205A.050 - Meetings; designation of representative; quorum; effect of membership upon holding public office or public employment.

205A.050  Meetings; designation of representative; quorum; effect of membership upon holding public office or public employment.

      1.  The Board shall meet at least once every quarter and at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the members of the Board.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a member of the Board may designate in writing a person to represent him or her at a meeting of the Board if it is impractical for the member of the Board to attend the meeting. A representative who has been so designated:

      (a) Shall be deemed to be a member of the Board for the purpose of determining a quorum at the meeting; and

      (b) May vote on any matter that is voted on by the regular members of the Board at the meeting.

      3.  The Attorney General may designate a representative to serve in his or her place on the Board or attend a meeting of the Board in his or her place. The Director of the Department of Information Technology may designate a representative to serve in his or her place on the Board or attend a meeting of the Board in his or her place.

      4.  Seven members of the Board constitute a quorum. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 205A.070 and 205A.080, a quorum may exercise all the power and authority conferred on the Board.

      5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member of the Board:

      (a) Is not disqualified from public employment or holding a public office because of membership on the Board; and

      (b) Does not forfeit public office or public employment because of membership on the Board.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 2702; A 2007, 207)