SECTIONS 3311-3317 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 3311-3317

3311. The California Exposition and State Fair is hereby created as
a separate independent entity in state government. The California
Exposition and State Fair shall be governed by its board of
directors.

3312. (a) The governing body of the California Exposition and State
Fair shall be an 11-member board of directors. The directors shall
be residents of California and shall be appointed as follows:
(1) Nine directors shall be appointed by the Governor with the
consent of the Senate. The directors appointed by the Governor shall
have general knowledge of, interest in, and expertise in one or more
of the following areas: fair management, city or county government,
horseracing, the arts, exhibiting, the media, education, youth,
commerce and commercial products of the state, industry and
industrial products of the state, agricultural production and forest
industries, the entertainment industry, livestock and poultry,
sports, recreation, fisheries, oceanography, organized labor, and
finance and banking.
(A) Five of the directors appointed by the Governor shall be
knowledgeable in the production, processing, or marketing of
agricultural products and may be appointed from lists of nominees
submitted for consideration to the Governor from California
agricultural organizations, district agricultural associations, and
county and citrus fruit fairs.
(B) One of the directors appointed by the Governor shall be a
public member.
(C) Three of the directors appointed by the Governor shall be
representative, to the extent possible, of areas of knowledge,
interest, and expertise enumerated in paragraph (1).
(2) One director shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly
and one director shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on
Rules. These persons shall be representative, to the extent possible,
of areas of knowledge, interest, and expertise enumerated in
paragraph (1).
(b) The directors shall be appointed for four-year terms. The
appointing authority shall appoint directors to fill vacancies which
occur during a term, and the appointments shall be for the remainder
of the unexpired term. Of the four vacancies that will occur on
December 31, 1986, two of the vacancies shall be filled by persons
appointed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).

3313. The board may annually select a chairperson from among the
directors.

3314. The directors shall serve without compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for all necessary expenses actually incurred in the
performance of their duties.

3315. Any director who misses three consecutive regular meetings of
the board without permission of the board shall be deemed to have
resigned from the board.
A director may be removed for cause by the Governor, upon
recommendation of the board.

3316. The board may appoint advisory committees. Advisory
committees may provide information and advice to the board with
respect to the operations and management of the California Exposition
and State Fair or such other matters as the board deems appropriate.
The California State Fair Advisory Commission is hereby abolished.
Nothing in this part shall, however, prevent the members of the
former commission from being appointed to the board or advisory
committees.

3317. The two Members of the Legislature who represent the Assembly
and Senate district in which the California Exposition and State
Fair facilities are located and the chairperson and vice chairperson
of the Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification shall
meet with and, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution,
advise the board to the extent that such advisory participation is
not incompatible with their duties as Members of the Legislature.