Sec. 2-2.3521. Severability.

   If any provision of this Article, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remaining provisions of this Article shall be deemed severable from the invalid provision and shall remain in full force and effect. (§ 1, Ord. 1270, eff. September 27, 2001)

Sec. 2-2.3522. Termination: Review.

   No later than February 1, 2004, the Board of Supervisors shall review the provisions of this Article, including but not limited to the creation of an independent public authority for the purposes of determining whether to provide for the appointment of an independent governing board for the Public Authority, or whether to otherwise modify or repeal the provisions of this Article, and to take such other actions as the Board of Supervisors may deem appropriate.

Article 36. Procedures For Advisory Boards, Commissions and Committees Established By The Board of Supervisors

Sec. 2-2.3601. Applicability.

   This Article shall apply to any advisory board, commission and committee, and members thereof, established by the Board of Supervisors by ordinance, resolution or minute order. The provisions of this Article shall supersede all conflicting rules except for the Bylaws approved by the Board of Supervisors for the General Plan Citizens Advisory Committees, unless otherwise required by State or Federal law, or otherwise expressly provided in a resolution or ordinance adopted by the Board of Supervisors. (§ 2, Ord. 1309, eff. October 16, 2003, as amended by § 3, Ord. 1394, eff. November 12, 2009)

Sec. 2-2.3602. Definitions: "advisory board, commission, and committees"; “General Plan Citizens Advisory Committee”; "representational members", "rotating members".

   As used herein:

   (a)   An "advisory board, commission or committee" shall mean any board, commission and committee established by the Board of Supervisors by ordinance, resolution or minute order that does not have the power to take final action on behalf of the County or any other entity, with the exception of making recommendations, issuing reports, and taking similar actions that require further action by this Board or some other person or entity in order to have binding effect.

   (b)   A “General Plan citizens advisory committee” shall mean any advisory committee established by the Board of Supervisors by ordinance, resolution or minute order that has as its primary functions to advise and make recommendations to the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors on General Plan policies, zoning and land use applications, and other growth related issues. Such General Plan citizens advisory committees shall be governed by the rules established by separate Bylaws approved by the Board of Supervisors, not by this Article, to the extent that this Article may be inconsistent with those Bylaws and the attachments thereto. (§ 3, Ord. 1394, eff. November 12, 2009).

   (c)   A "representational member" shall mean a member appointed for no fixed term, to represent a particular agency, board, commission, committee, department or other organization as specified by the enabling statute, ordinance, resolution or minute order.

   (d)   A "rotating member" shall mean a member of a board, commission or committee appointed for a fixed term. Unless otherwise expressly specified, all members shall be rotating members and shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors. (§ 2, Ord. 1309, eff. October 16, 2003)