Existing law provides that in a county having a population of less than 100,000 (currently all counties other than Clark and Washoe Counties) which has not elected to accept the provisions of the Unincorporated Town Government Law (NRS 269.500-269.625), the board of county commissioners may, under certain circumstances, by ordinance create a citizens' advisory council to act in an advisory and liaison capacity with respect to governing the affairs of an unincorporated town. (NRS 269.011, 269.024, 269.0242) Any such citizens' advisory council must consist of not fewer than three nor more than five members, each of whom must be a resident and qualified elector in the town. (NRS 269.0242) Section 1 of this bill eliminates the requirement that a member of such a citizens' advisory council be a qualified elector. Section 1 further requires that a member of such a citizens' advisory council be: (1) a resident of the town; and (2) a citizen of the United States or lawfully entitled to reside in the United States. Existing law provides that the Unincorporated Town Government Law applies in a county having a population of 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) and in any other county in which the board of county commissioners has adopted by ordinance, the Unincorporated Town Government Law. (NRS 269.530) Pursuant to the Unincorporated Town Government Law, the board of county commissioners must provide for a town advisory board in an ordinance which establishes an unincorporated town. Such a town advisory board must consist of three or five qualified electors who are residents of the unincorporated town. (NRS 269.576, 269.577) Existing law further authorizes the board of county commissioners of any county, by resolution, to designate one or more town services to be within the power of a town advisory board to manage. (NRS 269.580) If the board of county commissioners has not made such a designation, sections 2 and 3 of this bill eliminate the requirement that a member of such a town advisory board be a qualified elector. Instead, sections 2 and 3 require that a member of such a town advisory board be: (1) a resident of the unincorporated town; and (2) a citizen of the United States or lawfully entitled to reside in the United States. Section 4 of this bill makes a conforming change to revise the declaration of candidacy that must be filed by a candidate for the position of a town advisory board if the members of the town advisory board are not required to be qualified electors pursuant to sections 2 and 3 because the board of county commissioners has not designated one or more services to be within the power of the town advisory board to manage.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 269.0242, 269.576, 269.577, 293.177
Reprint 1: 269.0242, 269.576, 269.577, 293.177
As Enrolled: 269.0242, 269.576, 269.577, 293.177
BDR: 269.0242, 269.576, 269.577, 293.177