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PUBLIC LAW 9 0 - 1 2 9 - N O V. 7, 1967

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which will be responsive to the interests of people both in particular localities and throughout the United States, and which will constitute an expression of diversity and excellence; "(5) that it is necessary and appropriate for the Federal Government to complement, assist, and support a national policy that will most effectively make noncommercial educati(mal radio and television service available to all the citizens of the United States; "(6) that a private corporation should be created to facilitate the development of educational radio and television broadcasting and to ail'ord maximum protection to such broadcasting from extraneous interference and control. "Corporation Established •'(b) There is authorized to be established a nonprofit corporation, to be known as the 'Corporation for Public Broadcasting', which will not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government. The Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of this section, and, to the extent consistent with this section, to the District of Columbia Xonprofit Corporation Act. '^

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"Board of Directors "(c)(1) The Corporation shall have a Board of Directors (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Board'), consisting of fifteen members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than eight members of the Board may be members of the same political party. "(2) The members of the Board (A) shall be selected from among citizens of the United States (not regular fulltiine employees of the United States) who are eminent hi such fields as education, cultural and civic affairs, or the arts, including radio and television; (B) shall be selected so as to provide as nearly as practicable a broad representation of various regions of the country, various professions and occujjations, and various kinds of talent and experience appropriate to the functions and responsibilities of the Corporation. "(3) The members of the initial Board of Directors shall serve as incorporators and shall take whatever actions are necessary to establish the Corporation under the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act. "(4) The term of office of each member of the Board shall be six years; except that (A) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiratdon of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and (B) the terms of office of members first taking office shall begin on the date of incorporation and shall expire, as designated at the time of their appointment, five at the end of two years, five at the end of four years, and five at the end of six yeare. No member shall be eligible to serve in excess of two consecutive terms of six years each. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this paragraph, a member whose term has expired may serve until his successor has qualified. "(5) Any vacancy in the Board shall not affect its power, but shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointments were made. "Election of Chairman; Compensation " (d)(1) The President shall designate one of the members first appointed to the Board as Chairman; thereafter the members of the Board shall annually elect one of their number as Chairman. The members of the Board shall also elect one or more of them as a Vice Chairman or Vice Chairmen.

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