1.  The Board for Financing Water Projects is hereby created. The Board consists of one ex officio member and five members appointed by the Governor.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 349.957

  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • 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
  • 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 Governor shall appoint to the Board:

(a) One member who is a representative of the county with the largest population in the State;

(b) One member who is a representative of the county with the second largest population in the State; and

(c) Three members who are representatives of counties in the State whose populations are less than 100,000, of whom one member is knowledgeable in the field of municipal finance and the remaining members are knowledgeable in the fields of planning and the development and reclamation of water resources.

3.  The Administrator of the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, or a person he or she designates, shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting member of the Board.

4.  Not more than three voting members of the Board may be members of the same political party, and not more than two may be residents of the same county.

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