If the appointing power does not make a temporary appointment of a commissioner and no person can be appointed from the eligible list by the director, the director may make a temporary appointment of a person who is competent to carry on the duties of the office for a period not exceeding three months.
Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 2154
Vacancies
Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.
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