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- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Bill No. 114–Assemblymember DeLong
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AN ACT relating to counties; revising the process for appointing
certain members to the county fair and recreation board of
certain counties; requiring the members of the board to elect
any member as Chair of the board; and providing other
matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law establishes a county fair and recreation board in any county whose
population is 100,000 or more and less than 700,000 (currently only Washoe
County). The board must consist of nine members, including one member
appointed by the board of county commissioners, one member appointed by the
governing body of the largest incorporated city in the county (currently the City of
Reno) and one member appointed by the governing body of the next largest
incorporated city in the county (currently the City of Sparks). Those three members
must appoint the remaining six members who represent certain interests and
establishments from certain lists of nominees. If those three members find the
nominees on a list of nominees unacceptable, the three members are required to
request a new list of nominees. (NRS 244A.601) This bill instead requires the
members of the board, including each member of the board, to : (1) appoint the six
members who represent certain interests and establishments; and (2 ) request a new
list of nominees.
Existing law further requires the members of the board to elect a Chair from
among the three members appointed by the board of county commissioners and the
governing bodies of the two largest incorporated cities in the c ounty, respectively.
(NRS 244A.601) This bill instead requires the members of the board to elect a
Chair from among its members.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 244A.601 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
244A.601 1. In any county whose population is 100,000 or
more, and less than 700,000, the county fair and recreation board
consists of nine members who are appointed as follows:
(a) One member by the board of county commissioners.
(b) One member by the governing body of the large st
incorporated city in the county.
(c) One member by the governing body of the next largest
incorporated city in the county.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, six members
by the members [appointed pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c). ]
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of the board. The members [entitled] appointed pursuant to [vote
shall select:] this paragraph must include:
(1) One member who is a representative of air service
interests from a list of nominees submitted by the airport authority
of the county. The nominees must not be elected officers.
(2) One member who is a representative of interests relating
to tourism or other commercial interests or the resort hotel business
from a list of nominees submitted by the chamber of commerce of
the largest incorporated city in the county.
(3) One member who is a representative of other business or
commercial interests, including gaming establishments, from a list
of nominees submitted by a visitor’s bureau, other than a county fair
and recreation board or a bureau created by such a board, that is
authorized by law to receive a portion of the tax on transient
lodging, if any. If no such bureau exists in the county, the
nominations must be made by the chamber of commerce of the third
largest township in the county.
(4) Three members who are representatives of the association
of gaming establishments whose membership collectively paid the
most gross revenue fees to the State pursuant to NRS 463.370 in the
county in the preceding year, from a list of nominees submitte d by
the association. If there is no such association, the three appointed
members must be representative of gaming.
If the members [entitled to vote] of the board find the nominees
on a list of nominees submitted pursuant to this paragraph
unacceptable, they shall request a new list of nominees.
2. The members of the board shall elect a Chair from among
[the] its members . [appointed pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)
of subsection 1.]
3. The terms of members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (a) ,
(b) and (c) of subsection 1 are coterminous with their terms of
office. The members appointed pursuant to paragraph (d) of
subsection 1 must be appointed for 2 -year terms. Any vacancy
occurring on the board must be filled by the authority entitled to
appoint the member whose position is vacant. Each member
appointed pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 1 may succeed
himself or herself only once.
4. If a member ceases to be engaged in the business or
occupation which he or she was appointed to represe nt, he or she
ceases to be a member, and another person engaged in that business
or occupation must be appointed for the unexpired term.
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5. Any member appointed by the board of county
commissioners or a governing body of a city must be a member of
the appointing board or body.
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