McAULIFFE-SHEPARD DISCOVERY CENTER
COMMISSION
(formerly the Christa
McAuliffe Planetarium Commission)
NOTE:
Established effective 4-22-88
pursuant to 1998, 160:1. The Christa
McAuliffe Planetarium Commission was within the Office of the Commissioner, Department
of Regional -
#7368* Adopt Cmp 100
Organizational Rules (eff 9-27-00) DO NOT EXPIRE
#7369* Adopt Cmp 200-300
Procedural Rules and Responsibilities of Patrons (eff 9-27-00)
NOTE:
RSA 188-F:57-67 were repealed by
2001, 136:4, effective 7-1-01 and replaced by RSA 12-L:1-12, but, pursuant to
2001, 136:3, existing rules remained in effect “until amended, replaced, or
repealed through adoption of rules by the commission pursuant to RSA 12-L:7,
II(b). Rulemaking authority subject to
RSA 541-A is in RSA 12-L:7, II(b).
RSA 12-L:6, providing administrative
attachment to the Department of Regional-Community Technical Colleges, was
repealed by 2007, 39:6, effective 7-1-07.
NOTE:
The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
Commission was renamed the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Commission
pursuant to 2009, 13:3, effective 4-17-09, with rulemaking authority under RSA
12-L:7, II(b) pursuant to 2009, 13:4.
NOTE:
Pursuant to 2011, 224:88, I,
effective 7-1-11, and 2012, 173:1, effective 6-11-12, the functions, positions,
powers, duties, responsibilities, and funding of the McAuliffe-Shepard
Discovery Center was transferred from the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
Commission to a private operator, the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
Corporation on January 1, 2013. The
Commission has remained a state agency established under RSA 12-L:7 with
rulemaking authority under RSA 12-L:7, II(b).
However, pursuant to RSA 12-L:7, I(g), adopted by 2012, 173:3, effective
6-11-12, the Commission must coordinate with the private operator “to achieve
an orderly transition from operation of the discovery center as a state agency
to operation of the discovery center by the private operator.”
No rules were subsequently adopted
or filed by the Commission.