Appointments must be made pursuant to this subsection no later than 30 days following adjournment of the Second Special Session of the 121st Legislature.__Legislators serving on the commission may continue to serve until the commission completes its work, regardless of whether those Legislators are elected to serve in November 2004.

Sec. 3. PL 2003, c. 451, Pt. K, §2, sub-§2 is amended to read:

2. Appointments; chair; meetings. All Except as provided in subsection 1-A, all appointments must be made no later than 30 days following the effective date of this Act. The Governor shall appoint a chair from among the membership of the commission, who shall call and convene the first meeting of the commission no later than 15 days after appointments of all members. The commission may hold a total of 6 meetings, one of which may be a public hearing meet no more than 4 times to complete its final report under section 7.

Sec. 4. PL 2003, c. 451, Pt. K, §2, sub-§6 is amended to read:

4. Staff assistance. The State Planning Office Department of Corrections shall provide staffing assistance.

Sec. 5. PL 2003, c. 451, Pt. K, §2, sub-§6 is amended to read:

6. Initial report to address immediate needs. The commission shall submit a an initial report that includes its findings and recommendations, including legislation, to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over sentencing policies during the Second Regular Session of the 121st Legislature criminal justice and public safety matters no later than December 3, 2003 February 2, 2004. The commission is authorized to introduce legislation related to its report to the Second Regular Session of the 121st Legislature at the time of submission of its report.

Sec. 6. PL 2003, c. 451, Pt. K, §2, sub-§7 is enacted to read:

7.__Authorized duties; nonlapsing funds.__The commission is authorized to conduct any additional work authorized by law within its authorized number of meeting days and budgeted resources.__Any unencumbered balance of General Fund