Assembly Bill No. 534–Committee on Transportation

 

(On Behalf of Lyon County)

 

March 21, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Increases membership of regional transportation commission in certain less populous counties. (BDR 32‑335)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to regional transportation commissions; increasing the membership of the regional transportation commission in certain less populous counties; 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] three or more cities:

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 only two cities:

1-14      (1) Three by the board, at least one of whom is a representative of

1-15  the public who is a resident of the county.

1-16      (2) One by the governing body of each city in the county.

1-17    (c) If the county contains only one city:

1-18      (1) Two by the board.

1-19      (2) One by the governing body of the [largest city.

1-20    (b)] city.

2-1    (d) If the county contains no city, the board shall select:

2-2       (1) Two members of the board; and

2-3       (2) One representative of the public, who is a resident of the largest

2-4  town, if any, in the county.

2-5    3.  In Carson City, the commission must be composed of

2-6  representatives selected by the board of supervisors as follows:

2-7    (a) Two members of the board of supervisors, one of whom must be

2-8  designated by the commission to serve as chairman of the commission.

2-9    (b) Three representatives of the city at large.

2-10    4.  The first representatives must be selected within 30 days after

2-11  passage of the ordinance creating the commission, and, except as otherwise

2-12  provided in subsections 5, 6 and 7, must serve until the next ensuing

2-13  December 31 of an even-numbered year. The representative of any city

2-14  incorporated after passage of the ordinance must be selected within 30 days

2-15  after the first meeting of the governing body, and, except as otherwise

2-16  provided in subsection 7, must serve until the next ensuing December 31 of

2-17  an even-numbered year. Their successors must serve for terms of 2 years,

2-18  and vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term.

2-19    5.  In Carson City:

2-20    (a) One representative of the commission who is a member of the board

2-21  of supervisors and one representative of the commission who is a

2-22  representative of the city at large must serve until the next ensuing

2-23  December 31 of an even-numbered year; and

2-24    (b) One representative of the commission who is a member of the board

2-25  of supervisors and two representatives of the commission who are

2-26  representatives of the city at large must serve until the next ensuing

2-27  December 31 of an odd-numbered year.

2-28    6.  In counties whose population is 100,000 or more, but less than

2-29  400,000:

2-30    (a) One representative selected by the board and one representative

2-31  selected by the governing body of the largest city in the county must serve

2-32  until the next ensuing December 31 of an even-numbered year; and

2-33    (b) One representative selected by the board and one representative

2-34  selected by the governing body of the largest city in the county must serve

2-35  until the next ensuing December 31 of an odd-numbered year.

2-36    7.  In counties whose population is 400,000 or more, the first

2-37  representatives and the representative of any city incorporated after

2-38  passage of the ordinance must serve until the next ensuing June 30 of an

2-39  odd-numbered year.

2-40    Sec. 2.  The additional representatives required by the amendatory

2-41  provisions of section 1 of this act to be selected to serve as members of the

2-42  regional transportation commission of a county whose population is less

2-43  than 100,000 that contains only two cities must be selected as soon as

2-44  practicable after July 1, 2001, and must serve until December 31, 2002.

2-45    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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