Revises provisions relating to the Nevada State Board on Geographic Names. (BDR 26-718)

- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Bill No. 354–Committee
on Government Affairs

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AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising the
membership of the Nevada State Board on Geographic
Names; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law creates the Nevada State Board on Geographic Names to
coordinate and approve geographic names within the State for official
recommendation to the United States Board on Geographic Names. (NRS 327.110)
The Nevada State Board on Geographic Names consists of 12 voting members,
which include various representatives from various state and federal agencies and
the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc. (NRS 327.120) Section 1 of this bill: (1)
removes the representative from the Nevada Historical Society on the Nevada State
Board on Geographic Names; (2) adds to the Boar d one representative from the
Division of Museums and History of the Department of Tourism and Cultural
Affairs; (3) clarifies that the representative from the Department of Native
American Affairs is from the Department of Native American Affairs of this State;
and (4) changes the representatives from the Unite d States Bureau of Land
Management, the United States Forest Service and the United States National Park
Service from voting members of the Board to nonvoting members. Section 2 of this
bill allows the representative appointed by the Nevada Historical Society who is
serving on the Board on or before July 1, 2025, to continue serving on the Board
until the representative’s successor is designated by the appropriate agency in
accordance with the provisions of section 1.

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 327.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:
327.120 The Board consists of:
1. [Twelve] Nine voting members, which include one
representative of each of the following agencies or organizations:
(a) Bureau of Mines and Geology of the State of Nevada.
(b) Faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno.
(c) Faculty of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
(d) Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of
the Department of Administration.
(e) Department of Transportation of the State.
(f) State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(g) [Nevada Historical Society. ] Division of Museums and
History of the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.
(h) Department of Native American Affairs [.] of the State.

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(i) [United States Bureau of Land Management.
(j) United States Forest Service.
(k) United States National Park Service.
(l)] Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc., or its successor
organization.
 Each agency or organization shall designate a representative and
one alternative representative for this purpose.
2. Three nonvoting members who shall serve in an a dvisory
capacity to the Board, which include one representative of each of
the following agencies:
(a) United States Bureau of Land Management.
(b) United States Forest Service.
(c) United States National Park Service.
3. An Executive Secretary who is a nonvoting member of the
Board. The voting members of the Board shall select the Executive
Secretary.
Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the amendatory provisions of section
1 of this act, a person who, on July 1, 2025, is serving as a
representative of the Nevada State Board on Geographic Names
from the Nevada Historical Society may continue to serve in that
capacity until his or her successor is designated by the appropriate
agency pursuant to NRS 327.120, as amended by section 1 of this
act.
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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