Nevada Revised Statutes 241.025 – Designee of member of public body not allowed; exception
1. Unless the designation is expressly authorized by the legal authority pursuant to which a public body was created:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 241.025
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- public body: means :
(a) Any administrative, advisory, executive or legislative body of the State or a local government consisting of at least two persons which expends or disburses or is supported in whole or in part by tax revenue or which advises or makes recommendations to any entity which expends or disburses or is supported in whole or in part by tax revenue, including, but not limited to, any board, commission, committee, subcommittee or other subsidiary thereof and includes a library foundation as defined in NRS 379. See Nevada Revised Statutes 241.015
(a) The public body may not designate a person to attend a meeting of the public body in the place of a member of the public body; and
(b) A member of the public body may not designate a person to attend a meeting of the public body in his or her place.
2. Any authorized designation must be made in writing or made on the record at a meeting of the public body.
3. A person who is designated to attend a meeting of a public body in the place of a member of the public body:
(a) Shall be deemed to be a member of the public body for the purposes of determining a quorum at the meeting; and
(b) Is entitled to exercise the same powers as the regular members of the public body at the meeting.