Section 4216.13 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Composition(a) The board shall be composed of nine members, of which seven shall be appointed by the Governor, one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and one shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.(b) The seven members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed, as follows: (1) Three members shall have knowledge and expertise in the operation of subsurface installations. Of those three members, one shall have knowledge and expertise in the operation of the subsurface installations of a municipal utility. At least one of the three members shall have knowledge and experience in the operation of high priority subsurface installations.(2) Three members shall have knowledge and experience in contract excavation for employers who are not operators of subsurface installations. Of the three members, one member shall have knowledge and experience in general engineering contracting work and one member shall have knowledge and experience in specialty contracting work. For the purposes of this section, the terms "general engineering contracting" and "specialty contracting" shall have the meanings given in Article 4 (commencing with Section 7055) of Chapter 9 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.(3) One member shall have knowledge and expertise in performing or managing agricultural operations in the vicinity of subsurface installations.(c) The member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly shall have knowledge and expertise in representing in safety matters the workers employed by contract excavators.(d) The member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules shall have knowledge and expertise in subsurface installation location and marking.(e) The board may invite two directors of operations or other appropriate representatives of regional notification centers to be nonvoting ex officio members of the board.Amended by Stats 2024 ch 447 (SB 778),s 9, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by Stats 2017 ch 26 (SB 92),s 53, eff. 6/27/2017.Added by Stats 2016 ch 809 (SB 661),s 12, eff. 1/1/2017.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.