1. Assembly Bill No. 599–Committee on Government Affairs

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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:

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

  1. 244A.603 1. In any county whose population is 400,000 or more, the
  1. county fair and recreation board consists of [12] 13 members selected as
  1. follows:
  1. (a) Two members by the board of county commissioners from their own
  1. number.
  1. (b) Two members by the governing body of the largest incorporated city
  1. in the county from their own number.
  1. (c) One member by the governing body of the second largest
  1. incorporated city in the county from their own number.
  1. (d) One member by the governing body of the third largest incorporated
  1. city in the county from their own number.
  1. (e) One member by the governing body of one of the other incorporated
  1. cities in the county from their own number.

(f) [Five] Six members to be appointed by the members selected

pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive [. These] , of which:

  1. (1) Three members must be selected from a list of nominees
  1. submitted by the chamber of commerce of the largest incorporated city in
  1. the county. If the nominees so listed are unsatisfactory to the members
  1. making the selection, they may, until satisfied, request additional lists of
  1. nominees. The members appointed pursuant to this subparagraph must be
  1. selected as follows:
  1. [(1) Three]
  1. (I) Two members who are representatives of tourism, at least one
  1. of whom must be a representative of the resort hotel business [, at least
  1. one of whom is engaged in that business in the central business district of
  1. the largest city;
  1. (2)] ; and
  1. (II) One member who is a representative of [motel operators; and
  1. (3) One member who is a representative of] other commercial
  1. interests [.] or interests related to tourism.
  1. (2) Three members must be selected from a list of nominees
  1. submitted by the association of gaming establishments whose
  1. membership in the county collectively paid the most gross revenue fees to
  1. the state pursuant to NRS 463.370 in the preceding year. If the nominees
  2. so listed are unsatisfactory to the members making the selection, they
  1. may, until satisfied, request additional lists of nominees. The members
  1. selected pursuant to this subparagraph must be representatives of the
  1. resort hotel business, at least one of whom is engaged in that business in
  1. the central business district of the largest incorporated city in the county.
  1. 2. In order to determine which of the incorporated cities in the county
  1. is entitled to the representative provided in paragraph (e) of subsection 1,
  1. the board of county commissioners shall at its first meeting after May 1,
  1. 1967, draw lots to determine which city will be first represented, which
  1. next, and so on. The city first drawn is entitled to representation until July
  1. 1, 1968, and each city is entitled thereafter to representation for 1 year, in
  1. its proper turn as determined by the original drawing, until July 1, 1975.
  1. Commencing July 1, 1975, the city then entitled to representation on the
  1. board is entitled to representation for 2 years, and thereafter each city is
  1. entitled to representation for 2 years in its proper turn as determined by the
  1. original drawing.
  1. 3. Any vacancy occurring on a county fair and recreation board must
  1. be filled by the authority entitled to appoint the member whose position is
  1. vacant.
  1. 4. After the initial appointments of members appointed pursuant to
  1. paragraph (f) of subsection 1, all members must be appointed for 2-year
  1. terms. If any such member ceases to be engaged in the business sector
  1. which he was appointed to represent, he ceases to be a member, and
  1. another person engaged in that business must be appointed to fill the
  1. unexpired term. Any such member may succeed himself.
  1. 5. The terms of members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (d),
  1. inclusive, of subsection 1 are coterminous with their terms of office. Any
  1. such member may succeed himself.

Sec. 2. The term of each member of the county fair and recreation

board who was appointed pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NRS

244A.603 and holds office on June 30, 1999, expires on June 30, 1999. On

or before July 1, 1999, the members of the county fair and recreation board

selected pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS

244A.603 shall appoint to the county fair and recreation board in

accordance with the amendatory provisions of this act:

1. One member pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (f) of

subsection 1 of NRS 244A.603 to an initial term that begins on July 1,

1999, and expires on June 30, 2000.

2. Two members pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (f) of

subsection 1 of NRS 244A.603 to initial terms that begin on July 1, 1999,

and expire on June 30, 2001.

3. One member pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (f) of

subsection 1 of NRS 244A.603 to an initial term that begins on July 1,

1999, and expires on June 30, 2000.

  1. 4. Two members pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (f) of
  1. subsection 1 of NRS 244A.603 to initial terms that begin on July 1, 1999,
  1. and expire on June 30, 2001.
  1. Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.
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