SECTIONS 66905.8-66906.5 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 66905.8-66906.5

66905.8. "Local public agency" means a city, county, district, or
joint powers agency.

66905.9. "Nonprofit organization" means any private, nonprofit
organization which qualifies for exempt status under Section 501(c)
(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has among
its principal charitable purposes the preservation of land for
scientific, historic, educational, recreational, scenic, or
open-space opportunities, or protection of the natural environment or
preservation or enhancement of wildlife.

66905.10. "Fund" means the Tahoe Conservancy Fund.

66906. There is created the California Tahoe Conservancy as a state
agency within the Resources Agency. The conservancy is a successor
agency to the California Tahoe Conservancy Agency which had similar
powers and duties, but which did not function as an operating agency.

66906.1. The governing body of the conservancy shall be comprised
of seven voting members and one ex officio nonvoting member. The
voting members shall be as follows:
(a) One member appointed by the City Council of the City of South
Lake Tahoe.
(b) One member appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Placer.
(c) One member appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the County
of El Dorado.
(d) The Secretary of the Resources Agency or his or her designee.
(e) One member appointed from the general public by the Senate
Committee on Rules.
(f) One member appointed from the general public by the Speaker of
the Assembly.
(g) The Director of Finance or the director's designee.
The members appointed or designated pursuant to subdivisions (d)
to (g), inclusive, shall not be residents of the region.
The members of the governing body of the conservancy shall serve
at the pleasure of the respective appointing authority.
A representative of the United States Secretary of Agriculture
shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of the conservancy.

66906.2. The members of the conservancy appointed under
subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f) of Section 66906.1 shall be
compensated for attendance at regular meetings of the conservancy at
the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per day, and all members of
the conservancy shall be reimbursed the actual amounts of the
reasonable and necessary expenditures incurred in attending meetings
of the conservancy and carrying out the duties of their office.

66906.3. The governing body shall elect from its own members a
chairman and vice chairman, whose terms of office shall be two years,
and who shall be subject to reelections, except that a new chairman
or vice chairman may be elected by the governing body before the
expiration of the two-year term for the fulfillment of that two-year
term.

66906.4. A majority of the total voting membership of the governing
body shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business
of the conservancy. Provided that a quorum exists, a majority vote of
the members present shall be binding on all matters, except a
request to the State Public Works Board to exercise the power of
eminent domain pursuant to Section 66907.5 which shall require five
affirmative votes. The governing body shall adopt its own rules,
regulations, and procedures.
The limitations on voting by designees of voting members in
Section 7.5 shall not apply to this title.

66906.5. The conservancy shall establish and maintain an office
within the region. The conservancy may rent or own real and personal
property and equipment pursuant to applicable statutes and
regulations.