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PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

"(2) The Commissioner shall appoint one alternate member who shall be a resident of the District of Cohimbia and not an attorney. "(3) The chief judgje of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall appoint one alternate member who shall be an active or retired Federal judge serving in the District of Columbia. "(c) No member or alternate member of the Commission shall be a member, officer, or employee of the legislative branch or of an executive or military department of the United States Government (listed in section 101 or 102 of title 5, United States Code); and no member or alternate member (other than a member or alternate member appointed by the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia) shall be an officer or employee of the judicial branch of the United States Government. No member or alternate member of the Commission shall be an officer or employee of the District of Columbia government (including its judicial branch). "§ 11-1523. Terms of office; vacancy; continuation of service by a member " (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term of office of members and alternate members of the Commission shall be six years. "(2) Of the members and alternate members first appointed to the Commission— " (A) one member and alternate member appointed by the President shall be appointed for a term of six years, one member appointed by the President shall be appointed for a term of four years, and one such member shall be appointed for a term of two years, as designated by the President at the time of appointment; " (B) the member and alternate member appointed by the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall be appointed for a term of four years; and " (C) the member and alternate member appointed by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall be appointed for a term of two years. "(b) A member or alternate member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term of his predecessor shall serve only for the remainder of that term. Any vacancy on the Commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. " (c) If approved by the Commission, a member may serve after the expiration of his term for purposes of participating until conclusion in a matter, relating to the suspension, retirement, or removal of a judge, begun before the expiration of his term. A member's successor may be appointed without regard to the member's continuation in service, but his successor may not participate in the matter for which the member's continuation in service was approved. "§ 11-1524. Compensation "Any member or alternate member who is an active or retired Federal judge or an officer or employee of the United States shall serve without compensation. Other members or alternate members shall receive the daily equivalent of the rate provided for GS-18 of the General Schedule when actually engaged in service for the Commission. "§ 11-1525. Operations; personnel; administrative services " (a) The Commission may make such rules and regulations for its operations as it may deem necessary, and such rules and regulations shall be effective on the date specified by the Commission. The District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, (D.C. Code, sees.

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