Assembly Bill No. 599–Committee on Government Affairs

March 17, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to certain county fair and recreation boards. (BDR 20-1629)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to counties; revising the composition of certain county fair and recreation boards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 244A.603 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 244A.603 1. In any county whose population is 400,000 or more, the

1-3 county fair and recreation board consists of 12 members selected as

1-4 follows:

1-5 (a) Two members by the board of county commissioners from their own

1-6 number.

1-7 (b) Two members by the governing body of the largest incorporated

1-8 city in the county from their own number.

1-9 (c) One member by the governing body of the second largest

1-10 incorporated city in the county from their own number.

1-11 (d) One member by the governing body of the third largest incorporated

1-12 city in the county from their own number.

1-13 (e) One member by the governing body of one of the other incorporated

1-14 cities in the county from their own number.

1-15 (f) Five members to be appointed by the members selected pursuant to

1-16 paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive. These members must be selected as

1-17 follows:

2-1 (1) Four members who are representatives of the resort hotel

2-2 business, at least one of whom is engaged in that business in the central

2-3 business district of the largest city, from a list of nominees submitted by

2-4 the state association of gaming establishments whose membership in the

2-5 county collectively paid the most gross revenue fees to the state pursuant

2-6 to NRS 463.370 in the preceding year. If there is no such association, the

2-7 four appointed members must be representatives of gaming.

2-8 (2) One member who is a representative of motel operators, airlines

2-9 or businesses related to tourism or other commercial interests from a list

2-10 of nominees submitted by the chamber of commerce of the largest

2-11 incorporated city in the county.

2-12 If the nominees so listed are unsatisfactory to the members making the

2-13 selection, they may, until satisfied, request additional lists of nominees.

2-14 [The members must be selected as follows:

2-15 (1) Three members who are representatives of the resort hotel

2-16 business, at least one of whom is engaged in that business in the central

2-17 business district of the largest city;

2-18 (2) One member who is a representative of motel operators; and

2-19 (3) One member who is a representative of other commercial

2-20 interests.]

2-21 2. In order to determine which of the incorporated cities in the county

2-22 is entitled to the representative provided in paragraph (e) of subsection 1,

2-23 the board of county commissioners shall at its first meeting after May 1,

2-24 1967, draw lots to determine which city will be first represented, which

2-25 next, and so on. The city first drawn is entitled to representation until July

2-26 1, 1968, and each city is entitled thereafter to representation for 1 year, in

2-27 its proper turn as determined by the original drawing, until July 1, 1975.

2-28 Commencing July 1, 1975, the city then entitled to representation on the

2-29 board is entitled to representation for 2 years, and thereafter each city is

2-30 entitled to representation for 2 years in its proper turn as determined by the

2-31 original drawing.

2-32 3. Any vacancy occurring on a county fair and recreation board must

2-33 be filled by the authority entitled to appoint the member whose position is

2-34 vacant.

2-35 4. After the initial appointments of members appointed pursuant to

2-36 paragraph (f) of subsection 1, all members must be appointed for 2-year

2-37 terms. If any such member ceases to be engaged in the business sector

2-38 which he was appointed to represent, he ceases to be a member, and

2-39 another person engaged in that business must be appointed to fill the

2-40 unexpired term. Any such member may succeed himself.

3-1 5. The terms of members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (d),

3-2 inclusive, of subsection 1 are coterminous with their terms of office. Any

3-3 such member may succeed himself.

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