1. If a vacancy occurs, or will occur, in a board of trustees because a member of the board has entered, or is entering, into active military service, the board of trustees may appoint a person to serve as a temporary replacement for that member. Such a temporary appointment must be made in the manner, and subject to the requirements, otherwise prescribed in NRS 386.270, except that the member of the board of trustees who has entered, or is entering, into active military service may participate in the process to appoint his or her temporary replacement.
2. If a person is temporarily appointed to serve on a board of trustees pursuant to this section:
(a) The person fully assumes the duties, rights and responsibilities of a member of the board of trustees, and is entitled to the compensation, allowances and expenses otherwise payable to a member, for the duration of his or her appointment.
(b) The member of a board of trustees who is temporarily replaced shall be deemed to be on leave without pay from the board of trustees for the duration of the appointment of his or her temporary replacement.
3. A person appointed to serve on the board of trustees pursuant to this section serves:
(a) Until the member of the board of trustees being temporarily replaced returns from active military service; or
(b) For the remainder of the unexpired term of that member,
whichever occurs first.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 386)