24011
. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24009:
(a) The Boards of Supervisors of Amador County, Contra Costa
County, Glenn County, Lake County, Lassen County, Madera County,
Mendocino County, Monterey County, Napa County, Solano County, Sonoma
County, Trinity County, Tuolumne County, and Ventura County may, by
ordinance, provide that the public administrator shall be appointed
by the board.
(b) The Boards of Supervisors of Lake County, Madera County,
Mendocino County, Napa County, Trinity County, and Tuolumne County
may appoint the same person to the offices of public administrator,
veteran service officer, and public guardian. The Boards of
Supervisors of Amador County, Contra Costa County, Glenn County,
Kings County, Lassen County, Monterey County, Solano County, Sonoma
County, and Ventura County, may, by ordinance, appoint the same
person to the offices of public administrator and public guardian.
(c) The Boards of Supervisors of Amador County, Contra Costa
County, Glenn County, Lake County, Lassen County, Madera County,
Mendocino County, Napa County, Trinity County, and Tuolumne County
may separate the consolidated offices of district attorney and public
administrator at any time in order to make the appointments
permitted by this section. Upon approval by the board of supervisors,
the officer elected to these offices at any time may resign, or
decline to qualify for, the office of public administrator without
resigning from, or declining to qualify for, the office of district
attorney.
(d) The Board of Supervisors of Ventura County may separate the
consolidated office of public administrator from the office of
treasurer, in order to make the appointment authorized by this
section. Upon approval by the board of supervisors, the officer
elected to these offices at any time may resign, or decline to
qualify for, the office of public administrator without resigning
from, or declining to qualify for, the office of treasurer.