(a) Except for the Board of Supervisors member, the term of each member of the Behavioral Health Commission (“Commission”) shall be for three years. No member shall serve more than two consecutive full terms. A member shall be deemed to have served a full term only if the member serves at least half of a full term. The clerk of the Commission in consultation with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, shall, upon the effective date of the ordinance in Board File No. 231076, change the number of the seats on the Commission, and assign existing Commission members, including members with expired terms serving as holdover appointees, to Seats 2-12 in accordance with the requirements of Section 15.12. Their terms of office shall be aligned with the terms of office extant prior to the effective date of the aforementioned ordinance; with the understanding that holdover appointees shall not thereby acquire any permanent or other special status. The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall equitably stagger the appointments so that approximately one-third of the appointments expire in each year, as required by California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5604(c). Seats occupied by holdover appointees shall expire June 30, 2024. New appointments made to Commission Seats 2-12 following the effective date of the aforementioned ordinance shall be made in accordance with Section 15.12. The Board of Supervisors member shall be appointed to Seat 1.
(b) A member shall be removed from office if the member is absent for four meetings in one 12-month period, unless the Commission grants that person a leave of absence. The Commission may grant leaves of absence for one or more meetings. Upon determining that a member has been absent for four meetings in a 12-month period and that no leave of absence had been granted for these meetings, the Commission shall provide written notification to the Board of Supervisors. Upon receipt of the notification, the position shall be deemed vacant.
(c) The Commission may recommend to the Board of Supervisors that a member be removed from the Commission on the grounds that the member’s conduct is seriously disruptive of the functioning of the Commission. The the1
Board of Supervisors may remove a member from the Commission for cause or upon the Commission’s recommendation if it determines that the member’s conduct is seriously disruptive of the functioning of the Commission.
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