SB 1089, as amended, Pavley. Wildlife Conservation Board.
The Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947 establishes the Wildlife Conservation Board in the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Under existing law, the board consists of the President of the Fish and Game Commission, the Director of Fish and Wildlife, and the Director of Finance. Existing law requires the board to investigate, study, and determine the areas in the state that are most suitable for certain wildlife-related purposes.
This bill would expand the composition of the board to include 2 public members to serve terms of 4 years each and would require one public member to be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and one public member to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.begin delete The bill would also authorize the Director of Finance to appoint a designee to serve on the board to represent the Director of Finance.end delete
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 1320 of the Fish and Game Code is
2amended to read:
(a) There is in the department the Wildlife Conservation
4Board, hereafter referred to as the board. The board consists of the
5president of the commission, the director, the Director of Finance,
6and two public members appointed pursuant to subdivisionbegin delete (c).end delete
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begin insert (b).end insert
8(b) The Director of Finance may appoint a designee to serve on
9the board to represent the Director of Finance.
10(c)
end delete
11begin insert(b)end insert The Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on
12Rules shall each appoint a public member to serve on the board.
13The public members shall each serve a term of four years. If a
14vacancy occurs during the term of a public member, the appointing
15authority shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy for a term of
16four years.
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