Senate Bill No. 299–Committee on Government Affairs

 

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AN ACT relating to the Airport Authority of Washoe County; increasing the number of trustees on the board of trustees of the Airport Authority of Washoe County; requiring the County Fair and Recreation Board of Washoe County to appoint a trustee who represents consumers of services provided at the airport; requiring an appointing authority to appoint persons who have certain qualifications to serve on the board of trustees of the Airport Authority of Washoe County; prohibiting a member of the board from serving more than two terms; limiting the ability of an appointing authority to remove a member of the board; 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. Section 5 of chapter 474, Statute of Nevada 1977, as last

 amended by chapter 83, Statutes of Nevada 1981, at page 181, is hereby

 amended to read as follows:

   Sec. 5. 1.  The authority shall be directed and governed by a

 board of trustees composed of [eight persons who serve at the

 pleasure of the appointing authority in each case.] nine persons.

   2.  The City of Reno shall be represented on the board by four

 members, the City of Sparks by two members and Washoe County by

 two members, appointed as specified in this section. The terms of all

 trustees appointed by the city councils of the cities of Reno and

 Sparks and the board of county commissioners of Washoe County

 pursuant to this section prior to its amendment expire on July 1, 1981.

 On July 1, 1981:

   (a) The city council of the City of Reno shall appoint four trustees,

 two for terms of 2 years and two for terms of 4 years. Subsequent

 appointments shall be made for terms of 4 years.

   (b) The city council of the City of Sparks shall appoint two

 trustees, one for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 4 years.

 Subsequent appointments shall be made for a term of 4 years.

   (c) The board of county commissioners of Washoe County shall

 appoint two trustees, one for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 4

 years. Subsequent appointments shall be made for terms of 4 years.

   3.  In addition to the members appointed pursuant to subsection

 2, on July 1, 2001, the County Fair and Recreation Board of

 Washoe County shall appoint one trustee who represents

 consumers of services provided at the airport for a term of 4 years.

 Subsequent appointments shall be made for terms of 4 years.

   4.  Each appointing authority:

   (a) Other than the County Fair and Recreation Board of Washoe

 County, shall appoint a person to serve on the board only if the

 appointing authority determines that the person:

    (1) Has experience in the aviation, business or tourism

 industry;

    (2) Has experience in finance or accounting; or

    (3) Possesses such other qualifications that the appointing

authority determines are necessary or appropriate for carrying out

 the duties of the board; and

   (b) May remove a member of the board which it appointed only if

 the appointing authority determines that the member willfully

 neglected or refused to perform an official duty of the board. An

 appointing authority shall not remove a member for exercising his

 independent judgment.

   5.  A member of the board of trustees shall not serve for more

 than two terms.

   6.  The position of a member of the board of trustees shall be

 considered vacated upon his loss of any of the qualifications required

 for his appointment and in such event the appointing authority shall

 appoint a successor.

   Sec. 2.  Section 7 of chapter 474, Statutes of Nevada 1977, as last

 amended by chapter 737, Statutes of Nevada 1989, at page 1724, is hereby

 amended to read as follows:

   Sec. 7. 1.  The board shall choose one of its members as

 chairman and one of its members as vice chairman, and shall elect a

 secretary and a treasurer, who may be members of the board. The

 secretary and the treasurer may be one person. The terms of the

 officers expire on July 1 of each year.

   2.  Chairmen must be selected from trustees appointed by the

 participating local governments in the following order:

   (a) The City of Reno;

   (b) The City of Sparks; [and]

   (c) Washoe County[.] ; and

   (d) The County Fair and Recreation Board of Washoe County.

   3.  The secretary shall keep, in a well-bound book, a record of all

 of the proceedings of the board, minutes of all meetings, certificates,

 contracts, bonds given by employees, and all other acts of the board.

 The minute book and records must be open to the inspection of all

 interested persons, at all reasonable times and places.

   4.  The treasurer shall keep, in permanent records, strict and

 accurate accounts of all money received by and disbursed for and on

 behalf of the board and the authority. He shall file with the county

 clerk, at authority expense, a corporate fidelity bond in an amount not

 less than $25,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of his

 duties.

   Sec. 3.  Notwithstanding the amendatory provisions of section 1 of this

 act, the members of the board of trustees of the Airport Authority of

 Washoe County currently serving on the board on the effective date of this

 act may continue to serve on the board to the end of their respective terms.

   Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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