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(d) Recommendations or Reports to the Legislature; (e) Membership, responsibilities, and procedures of subcommittees; (t) Changes to the membership of the Steering Committee beyond initial changes set out in Section 4.2 above; (g) Adoption and amendment of the decision process of the Steering Committee; (h) Decisions related to adoption or amendment of any Program agreements including, but not limited to the Memorandum of Agreement, the Implementing Agreement, the Cooperative Agreement, and the Program Document; (i) Adoption or amendment of Program Operational Rules; and G) Any significant action determined by the Steering Committee to require Tier 1 decision-making in accordance with procedures to be developed. Section 5.6. The Steering Committee will adopt simplified procedures for all other decisions of the Steering Committee. For those decisions other than Tier 1 decisions, a decision will be deemed to have been approved by the Steering Committee when a majority of the entire Steering Committee has voted in favor of the proposal in accordance with voting procedures adopted by the Steering Committee. Non-Tier 1 decisions are not subject to the Issue Team process described in Section 5.3. Article 6. General Provisions Section 6.1. This MOA shall remain in effect until the earlier of September 1, 2012 or the execution of a program document in compliance with the requirements of Senate Bill 3 and the Endangered Species Act. However, any signatory retains the ability to withdraw from the Program at any time by providing written notice of withdrawal to the Steering Committee. This MOA, including the term of the MOA, may be amended by action of the Parties in accordance with Senate Bill 3 and the decision processes established by the Steering Committee. Section 6.2. Nothing herein shall constitute, nor be deemed to constitute, an obligation of future appropriations by the signatories to this MOA where creating such an obligation would be inconsistent with applicable federal, state, or local laws. Funding commitments made under this MOA by the signatories are understood to be contingent on obtaining approval and appropriations by the applicable local, state, or federal regulatory or legislative bodies. This MOA does not create an exclusive arrangement between the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) or the Department of the Interior and the Parties to this agreement or commit the Service or the Department of the Interior to enter into any contract or other binding obligation. By entering into this MOA, no Party is obligated to enter into any contract or other binding obligation. This MOA is subject to and is intended to be consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Section 6.3. All signatories to this MOA recognize that various parties have statutory responsibilities that cannot be delegated. Nothing in this MOA shall be construed to abrogate any of the statutory responsibilities of any signatory of the MOA, including: (1) responsibilities that relate to implementing specific strategies included in the Program Document; December 13,2007 5