Chapter 2. Organization of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 3. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.

The California Exposition and State Fair is hereby created as a separate independent entity in state government. The California Exposition and State Fair shall be governed by its board of directors.

(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).

The board may annually select a chairperson from among the directors.

The directors shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties.

Any director who misses three consecutive regular meetings of the board without permission of the board shall be deemed to have resigned from the board. A director may be removed for cause by the Governor, upon recommendation of the board.

The board may appoint advisory committees. Advisory committees may provide information and advice to the board with respect to the operations and management of the California Exposition and State Fair or such other matters as the board deems appropriate. The California State Fair Advisory Commission is hereby abolished. Nothing in this part shall, however, prevent the members of the former commission from being appointed to the board or advisory committees.

The two Members of the Legislature who represent the Assembly and Senate district in which the California Exposition and State Fair facilities are located and the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification shall meet with and, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution, advise the board to the extent that such advisory participation is not incompatible with their duties as Members of the Legislature.