Senate Bill No. 424–Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

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AN ACT relating to redevelopment; providing an additional alternative procedure for the appointment of the membership of a redevelopment agency; 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 279 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

thereto a new section to read as follows:

    1.  As an alternative to the appointment of five members of the

agency pursuant to NRS 279.440 and as an alternative to the

procedures set forth in NRS 279.444:

    (a) At the time of the adoption of a resolution pursuant to NRS

279.428, the legislative body may appoint not more than 11 of the

following persons as members of the agency:

        (1) Resident electors of the community;

        (2) Members of the legislative body; or

        (3) A combination of resident electors of the community

and members of the legislative body; or

    (b) At any time after the adoption of a resolution pursuant to

NRS 279.428, the legislative body may direct the mayor or other

executive officer of the city or chairman of the board of county

commissioners to appoint not more than 11 of the following

persons as members of the agency:

        (1) Resident electors of the community;

        (2) Members of the legislative body; or

        (3) A combination of resident electors of the community

and members of the legislative body.

    2.  The terms of any resident electors of the community first

appointed as members of the agency pursuant to paragraph (a) or

(b) of subsection 1 must be staggered in substantially the same

proportion as the terms of members are staggered pursuant to

NRS 279.446. The successors of the members first appointed must

be appointed for 4-year terms. Vacancies occurring during a term

must be filled for the unexpired term. A member shall hold office

until his successor is appointed and qualified.

    Sec. 2.  NRS 279.384 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    279.384  As used in NRS 279.382 to 279.685, inclusive, and

section 1 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the

words and terms defined in NRS 279.386 to 279.414, inclusive,

have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

 

 

    Sec. 3.  NRS 279.440 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    279.440  [When] Except as otherwise provided in NRS

279.444 and section 1 of this act, when the legislative body adopts

a resolution declaring the need for an agency , the mayor or other

executive officer of a city or chairman of the board of county

commissioners, with the approval of the legislative body, shall

appoint five resident electors of the community as members of the

agency.

    Sec. 4.  NRS 279.442 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    279.442  A member may not be [an elective officer or] an

employee of the community[,] but, notwithstanding any other law,

he may be a member or employee of any other agency or authority

of, or created for, the community.

    Sec. 5.  NRS 279.444 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    279.444  1.  As an alternative to the appointment of five

members of the agency[,] pursuant to NRS 279.440 and as an

alternative to the procedures set forth in section 1 of this act, the

legislative body may, at the time of the adoption of a resolution

pursuant to NRS 279.428, or at any time thereafter, declare itself to

be the agency, in which case, all the rights, powers, duties,

privileges and immunities vested by NRS 279.382 to 279.685,

inclusive, and section 1 of this act in an agency are vested in the

legislative body of the community. If the legislative body of a city

declares itself to be the agency pursuant to this subsection, it may

include the mayor of the city as part of the agency regardless of

whether he is a member of the legislative body.

    2.  A city may enact its own procedural ordinance and exercise

the powers granted by NRS 279.382 to 279.685, inclusive[.] , and

section 1 of this act.

    3.  An agency [is authorized to] may delegate to a community

any of the powers or functions of the agency with respect to the

planning or undertaking of a redevelopment project in the area in

which that community is authorized to act, and that community may

carry out or perform those powers or functions for the agency.

    Sec. 6.  NRS 279.446 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    279.446  [Three] If five resident electors of the community are

appointed as members of the agency pursuant to NRS 279.440,

three of the members first appointed [shall] must be designated to

serve for terms of 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively, [from] after the

date of their appointments and two [shall] must be designated to

serve for terms of 4 years [from] after the date of their

appointments. Their successors [shall] must be appointed for 4-year

terms. Vacancies occurring during a term [shall] must be filled for

the unexpired term. A member shall hold office until his successor

is appointed and qualified.

 

    Sec. 7.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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