278.280  Members: Appointment; compensation; terms; removal; vacancies.

1.  Any ordinance enacted under NRS 278.270 may provide that the board:

(a) Be composed of the members of the governing body; or

(b) Be composed of not more than seven appointed members.

2.  Any ordinance providing for the appointment of members must prescribe:

(a) The manner of appointment and compensation of the members.

(b) The terms of the members, which must be arranged so that no more than two will expire each year.

3.  If the members of the board are appointed, no member may hold another public office except that one member may also be a member of the planning commission.

4.  Members who are appointed may be removed after a public hearing for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance of office.

5.  Vacancies must be filled for the unexpired term of any member appointed whose term becomes vacant.

[Part 15:110:1941; A 1955, 197]—(NRS A 1969, 866; 1981, 165)