Section 8522.

(a) Members of the board shall be appointed for a term of four years, subject to removal by the appointing power at his or her pleasure.

(b) Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing power for the unexpired term.

(c) Each member shall hold office until the appointment of his or her successor not to exceed one year from the expiration of the term for which he or she was appointed. No person shall serve as a member of the board for more than two consecutive terms.

(d) Each appointment shall be for a four-year term expiring four years after either the date of the appointment or the date a previous term expired.

(e) From the nominations received pursuant to subdivision (f), the Governor shall appoint two of the public members and the three licensed members qualified as provided in Section 8521. The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint a public member, and their initial appointment shall be made to fill, respectively, the first and second public member vacancies that occur on or after January 1, 1983.

(f) (1) At least 60 days prior to the appointment by the Governor of a public member or licensed member to the board, the director shall solicit nominations to the board from interested parties by mailing them a notice and by posting a notice on the department's Internet Web site. Interested parties include, but are not limited to, members or representatives from the structural pest control industry and organizations representing consumer, environmental, and real estate interests.

(2) All nominations shall be made in writing and shall include (A) the name and address of each nominee, (B) if an operator, his or her license number, and (C) the name, address, and affiliation, if any, of the nominator.

(3) The nominations shall be mailed to the director and shall be made available to the Governor and the director.

(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 238, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2011.)