Assembly Bill No. 534–Committee on Transportation

 

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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:

 

   Section 1. NRS 373.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

 commission must be composed of representatives selected by the

 following entities from among their members:

   (a) Two by the board.

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

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

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

 must be composed of representatives selected as follows:

   (a) If the county contains [a] three or more cities:

     (1) Two by the board.

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

   (b) If the county contains only two cities:

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

 the public who is a resident of the county.

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

   (c) If the county contains only one city:

     (1) Two by the board.

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

   (b)] city.

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

     (1) Two members of the board; and

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

 town, if any, in the county.

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

 representatives selected by the board of supervisors as follows:

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

 designated by the commission to serve as chairman of the commission.

   (b) Three representatives of the city at large.

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

 passage of the ordinance creating the commission, and, except as

 otherwise provided in subsections 5, 6 and 7, must serve until the next

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

 any city incorporated after passage of the ordinance must be selected

 within 30 days after the first meeting of the governing body, and, except as

 otherwise provided in subsection 7, must serve until the next ensuing

 December 31 of an even-numbered year. Their successors must serve for

 terms of 2 years, and vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term.

   5.  In Carson City:

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

 of supervisors and one representative of the commission who is a

representative of the city at large must serve until the next ensuing

December 31 of an even-numbered year; and

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

 of supervisors and two representatives of the commission who are

 representatives of the city at large must serve until the next ensuing

 December 31 of an odd-numbered year.

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

 400,000:

   (a) One representative selected by the board and one representative

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

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

   (b) One representative selected by the board and one representative

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

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

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

 representatives and the representative of any city incorporated after

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

 odd-numbered year.

   Sec. 2.  The additional representatives required by the amendatory

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

 regional transportation commission of a county whose population is less

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

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

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

 

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