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A regional district board is the governing body of the regional district and shall exercise all the powers of the regional district.

A group consisting of one member of the board of supervisors and one member of the city selection committee, appointed by their respective bodies, from each county included, in whole or in part, within the regional district shall enter into an agreement on the composition of the regional district board.

The agreement entered into, pursuant to Section 40321, shall provide one of the following alternatives:
  (a) The number of supervisors, and the number of members of the city selection committee, appointed by their respective bodies, from each county included, in whole or in part, within the regional district to be members of the regional district board.
  (b) The weight of vote of each member of the regional district board if each board of supervisors and city selection committee of such counties are represented on the regional district board by the same number of members thereof.
  (c) A combination of subdivisions (a) and (b). The agreement shall also provide a procedure for its modification or termination.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, on and after July 1, 1994, the membership of the governing board of each regional district, including any district formed on or after that date, shall include (1) one or more members who are mayors, city council members, or both, and (2) one or more members who are county supervisors.
  (b) The number of those members and their composition shall be determined jointly by the counties and cities within the district, and shall be approved by a majority of the counties, and by a majority of the cities which contain a majority of the population in the incorporated area of the district.
  (c) The governing board shall reflect, to the extent feasible and practicable, the geographic diversity of the district and the variation of population between the cities in the district.
  (d) The members of the governing board who are mayors or city council members shall be selected by a majority of the cities in the district. The members of the governing board who are county supervisors shall be selected by a majority of the counties in the district.
  (e) If a district fails to comply with subdivisions (a) and (b), the membership of the governing board shall be determined as follows:
  (1) In districts in which the population in the incorporated areas represents 35 percent or less of the total county population, one-fourth of the members of the governing board shall be mayors or city council members, and three-fourths shall be county supervisors.
  (2) In districts in which the population of the incorporated areas represents between 36 and 50 percent of the total county population, one-third of the members of the governing board shall be mayors or city council members, and two-thirds shall be county supervisors.
  (3) In districts in which the population of the incorporated areas represents more than 50 percent of the total county population, one-half of the members of the governing board shall be mayors or city council members, and one-half shall be county supervisors.
  (4) The number of those members shall be determined as provided in subdivision (b) and the members shall be selected pursuant to subdivision (d).
  (5) For purposes of paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, if any number which is not a whole number results from the application of the term "one-fourth," "one-third," "one-half," "two-thirds," or "three-fourths," the number of county supervisors shall be increased to the nearest integer, and the number of mayors or city council members decreased to the nearest integer.
  (f) This section does not apply to a district if the membership of the governing board of the district includes both county supervisors and mayors or city council members on June 30, 1994.

Members of a newly created regional district board shall serve terms which shall expire on the first day of June of the third year following the year in which they are appointed. Thereafter, each member appointed by the board of supervisors shall hold office for four years and until the appointment and qualification of his successor, and each member appointed by the city selection committee shall hold office for two years and until the appointment and qualification of his successor.

Any vacancy on a regional district board shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the vacating member was appointed. Any member of a regional district board may be removed at any time in the same manner as he was appointed. If four-fifths of the members of the board of supervisors of a county request the removal of a member appointed by the city selection committee of such county, the city selection committee of such county shall meet within 20 days to consider the removal of such member.

If any member of a regional district board is recalled from his or her office as a supervisor, mayor, or city council member, pursuant to Division 11 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Elections Code, his or her office as member of the regional district board shall be vacant.

No supervisor, mayor, or city council member shall hold office on a regional district board for a period of more than three months after ceasing to hold the office of supervisor, mayor, or city council member, respectively, and his or her membership on the regional district board shall thereafter be considered vacant, except that any mayor who continues to hold office as a city council member, or any city council member who continues to hold office as a mayor, shall not be considered to have ceased to hold office under this section.

A majority of the members, or the members with a majority of the voting weight, of a regional district board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and may act for the regional district board.

Each member of a regional district board shall receive the actual and necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties, plus a compensation of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each day attending the meetings of the regional district board, but such compensation shall not exceed six hundred dollars ($600) in any one year.

A regional district board may appoint an executive secretary to perform such duties as may be assigned to the executive secretary by the regional district board.

A regional district board may, by ordinance, adopt a civil service system for any or all employees of the regional district, except that the executive secretary and the air pollution control officer shall be exempt from such system and shall serve at the pleasure of the regional district board.