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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. A3-70. Ethics Commission.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. A3-70. Ethics Commission.

(a) An Ethics Commission, consisting of seven members, shall be appointed. Five members shall be appointed to terms to coincide with the terms of office of each Board seat. The two at-large member shall be solicited from interested community groups or may be self-nominated, and the presiding judge shall select two individuals from the names of the group submitted to the presiding judge by the Ethics Commission after a review of their qualifications by a subcommittee of the Ethics Commission. The other five Commissioners shall be appointed by the presiding judge of the Superior Court from a list of three persons nominated by the Board member whose term of office corresponds with the term of the Commissioner. There shall be, among the seven Commissioners, at least one Commissioner appointed from each supervisorial district.

(b) The Commission may request, subject to approval of the Board of Supervisors, assignment or hiring of personnel to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties. The Board shall approve reasonable requests.

(Ord. No. NS-19.30.4, § 1, 9-23-97)

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