CHAPTER 2. Administration [39510. - 39517.]

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 2.

in effect

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 39510. Section 39510.

(a) The State Air Resources Board is continued in existence in the California Environmental Protection Agency. The state board shall consist of 14 voting members. (b) Twelve members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, on the basis of their demonstrated interest and proven ability in the field of air pollution control and their understanding of the needs of the general public in connection with air pollution problems. (c) Of the members appointed pursuant to subdivision (b), six members shall have the following qualifications: (1) One member shall have training and experience in automotive engineering or closely related fields. (2) One member shall have training and experience in chemistry, meteorology, or related scientific fields, including agriculture or law. (3) One member shall be a physician and surgeon or an authority on health effects of air pollution. (4) Two members shall be public members. (5) One member shall have the qualifications specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) or shall have experience in the field of air pollution control. (d) Of the members appointed pursuant to subdivision (b), six members shall be board members from districts who shall reflect the qualitative requirements of subdivision (c) to the extent practicable. Of these members: (1) One shall be a board member from the south coast district. (2) One shall be a board member from the bay district. (3) One shall be a board member from the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District. (4) One shall be a board member from the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District. (5) One shall be a board member from the Sacramento district, the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, the Feather River Air Quality Management District, or the El Dorado County Air Pollution Control District. (6) One shall be a board member of any other district. (e) The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint one member to the state board who shall be a person who works directly with communities in the state that are most significantly burdened by, and vulnerable to, high levels of pollution, including, but not limited to, communities with diverse racial and ethnic populations and communities with low-income populations. (f) Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority within 30 days of the date on which it occurs. If the Governor fails to make an appointment for any vacancy within the 30-day period, the Senate Committee on Rules may make the appointment to fill the vacancy in accordance with this section. (g) While serving on the state board, all members shall exercise their independent judgment as officers of the state on behalf of the interests of the entire state in furthering the purposes of this division. A member of the state board shall not be precluded from voting or otherwise acting upon any matter solely because that member has voted or acted upon the matter in his or her capacity as a member of a district board, except that a member of the state board who is also a member of a district board shall not participate in any action regarding his or her district taken by the state board pursuant to Sections 41503 to 41505, inclusive. (h) (1) Except for initial staggered terms that shall be established by the state board, the term of office for the voting members shall be six years. Upon expiration of the term of office of a voting member, the appointing authority may reappoint that member to a new term of office, subject to the requirement of subdivision (b), if applicable. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a person who is a member of the state board pursuant to subdivision (d) shall not continue as a member if he or she ceases to hold the membership that qualifies that person to be appointed as a member of the state board. The membership on the state board held by that person shall terminate immediately upon ceasing to hold that qualifying membership. (i) In addition to subdivision (a), two Members of the Legislature shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the state board. One member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 39511. Section 39511.

(a) The Governor shall appoint the chairperson, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, from among the members of the state board, and shall serve as the principal advisor to the Governor on, and shall assist the Governor in establishing, major policy and program matters on environmental protection. The chairperson shall also serve as the principal communications link for the effective transmission of policy problems and decisions to the Governor relating to the activities of the State Water Resources Control Board and the State Solid Waste Management Board, in addition to serving as the Governor’s chief air quality policy spokesperson. (b) The chairperson shall serve full time.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 39512. Section 39512.

Each member of the state board shall receive the salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 39512.5. Section 39512.5.

(a) With respect to the members appointed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 39510, those members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties to the extent that reimbursement for expenses is not otherwise provided or payable by another public agency or agencies. Each elected public official member of the state board shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day, or portion thereof, but not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) in any month, attending meetings of the state board or committees thereof, or upon authorization of the state board while on official business of the state board. (b) Reimbursements made pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be made as follows: (1) A member appointed from a district that is specifically named in subdivision (d) of Section 39510 shall be reimbursed by the district from which the person qualified for membership. (2) The member appointed as a board member of a district that is not specifically named in subdivision (d) of Section 39510 shall be reimbursed by the state board.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 39513. Section 39513.

The state board shall hold regular meetings at least twice a month. Special meetings may be called by the chair or upon the request of a majority of the members. Each member of the state board shall receive reimbursement for actual necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. Time spent in these board meetings shall count toward the sixty hours per month work requirement specified in Section 11564 of the Government Code.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 39514. Section 39514.

The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the state board, and the state board is the head of a department within the meaning of the chapter.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 39515. Section 39515.

(a) The state board shall appoint an executive officer who shall serve at the pleasure of the state board and, except as provided in subdivision (d), may delegate any duty to the executive officer that the state board deems appropriate. (b) The intention of the Legislature is hereby declared to be that the executive officer shall perform and discharge, under the direction and control of the state board, the powers, duties, purposes, functions, and jurisdiction vested in the state board and delegated to the executive officer by the state board. (c) The state board shall, upon the receipt of a petition from any affected member of the public, affected district, or designated air quality planning agency, hold a public hearing to review any action taken by the executive officer pursuant to Section 41650, 41651, or 41652. (d) Any action taken by the executive officer pursuant to Section 40469 or Sections 41503 to 41505, inclusive, shall be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 39516. Section 39516.

Any power, duty, purpose, function, or jurisdiction which the state board may lawfully delegate shall be conclusively presumed to have been delegated to the executive officer unless it is shown that the state board, by affirmative vote recorded in the minutes of the state board, specifically has reserved the same for the state board’s own action. The executive officer may redelegate to his subordinates unless, by state board rule or express provision of law, the executive officer is specifically required to act personally.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 39517. Section 39517.

The district shall be given notice and the opportunity to act before any rule or regulation is adopted by the state board for the district pursuant to Section 41502.

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