ARTICLE 4. California Salmon Council
Article 4 added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1500, Sec. 1.
§§ 76700–76719 · 20 sections
- § 76700 (a) There is in the state government the California Salmon Council. The council shall be composed of nine voting members and their alternates, and three…
- § 76701 (a) The voting members of the council shall be appointed by the secretary, after consultation with the Director of Fish and Wildlife, giving due consideration…
- § 76702 (a) The commercial salmon vessel operators and their alternates shall be selected from lists of nominees submitted by marketing associations and any…
- § 76703 The voting members of the council shall each be appointed to a three-year term, except that in the first year of the council, three members shall be appointed…
- § 76704 The term of office of a member of the council shall begin on April 1 and expire on March 31.
- § 76705 Any vacancy in the membership of the council that occurs during the unexpired term shall be filled by the secretary for the unexpired term from the eligible…
- § 76706 The secretary may remove any member of the council or alternate for cause, and, upon that removal, there is a vacancy that shall be filled in the manner as…
- § 76707 The secretary shall give notice, not later than January 31 of each year, of the vacancies that will exist upon the expiration of terms on March 31, in writing,…
- § 76708 (a) The notice requesting nominations shall indicate that nominations shall be mailed or sent electronically to the secretary at his or her office in…
- § 76709 The nonvoting members of the council shall be representatives of the following agencies, as selected by the secretary: (a) The department. (b) The Department…
- § 76710 There is no fixed term for nonvoting members of the council. The agencies may, but are not required to, select an alternate for their representative.
- § 76711 A majority of the voting members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business, including the election of officers.
- § 76712 (a) The council shall select annually from its voting members, to serve at its pleasure, a chair and vice chair. (b) The chair and vice chair, together with…
- § 76713 The council shall hold two regular meetings in each year at times and places which are fixed by the council. The times for regular meetings shall be fixed so…
- § 76714 The voting members of the council shall receive forty dollars ($40) per day per diem for each day spent in actual attendance at the meetings or on the business…
- § 76715 No member of the council, except members of the executive committee, shall receive compensation for more than three days’ service per month. The chair may…
- § 76716 The secretary may require any employee or agent of the council to give a fidelity bond, executed by a surety company that is authorized to do business in this…
- § 76717 No member or employee of the council shall be held responsible individually to any person for liability on any contract or agreement of the council. All…
- § 76718 An alternate member of the council shall sit as a voting member of the council if the member for whom he or she is an alternate fails for any reason to attend…
- § 76719 The Legislature finds and declares that commercial salmon vessel operators, receivers, processors, wholesalers, or exporters appointed to the council pursuant…