IBCC Charter Approved April 5

• Title: IBCC Charter
• Interbasin CC - Doc Type: Charter

framework of the IBCC and Basin Roundtables must provide its
affirmative support for such proposed compact or other
agreement before such compact or other agreement can be
approved or ratified by the IBCC .

2. The IBCC wi ll review from a statewide perspective all compacts

or other agreements reached by Basin Roundtables or other
concerned parties , which are referred to it for assessment and
ratification . If questions or concerns arise during the IBCC’s
review and approval process , the Committee will communicate
its questions or concerns to involved Roundtables or parties
through appropriate Basin representatives to the IBCC. The
IBCC may choose to defer further discussion o f a compact or
other agreement until its question s or concerns have been
adequately addressed.

3. When reviewing or ratifying compacts or other agreements

reached b y Basin Roundtables or other concerned parties , the
IBCC will first use a decision making process that seeks to
identif y and positively affirm a broad general level of support for
or approval of the issue or proposal in question by all Committee
members. An agreement will be considered to have been
reached when either the facilitator or a group member has
articulated the proposed agreement, and all IBCC members
either verbally affirm their support for it , or at a minimum agree
not to actively oppose or subvert it. Th e above process does not
require all Committee members to support a proposal or ultimate
agreement to the same degree for an agreem ent to have been
reached. Some members may strongly endorse an agreement ,
while others may believe it to be not ideal , but ultimately
workable and acceptable .

4. When a decision is being made using the above process , any

IBCC member may request a non - bindi ng poll of Committee
members to determine their views. Members may voice
affirmative support for a proposal or agreement, remain silent
and allow the agreement to be approved without objection, or
state that a broad general level of agreement has not been
reached, and request the committee to continue deliberations .

5. If the IBCC cannot reach a mutually acceptable agreement on a

proposed compact or other agreement that has been brought to
it for review and ratif ication , its members will use the following
pr ocedure. After a complete discussion of the issue(s) in
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