1. The Director shall:
(a) Appoint one Deputy Director who in the absence, inability or failure of the Director has full authority to perform any duty required or permitted by law to be performed by the Director.
(b) Appoint one Deputy Director for southern Nevada whose principal office must be located in an urban area in southern Nevada.
(c) Appoint one Deputy Director with full authority to perform any duty required or allowed by law to be performed by the Director to implement, manage, oversee and enforce any environmental program of the Department. The Deputy Director described in this paragraph shall coordinate the implementation of NRS 408.441 to 408.451, inclusive, with the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 408.55071, employ such engineers, engineering and technical assistants, clerks and other personnel as in the Director’s judgment may be necessary to the proper conduct of the Department and to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.143, the Deputy Directors shall devote their entire time and attention to the business of the office and shall not pursue any other business or occupation or hold any other office of profit.
3. The Director may delegate such authority as may be necessary for the Deputy Director appointed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 to carry out his or her duties.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 667; A 1963, 975; 1967, 1497; 1969, 707; 1971, 166, 1435; 1979, 1764; 1985, 420; 1997, 618; 2003, 2521; 2015, 2137; 2017, 4138, effective through June 30, 2021, if, before June 30, 2021, the Director of the Department of Transportation notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient money is available to capitalize and carry out the business of the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank created by NRS 408.55069)
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