Section 3312 Of Chapter 2. Organization From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 3. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.
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. (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).