---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 453.05"
title: "50"
number: "453.05"
heading: "Committee meetings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/453.05"
---

# §453.05. Committee meetings.

- (a) The committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman or five of its members.
- (b) Five members of the Committee or their representatives shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any function of the Committee, except that in no case shall any representative be considered in determining the existence of a quorum for the transaction of a Committee function which involves a vote by the Committee on the Committee's final determinations.
- (c) Only members of the Committee may cast votes. In no case shall any representative cast a vote on behalf of a member.
- (d) Committee members appointed from the affected States shall collectively have one vote. They shall determine among themselves how it will be cast.
- (e) All meetings and records of the Committee shall be open to the public.
- (f) The Chairman shall publish a notice of all Committee meetings in the Federal Register. The notice will ordinarily be published at least 15 days prior to the meeting.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq., as amended.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 8130, Feb. 28, 1985, unless otherwise noted.