the larger
contribution shall decide which of the members from the other
State shall serve as voting members, based upon the level of tour-
ism, preservation, promotional activity, and general support of the
Commission’s activities by and in the county of residence of each
of the members of the State making the smaller appropriation.
Such determination shall be made at the next meeting of the
Commission following September 30 of each year. Members of the
Commission shall serve for terms of office as follows: Of the 14
Alabama members, one from each of said counties shall serve for
two years and the remaining member of each county shall serve
for four years. Upon the expiration of the original terms of office
of Alabama members, all successor Alabama members shall be
appointed for four-year terms of office, with seven vacancies in
the Alabama membership occurring every two years. Of the 14
Georgia members, seven shall serve four-year terms and seven
two-year terms for the initial term of this compact. The terms
of the individual Georgia voting members shall be determined by
their place in the alphabet by alternating the four- and two-year
terms beginning with Chattahoochee County, four years, Clay
County, two years, Decatur County, four years, etc. Upon the expira-
tion of the original terms of office of Georgia members, all successor
Georgia members shall be appointed for four-year terms of office,
with seven vacancies in the Georgia membership occurring every
two years. Of the three Georgia at-large board members, one shall
serve a four-year term and two shall serve two-year terms.
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‘‘All board members shall serve until their successors are
appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by the voting
members of the Commission. The first chairman of the commission
created by this compact shall be elected by the board of directors
from among its voting membership. Annually thereafter, each
succeeding chairman shall be selected by the members of the
Commission. The chairmanship shall rotate each year among the
party States in order of their acceptance of this compact. Members
of the Commission shall serve without compensation but shall be
entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in the
performance of the duties of the Commission.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.