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2009 California Government Code - Section 66905.8-66906.5 :: Chapter 3. Organization
GOVERNMENT CODESECTION 66905.8-66906.5
66905.8. "Local public agency" means a city, county, district, or joint powers agency. 66905.9. "Nonprofit organization" means any private, nonprofit organization which qualifies for exempt status under Section 501(c) (3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has among its principal charitable purposes the preservation of land for scientific, historic, educational, recreational, scenic, or open-space opportunities, or protection of the natural environment or preservation or enhancement of wildlife. 66905.10. "Fund" means the Tahoe Conservancy Fund. 66906. There is created the California Tahoe Conservancy as a state agency within the Resources Agency. The conservancy is a successor agency to the California Tahoe Conservancy Agency which had similar powers and duties, but which did not function as an operating agency. 66906.1. The governing body of the conservancy shall be comprised of seven voting members and one ex officio nonvoting member. The voting members shall be as follows: (a) One member appointed by the City Council of the City of South Lake Tahoe. (b) One member appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Placer. (c) One member appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of El Dorado. (d) The Secretary of the Resources Agency or his or her designee. (e) One member appointed from the general public by the Senate Committee on Rules. (f) One member appointed from the general public by the Speaker of the Assembly. (g) The Director of Finance or the director's designee. The members appointed or designated pursuant to subdivisions (d) to (g), inclusive, shall not be residents of the region. The members of the governing body of the conservancy shall serve at the pleasure of the respective appointing authority. A representative of the United States Secretary of Agriculture shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of the conservancy. 66906.2. The members of the conservancy appointed under subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f) of Section 66906.1 shall be compensated for attendance at regular meetings of the conservancy at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per day, and all members of the conservancy shall be reimbursed the actual amounts of the reasonable and necessary expenditures incurred in attending meetings of the conservancy and carrying out the duties of their office. 66906.3. The governing body shall elect from its own members a chairman and vice chairman, whose terms of office shall be two years, and who shall be subject to reelections, except that a new chairman or vice chairman may be elected by the governing body before the expiration of the two-year term for the fulfillment of that two-year term. 66906.4. A majority of the total voting membership of the governing body shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the conservancy. Provided that a quorum exists, a majority vote of the members present shall be binding on all matters, except a request to the State Public Works Board to exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to Section 66907.5 which shall require five affirmative votes. The governing body shall adopt its own rules, regulations, and procedures. The limitations on voting by designees of voting members in Section 7.5 shall not apply to this title. 66906.5. The conservancy shall establish and maintain an office within the region. The conservancy may rent or own real and personal property and equipment pursuant to applicable statutes and regulations.
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