A Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee shall be established consisting of six members selected by the director. One member shall be chosen from the personnel of the department. Four persons shall be selected, with alternates, from a list submitted by a fishermen’s organization deemed to represent the commercial salmon fishermen of California. One member shall be selected, with an alternate, from lists submitted by individual commercial passenger fishing boat operators or by organizations deemed to represent the commercial passenger fishing boat operators of California. The term of appointment to the committee shall be for two years. Necessary and proper expenses, if any, and per diem shall be paid committee members from the special account created pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 7861. The rate of per diem shall be the same as the rate established pursuant to § 8902 of the Government Code.

The committee shall recommend programs and a budget from the special account to the department.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 50. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2013. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 7863.)