The board of supervisors shall call the first meeting of the board of directors and shall designate one of the members of the board of directors to serve as the chairperson at that meeting. Thereafter, a chairperson and vice chairperson of the board of directors shall be elected annually by vote of a majority of the members of the board of directors of the agency and shall serve for a period of one calendar year. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings, and the vice chairperson shall preside in the absence of the chairperson.
In the event of the absence or inability to act of both the chairperson and vice chairperson, the members present, by an order entered in the minutes, shall select one of their members to act as chairperson pro tempore who, while so acting, shall have all of the authority of the chairperson.
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Section 26299.024, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=26299.024.
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