(a)
All meetings of the board shall be open and public, and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of the board, except that the board may hold executive sessions to deliberate on the decision to be reached upon the evidence introduced in a proceeding conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b)
At all meetings of the board, open or executive, involving an appeal from a decision of the Director of Motor Vehicles, the director or his or her authorized representative may attend, present the position of the department, and then shall absent himself or herself
from any executive session at the request of any member of the board.
(c)
Within the limitations of its powers and authority, and in the event of disagreement between the board and the director regarding the decision to be reached, the decision of the board shall be final.