Legal Authority:

Established by Board of Supervisors Ordinance A-52 on March 7, 1949; amended by Ordinance G-196 on July 13, 1954; rescinded by Ordinance G-389 on September 1, 1959; and reestablished by Ordinance G-962 on May 31, 1967; Ordinance G-3997, March 12, 1985, revised membership to "a Supervisor"; Ordinance A-358, effective January 13, 2017 Parks and Recreation Department was reorganized into General Services.

Membership Qualifications:

Seven (7) voting members and eight (8) advisory members. Each Supervisor shall nominate one (1) voting member plus two (2) additional voting members. Advisory members shall include a representative (and such additional persons as may from time to time be deemed necessary by the Board) from the following: • State Department of Fish & Game • U.S. Bureau of Land Management • U.S. Forest Service • U.S. Corps of Engineers • Cattlemen's Association • Kern County Farm Bureau • Kern County General Services • Kern County Administrative Office • A Supervisor

Term:

Supervisors' appointees' terms shall be coterminous with Supervisor's term. The two additional voting members' terms shall be for four years. Advisory members' terms shall correspond to their respective official tenure.

Duties:

The Commission shall study problems concerning the conservation and propagation of game birds, water fowl, fish life and other forms of wildlife and make appropriate reports and recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.

Meeting Place and Time:

1115 Truxtun Avenue, Third Floor Bakersfield, CA When called, usually on second Wednesday of each January, April, July and October at 6:00 P.M. For meeting information, contact General Services Division at (661) 868-3000.

Meeting Schedule/Agenda/Minutes

Compensation:

Expenses.

Ethics Training:

Pursuant to State law, on or after January 1, 2006, any person newly appointed shall successfully complete a course in ethics training approved by the Fair Political Practices Commission and Attorney General. Each member is required to complete this training every two years.

Contact:

General Services Division
1115 Truxtun Avenue, 3rd Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93301
(661) 868-3000

Required Documents/Training:

• Loyalty Oath not required
• Form 700 (Statement of Economic Interests) not required
• Ethics training required; training provided by Kern County Counsel