205A.040 - Creation; membership; terms of members; election of Chair and Vice Chair; vacancies; members serve without compensation; members holding public office or employed by governmental entity.
205A.040 Creation; membership; terms of members; election of Chair and Vice Chair; vacancies; members serve without compensation; members holding public office or employed by governmental entity.
1. The Technological Crime Advisory Board is hereby created.
2. The Board consists of 13 members as follows:
(a) The Attorney General.
(b) The Director of the Department of Information Technology.
(c) One member of the Senate appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate.
(d) One member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(e) Nine other persons appointed by the Governor as follows:
(1) Two or more persons who represent major sectors of the economy of this State that are impacted significantly by technological crimes.
(2) One or more persons who are employees of a law enforcement agency of this State.
(3) One or more persons who are employees of a public educational institution within this State.
(4) One or more persons who are residents of this State and who are employed by the Federal Government.
3. Each member of the Board who is appointed to the Board serves for a term of 4 years. A vacancy on the Board in an appointed position must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A member may be reappointed to the Board.
4. The members of the Board shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair by majority vote. After the initial election, the Chair and Vice Chair shall hold office for a term of 1 year beginning on July 1 of each year. If the position of Chair or Vice Chair becomes vacant, the members of the Board shall elect a Chair or Vice Chair, as appropriate, from among its members for the remainder of the unexpired term.
5. The members of the Board:
(a) Serve without compensation; and
(b) May, upon written request, receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally while engaged in the business of the Board.
6. A member of the Board who is an officer or employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State must be relieved from duties without loss of regular compensation so that the officer or employee may prepare for and attend meetings of the Board and perform any work necessary to carry out the duties of the Board in the most timely manner practicable. A state agency or political subdivision of this State shall not require an officer or employee who is a member of the Board to make up the time the officer or employee is absent from work to carry out duties as a member of the Board or use annual vacation or compensatory time for the absence.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2701; A 2007, 206)