Article 2. Administration of California Education Code >> Division 8. >> Title 3. >> Part 55. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 2.

The trustees shall administer and govern the academy. The trustees shall establish a Board of Visitors to the California Maritime Academy whose members shall be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred in connection with their official duties concerning the academy. The board of visitors shall consist of no less than five representatives from maritime or maritime-related industries who shall advise the president on matters related to the mission of the academy. The trustees shall invite a representative of the Federal Maritime Administration to serve as a nonvoting participant at the meetings of the board of visitors.

The president of the academy is also the commander of the academy and has, subject to the regulations of the trustees, the direct control, supervision, and management of the academy, and any other powers and duties as provided by regulations of the trustees.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the trustees shall administer the academy to comply with any federal statute and regulations governing maritime operations and maritime academies.

The trustees shall determine what provisions of law are contrary to the mission and operation of the academy and shall propose any legislation considered necessary and desirable for the mission and operation of the academy.