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HomeFinancial CodeDiv. 15.5Ch. 2Art. 3§ 32322 Board Member Terms

§ 32322 Board Member Terms

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§ 32322 Board Member Terms

Key Takeaways

  • •Official members stay on the board as long as they hold their main job, unless they're from the Energy Commission—they stay until they leave the Commission or get replaced by a vote.
  • •Public members are picked by different leaders (Rules Committee, Speaker, Governor) and serve for different lengths of time at first, but after that, everyone serves for 3 years.
  • •Public members can be picked again and again—there’s no limit to how many times they can serve.
  • •If a public member leaves early, their spot gets filled by the same person who picked them, just for the time left in their term.

Example

Imagine a teacher is chosen to be on a school board by the principal. If the teacher quits their job, they also leave the board.

This is like how official members on the board stay only as long as they have their main job. If they lose that job, they can’t stay on the board anymore.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 32322 Board Member Terms

(a) The terms of official members of the board shall coincide with their official terms of office, except in the case of the member selected and appointed by the members of the Energy Commission, who shall serve on the board until he or she is no longer a member of the Energy Commission or until he or she is replaced by a vote of the Energy Commission. (b) The public members of the board shall be appointed by the Rules Committee, Speaker, and Governor in such a manner that they shall hold office for overlapping terms. At the time of the appointment of first directors, the first term of the directors appointed by the Rules Committee and Speaker shall be approximately two years. At the time of the appointment of first directors, the first term of the directors appointed by the Governor shall be approximately one year for one director and approximately three years for two directors. Thereafter, the terms of all public directors shall be three years. Directors shall be eligible for reappointment for an unlimited number of terms. (c) A public director’s tenure shall continue until his successor has been appointed and has taken his position on the board. (d) In the case of public members, vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the respective appointing authority for the unexpired remainder of the term. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 819, Sec. 1.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

energy commissiongovernordirectorappointmentrules committeereplacementpositionauthority

Related Statutes

  • § 32323 Director Appointment Requirements
  • § 5604 Stock Association Capital Issuance
  • § 32320 Corporate Board Composition Rules
  • § 32321 Board Member Appointments
  • § 32324 Director Compensation And Expenses

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Financial Code. Section 32322.
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