Assembly Bill No. 175–Committee on Education

 

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AN ACT relating to school districts; providing for the appointment of a temporary replacement to a board of trustees of a school district for a member who enters active military service; 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. Chapter 386 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

thereto a new section to read as follows:

    1.  If a vacancy occurs, or will occur, in a board of trustees

because a member of the board has entered, or is entering, into

active military service, the board of trustees may appoint a person

to serve as a temporary replacement for that member. Such a

temporary appointment must be made in the manner, and subject

to the requirements, otherwise prescribed in NRS 386.270, except

that the member of the board of trustees who has entered, or is

entering, into active military service may participate in the process

to appoint his temporary replacement.

    2.  If a person is temporarily appointed to serve on a board of

trustees pursuant to this section:

    (a) The person fully assumes the duties, rights and

responsibilities of a member of the board of trustees, and is

entitled to the compensation, allowances and expenses otherwise

payable to a member, for the duration of his appointment.

    (b) The member of a board of trustees who is temporarily

replaced shall be deemed to be on leave without pay from the

board of trustees for the duration of the appointment of his

temporary replacement.

    3.  A person appointed to serve on the board of trustees

pursuant to this section serves:

    (a) Until the member of the board of trustees being temporarily

replaced returns from active military service; or

    (b) For the remainder of the unexpired term of that

member,

whichever occurs first.

    Sec. 2.  NRS 386.270 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    386.270  Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this act:

    1.  Any vacancy occurring in a board of trustees [shall] must be

filled by appointment by the remaining members of [such] the board

at a public meeting held after notice of [such] the meeting is

published at least once each week for 2 weeks in a newspaper

qualified pursuant to the provisions of chapter 238 of NRS. The

appointee shall serve until the next general election, at which time

his successor [shall] must be elected for the balance of the

unexpired term.

    2.  Any person appointed to fill a vacancy [shall] must have the

qualifications provided in NRS 386.240.

    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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