(a) Each district shall have one alternate producer member, to be elected in the same manner as producer members.
(b) The alternate producer member shall, in the absence of a producer member from the same district, sit in place of the absent producer member on the commission and shall have, and be able to exercise, all the rights, privileges, and powers of the producer member when sitting on the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 451, Sec. 7. (AB 1976) Effective January 1, 2017.)