1. The Fund must be administered by a Board of Trustees composed of five members appointed by the Governor as follows:

(a) Four county commissioners; and

(b) One director of a social services agency of a county.

2. The members of the Board of Trustees must be appointed by the Governor from a list of nominees submitted by the Board of Directors of the Nevada Association of Counties. The list of nominees must include six nominees who are county commissioners and three nominees who are directors of a social services agency of a county.

3. Each member of the Board of Trustees shall serve a term of 2 years or until a successor has been appointed and has qualified.

4. The position of a member of the Board of Trustees shall be considered vacated upon the loss of any of the qualifications required for the appointment of the member and in that event the Governor shall appoint a successor from a list of nominees submitted by the Board of Directors of the Nevada Association of Counties. The list of nominees must include two county commissioners if the member of the Board is a county commissioner or two directors of a social services agency if the member of the board is the director of a social services agency of a county.

5. The director of a social services agency who is appointed to the Board of Trustees may designate a person to carry out his or her duties on the Board of Trustees when the director is unavailable, and any such designee has the same power as any other member of the Board of Trustees for the period in which he or she is designated to act on behalf of the director.

6. As used in this section, “social services agency” means any public agency or organization that provides social services in this State, including, without limitation, providing welfare and health care services.

(Added to NRS by 1983, 1941; A 2011, 345)