(a) The President of the Public Utilities Commission shall call the first meeting of the California Broadband Council, to be held not later than March 1, 2011. The President of the Public Utilities Commission shall serve as chair of the council for the first meeting.

(b) At the first meeting, the members of the council shall choose a chair for subsequent meetings, and may choose a vice chair to act as chair when the chair is unavailable.

(c) Subsequent meetings of the council shall be convened as determined by the chair of the council, but in no event shall the meetings be convened less than three times annually.

(d) The office of the council member serving as chair shall provide administrative support to the council.

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 338, Sec. 1. (SB 1462) Effective January 1, 2011.)