2011 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code
DIVISION 3. EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS [3001 - 4703]
CHAPTER 2. Organization
Section 3312
(a) The governing body of the California Exposition and State Fair shall be an 11-member board of directors. The directors shall be residents of California and shall be appointed as follows:
(1) Nine directors shall be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate. The directors appointed by the Governor shall have general knowledge of, interest in, and expertise in one or more of the following areas: fair management, city or county government, horseracing, the arts, exhibiting, the media, education, youth, commerce and commercial products of the state, industry and industrial products of the state, agricultural production and forest industries, the entertainment industry, livestock and poultry, sports, recreation, fisheries, oceanography, organized labor, and finance and banking.
(A) Five of the directors appointed by the Governor shall be knowledgeable in the production, processing, or marketing of agricultural products and may be appointed from lists of nominees submitted for consideration to the Governor from California agricultural organizations, district agricultural associations, and county and citrus fruit fairs.
(B) One of the directors appointed by the Governor shall be a public member.
(C) Three of the directors appointed by the Governor shall be representative, to the extent possible, of areas of knowledge, interest, and expertise enumerated in paragraph (1).
(2) One director shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and one director shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. These persons shall be representative, to the extent possible, of areas of knowledge, interest, and expertise enumerated in paragraph (1).
(b) The directors shall be appointed for four-year terms. The appointing authority shall appoint directors to fill vacancies which occur during a term, and the appointments shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. Of the four vacancies that will occur on December 31, 1986, two of the vacancies shall be filled by persons appointed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 8, Sec. 1. Effective February 25, 1986.)
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