(a)  Notwithstanding Sections 4730, 4730.1, and 4730.2 or any other provision of law, the governing board of the Ventura Regional Sanitation District shall be a board of directors appointed in accordance with this section. Unless the context otherwise indicates, as used in this section, “district” means the Ventura Regional Sanitation District.

(b)  The legislative body of each city located wholly or partially within the district’s boundaries shall designate one of its members to be a member of the district’s board of directors. Each legislative body may designate one of its members as an alternate to act in the place of its regular member in the case of the absence or disqualification of the regular member. An alternate member shall have the full voting rights of the regular member.

(c)  The special district committee, which shall consist of the presiding officers of all special districts that have a governing board separately elected, in whole or in part, from any board of supervisors or city council, and would be entitled to representation on the Ventura Regional Sanitation District Board of Directors under Section 4730.1, if that section were applicable to the Ventura Regional Sanitation District, shall designate one separately elected member of a board of directors of a special district represented on the committee to be a member of the district’s board of directors. The special district committee may designate one separately elected member as an alternate to act in the place of the regular member in the case of the absence or disqualification of the regular member. An alternate member shall have the full voting rights of the regular member.

(d)  Each member of the district’s board of directors shall have one vote.

(e)  No action shall be taken at any meeting of the district’s board of directors unless a majority of all authorized members of the board of directors is in attendance.

(f)  A majority of the members of the board of directors present shall be required to approve or otherwise act on any matter except as otherwise required by law.

(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 550, Sec. 26. Effective September 28, 1999. Operative January 1, 2000, by Sec. 33 of Ch. 550.)