§ 318.09533 — County commissioners as ex officio board of trustees: Oath; additional compensation; designation of officers; meetings; powers

Nevada § 318.09533

• Jurisdiction: Nevada
• Title 25: PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
• Ch. 318: General

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1. When the board of trustees of any district is constituted pursuant to NRS 318.0953 , the following special provisions apply and supersede the corresponding provisions of NRS 318.080 to 318.09525 , inclusive, 318.0954 and 318.0955 :
(a) The members need not file the oath of office or bond required by NRS 318.080 .
(b) The members of the board of county commissioners may receive no additional compensation as trustees of the district.
(c) The chair of the board of county commissioners may be chair of the board of trustees and president of the district, or the board of county commissioners may, at its first meeting in January of each year, designate another of its members to serve as chair of the board of trustees and president of the district for a term of 1 year.
(d) The vice chair of the board of county commissioners may be vice chair of the board of trustees and vice president of the district, or the board of county commissioners may, at its first meeting in January of each year, designate another of its members to serve as vice chair of the board of trustees and vice president of the district for a term of 1 year.
(e) The secretary and treasurer of the district must not be members of the board of county commissioners. The board may designate the county clerk and county treasurer, respectively, to act ex officio as secretary and treasurer, or it may designate some other person to fill either or both of those offices. No additional bond may be required of the county treasurer as ex officio district treasurer or of any other county officer appropriately bonded as ex officio a district officer.
(f) The secretary and treasurer shall perform the duties prescribed in subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 318.085 .
(g) No member of the board of county commissioners may be removed from the office of trustee under NRS 318.080 , but any member is automatically removed from that office upon his or her removal from the office of county commissioner in the manner provided by law.
(h) The regular place of meeting of the board need not be within the corporate limits of the district but must be within the corporate limits of the county and be the regular meeting place of the board of county commissioners unless the board otherwise provides by resolution.
(i) The times of regular meetings of the board must be the same as the times of the regular meetings of the board of county commissioners unless the board otherwise provides by resolution.
(j) Special meetings may be held on notice to each member of the board as often as, and at such place or places within the county as, the board may determine, unless it otherwise provides by resolution.
(k) The office or principal place of the district need not be located within the corporate limits of the district and must be the office of the county clerk unless the board otherwise provides by resolution.
2. Each board of county commissioners may, by resolution, designate the district’s name which may be used for all purposes, including, without limitation, contracts, lawsuits or in the performance of its duties or exercises of its functions.
3. The board may enter into contracts extending beyond the terms of each member then serving on the board if the contract is entered into in the manner provided for a board of county commissioners in NRS 244.320 .

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1983, 1286 ; A 2009, 2247 )