NRS 293C.140 - Date of general city election in cities of population categories one and two; candidates to be voted upon by electors at large; terms of council members. [Effective July 1, 2021.]

NV Rev Stat § 293C.140 (2019) (N/A)

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1. A general city election must be held in each city of population categories one and two on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of the first even-numbered year after incorporation, and at each successive interval of 2 years, at which time there must be elected the elective city officers, the offices of which are required next to be filled by election. All candidates, except as otherwise provided in NRS 266.220, at the general city election must be voted upon by the electors of the city at large.

2. The terms of office of the council members are 4 years, which terms must be staggered. The council members elected to office immediately after incorporation shall decide, by lot, among themselves which of their offices expire at the next general city election, and thereafter the terms of office must be 4 years.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 3421; A 2001, 634; 2003, 674; 2015, 1878; 2019, 3535, effective July 1, 2021)

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