California Water Code ARTICLE 2 - California Water Commission

• Section 150.
  There is in the Department of Water Resources the California Water Commission.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 180.)
• Section 151.
  The California Water Commission consists of nine members who are appointed by the Governor subject to the confirmation of the Senate, as provided in this...
• Section 152.
  Seven members of the California Water Commission appointed by the Governor shall be selected and approved for appointment on the basis of their general educational...
• Section 153.
  (a) The terms of the members of the California Water Commission in office as of January 1, 1958, shall expire as follows:(1) One member on January 15,...
• Section 153.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 153 and 154, the term of any member of the California Water Commission, whose appointment has been confirmed by the Senate and who...
• Section 154.
  Appointments shall be for terms of four years. Vacancies shall be immediately filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the terms in which...
• Section 155.
  The appointments made by the Governor to membership on the California Water Commission shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate at the next regular...
• Section 156.
  The members of the California Water Commission may be removed from office by the Legislature, by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority vote of all...
• Section 157.
  Each member of the California Water Commission shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which the member is engaged in the performance...
• Section 158.
  The California Water Commission shall maintain its headquarters at Sacramento and shall hold meetings at such times and at such places as shall be determined...
• Section 159.
  Special meetings may be called at any time by the chairman or by the executive officer at the request of any four members, upon notice...
• Section 160.
  The members of the California Water Commission shall select one of the members to serve as chairman, who shall hold office as chairman at the...
• Section 161.
  The California Water Commission shall confer with, advise, and make recommendations to the director with respect to any matters and subjects under his jurisdiction. The...
• Section 161.5.
  The California Water Commission shall have the power to name all facilities of the State Water Resources Development System owned by the state. The commission...
• Section 162.
  It is the intention of the Legislature that in the making of all major departmental determinations, policies and procedures, such as departmental recommendations to the...
• Section 163.
  The commission may employ an executive officer, exempt from civil service, under subdivision (e) of Section 4 of Article XXIV of the Constitution, and a...
• Section 163.5.
  The department shall furnish to the California Water Commission, at its request, such assistance, including technical, legal, and clerical services, as is required to the...
• Section 164.
  The commission may hold any hearings and conduct any investigations in any part of the state necessary to carry out the powers vested in it,...
• Section 165.
  The California Water Commission shall conduct an annual review of the progress of construction and operation of the State Water Resources Development System, and shall...
• Section 166.
  The California Water Commission shall hold public hearings on all additional facilities proposed to be added to the State Water Resources Development System by the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018