1.  In each county whose population is 700,000 or more, the board of county commissioners consists of seven members. Each member must be a resident of, and elected by the registered voters of, a county commissioner election district established pursuant to this chapter.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 244.016

  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050

2.  The board of county commissioners shall establish seven county commissioner election districts which must be as nearly equal in population as practicable, and each of which must be composed entirely of contiguous territory and be as compact as possible.

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