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PUBLIC LAW 91-390-AUG. 28, 1970

dent to the performance of their duties. They shall take the oath of office required of officers of their respective states. "SEC, 5. Each state agrees that the officers and departments of each will be authorized to do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. The commission shall be entitled to the services of any state officer or agency in the same manner as any other department or agency of this state. The commission shall keep accurate records, showing in full its receipts and disbursements, and said records shall be open at any reasonable time to the inspection of such representative of the two (2) states as may be duly constituted for that purpose. The commission shall submit annually and at other times as required such reports as may be required by the laws of each state or by the governor thereof. "SEC. 6. The cost of acquiring land and other property required in the development and operation of the Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park and constructing, maintaining, and operating improvements and facilities therein and equipping same may be defrayed by funds received from appropriations, gifts, the use of money received as fees or charges for the use of said park and facilities, or by the issuance of revenue bonds, or by a combination of such sources of funds. The commission may charge for admission to said park, or make other charges deemed appropriate by it and shall have the use of funds so received for park purposes. The commission is authorized to issue revenue bonds, which shall not be obligations of either state, pursuant to procedures which shall be in substantial compliance with the provisions of laws of either or both states governing the issuance of revenue bonds by governmental agencies. "SEC. 7. All money, securities and other property, real and personal, received by way of gift or otherwise or revenue received from its operations may be retained by the commission and used for the development, maintenance, and operation of the park or for other park purposes. "The commission shall not pledge the credit of either state except by and with the authority of the general assembly thereof. "SEC. 8. This compact may be amended from time to time by the concurrent action of the two (2) states parties hereto. "The compact approved herein shall become effective upon ratification and approval of the compact by the general assembly of the state of Indiana and upon approval of this compact by the Congress of the United States." SEC. 2. The consent herein granted does not constitute consent in advance for amendments to the compact made pursuant to section 8 thereof or for the conferral of additional powers upon the Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park Commission pursuant to section 2 of the compact. SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the last sentence of section 2 of the compact, this Act does not grant consent for the appointment to the Commission of an officer or employee of the United States whose service as a member of the Commission is prohibited by Federal law or regulation. SEC. 4. The right is hereby reserved by the Congress or any of its ^tanding conmiittees to require the disclosure and the furnishing of such information and data by or concerning the Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park Commission in its operation under the compact as is deemed appropriate by Congress or such committee. SEC, 5. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. Approved August 28, 1970.

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