Selection of Directors; Composition of District Boards;

Tenure of Directors; Board Vacancies; and Compensation of Directors.

(a)Selection of Directors. Farmers or farm land owners or land occupiers from within each district shall nominate individuals, from among their number, to serve as non-partisan district directors; and shall elect five

(5)directors from among those nominated.

(b)Composition of District Boards. Conservation District Boards shall each: The Soil and Water

(1)be composed of five

(5)directors, each of whom is largely engaged in farming and is a land occupier of the district to which they are elected to serve;

(2)select a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among the five

(5)directors, who shall be elected by at least three

(3)affirmative votes; and

(3)have assigned to it an advisor from the University of Guam College of Natural and Applied Sciences.

(c)Tenure of Directors. Each district director shall be elected to serve for a term of three

(3)years. Individuals serving as district directors upon the enactment of this Chapter shall be permitted to serve out the remainder of their term.

(d)Board Vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term. The selection of a successor to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term shall be made by I Maga’lahen Guåhan within thirty

(30)days of the notification of such vacancy; such selection to be subject to the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan.

(e)Compensation of Directors. District directors shall be compensated in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per meeting COL1312018 CH. 71 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT BOARDS attended, such compensation not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month.

(f)Per Diem Allowance. District directors shall receive one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the basic per diem rates, just as other government boards and commissions, as stipulated in 5 GCA § 23104 (a)(2).