When the board sits as a board of appeals:
(a) The State Fire Marshal shall not sit as a member of the board.
(b) A member of the board shall not sit as a member or participant in the decision of any particular appeal if that member has a financial or other interest which would influence his or her decision on the particular appeal.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 332, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 1997.)