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Qualifications and Requirements for the Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor
According to the State of California Constitution the Lieutenant Governor Codes Display Text
- Serves as Acting Governor whenever the Governor is absent from the state and automatically becomes Governor if a vacancy occurs in the Office of Governor
- Is also President of the Senate and votes in case of a tie
- Serves as a voting member of the California Code, EDC 66076.4.
- Board of Regents of the University of California
- Board of Trustees of the California State University system
- Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges system
- Sits on the Calbright College Board of Trustees
- Serves on and rotates with the State Controller as chair of the three-member State Lands Commission
- Oversees the control and leasing of millions of acres of state-owned land,
- Oversees the control and leasing of offshore oil resources,
- Oversees use and permitting for all navigable waterways in California
- Manages state land-use planning, revenues, and related interstate issues.
- During alternate years, when the Lieutenant Governor is not Chairperson of the State Lands Commission,
- serves as a California Ocean Protection Council member
- A non-voting member of the California Coastal Commission.
- Chairs the California Commission for Economic Development
- which provides support and guidance to the Governor, Legislature, and private sector regarding the development of California’s economy
- The Commission is comprised of appointees from the Legislature and the Governor, and currently, there is no quorum to meet.
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