Section 14978.2 Of Article 4. Feed Inspection Advisory Board From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 4.
14978.2
. (a) The board may establish the Commercial Feed Inspection
Committee as an entity to administer this chapter. The committee
shall consist of eight persons appointed by the board who shall be
licensed under this chapter. The committee may, with the concurrence
of the director, appoint one additional member to the committee, who
shall be a public member. The public member shall be a citizen and
resident of California who is not subject to the licensing
requirements of this chapter, and who has no financial interest in
any person licensed under this chapter.
(b) Each member shall have an alternate member appointed in the
same manner as the member, who shall serve in the absence of the
member for whom they are designated as alternate and who shall have
all the duties and exercise the full rights and privileges of
members.
(c) The committee may appoint its own officers, including a
chairperson, one or more vice chairpersons, and other officers as it
deems necessary. The officers shall have the powers and duties
delegated to them by the committee.
(d) The members and alternate members, when acting as members,
shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses
necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their duties in
accordance with the rules of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board.
(e) A quorum of the committee shall be five members. A vote of the
majority of the members present at a meeting at which there is a
quorum shall constitute the act of the committee.
(f) No member or alternate member, or any employee or agent
thereof, shall be personally liable for the actions of the committee
or responsible individually in any way for errors in judgment,
mistakes, or other acts, either by commission or omission, except for
his or her own individual acts of dishonesty or crime.