540.041 - Chief: Qualifications; duties; employment of staff; reporting.
540.041 Chief: Qualifications; duties; employment of staff; reporting.
1. The Chief:
(a) Must be selected with special reference to his or her training, experience, capability and interest in the field of water resource planning.
(b) Shall coordinate the activities of the Section.
2. The Chief is responsible for the administration of all provisions of law relating to the functions of the Section.
3. The Chief, with the approval of the State Engineer, may employ, within the limits of legislative appropriations, such staff as is necessary to the performance of his or her duties.
4. The Chief, through the State Engineer, shall, not later than the fifth calendar day of each regular session of the Legislature, submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for distribution to the Legislature a written report summarizing the actions of the Section taken pursuant to the provisions of NRS 540.051 during the preceding biennium.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1170; A 1985, 437; 1995, 2316; 1999, 1087; 2005, 2566)