1. In any county whose population is 700,000 or more, the county fair and recreation board consists of 14 members selected as follows:

(a) Two members by the board of county commissioners from their own number.

(b) Two members by the governing body of the incorporated city with the largest population in the county from their own number.

(c) One member by the governing body of the incorporated city with the second largest population in the county from their own number.

(d) One member by the governing body of the incorporated city with the third largest population in the county from their own number.

(e) One member by the governing body of the incorporated city with the smallest population in the county from their own number.

(f) One member by the governing body of one of the other incorporated cities in the county from their own number.

(g) Six members to be appointed by the members selected pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (f), inclusive, of which:

(1) Three members must be selected from a list of nominees submitted by the chamber of commerce of the incorporated city with the largest population in the county. If the nominees so listed are unsatisfactory to the members making the selection, they may, until satisfied, request additional lists of nominees. The members appointed pursuant to this subparagraph must be selected as follows:

(I) Two members who are representatives of tourism, at least one of whom must be a representative of the resort hotel business; and

(II) One member who is a representative of other commercial interests or interests related to tourism.

(2) Three members must be selected from a list of nominees submitted by the association of gaming establishments whose membership in the county collectively paid the most gross revenue fees to the State pursuant to NRS 463.370 in the preceding year. If the nominees so listed are unsatisfactory to the members making the selection, they may, until satisfied, request additional lists of nominees. The members selected pursuant to this subparagraph must be representatives of the resort hotel business, at least one of whom is engaged in that business in the central business district of the incorporated city with the largest population in the county.

2. If there is more than one incorporated city in the county that is eligible to appoint the member provided in paragraph (f) of subsection 1, the board of county commissioners shall facilitate a biennial rotation of the authority to appoint that member among those cities.

3. Any vacancy occurring on a county fair and recreation board must be filled by the authority entitled to appoint the member whose position is vacant.

4. After the initial appointments of members appointed pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 1, all members must be appointed for 2-year terms. If any such member ceases to be engaged in the business sector which he or she was appointed to represent, he or she ceases to be a member, and another person engaged in that business must be appointed to fill the unexpired term. Any such member may succeed himself or herself.

5. The term of the member appointed pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 1 is 2 years, commencing on July 1 of each odd-numbered year.

6. The terms of members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, of subsection 1 are coterminous with their terms of office. Any such member may succeed himself or herself.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1378; A 1969, 658; 1971, 339; 1973, 500, 1512; 1975, 1104, 1490; 1977, 468; 1979, 517; 1989, 174, 1903; 1993, 904; 1999, 1416; 2005, 2689; 2011, 1118)