Board of directors: Election of officers; quorum; meetings; service without compensation; vacancies.

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1. After taking oaths and filing bonds, the members of the board shall, by a majority vote, elect a chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer from among the members. The secretary and treasurer may be one person. After the initial election, the chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer serve in that office for a term of 1 year beginning on July 1 of each year. If a vacancy occurs in any of those offices, the members of the board shall elect a member of the board to serve in that office for the remainder of the unexpired term.

2. Three members of the board constitute a quorum, and except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.0355 a quorum may exercise all the powers and duties of the board.

3. The board shall:

(a) Meet at such times and places specified by a call of the chair or by a majority of the members of the board;

(b) Adopt bylaws prescribing its management and government; and

(c) Comply with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.

4. The members of the board serve without compensation and are not entitled to the per diem and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.

5. If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board, the remaining members of the board shall appoint a person to serve on the board until his or her successor is elected and qualified. A person appointed to serve on the board pursuant to this subsection must qualify in the manner provided in NRS 320.070. If the board fails to fill a vacancy within 30 days after the vacancy occurs, the board of county commissioners where the district is located shall appoint a person to serve on the board in the manner provided in this subsection.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 2086; A 2001, 1128)


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