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There is created the California Tahoe Regional Planning Agency as a separate legal entity and as a political subdivision of the State of California. It is the intent of the Legislature that the agency be considered a "political subdivision" as that term is used in Article VI of the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact.

The governing body of the agency shall be constituted as follows:
  (a) One member appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the Counties of El Dorado and Placer, and one member appointed by the City Council of the City of South Lake Tahoe. Each of the members of the governing board shall be a member of the city council, or county board of supervisors he represents, and, in the case of a supervisor shall be a resident of a county supervisorial district lying wholly or partly within the region.
  (b) Two members appointed by the Governor of California subject to Senate confirmation, who shall not be residents of the basin and shall represent the public at large. One of such members shall be chosen from among residents of the 10 southernmost counties in the state and one from among the residents of the remaining counties.
  (c) One member appointed by the six other members appointed pursuant to this section. The member so appointed shall serve as the permanent chairman of the agency and shall serve at the pleasure of the other members. In the event such membership becomes vacant and the vacancy is not filled by the other members within 30 days, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Governor.
  (d) The Secretary of the California Resources Agency or his designee.

The members of the agency shall serve without compensation, but the expenses of each member shall be met by the body which he represents in accordance with the law of that body. All other expenses incurred by the governing body in the course of exercising the powers conferred upon it by this title unless met in some other manner specifically provided, shall be paid by the agency out of its own funds.

When any member of the agency has a direct personal financial interest in a matter officially coming before the agency he shall disclose the fact of his interest and abstain from participation in any discussion of or vote upon the matter.

The term of office of the members of the governing body shall be at the pleasure of the appointing authority in each case.

The governing body of the agency shall meet at least monthly.

The position of a member of the governing body shall be considered vacated upon his loss of any of the qualifications required for his appointment and in such event the appointing authority shall appoint a successor.

The governing body shall elect from its own members a chairman and vice chairman, whose terms of office shall be two years, and who shall be subject to reelections, provided that a new chairman or vice chairman may be elected by the agency before the expiration of the two-year term for the fulfillment of that two-year term.

A majority of the members of the governing body shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the agency. A majority vote of the members of the governing body present shall be binding; provided, that the vote of each member of the governing body shall be individually recorded. The governing body shall adopt its own rules and regulations and procedures.

A technical advisory committee shall be appointed by the agency. The committee shall include but shall not be limited to: the chief planning officers of Placer County, El Dorado County, and the City of South Lake Tahoe, the Placer County Director of Sanitation, the El Dorado County Director of Sanitation, executive officer of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board or his designee, and the executive officer of the California Tahoe Regional Planning Agency who shall act as chairman.

The agency shall establish and maintain an office within the region. The agency may rent or own property and equipment.

(a) Each California member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency who represents the state in matters officially coming before the agency shall comply with the requirements of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000)) and shall file with the Fair Political Practices Commission a statement of economic interests.
  (b) A court shall not invalidate, and the commission shall not seek to invalidate, an action of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency as a remedy for a violation of the requirements of this chapter by a California member of the agency, as specified in subdivision (a).