(a) The Governor shall prepare and maintain an Open Central Registry of Appointive Offices, which shall be known as the State Appointments List, that shall be available to the general public as follows:

(1) In the offices of the Secretary of State in the Cities of Sacramento and Los Angeles.

(2) The State Library.

(3) As required by Section 14904, every library that has been designated a complete depository library, and in addition, every municipal or county public library that has been designated a selective depository library.

(4) Every county library where there is no designated depository library in the county, as determined by the State Librarian.

(5) Every municipal library serving a population of 50,000 or greater that is not otherwise served, as determined by the State Librarian.

(b) Additional copies of the list may be provided, upon request, to academic or law libraries designated as selective depository libraries.

(c) The Governor shall, in cooperation with the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Rules Committee, pursuant to Section 1750.5, maintain the currency of the list, provide for updating it at least once per month, but more frequently if practicable or necessary, and ensure that appropriate documents pertaining to this updating are disseminated to each entity designated in subdivision (a), within five days thereafter. Except for appointment of Members of the Legislature, no appointment to any office contained in the list shall be made until at least 15 working days after the day on which a vacancy for that office has been posted in both lists located in the offices of the Secretary of State.

(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 669, Sec. 1.)