1. Assembly Bill No. 270–Committee on Transportation

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AN ACT relating to regional transportation commissions; increasing the number of

representatives on the regional transportation commission of Carson City; providing

for the designation of a chairman of the commission; establishing staggered terms of

office for the representatives of the commission; and providing other matters

properly relating thereto.

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 373.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 373.040 1. In counties whose population is 100,000 or more, the
  1. commission must be composed of representatives selected by the following
  1. entities from among their members:
  1. (a) Two by the board.
  1. (b) Two by the governing body of the largest city.
  1. (c) One by the governing body of each additional city in the county.
  1. 2. In counties whose population is less than 100,000, the commission
  1. must be composed of representatives selected as follows:
  1. (a) If the county contains a city:
  1. (1) Two by the board.
  1. (2) One by the governing body of the largest city.
  1. (b) If the county contains no city, the board shall select:
  1. (1) Two members of the board; and
  1. (2) One representative of the public, who is a resident of the largest
  1. town, if any, in the county.
  1. 3. In Carson City, the commission must be composed of
  1. representatives selected by the board of supervisors as follows:
  1. (a) Two members of the board of supervisors [.
  1. (b) One representative] , one of whom must be designated by the
  1. commission to serve as chairman of the commission.
  1. (b) Three representatives of the city at large.
  1. 4. The first representatives must be selected within 30 days after
  1. passage of the ordinance creating the commission, and, except as otherwise
  1. provided in [subsection 5,] subsections 5 and 6, must serve until the next
  1. ensuing December 31 of an even-numbered year. The representative of any
  1. city incorporated after passage of the ordinance must be selected within 30
  1. days after the first meeting of the governing body, and, except as otherwise
  1. provided in subsection [5,] 6, must serve until the next ensuing December
  1. 31 of an even-numbered year. Their successors must serve for terms of 2
  1. years, and vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term.
  1. 5. In Carson City:
  1. (a) One representative of the commission who is a member of the
  1. board of supervisors and one representative of the commission who is a
  2. representative of the city at large must serve until the next ensuing
  1. December 31 of an even-numbered year; and
  1. (b) One representative of the commission who is a member of the
  1. board of supervisors and two representatives of the commission who are
  1. representatives of the city at large must serve until the next ensuing
  1. December 31 of an odd-numbered year.
  1. 6. In counties whose population is 400,000 or more, the first
  1. representatives and the representative of any city incorporated after passage
  1. of the ordinance must serve until the next ensuing June 30 of an odd-
  1. numbered year.

Sec. 2. 1. The two additional representatives of the city at large

required to be selected to serve as members of the regional transportation

commission of Carson City pursuant to the amendatory provisions of

section 1 of this act must be selected as soon as practicable after the

effective date of this act and must serve until December 31, 2001.

2. The board of supervisors of Carson City shall, as soon as practicable

after the effective date of this act, designate one current representative of

the regional transportation commission of Carson City who is a member of

the board of supervisors to serve a reduced term of office as a

representative of the commission. The term of office of the designated

representative expires on December 31, 1999.

3. The successors of those representatives of the regional

transportation commission of Carson City whose terms of office are set

forth in subsection 1 or reduced by subsection 2 must serve for terms of 2

years in accordance with the provisions of NRS 373.040.

4. The designated representative whose term of office expires pursuant

to subsection 2 may be selected to succeed himself.

Sec. 3. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

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