(a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), the board consists of nine members who shall be appointed in accordance with this section.
(b) (1) Seven members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation.
(2) Of the members appointed pursuant to paragraph (1), the following requirements apply:
(A) One person shall be an engineer.
(B) One person shall have training, experience, and expertise in geology or hydrology.
(C) One person shall be a flood control expert with not less than five years’ experience.
(D) One person shall be an attorney with water experience.
(E) Three persons shall be public members.
(c) One member of the board shall be the Chair of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water, to the extent that service with the board does not conflict with his or her legislative duties.
(d) One member of the board shall be the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife, to the extent that service with the board does not conflict with his or her legislative duties.
(e) The members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) shall be nonvoting ex officio members.
(f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the board members appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) shall serve four-year terms.
(2) The board members initially appointed pursuant to this section shall determine, by lot, that five members shall serve four-year terms and four members shall serve two-year terms.
(g) Each board member holding office on December 31, 2007, shall continue to serve until his or her successor is appointed and has been qualified to hold office. The order of replacement shall be determined by lot.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 366, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2008.)
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