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subject to the terms of this compact, any bylaws adopted and rules  |  | promulgated by the interstate commission; |  
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 |   |  | 4.__Enforce compact, rules and bylaws.__To enforce compliance  |  | with compact provisions and interstate commission rules and  |  | bylaws, using all necessary and proper means, including, but not  |  | limited to, the use of judicial process; |  
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 |   |  | 5.__Establish and maintain offices.__To establish and maintain  |  | offices; |  
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 |   |  | 6.__Purchase and maintain insurance and bonds.__To purchase  |  | and maintain insurance and bonds; |  
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 |   |  | 7.__Provide personnel services.__To borrow, accept or contract  |  | for services of personnel, including, but not limited to, members  |  | and the members' staffs; |  
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 |   |  | 8.__Establish and appoint committees; hire staff.__To  |  | establish and appoint committees and hire staff that it considers  |  | necessary for carrying out its functions, including, but not  |  | limited to, an executive committee as required by section 9873  |  | that has the power to act on behalf of the interstate commission  |  | in carrying out its powers and duties; |  
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 |   |  | 9.__Elect or appoint officers, attorneys, employees, agents or  |  | consultants; establish personnel policies.__To elect or appoint  |  | officers, attorneys, employees, agents or consultants; to fix  |  | their compensation, define their duties and determine their  |  | qualifications; and to establish the interstate commission's  |  | personnel policies and programs relating to, among other things,  |  | conflicts of interest, rates of compensation and qualifications  |  | of personnel; |  
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 |   |  | 10.__Accept donations.__To accept donations and grants of  |  | money, equipment, supplies, materials and services, and to  |  | receive, utilize and dispose of those donations and grants; |  
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 |   |  | 11.__Hold property.__To lease, purchase, accept contributions  |  | or donations of or otherwise to own, hold, improve or use any  |  | property, real, personal or mixed; |  
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 |   |  | 12.__Sell property.__To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease,  |  | exchange, abandon or otherwise dispose of any property, real,  |  | personal or mixed; |  
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 |   |  | 13.__Establish budget. To establish a budget, make  |  | expenditures and levy assessments as provided in section 9880; |  
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 |   |  | 14.__Sue and be sued.__To sue and be sued; |  
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