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and, in addition, shall receive a per diem allowance of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each day, or part thereof, spent in the rendition of service to or for the commission under this act; provided, however, that no member shall in any case receive per diem compensation as such member in an amount in excess of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) for any one fiscal year. The payment heretofore of any such per diem allowance to any member of the commission for services performed under this chapter during the period from April twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five, to October seventh, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed; and the payment hereafter of any such per diem allowance to any member of the commission for services performed under this chapter, since September first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, and for which no such per diem allowance was paid, is hereby authorized. No person may be appointed who is an officer or committee member of any political party organization. First appointees to the commission shall serve as designated by the Governor at the time of appointment, as follows: one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, one for a term of five years, one for a term of six years, and one for a term of seven years. At the expiration of initial terms, appointments shall be made for a term of seven years in each case. Any vacancies created by death, resignation or removal shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term so vacated.

The Governor may, at any time after a fair public hearing, remove any member of the commission for gross inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office.

(b) Executive director. The commission shall appoint an executive director who shall be the chief executive and approval officer of the commission and its official agent for all purposes, and who shall hold office at its pleasure. He shall give his full time to the duties of his office, shall be paid a suitable salary to be fixed by the commission and shall have general charge and supervision of the work of all departments of the commission as well as any subdivisions thereof.

It shall be the duty of the executive director to administer this chapter with the advice of the commission; and to that end, the executive director shall have the following duties and powers:

(1) To formulate necessary rules and regulations, subject to approval by the commission.

(2) To appoint and fix the compensation of members of the staff, subject to approval by the commission and subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of section eleven of this chapter.

(3) To make such expenditures as are necessary in the discharge of his functions hereunder as provided for in the budget to be approved annually by the commission, to make requisitions for any funds provided by the Federal Government for administration of this chapter, and he is hereby authorized to draw vouchers on the administration fund for the purpose of administering this chapter.