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G~"'.IJ~. 11 t, ':......... . . . ., REVISED CHARTER ** FOR THE WATER POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WESTERN STATES WATER COUNCIL The Water Policy and Legislative Committee of the Western States Water Council was established by resolution adopted on July ~5, 1966, at the annual meeting of the CouncU in Seattle, Washington. OBJECTNE The commtttee shall assist the Council in initiating, establishing, and carrying out effective cooperation among western states in planntng for programs leading to integrated development by state, federal and other agencies, of their water resources, by prOlliding guidance on the social, ethical, legal and political aspects of the program including assistance to and protection of areas of origtn. PROGRAM The committee shall study the sodal, ethical, legal and political aspects associated with interstate water resources development and shall recommend policies and courses of action relattve to the role of the Council tn its relationship with the Water Resources Council, pertinent river basin commissions, appropriate federal agencies, the member states and the legislatures of these states; federal and state statutes affecting interstate water resources development; need for new legislation; "area of ortgin" assistance and protection; and possible dissolutton of extsting i.nterstate or federal-state commtttees, councils or interagency groups. The committee shall develop and recommend basic assumptions, objectives, principles, and criteria for guidance of the Council in the Poltey and Legislative field. ORGANIZATION AND VOTING Committee membership is by appointment by the states of the Ccuncil. One member shall be from each state, but need not be one of the state's delegates to the Council. Any Water Policy and Legislative Committee member may designate an alternate to serve in .his absence. A quorum shall constst of six (6) members. A majority of those members present and vottng is required for committee action. Each state shall have one vote. Except as otherwise provtded herein, meetings shall be conducted under Robert's Rules of Order, Revised.