Senate Bill No. 129–Committee on Taxation

(On Behalf of City of Sparks)

February 5, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Taxation

 

SUMMARY—Establishes staggered terms of office for representatives of certain regional transportation commissions. (BDR 32-547)

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 regional transportation commissions; establishing staggered terms of office for the representatives of certain regional transportation commissions; 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 373.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 373.040 1. In counties whose population is 100,000 or more, the

1-3 commission must be composed of representatives selected by the following

1-4 entities from among their members:

1-5 (a) Two by the board.

1-6 (b) Two by the governing body of the largest city.

1-7 (c) One by the governing body of each additional city in the county.

1-8 2. In counties whose population is less than 100,000, the commission

1-9 must be composed of representatives selected as follows:

1-10 (a) If the county contains a city:

1-11 (1) Two by the board.

1-12 (2) One by the governing body of the largest city.

1-13 (b) If the county contains no city, the board shall select:

1-14 (1) Two members of the board; and

1-15 (2) One representative of the public, who is a resident of the largest

1-16 town, if any, in the county.

2-1 3. In Carson City, the commission must be composed of

2-2 representatives selected by the board of supervisors as follows:

2-3 (a) Two members of the board of supervisors.

2-4 (b) One representative of the city at large.

2-5 4. The first representatives must be selected within 30 days after

2-6 passage of the ordinance creating the commission, and, except as otherwise

2-7 provided in [subsection 5,] subsections 5 and 6, must serve until the next

2-8 ensuing December 31 of an even-numbered year. The representative of any

2-9 city incorporated after passage of the ordinance must be selected within 30

2-10 days after the first meeting of the governing body, and, except as otherwise

2-11 provided in subsection [5,] 6, must serve until the next ensuing December

2-12 31 of an even-numbered year. Their successors must serve for terms of 2

2-13 years, and vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term.

2-14 5. In counties whose population is 100,000 or more, but less than

2-15 400,000:

2-16 (a) One representative selected by the board and one representative

2-17 selected by the governing body of the largest city in the county must serve

2-18 until the next ensuing December 31 of an even-numbered year; and

2-19 (b) One representative selected by the board and one representative

2-20 selected by the governing body of the largest city in the county must serve

2-21 until the next ensuing December 31 of an odd-numbered year.

2-22 6. In counties whose population is 400,000 or more, the first

2-23 representatives and the representative of any city incorporated after passage

2-24 of the ordinance must serve until the next ensuing June 30 of an odd-

2-25 numbered year.

2-26 Sec. 2. 1. The board of county commissioners of a county whose

2-27 population is 100,000 or more, but less than 400,000, shall, as soon as

2-28 practicable after the effective date of this act, designate one current

2-29 representative of the regional transportation commission created in that

2-30 county pursuant to NRS 373.030 who was selected pursuant to paragraph

2-31 (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 373.040 to serve a reduced term of office as a

2-32 representative of the commission. The term of office of the designated

2-33 representative expires on December 31, 1999.

2-34 2. The governing body of the largest city in a county whose population

2-35 is 100,000 or more, but less than 400,000, shall, as soon as practicable after

2-36 the effective date of this act, designate one current representative of the

2-37 regional transportation commission created in that county pursuant to NRS

2-38 373.030 who was selected pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of

2-39 NRS 373.040 to serve a reduced term of office as a representative of the

2-40 commission. The term of office of the designated representative expires on

2-41 December 31, 1999.

3-1 3. The successors of those designated representatives whose terms of

3-2 office expire on December 31, 1999, pursuant to this section must serve for

3-3 terms of 2 years in accordance with the provisions of NRS 373.040.

3-4 4. A designated representative whose term of office expires pursuant to

3-5 this section may be selected to succeed himself.

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