1. The Agency shall appoint an advisory planning commission to serve in an advisory capacity to the Agency. The planning commission must include:

(a) The chief planning officers of Carson City and the counties of Douglas and Washoe;

(b) The Chief of the Bureau of Environmental Health of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services;

(c) The Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources;

(d) The Executive Officer of the Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, who shall act as chair; and

(e) At least two lay members, each of whom must be a resident of the region.

Any official member may designate a substitute.

2. The term of office of each lay member of the advisory planning commission is 2 years. Members may be reappointed.

3. The position of each member of the advisory planning commission shall be considered vacated upon loss of any of the qualifications required for appointment, and in that event the appointing authority shall appoint a successor.

4. A majority of the members of the advisory planning commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the commission. A majority vote of the quorum present shall be required to take action with respect to any matter.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1383, 1406; A 1977, 1123; 1979, 1129, effective upon the proclamation by the Governor of this State of the withdrawal by the State of California from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact or of a finding by the Governor of this State that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has become unable to perform its duties or exercise its powers; A 2011, 3739; 2013, 2367)