2007 California Public Resources Code Chapter 3. Organization

CA Codes (prc:29735-29741)

29735.  There is hereby created the Delta Protection Commission
consisting of 23 members as follows:
   (a) One member of the board of supervisors of each of the five
counties within the delta whose supervisorial district is within the
primary zone shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the
county.
   (b) Three elected city council members shall be selected and
appointed by city selection committees, from regional and area
councils of government, one in each of the following areas:
   (1) One from the north delta, consisting of the Counties of Yolo
and Sacramento.
   (2) One from the south delta, consisting of the County of San
Joaquin.
   (3) One from the west delta, consisting of the Counties of Contra
Costa and Solano.
   (c) (1) One member each from the board of directors of five
different reclamation districts that are located within the primary
zone who are residents of the delta, and who are elected by the
trustees of reclamations districts within the following areas:
   (A) Two members from the area of the North Delta Water Agency as
described in Section 9.1 of the North Delta Water Agency Act (Chapter
283 of the Statutes of 1973), provided at least one member is also a
member of the Delta Citizens Municipal Advisory Council.
   (B) One member from the west delta consisting of the area of
Contra Costa County within the delta.
   (C) One member from the area of the Central Delta Water Agency as
described in Section 9.1 of the Central Delta Water Agency Act
(Chapter 1133 of the Statutes of 1973).
   (D) One member from the area of the South Delta Water Agency as
described in Section 9.1 of the South Delta Water Agency Act (Chapter
1089 of the Statutes of 1973).
   (2) Each reclamation district may nominate one director to be a
member. The member from an area shall be selected from among the
nominees by a majority vote of the reclamation districts in that
area. For purposes of this section, each reclamation district shall
have one vote. The north delta area shall conduct separate votes to
select each of its two members.
   (d) The Director of Parks and Recreation, or the director's sole
designee.
   (e) The Director of Fish and Game, or the director's sole
designee.
   (f) The Secretary of Food and Agriculture, or the secretary's sole
designee.
   (g) The executive officer of the State Lands Commission, or the
executive officer's sole designee.
   (h) The Director of Boating and Waterways, or the director's sole
designee.
   (i) The Director of Water Resources, or the director's sole
designee.
   (j) The public member of the California Bay-Delta Authority who
represents the delta region.
   (k) The Governor shall appoint three members from the general
public who are delta residents or delta landowners, as follows:
   (1) One member shall represent the interests of production
agriculture with a background in promoting the agricultural viability
of delta farming.
   (2) One member shall represent the interests of conservation of
wildlife and habitat resources of the delta region and ecosystem.
   (3) One member shall represent the interests of outdoor
recreational opportunities, including, but not limited to, hunting
and fishing.


29736.  The term of office of the members of the commission shall be
for four years, and a member may serve for one or more consecutive
terms.


29737.  Members shall serve without compensation, but the expenses
of each member incurred in connection with official duties shall be
paid by the commission.


29738.  The position of a member of the commission shall be
considered vacated upon the loss of any qualification required for
appointment, and in that event the appointing authority shall appoint
a successor within 30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy.  Upon
the occurrence of the first vacancy among any of the members listed
in subdivision (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), or (i) of Section 29735, the
Director of Conservation or the director's designee shall serve as
the successor member.



29739.  The commission shall elect from its own members a
chairperson and vice chairperson whose terms of office shall be two
years, and who may be reelected.  If a vacancy occurs in either
office, the commission shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.




29740.  One nonvoting member who shall be a Member of the Senate,
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one nonvoting member
who shall be a Member of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of
the Assembly, both of whom represent areas within the primary zone,
shall meet with, and participate in the activities of, the commission
to the extent that the participation is not incompatible with their
respective positions as Members of the Legislature.  For the purpose
of this division, those Members of the Legislature shall constitute a
joint interim investigating committee on the subject of this
division, and as such shall have the powers and duties imposed upon
those committees by the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly.




29741.  The time and place of the first meeting of the commission
shall be prescribed by the Governor, but in no event shall it be
scheduled for a date later than January 31, 1993.  All meetings after
the first meeting shall be held in a city within the delta.