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] 13 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 city

1-8 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] Six members to be appointed by the members selected

1-16 pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive [. These] , of which:

1-17 (1) Three members must be selected from a list of nominees

1-18 submitted by the chamber of commerce of the largest incorporated city in

1-19 the county. If the nominees so listed are unsatisfactory to the members

2-1 making the selection, they may, until satisfied, request additional lists of

2-2 nominees. The members appointed pursuant to this subparagraph must be

2-3 selected as follows:

2-4 [(1) Three]

2-5 (I) Two members who are representatives of tourism, at least one

2-6 of whom must be a representative of the resort hotel business [, at least

2-7 one of whom is engaged in that business in the central business district of

2-8 the largest city;

2-9 (2)] ; and

2-10 (II) One member who is a representative of [motel operators; and

2-11 (3) One member who is a representative of] other commercial

2-12 interests [.] or interests related to tourism.

2-13 (2) Three members must be selected from a list of nominees

2-14 submitted by the association of gaming establishments whose

2-15 membership in the county collectively paid the most gross revenue fees to

2-16 the state pursuant to NRS 463.370 in the preceding year. If the nominees

2-17 so listed are unsatisfactory to the members making the selection, they

2-18 may, until satisfied, request additional lists of nominees. The members

2-19 selected pursuant to this subparagraph must be representatives of the

2-20 resort hotel business, at least one of whom is engaged in that business in

2-21 the central business district of the largest incorporated city in the county.

2-22 2. In order to determine which of the incorporated cities in the county

2-23 is entitled to the representative provided in paragraph (e) of subsection 1,

2-24 the board of county commissioners shall at its first meeting after May 1,

2-25 1967, draw lots to determine which city will be first represented, which

2-26 next, and so on. The city first drawn is entitled to representation until July

2-27 1, 1968, and each city is entitled thereafter to representation for 1 year, in

2-28 its proper turn as determined by the original drawing, until July 1, 1975.

2-29 Commencing July 1, 1975, the city then entitled to representation on the

2-30 board is entitled to representation for 2 years, and thereafter each city is

2-31 entitled to representation for 2 years in its proper turn as determined by the

2-32 original drawing.

2-33 3. Any vacancy occurring on a county fair and recreation board must

2-34 be filled by the authority entitled to appoint the member whose position is

2-35 vacant.

2-36 4. After the initial appointments of members appointed pursuant to

2-37 paragraph (f) of subsection 1, all members must be appointed for 2-year

2-38 terms. If any such member ceases to be engaged in the business sector

2-39 which he was appointed to represent, he ceases to be a member, and

2-40 another person engaged in that business must be appointed to fill the

2-41 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.

3-4 Sec. 2. The term of each member of the county fair and recreation

3-5 board who was appointed pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NRS

3-6 244A.603 and holds office on June 30, 1999, expires on June 30, 1999. On

3-7 or before July 1, 1999, the members of the county fair and recreation board

3-8 selected pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS

3-9 244A.603 shall appoint to the county fair and recreation board in

3-10 accordance with the amendatory provisions of this act:

3-11 1. One member pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (f) of

3-12 subsection 1 of NRS 244A.603 to an initial term that begins on July 1,

3-13 1999, and expires on June 30, 2000.

3-14 2. Two members pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (f) of

3-15 subsection 1 of NRS 244A.603 to initial terms that begin on July 1, 1999,

3-16 and expire on June 30, 2001.

3-17 3. One member pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (f) of

3-18 subsection 1 of NRS 244A.603 to an initial term that begins on July 1,

3-19 1999, and expires on June 30, 2000.

3-20 4. Two members pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (f) of

3-21 subsection 1 of NRS 244A.603 to initial terms that begin on July 1, 1999,

3-22 and expire on June 30, 2001.

3-23 Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

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