§ 21-0103. Membership on commission.

The state shall be represented on the New England Interstate Water
Pollution Control Commission by five commissioners to be appointed by
the Governor. One shall be the Commissioner of Environmental
Conservation, one shall be an officer of the Department of Environmental
Conservation and the others shall be such persons as the Governor shall
determine will serve the best interests of the state. The commissioners
shall serve during the pleasure of the Governor. They shall have all the
powers and duties enjoined by the compact; shall serve without
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and
necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their duties. The
traveling expenses of the commissioners in attending meetings of the
commission shall be paid on the audit and warrant of the Comptroller
upon vouchers approved by the Department of Environmental Conservation
from funds appropriated to the Department of Environmental Conservation
for such purposes. The Commissioner of Environmental Conservation and
the officer of the Department of Environmental Conservation may
designate, from time to time, a deputy or other subordinate in his
department to attend and participate in any meeting of or hearing by or
other proceeding of the commission, with authority to vote as a
representative of or substitute for said commissioner or officer of the
Department of Environmental Conservation.