1. Whenever a board of county commissioners is the board of trustees of any district organized or reorganized pursuant to this chapter or is exercising any powers pursuant to NRS 244.157, the board may by ordinance establish a local district managing board for the district.
2. Such a local district managing board must consist of not less than 5 members and not more than 12 members who are qualified electors of the district. The members must be:
(a) Appointed by the board of county commissioners; or
(b) Elected by the qualified electors of the district.
3. If the local district managing board is elective, the initial appointments and subsequent elections must be conducted in the manner provided in this chapter for trustees of a district.
4. An ordinance establishing a local district managing board must:
(a) Provide for the compensation which members of the board are to receive for their services;
(b) Provide for the terms of office for the members of the board;
(c) Contain a recital of the powers delegated and duties assigned by the board of county commissioners to the local district managing board; and
(d) Provide that the local district managing board does not have the power to tax, issue bonds or call for an election for the issuance of bonds. All taxes must be levied and bonds issued by the board of county commissioners as generally provided in this chapter.
5. Any vacancy on the board must be filled by a qualified elector of the district who is appointed by the board of county commissioners. If the local district managing board is appointive, the person appointed to fill the vacancy must be appointed to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. If the board is elective, the appointee must be appointed to serve until the first Monday in January when his or her successor in office, elected at the biennial election next following the vacancy, qualifies.
6. The local district managing board may be dissolved by the board of county commissioners after notice and hearing whenever the board of county commissioners determines:
(a) The local district managing board is no longer necessary; or
(b) The services of the district can be more effectively performed by another district.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 523; A 1987, 127; 1991, 1707)
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