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; revising the term of office of members of a town advisory board in certain counties; removing the prohibition on consecutive terms of office of members of such a board; providing for the election of a 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

1-11  for appointment by the board of county commissioners, in making

2-1  such appointments, the board of county commissioners shall

2-2  consider:

2-3       (1) The results of any poll conducted by the town advisory

2-4  board; and

2-5       (2) Any application submitted to the board of county

2-6  commissioners by persons who desire to be appointed to the town

2-7  advisory board in response to an announcement made by the town

2-8  advisory board.

2-9  (b) A term of [4] 2 years for members of the town advisory

2-10  board . [, which must be staggered and must expire on the first

2-11  Monday in January of an odd-numbered year. No person who has

2-12  served for a term as a member of a town advisory board is eligible

2-13  for reappointment until 2 years after the expiration of his term.

2-14      (c) Removal of a member of the town advisory board if the

2-15  board of county commissioners finds that his removal is in the best

2-16  interest of the residents of the unincorporated town, and for

2-17  appointment of a member to serve the unexpired term of the

2-18  member so removed.]

2-19      (c) Election of a chairman from among the members of the

2-20  town advisory board for a term of 2 years, and, if a vacancy occurs

2-21  in the chairmanship, for the election of a chairman from among

2-22  the members for the remainder of the unexpired term. The

2-23  ordinance must also provide that a chairman is not eligible to

2-24  succeed himself for a term of office as chairman.

2-25      2.  The members of a town advisory board serve at the

2-26  pleasure of the board of county commissioners. If a member is

2-27  removed, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a new

2-28  member to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term of the

2-29  member who was removed.

2-30      3.  The board of county commissioners shall provide notice of

2-31  the expiration of the term of a member of and any vacancy on a

2-32  town advisory board to the residents of the unincorporated town by

2-33  mail, newsletter or newspaper at least [90] 30 days before the

2-34  expiration of the term or filling the vacancy.

2-35      [3.] 4. The duties of the town advisory board are to:

2-36      (a) Assist the board of county commissioners in governing the

2-37  unincorporated town by acting as liaison between the residents of

2-38  the town and the board of county commissioners; and

2-39      (b) Advise the board of county commissioners on matters of

2-40  importance to the unincorporated town and its residents.

2-41      [4.] 5. The board of county commissioners may provide by

2-42  ordinance for compensation for the members of the town advisory

2-43  board.

2-44      Sec. 2.  1.  Notwithstanding the amendatory provisions of

2-45  paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 269.576, a member of a town

3-1  advisory board who was elected or appointed on or before

3-2  October 1, 2003, shall serve out the term to which he was elected or

3-3  appointed.

3-4  2.  For the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS

3-5  269.576, as amended by section 1 of this act, any person who is

3-6  serving in the capacity of a chairman on a town advisory board on

3-7  October 1, 2003, is not eligible to serve a consecutive term of office

3-8  as chairman.

3-9  3.  If the provisions of an ordinance adopted before October 1,

3-10  2003, that establishes an unincorporated town pursuant to NRS

3-11  269.500 to 269.625, inclusive, do not comply with NRS 269.576, as

3-12  amended by section 1 of this act, that ordinance must be amended

3-13  on or before January 1, 2004, to comply with section 1 of this act.

 

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