SECTIONS 21165-21166.5 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 21165-21166.5

21165. The board shall fix the compensation to be paid to all
officers.

21166. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a director, for
sitting on the board or acting under its orders, shall receive both
of the following:
(a) (1) Except as specified in paragraphs (2) and (3),
compensation not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day, not
exceeding six days in any calendar month.
(2) In districts that produce or distribute electric power, one of
the following methods of compensation:
(A) Compensation not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day.
(B) A monthly salary of not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600)
per month.
(C) Annual compensation not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000). Any annual compensation pursuant to this subparagraph
shall be fixed by the adoption of an ordinance pursuant to Sections
20203 to 20207, inclusive.
(3) Districts containing 500,000 acres or more are governed by
Section 22840.
(b) Actual and necessary expenses when acting under the orders of
the board.
For purposes of this section, the determination of whether a
director's activities on any specific day are compensable shall be
made pursuant to Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 53232) of
Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and
53232.3 of the Government Code.

21166.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21166, a
director may participate in any plan for group insurance, group
annuities, social security, medical and hospital service or any other
authorized program which has been adopted and carried into effect
for the benefit of all such officers and employees, including
directors, as accept the same and authorize the board to make any
necessary deductions from their compensation for payment of a portion
of the premium thereon.