Tehama County Municipal Code Art. II Board of Supervisors

Sec. 1: The Board of Supervisors shall consist of five members, one member from each Supervisorial District. Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be nominated and elected by the district which he or she represents, and not at large, at the time and in the manner provided by general laws. (Amendment passed by voters in general election held November 4, 2008)

Sec. 2: Approval by the voters of the measure amending Section 1 of this Charter shall not affect the time of expiration of the term of any Supervisors nor the existing sequence of selection wherein Supervisors for Districts 3 and 4 are elected at one General Election and Supervisors for Districts 1, 2 and 5 at the next. (Amendment passed by voters in general election held November 4, 2008)

Sec. 3: No new office shall be created by the Board of Supervisors except by ordinance. (Note: Under the general law most new offices may be created by resolution.)

Sec. 4: The Supervisors shall appoint all County and District officers other than elective officers, their assistants and deputies, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. The Board shall provide by ordinance for the terms of office and for the compensation of these appointive officers and its other appointees, unless such terms of office and compensation are otherwise provided by law or by this Charter. (Note: See 69-247 Opinion Attorney General ruled Probation Officer and his Deputies are subject to the control of the Board of Supervisors rather than the Superior Court Judge as is the case under general law. There has been no ruling as to assistants and deputies of elected officials.)

Sec. 5: In all cases in which the Board of Supervisors are authorized by law or by this Charter to fix the compensation, of any officer, such compensation shall be fixed prior to the election or appointment of such officer, and shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which officer shall be elected or appointed.

The provisions of this section are suspended for the period during which the United States is engaged in war and for one year after the termination of hostilities therein as proclaimed by the President of the United States, and during such period any salaries fixed by Ordinance shall become effective as provided in said Ordinance. cr. - Article 11, Section 5 California Constitution. Ops. A. G. 47, 156 in 1966, ruled that the Viet Nam conflict suspended the rule against raising elected officials salaries. The Judge of Superior Court and Justice Court and certain other officials may be raised during their term of office even though a war does not exist.

(Note: Article II, Section 5 of the Tehama County Charter was declared "unconstitutional, void, and of no effect" in a final judgment of the Tehama County Superior Court in Case No. 17937, July 18, 1975.)

Sec. 6: No money shall be transferred from one fund to another, as provided by law, except by a four-fifths vote of the Supervisors. cr. - Sec. 29125 and 29130., Government Code.

Sec. 7: Whenever a vacancy occurs on the Board of Supervisors, the remaining members of the Board of Supervisors shall fill the vacancy, provided that, if they shall fail to fill the vacancy within ninety (90) days following its occurrence, the Governor shall fill the vacancy. The appointee shall hold office until the election and qualification of their successor. In such case, there shall be elected at the next general election a supervisor to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term, unless such term expires on the first Monday after the first day of January succeeding said election. (Amendment passed by voters in special election June 3, 2014)