Section 6.312. Membership  


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  • The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (Commission) shall include the following individuals or their respective designees:

    (1) Governor.

    (2) President of Gettysburg College.

    (3) Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College.

    (4) Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

    (5) Minority Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

    (6) President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate.

    (7) Minority Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate.

    (8) Secretary of the Community and Economic Development.

    (9) Secretary of Education.

    (10) Secretary of the Conservation and Natural Resources.

    (11) Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

    (12) Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

    (13) Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Public Television Network.

    (14) Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.

    (15) Superintendent of the Gettysburg National Military Park.

    (16) President of the Board of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries.

    (17) President of the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center.

    (18) Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Foundation of the Union League of Philadelphia.

    (19) President of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

    (20) Six members from the general public representing areas of academia, business, arts, community development, historic preservation and civil rights. The Governor will appoint the Chairperson of the Commission. Members serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses. See 4 Pa. Code Chapter 40 (relating to travel and subsistence).