SECTIONS 12510-12519 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 12510-12519

12510. There is in the state government, in the Resources Agency,
the Colorado River Board of California.

12511. The board consists of eight members appointed by the
Governor as provided in this chapter, two of whom shall be public
members appointed by the Governor, and the Director of Water
Resources and the Director of Fish and Game or their designees.

12512. The governing bodies of the San Diego County Water
Authority, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation
District, Coachella Valley Water District, the Metropolitan Water
District of Southern California, and the Department of Water and
Power of the City of Los Angeles shall each submit to the Governor
two lists of not less than three persons on each with a
recommendation as to whom should be appointed from one list as its
member on the board and from the other list as its alternate on the
board. The Governor shall appoint each agency's member and alternate
from the designated lists. If, after 60 days following submission of
the initial or any new list, the Governor has not made an
appointment, the person recommended by the governing body shall be
deemed appointed. Each governing body if it desires to have a new
member or alternate, or both, may submit new lists at any time. A
member of the governing body of an agency may be appointed as a
member of the board or as an alternate. Each alternate shall, in the
absence of the appointed member for any cause, including vacancy in
the office of the appointed member, have all the authority and rights
of the member to which he or she is an alternate.

12513. Each member of the board, except as otherwise provided in
this section, shall serve without compensation but shall be
reimbursed for traveling and other expenses actually and necessarily
incurred in the performance of his duties. In addition, each member
of the board that is neither eligible for nor receives any salary or
other compensation for time spent attending meetings of the board
shall receive fifty dollars ($50) for each day attending the meetings
of the board.

12514. (a) The board shall determine, by majority vote, where to
maintain its office and shall hold meetings at that office or
elsewhere upon call of the chairman or three members of the board.
The board shall not relocate its office more than once within each
gubernatorial term.
(b) The local agencies that are represented on the board may
reimburse employees of the board for relocation or net commuting
expenses, or both, incurred by those employees as the result of a
change in the location of the office pursuant to subdivision (a). The
costs shall be divided equally among the local agencies. Any
commuting expenses shall not exceed the state's reimbursement rate
for state employees. Any relocation benefits shall be approved by
each local agency prior to those benefits being offered to board
staff.
(c) Any payments made pursuant to subdivision (b) do not
constitute income for the purposes of subdivision (a) of Section
82030 of the Government Code, in accordance with paragraph (2) of
subdivision (b) of that section.

12515. All of the records of the board or copies of them shall be
maintained at its office.

12516. The board shall be subject to the provisions of Article 9
(commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code.

12517. The board shall adopt such rules or procedure as may be
required for the orderly disposition of its business and such
regulations as may be necessary in order to carry out the provisions
of this part.

12518. The board shall make such reports and recommendations to the
Governor as he requires or as the board deems proper.

12519. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the
contrary, the board may hold executive sessions in conjunction with
any regular or special meeting and maintain confidential information
and records limited to matters concerning interstate claims to the
use of Colorado River system waters in judicial proceedings,
administrative proceedings, and negotiations with representatives
from other states or the federal government. Whenever the board holds
an executive session in conjunction with any regular or special
meeting or maintains as confidential any information or records
hereunder, the board shall make an affirmative finding in its public
minutes that the holding of an open meeting or the disclosure of the
information or records to the public would substantially impair the
performance by the board of its statutory duties. At the end of the
minutes of each meeting of the board shall appear the certificate of
its executive secretary that the meeting was held in accordance with
the provisions of Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code
and Sections 12516 and 12519 of the Water Code.