170004.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Airports help to link local, regional, statewide, national, and global economic activities. Airports are also essential features of comprehensive transportation systems, that include streets and highways, rail transit, transit over water, and mass transit.

(b) It is essential to the public health, safety, and welfare that public officials and the private sector plan, develop, and operate the airports in the San Diego County region so that those airports promote economic development, protect environmental quality, and enhance social equity.

(c) The significant regional consequences of airport planning, development, and operations require the creation of a regional airport authority.

170006.

 For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise.

(a) The “authority” means the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority established under this division.

(b) The “board” and “board of directors” means the governing board of the authority established as specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 170010).

(c) The “city selection committee” means the committee created pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 50270) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.

(d) The “consolidated agency” means the authority resulting from the consolidation of the San Diego Association of Governments and the transit boards pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 132350) of Division 12.7.

(e) The “east county cities” means the Cities of El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, and Santee.

(f) The “north county coastal cities” means the Cities of Carlsbad, Del Mar, Encinitas, Oceanside, and Solana Beach.

(g) The “north county inland cities” means the Cities of Escondido, Poway, San Marcos, and Vista.

(h) The “port” means the San Diego Unified Port District established under the San Diego Unified Port District Act (Chapter 67 of the Statutes of 1962, First Extraordinary Session).

(i) The “San Diego International Airport” means the airport located at Lindbergh Field in the County of San Diego.

(j) The “south county cities” means the Cities of Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, and National City.

170010.

 (a) The board of directors shall consist of nine members, appointed as follows:

(1) The Mayor of the City of San Diego shall appoint three persons, two of whom shall be subject to confirmation by the City Council of the City of San Diego. The persons appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be residents of the City of San Diego and not less than one shall be an elected official of the City of San Diego. For purposes of this subdivision, an “elected official of the City of San Diego” means the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of San Diego.

(2) The Chair of the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego shall appoint two persons, subject to confirmation by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego. The persons appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be residents of the County of San Diego and not less than one shall be a member of the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego.

(3) At a meeting of the city selection committee, the mayors of the east county cities shall appoint one person. The person appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be a member of a city council or a resident of the east county cities.

(4) At a meeting of the city selection committee, the mayors of the north county coastal cities shall appoint one person. The person appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be a member of a city council or a resident of the north county coastal cities.

(5) At a meeting of the city selection committee, the mayors of the north county inland cities shall appoint one person. The person appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be a member of a city council or a resident of the north county inland cities.

(6) At a meeting of the city selection committee, the mayors of the south county cities shall appoint one person. The person appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be a member of a city council or a resident of the south county cities.

(7) Meetings of a city selection committee are subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).

(b) The following persons shall be nonvoting, noncompensated, ex officio members of the board of directors, appointed by the Governor:

(1) The District Director of the Department of Transportation for the San Diego region.

(2) The Department of Finance representative on the State Lands Commission.

(c) The board of directors may provide for additional nonvoting, noncompensated members of the board of directors, including representatives of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps, each of whom may appoint an alternate to serve in his or her place.

(d) The Mayor of the City of San Diego shall appoint the chair of the authority board from among the members of the board of directors.

(e) To provide for an orderly transition, the appointments to the board of directors shall take effect as follows:

(1) The term of office for the board position appointed by the Mayor of the City of San Diego, whose term is set to expire on the first Monday in December 2008, is extended until January 31, 2009. This board position shall thereafter be filled pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(2) The term of office for the board position appointed by the mayors of the north county inland cities is extended until January 31, 2009. This board position shall thereafter be filled pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a).

(3) The term of office for the board position appointed by the mayor of the most populous city as of the most recent decennial census, among the south county cities is extended until January 31, 2009. This board position shall thereafter be filled pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a).

(4) The term of office for the board position occupied by the Mayor of the City of San Diego, or a member of the city council designated by the mayor to be his or her alternate, shall expire on January 31, 2010. This board position shall thereafter be filled pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(5) The term of office for the board position appointed by the mayors of the east county cities shall expire on January 31, 2010. This board position shall thereafter be filled pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).

(6) The term of office for the board position appointed by the Sheriff of the County of San Diego shall expire on January 31, 2010. This board position shall thereafter be filled pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).

(7) The term of office for the board position appointed by the Mayor of the City of San Diego as a member of the executive committee is extended until January 31, 2011. This board position shall thereafter be filled pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(8) The term of office for the board position appointed by the Governor is extended until June 30, 2011. This board position shall thereafter be filled pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).

(9) The term of office for the board position appointed by the mayors of the north county coastal cities is extended until January 31, 2011. This board position shall thereafter be filled pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a).

170011.

 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and subdivision (e) of Section 170010, the term of office of a member of a board of directors appointed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 170010 is three years or until his or her successor qualifies and takes office whichever date occurs last. Members of the board of directors shall take office at noon on the first Monday in February following their appointment.

(b) If a member of the board of directors is appointed to be a member as a result of holding another public office and that person no longer holds that other public office, then that person shall no longer serve on the board of directors and a vacancy shall exist.

(c) Any vacancy in the office of a member of the board of directors shall be filled promptly pursuant to Section 1779 of the Government Code. Any person appointed to fill a vacant office shall serve the balance of the unexpired term. If a member of the board of directors serving a term extended pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 170010 leaves office prior to the expiration of his or her term, the vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 170010, except if a vacancy occurs for the Governor’s appointment to the board of directors before June 30, 2011, the Governor shall make the appointment to fill the vacant office for the balance of the unexpired term.

170012.

 (a) At the first meeting of the board of directors on or after February 4, 2008, and at the first meeting of the board on or after the first Monday in February of each even-numbered year thereafter, the board of directors shall meet and elect its officers, except for the chair of the board of directors, who shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of San Diego.

(b) The officers of the board of directors are a chair, vice chair, and those additional officers created by the board of directors pursuant to subdivision (c). The chair shall preside over meetings of the board of directors and the vice chair shall serve during the chair’s absence or inability to serve.

(c) The board of directors may create additional offices and elect members to those offices, provided that no member of the board of directors shall hold more than one office.

170013.

 (a) The board of directors shall govern the authority.

(b) The board of directors shall establish policies for the operation of the authority. The board of directors shall provide for the implementation of those policies which are the responsibility of the authority’s chief executive officer.

(c) All members of the board of directors shall exercise their independent judgment on behalf of the interests of the residents, property owners, and the public within San Diego County as a whole in furthering the purposes and intent of this division. The members of the board of directors shall represent the interests of the public as a whole and not solely the interests of the local officials who appointed them to the board of directors.

(d) The authority shall have a three-person executive committee consisting of one board member from each of the following: the City of San Diego, the County of San Diego, and one board member from among the east county cities, south county cities, north county inland cities, or north county coastal cities.

(e) The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority shall have an Audit Committee as a standing committee of the board of directors, consisting of four members of the board and those public members specified in Section 170018.

170014.

 (a) Meetings of the board of directors are subject to the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).

(b) A majority of the total voting membership of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(c) The board of directors shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion.

(d) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (e), to adopt an ordinance, resolution, or motion requires both a numerical and a weighted majority vote of the total voting membership of the board of directors pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) A numerical majority requires an affirmative vote of five of the voting membership of the board of directors.

(3) (A) A weighted majority requires an affirmative vote of 51 vote points that are allocated to the voting membership of the board of directors, unless the total number of vote points is expanded beyond 100 as a result of the operation of subparagraph (E). If the total number of vote points is greater than 100 as a result of the operation of subparagraph (E), a weighted majority requires an affirmative vote of 50 percent plus one of the total vote points. Vote points shall be allocated pursuant to subparagraph (B).

(B) There shall be a total of 100 allocated vote points for the weighted vote, except that additional vote points shall be allocated pursuant to subparagraph (E). For purposes of this paragraph, the City of San Diego, the County of San Diego, the east county cities, the north county coastal cities, the north county inland cities, and the south county cities are each a jurisdiction. The points allocated to the City of San Diego shall be divided among the three board members appointed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), and prior to their appointment, to those board members identified in paragraphs (1), (4), and (7) of subdivision (e) of Section 170010. The points shall be allocated among the three board members by the Mayor of the City of San Diego, keeping the votes for each seat as close to equal as possible but in a manner that avoids fractional vote points. The vote points allocated to the County of San Diego shall be divided between the two board members appointed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), and prior to their appointment, to those board members identified in paragraphs (6) and (8) of subdivision (e) of Section 170010. The vote points shall be allocated among the two board members by the chair of the board of supervisors, keeping the votes for each seat as close to equal as possible but in a manner that avoids fractional vote points. Each jurisdiction shall have that number of vote points determined by the following allocation formula, except that each jurisdiction shall have at least one vote point, no jurisdiction shall have more than 40 vote points, and there shall be no fractional vote points:

(i) If any jurisdiction has 40 percent or more of the total population of the San Diego County region, 40 vote points shall be allocated to that jurisdiction and the remaining vote points shall be allocated to the remaining jurisdictions pursuant to clause (ii). If no jurisdiction has 40 percent or more of the total population of the San Diego County region, vote points shall be allocated pursuant to clause (iii).

(ii) The total population of the remaining jurisdictions shall be computed and the remaining 60 vote points allocated based upon the percentage of the total that each jurisdiction has, in the following manner:

(I) The percentage each jurisdiction bears to the total remaining population shall be multiplied by 60 to determine fractional shares.

(II) Each fraction less than one shall be rounded up to one, so that no jurisdiction has less than one vote point.

(III) Disregarding any fractional vote points and adding just the whole vote points, if the total vote points is 60, fractional vote points are dropped and the whole numbers are the vote points for each jurisdiction.

(IV) If, after disregarding the fractional vote points and adding just the whole vote points, the total vote points for the remaining jurisdictions is less than 60, the difference in vote points shall be allocated to jurisdictions in order of the highest fractions until a total of 60 vote points are allocated, excepting those jurisdictions whose vote was increased to one pursuant to subclause (II).

(V) If, after disregarding the fractional vote points and adding just the whole vote points, the total vote points for the remaining jurisdictions is more than 60, the vote points in excess of 60 shall be eliminated by subtracting vote points from jurisdictions with the lowest percentage to the total remaining population except that no jurisdiction’s vote points shall be reduced to less than one.

(iii) If no jurisdiction has 40 percent or more of the total population of the San Diego County region, the total population of the region shall be computed and all 100 vote points shall be allocated based upon the percentage each jurisdiction bears to the total population of the region, in the following manner:

(I) The percentage of any jurisdiction that is less than one shall be rounded up to one, so that no jurisdiction has less than one vote point.

(II) Disregarding any fractional vote points and adding just the whole vote points, if the total vote points is 100, fractional vote points shall be dropped and the whole numbers shall be the vote points for each jurisdiction.

(III) If, after disregarding the fractional vote points and adding just the whole vote points, the total vote points for all jurisdictions is less than 100, the difference in vote points shall be allocated to jurisdictions in order of the highest fractions until a total of 100 vote points are allocated, excepting those jurisdictions whose vote was increased to one pursuant to subclause (I).

(IV) If, after disregarding the fractional vote points and adding just the whole vote points, the total vote points for all jurisdictions is more than 100, the vote points in excess of 100 shall be eliminated by subtracting vote points from jurisdictions with the lowest percentage to the total population or the region except that no jurisdiction’s vote points shall be reduced to less than one.

(C) When a weighted vote is taken on any item that requires more than a majority vote of the board, it shall also require the same supermajority percentage of the weighted vote.

(D) The allocation of vote points pursuant to this subdivision shall be made every July 1 by the board of directors based upon the population calculations made by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG).

(E) Any other newly incorporated city shall be added to the jurisdiction designated by SANDAG. The board member representing that jurisdiction shall receive one additional vote under the weighted vote procedure specified above until the next allocation of vote points pursuant to subparagraph (D), at which time the new jurisdiction shall receive votes in accordance with the formula specified in this paragraph. Until this next vote points allocation, the total number of weighted vote points may exceed 100.

(e) Any act to submit a ballot measure to the voters at a regular or special election shall require a two-thirds majority vote, both numerically and by weighted vote, of the total voting membership of the board of directors.

(f) The board of directors shall keep a record of all of its actions, including financial transactions.

(g) The board of directors shall adopt rules or bylaws for its proceedings.

(h) The board of directors shall adopt policies for the operation of the authority, including, but not limited to, ethical standards and practices, administrative policies, fiscal policies, personnel policies, and purchasing policies.