Senate Bill No. 350–Senator Jacobsen

 

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AN ACT relating to counties; increasing the membership of the county fair and recreation board in certain 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 244A.601 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   244A.601  1.  In any county whose population is 100,000 or more,

 and less than 400,000, the county fair and recreation board consists of [12]

 13 members who are appointed as follows:

   (a) Two members by the board of county commissioners.

   (b) Two members by the governing body of the largest incorporated city

 in the county.

   (c) One member by the governing body of the next largest incorporated

 city in the county.

   (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, [seven] eight

 members by the members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and

 (c). The members entitled to vote shall select:

     (1) One member who is a representative of air service interests from a

 list of nominees submitted by the [Airport Authority of Washoe County.]

 airport authority of the county. The nominees must not be elected

 officers.

     (2) One member who is a representative of motel operators from a list

 of nominees submitted by one or more associations that represent the

 motel industry.

     (3) One member who is a representative of banking or other financial

 interests from a list of nominees submitted by the chamber of commerce

 of the largest incorporated city in the county.

     (4) One member who is a representative of other business or

 commercial interests from a list of nominees submitted by the chamber of

 commerce of the largest incorporated city in the county.

     (5) One member who is a representative of other business or

 commercial interests, including gaming establishments, from a list of

 nominees submitted by a visitor’s bureau, other than a county fair and

 recreation board or a bureau created by such a board, that is authorized

 by law to receive a portion of the tax on transient lodging, if any. If no

 such bureau exists in the county, the nominations must be made by the

 chamber of commerce of the third largest township in the county.

     (6) Three members who are representatives of the association of

 gaming establishments whose membership collectively paid the most

 gross revenue fees to the state pursuant to NRS 463.370 in the county in

 the preceding year, from a list of nominees submitted by the association. If

 there is no such association, the three appointed members must be

 representative of gaming.

If the members entitled to vote find the nominees on a list of nominees

 submitted pursuant to this paragraph unacceptable, they shall request a

 new list of nominees.

   2.  The terms of members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and

 (c) of subsection 1 are coterminous with their terms of office. The

 members appointed pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 1 must be

appointed for 2-year terms. Any vacancy occurring on the board must be

filled by the authority entitled to appoint the member whose position is

 vacant. Each member appointed pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 1

 may succeed himself only once.

   3.  If a member ceases to be engaged in the business or occupation

 which he was appointed to represent, he ceases to be a member, and

 another person engaged in that business or occupation must be appointed

 for the unexpired term.

   4.  Any member appointed by the board of county commissioners or a

 governing body of a city must be a member of the appointing board or

 body.

   Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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