(a) On the effective date of the measure adding this subdivision, the selection of the chair and vice chair of the board shall be made by appointment of the Supreme Court.
(b) For 2018, the Supreme Court shall appoint a chair and a vice chair to serve a term that commences upon appointment and ends at the conclusion of the annual meeting in 2018. Thereafter, the term of the chair and the vice chair shall be one year, and the chair and vice chair shall assume the duties of their respective offices at the conclusion of the annual meeting following their appointment. The chair and vice chair shall not serve more than two terms, except that a chair or vice chair who is appointed to fill a vacancy for the balance of a term is eligible to serve two full terms in addition to the remainder of the term for which he or she was appointed.
(c) The president and vice president in place on the effective date of the measure adding this subdivision shall retain their positions until the chair and vice chair are appointed.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 422, Sec. 16. (SB 36) Effective January 1, 2018.)