(a) Disclosure of Convictions. In accordance with the Constitution of the Yurok Tribe, Article III, Section 5, any candidate for appointment as a commissioner shall upon nomination or application for appointment fully disclose to the Council the fact and date of any conviction for a felony or crime of moral turpitude, the court in which the conviction was entered, the offense for which convicted, the sentence imposed, and the place and manner in which the sentence was served or otherwise discharged.

(b) Appointment. Commissioners shall be appointed, and may be reappointed, by the Chairperson, with the advice and consent of the Council, as described in the Constitution of the Yurok Tribe, Article IV, Sections 1 and 5.

(c) Nomination. Each District Councilmember shall have a representative commissioner and may nominate one candidate for the Board to the Council to be considered for appointment. In the event the Council rejects a nominee, the District Councilmember shall nominate another candidate. If no nomination is made by the District Councilmember within 30 days from the date of a commissioner’s vacancy or rejection of a nominee by the Council, then the Council Chairperson can nominate a candidate. The Chairperson shall give priority to nominating a candidate from the District Councilmember’s district. The Chairperson may nominate an at-large candidate, who must reside in a district, if the Chairperson is unable to find a person from the district willing to be the district candidate and acceptable to the Chairperson.

(d) Certification of Appointment. A certificate of the Secretary of the Council to the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the commissioner.

(e) Vacancies. Vacancies on the Board for voting commissioners shall be filled in accordance with the process for nomination and appointment in this section. [Ord. 37A § 4103, adopted, 6/6/2014.]