Assembly Bill No. 570–Committee on Government Affairs

 

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AN ACT relating to the charter of Carson City; establishing a residency requirement for members of advisory boards; prohibiting certain officers from serving on certain boards after their terms of office expire; revising the requirements for the office of purchasing and contracts; 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.  The charter of Carson City, being chapter 213, Statutes of

 Nevada 1969, at page 287, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new

 section to be designated as section 3.140, immediately following section

 3.130, to read as follows:

   Sec. 3.140  Officers: Removal from public board. The following

 officers may not continue to serve as representatives on a public

 board, if they obtained such position by virtue of their elected

 office, after their term in office has expired:

   1.  The mayor;

   2.  A supervisor;

   3.  The clerk;

   4.  The treasurer;

   5.  The assessor;

   6.  The sheriff; and

   7.  The district attorney.

   Sec. 2.  Section 2.320 of the charter of Carson City, being chapter 690,

 Statutes of Nevada 1979, at page 1857, is hereby amended to read as

 follows:

   Sec. 2.320  Power of board: Advisory boards. The board may by

 resolution or ordinance create advisory boards comprised of elected

 and appointed officers and representatives of the people of Carson

 City to advise the board of supervisors in specific areas of local

 government, including, without limitation , public safety, public

 employees, finance, human resources and public property and

 facilities. A person serving on an advisory board that only serves

 Carson City must be a resident of Carson City and registered to vote

 in Carson City.

   Sec. 3.  Section 3.077 of the charter of Carson City, being chapter 690,

 Statutes of Nevada 1979, as amended by chapter 535, Statutes of Nevada

 1993, at page 2240, is hereby amended to read as follows:

   Sec. 3.077  Office of purchasing and contracts; director.

   1.  [There is created] The board may create in Carson City an

 office of purchasing and contracts to be administered by a director of

 purchasing and contracts appointed by the manager. If there is no

 manager , the board [shall] may appoint the director of purchasing

 and contracts. The salary of the director must be fixed by the board.

   2.  [The] If an office of purchasing and contracts is created, the

 director of purchasing and contracts shall:

   (a) Administer the purchasing and contracts programs of Carson

 City, including the preparation, award and acceptance of formal

 contracts, agreements and construction bids and the purchase of

materials, equipment, supplies and professional services for all offices

and departments of Carson City.

   (b) Comply with the provisions of the Local Government

 Purchasing Act.

   (c) Within the limits of available money, maintain an inventory of

 supplies that are used on a repeated basis.

   (d) With the assistance of the controller, establish procedures for

 emergency purchases of materials, equipment and supplies by

 individual offices and departments.

   (e) Perform other duties as directed by the manager.

   Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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