Assembly Bill No. 46–Assemblymen Grady, Collins, Goicoechea, Hettrick, Koivisto, Marvel, McClain and Sherer

 

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AN ACT relating to counties; revising the requirements for the publication of notice of certain meetings of the board of county commissioners; 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 244.085 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    244.085  1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the

 meetings of the boards of county commissioners must be held at the

 county seats of their respective counties, or at a place not more than

 10 miles from the county seat within the boundaries of the county,

 at least once in each calendar month, on a day or days to be fixed

 by ordinance.

    2.  If the day fixed by ordinance falls on a Saturday or on a

 nonjudicial day, the meeting must be held on the next judicial day.

    3.  The first meeting of the board in odd-numbered years must

 be held on the first Monday in January, but if the first Monday in

 January is a nonjudicial day, the meeting must be held on the next

 judicial day.

    4.  The meeting day and place as fixed by ordinance must

 remain unchanged, unless notice of a proposed change is published

 once a week for [3] 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general

 circulation in the county.

    5.  Additional meetings of the board of county commissioners

 may be held at any place within the boundaries of the county. If the

 board meets outside the county seat, notice of the meeting must be

 given by publication once a week for [3] 2 consecutive weeks in a

 newspaper of general circulation published in the county or by

 publication for 1 week in two or more newspapers of general

 circulation published in the county.

    6.  At a meeting held outside the county seat, the board of

 county commissioners may, in accordance with NRS 241.020, take

 final action on any matter except zoning or planning matters which

 relate to a different geographical area than the geographical area in

 which the meeting is held.

    7.  The board may meet with the governing body of another

 governmental unit at any location, including, without limitation, a

 location outside the county, but the meeting may not be held at a

 place which is more than 10 miles from the county seat unless the

 board, in addition to complying with all other requirements for

 notice of a meeting of the board, provides notice by publication in a

newspaper of general circulation within the county, for at least 3

working days before the meeting, of the date, time and place of the

 meeting. In no case may the board take any official action at such a

 meeting.

    8.  Members of the board may attend conventions, conferences,

 seminars, congressional hearings or other federal hearings to gather

 specific information or conduct the official business of the

 association or sponsoring organization at any location if no action is

 taken by the board in the course of such activity.

 

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