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1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, when the Legislature or a member thereof discharges a duty or exercises a power conferred by law to appoint a person to a new term or to fill a vacancy on a board, commission, committee, council, authority or similar body, the appointing authority shall appoint a person who has, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 281.050 , actually, as opposed to constructively, resided, for at least 6 months immediately preceding the date of the appointment:
(b)If current residency in a particular county, district, ward, subdistrict or any other unit is prescribed by the provisions of law that govern the position, also in that county, district, ward, subdistrict or other unit.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply if:
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1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, when the Legislature or a member thereof discharges a duty or exercises a power conferred by law to appoint a person to a new term or to fill a vacancy on a board, commission, committee, council, authority or similar body, the appointing authority shall appoint a person who has, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 281.050 , actually, as opposed to constructively, resided, for at least 6 months immediately preceding the date of the appointment:
(a) In this State; and
(b) If current residency in a particular county, district, ward, subdistrict or any other unit is prescribed by the provisions of law that govern the position, also in that county, district, ward, subdistrict or other unit.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply if:
(a) A requirement of law concerning another characteristic or status that a member must possess, including, without limitation, membership in another organization, would make it impossible to fulfill the provisions of subsection 1; or
(b) The membership of the particular board, commission, committee, council, authority or similar body includes residents of another state and the provisions of subsection 1 would conflict with a requirement that applies to all members of that body.