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Effective Jan 1, 2026Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 424, Sec. 3. (SB 727) Effective January 1, 2026.
(a) The agency shall be governed by a board of directors, composed as follows:
- (1) Two persons appointed by each of the boards of supervisors of the Counties of Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, and Sonoma.
- (2) A city representative, selected by the cities served by the rail line. The representative shall be selected by the cities through a process adopted by a resolution of the board.
- (3) The Governor may appoint a nonvoting director from the Transportation Agency and a nonvoting director from the Natural Resources Agency.
- (b) All directors, except the nonvoting directors, shall serve for terms of two years and until their successors have qualified.
(c)
- (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including the common law doctrine that precludes the simultaneous holding of incompatible offices, a local government officer or a member of a state commission may be appointed and may serve as a member of the agency’s board of directors if the person also meets the other applicable qualifications of this title.
- (2) Notwithstanding any other law, including the common law doctrine that precludes the simultaneous holding of incompatible offices, a member of the agency’s board of directors may also serve as a local government officer or a member of a state commission.