(a) The agency shall be governed by a board of directors, composed as follows:

(1) Two persons appointed by each of the boards of supervisors of the Counties of Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, and Sonoma.

Terms Used In California Government Code 93011

  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(2) A city representative, selected by the cities served by the rail line.

(3) The Governor may appoint a nonvoting director from the Transportation Agency and a nonvoting director from the Natural Resources Agency.

(b) All directors, except the nonvoting directors, shall serve for terms of two years and until their successors have qualified.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including the common law doctrine that precludes the simultaneous holding of incompatible offices, a local government officer or a member of a state commission may be appointed and may serve as a member of the agency’s board of directors if the person also meets the other applicable qualifications of this title.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, including the common law doctrine that precludes the simultaneous holding of incompatible offices, a member of the agency’s board of directors may also serve as a local government officer or a member of a state commission.

(d) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2022.

(Amended (as added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 423, Sec. 12) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 981, Sec. 2. (SB 307) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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