1. After ordering the creation of a county library district and the establishment of a public library therein as provided in NRS 379.021, the board of county commissioners shall appoint five competent persons who are residents of the county library district to serve as district library trustees.

2. The term of office of the trustees appointed pursuant to subsection 1 is as follows:

(a) Three persons must be appointed for terms of 2 years.

(b) Two persons must be appointed for terms of 4 years.

Thereafter the offices of district library trustees must be filled for terms of 4 years in the order in which the terms expire. No person may be appointed to hold office for more than two consecutive 4-year terms.

3. A vacancy in the office of district library trustee which occurs because of expiration of the term of office must be filled by appointment by the board of county commissioners for a term of 4 years. A vacancy which occurs other than by expiration of the term must be filled by appointment by the board of county commissioners for the unexpired term.

4. The board of district library trustees may provide for compensation of members of the board in an amount of not more than $40 per meeting, with a total of not more than $80 per month, and may provide travel expenses and subsistence allowances for the members in the same amounts as are allowed for employees of the county library district.

5. The board of county commissioners may remove any district library trustee who fails, without cause, to attend three successive meetings of the trustees.

6. If the library trustees of any county library district have entered into a contract pursuant to NRS 379.060 with any city within the county, they may add to their number two additional library trustees who are appointed by the governing body of the city to represent the residents of the city. The terms of office of the two additional library trustees are 3 years or until the termination of the contract with the city for library services, if that termination occurs sooner. The additional library trustees have the same powers and duties as the trustees appointed pursuant to subsection 1.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1059; A 1971, 133; 1981, 336, 998; 1989, 612)