Status	Type of Board	Full-time	Expiration Date
Current	Permanent	No	12/31/2016

Subject to Sunset Review	Partisan Affiliation Restriction	Senate Confirmation Required
No	No	No

Authority	Total Membership
R.C. 6161.01 6161.02 Great Lakes Basin Compact	5 members from Ohio (2 legislators)

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
2 each odd-numbered year (legislative members)		Pleasure of Governor for Governor's appointee;2-year term of office for legislative members

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
Not specified	Periodic reports and annually to the Governor and General Assembly.

Appointment Authority	Membership Composition
Governor, Senate President, Speaker	House members, Members with other stated qualifications, Senate members, Statewide elected officials/department heads

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Expenses Only		Own staff

Chairperson	Additional Information
Elected annually from among Commission members

Qualifications
1 appointed by Governor who must be qualified by experience and training in areas set forth in purpose clauses of Great Lakes Basin Compact; 1 member of Senate appointed by Senate President; 1 member of House appointed by House Speaker; and Director of Natural Resources and Director of Environmental Protection.