(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 15, 2003)

 

Assembly Bill No. 84–Committee on Government Affairs

 

(On Behalf of Assemblywoman Giunchigliani)

 

February 13, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions concerning certain town advisory boards. (BDR 21‑119)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to county government; removing the prohibition on consecutive terms of office of members of a town advisory board in certain counties; providing for the election of a chairman of such a board; prohibiting consecutive terms of office for a person who serves as chairman of such a board; revising the requirements regarding the notice of a vacancy on such a board; requiring the provision of notice of the expiration of the term of a member of such a board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 269.576 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  269.576  1.  Except as appointment may be deferred pursuant

1-3  to NRS 269.563, the board of county commissioners of any county

1-4  whose population is 400,000 or more shall, in each ordinance which

1-5  establishes an unincorporated town pursuant to NRS 269.500 to

1-6  269.625, inclusive, provide for:

1-7  (a) Appointment by the board of county commissioners or the

1-8  election by the registered voters of the unincorporated town of three

1-9  or five qualified electors who are residents of the unincorporated

1-10  town to serve as the town advisory board. If the ordinance provides

2-1  for appointment by the board of county commissioners, in making

2-2  such appointments, the board of county commissioners shall

2-3  consider:

2-4       (1) The results of any poll conducted by the town advisory

2-5  board; and

2-6       (2) Any application submitted to the board of county

2-7  commissioners by persons who desire to be appointed to the town

2-8  advisory board in response to an announcement made by the town

2-9  advisory board.

2-10      (b) A term of 4 years for members of the town advisory board,

2-11  which must be staggered and must expire on the first Monday in

2-12  January of an odd-numbered year. [No person who has served for a

2-13  term as a member of a town advisory board is eligible for

2-14  reappointment until 2 years after the expiration of his term.]

2-15      (c) Election of a chairman from among the members of the

2-16  town advisory board for a term of 2 years, and, if a vacancy occurs

2-17  in the chairmanship, for the election of a chairman from among

2-18  the members for the remainder of the unexpired term. The

2-19  ordinance must also provide that a chairman is not eligible to

2-20  succeed himself for a term of office as chairman.

2-21      (d) Removal of a member of the town advisory board if the

2-22  board of county commissioners finds that his removal is in the best

2-23  interest of the residents of the unincorporated town, and for

2-24  appointment of a member to serve the unexpired term of the

2-25  member so removed.

2-26      2.  The board of county commissioners shall provide notice of

2-27  the expiration of the term of a member of and any vacancy on a

2-28  town advisory board to the residents of the unincorporated town by

2-29  mail, newsletter or newspaper at least [90] 30 days before the

2-30  expiration of the term or filling the vacancy.

2-31      3.  The duties of the town advisory board are to:

2-32      (a) Assist the board of county commissioners in governing the

2-33  unincorporated town by acting as liaison between the residents of

2-34  the town and the board of county commissioners; and

2-35      (b) Advise the board of county commissioners on matters of

2-36  importance to the unincorporated town and its residents.

2-37      4.  The board of county commissioners may provide by

2-38  ordinance for compensation for the members of the town advisory

2-39  board.

2-40      Sec. 2.  1.  For the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection 1

2-41  of NRS 269.576, as amended by section 1 of this act, any person

2-42  who is serving in the capacity of a chairman on a town advisory

2-43  board on October 1, 2003, is not eligible to serve a consecutive term

2-44  of office as chairman.

3-1  2.  If the provisions of an ordinance adopted before October 1,

3-2  2003, that establishes an unincorporated town pursuant to NRS

3-3  269.500 to 269.625, inclusive, do not comply with NRS 269.576, as

3-4  amended by section 1 of this act, that ordinance must be amended

3-5  on or before January 1, 2004, to comply with section 1 of this act.

 

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