Article 3 - Board of Directors

California Public Resources Code — §§ 49120-49123

Sections (4)

Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 590, Sec. 44. Effective January 1, 2006.

(a)Within 30 days after the filing with the Secretary of State of the certified copy of the order of formation, a governing board of trustees for the district shall be appointed.

(b)The governing board of a district is a board of directors of not less than three members. The district board shall be appointed as follows:

(1)If the district includes only one city, two members of the governing body shall be selected by the board of supervisors and one member of the governing body shall be selected by the city council.

(2)If the district includes two or more cities, only one member of the governing body of the district shall be selected by the board of supervisors to represent the unincorporated area. The legislative body of each city within the district shall appoint one member to represent each incorporated city within the district. If the selection of members pursuant to this subdivision results in the governing body having an even number of members, those members may appoint an additional member from the district at large.

(c)A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment. The person appointed shall reside within the area he or she represents.

§ 49121

Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1095, Sec. 22.

Any governing body authorized by Section 49120 to appoint a member to the district board may make the appointment from its own members.

§ 49122

Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1095, Sec. 22.

The members of the district board in office on September 15, 1961, shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, so classify themselves, by lot, that a majority of the members serve until January 1, 1963, and a minority of the members of the district board shall serve until January 1, 1965, or until the appointment of their successors or their resignation or termination of residence within the area they represent. Thereafter, the term of office of each succeeding member of the district board shall be four years and each shall hold office until the appointment of his or her successor or his or her resignation or termination of residence within the area he or she represents.

§ 49123

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 21, Sec. 1. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2017.

(a)A member of a district board may be reimbursed, subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code, for actual and necessary expenses incurred by that member in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the district board.

(b)A district board

may provide, by ordinance or resolution, compensation to a member of the board in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day for each day of attendance at a meeting of the board or for each day of service rendered as director by request of the board. A member of a district board may receive compensation pursuant to this subdivision for no more than six days in a calendar month.

(c)For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a member of a district board’s activities on any specific day is compensable shall be made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government

Code.

(d)In addition to any other compensation received pursuant to this section, the chairperson of a district board and the secretary of a district board, if the secretary is a member of the district board, shall each receive monthly compensation as established by the district board.