§11-192  Campaign spending commission. There is established a campaign spending commission.  The commission shallconsist of five members of the general public, appointed by the governor from alist of ten nominees submitted by the judicial council.  The judicial councilmay solicit applications for the list of nominees through communityorganizations and advertisements in any newspaper of general circulation.  Anyvacancies in the commission shall be filled by the governor with a member fromthe list of nominees or by reappointment of a commissioner whose term hasexpired, subject to the limit on length of service imposed by section 26-34.

The judicial council shall meet andexpeditiously select additional persons for the list of nominees whenever thenumber of the eligible nominees falls below five.

Notwithstanding section 26-34, theseappointments shall not be subject to senatorial confirmation.  The term of thecommissioners shall be four years, except that the terms of the initialcommissioners shall be two years for two commissioners, three years for twoother commissioners and four years for the chairperson, as determined by thegovernor.

The commissioners shall serve withoutcompensation but they shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses, includingtravel expenses, incurred in the discharge of their duties.  The commissionshall be placed within the department of accounting and general services foradministrative purposes. [L 1979, c 224, pt of §2; gen ch 1985, 1993; am L Sp1995, c 10, §2(3); am L 2003, c 117, §6]

 

Attorney General Opinions

 

  Section, as amended, required judicial council to selectcompletely new panel of nominees for campaign spending commission in accordancewith amended criteria.  Att. Gen. Op. 96-3.