2016 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 4 - Attorneys
ARTICLE 2 - Administration
Section 6021.

6021. (a) (1) Within the period of 90 days next preceding the annual meeting, the board, at a meeting called for that purpose, shall elect the president, vice president, and treasurer for the ensuing year. The president, the vice president, and the treasurer shall be elected from among all members of the board.

(2) The newly elected president, vice president, and treasurer shall assume the duties of their respective offices at the conclusion of the annual meeting following their election.

(b) The term of the board president shall be one year, except that he or she may be reelected to a second one-year term as the board president.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6009.7 and 6011 regarding a 19-member board, if the president is elected from among those members of the board whose terms on the board expire that year and has not been reelected or reappointed to another term under Section 6013.1, 6013.2, 6013.3, or 6013.5, the president shall serve as a 20th member of the board during his or her one-year term, and he or she may vote.

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 429, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2015.)