Section 41.11. Powers and duties of the commission

The commission shall
  have the following powers and duties:
    1. To have a seal and alter the same its pleasure;
    2. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate
  purposes;
    3. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs;
    4. To appoint an executive officer, officers,  agents,  employees,  to
  prescribe  their qualifications and to fix their compensation and to pay
  the same out of funds of the commission;
    5. To enter into contracts and leases, and to execute all  instruments
  necessary   and   convenient  with  any  person,  firm,  partnership  or
  corporation, either public or private, or the state;
    6. To accept gifts, grants, loans, or contributions  from,  and  enter
  into  contracts  or  other  transactions with, the United States and the
  state or any commission of either of them, any municipality, any  public
  or private corporation, individual or other legal entity, and to use any
  such  gift,  grants,  loans  or  contributions  to  advance  any  of its
  purposes;
    7. To designate the depositories of its money;
    8. To establish and re-establish its fiscal year;
    9. To prepare an annual report on the conduct of its activities  which
  shall  include  a  financial statement for that year and a work plan for
  the next year which may include an estimate of the resources required to
  complete the commission's activities to be sent  to  the  governor,  the
  temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly;
    10. To contract with the state as a not-for-profit corporation;
    11.   To   organize   and  meet  with  a  committee  of  planners  for
  municipalities  in  or  adjacent  to  the  heritage  corridor  regarding
  regional projects and the provision of planning services;
    12.  To  create  advisory committees to advise on matters of interest,
  provided, however, there shall be  created  at  a  minimum  a  citizens'
  advisory   committee  consisting  of  representatives  of  local  civic,
  commercial, educational, historic and cultural organizations; and
    13. To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes
  and exercise the powers  expressly  given  in  this  article;  provided,
  however,  that  no  power  is  provided to the commission to operate any
  portion of the heritage corridor, to impose operating standards upon any
  component of the heritage corridor,  or  to  take  property  by  eminent
  domain.
    * NB Repealed April 30, 2012