(a) The recovery corporation shall have a board of directors composed of six directors, as follows:
(1) One public consumer representative member appointed by the Director of Consumer Affairs who shall serve until the appointment is revoked, another appointment is made, or until the appointed director resigns. The consumer representative shall be either of the following:
(A) A current or former prosecutor with at least two years of direct experience in the civil or criminal enforcement of consumer protection laws, including laws prohibiting deceptive advertising and unlawful and fraudulent practices.
(B) A current or former employee of a government agency who has at least two years of direct experience in one of the following:
(i) The investigation, mediation, and resolution of consumer complaints.
(ii) Providing counseling, information, education, or referral services to consumers.
(iii) Administering a consumer protection program that provides any of the services described in clause (i) or (ii).
(2) A representative of the Attorney General, who shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member.
(3) One member of the general public appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules to a two-year term.
(4) One member of the general public appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly to a two-year term, except that the initial appointment to the board of directors shall be for a one-year term.
(5) Two participants, who shall be appointed by the Governor for two-year terms, except that the initial term of the position of one of the participant directors shall be for a one-year term.
(b) A person is eligible to be nominated and to serve as a participant director if the person satisfies all of the following conditions:
(1) The person’s primary occupation, at the time of nomination and continuously during the previous three years, has been as an owner or general manager of a licensed dealer or lessor-retailer.
(2) The person has not been convicted of a crime, including a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere.
(3) The person is not subject to a judgment or administrative order, whether entered after adjudication or stipulation, predicated on that person’s commission of an act of dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or violation of this chapter or Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code.
(4) The person is not a defendant in a pending criminal or civil law enforcement action brought by a public prosecutor.
(5) The person has not served as a participant director of the recovery corporation at any time during the previous 18 months.
(c) A director who does not qualify to be a participant director, whose term has lapsed, or who otherwise becomes unable to serve shall not continue to serve as a director.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 437, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2008.)