Nevada Revised Statutes 645.100 – Real Estate Commission: Residency of members
1. Of the five members appointed to the Commission pursuant to NRS 645.050:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 645.100
- Commission: means the Real Estate Commission. See Nevada Revised Statutes 645.010
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
(a) Three members must reside in or have a principal place of business located in Clark County;
(b) One member must reside in or have a principal place of business located in Washoe County; and
(c) One member must reside in or have a principal place of business located in Carson City or Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing, Storey or White Pine County.
2. For purposes of appointing a member or filling a vacancy in the membership of the Commission, if no qualified person is willing to serve on the Commission from the region prescribed in:
(a) Paragraph (a) of subsection 1, the Governor must appoint a qualified person who is willing to serve on the Commission from the region prescribed in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 or, if there is no such person, a qualified person who is willing to serve on the Commission from the region prescribed in paragraph (b) of subsection 1.
(b) Paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the Governor must appoint a qualified person who is willing to serve on the Commission from the region prescribed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 or, if there is no such person, a qualified person who is willing to serve on the Commission from the region prescribed in paragraph (c) of subsection 1.
(c) Paragraph (c) of subsection 1, the Governor must appoint a qualified person who is willing to serve on the Commission from the region prescribed in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 or, if there is no such person, a qualified person who is willing to serve on the Commission from the region prescribed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1. If there is no qualified person willing to be appointed or to fill a vacancy on the Commission from any region, the seat must be left vacant.
3. At the expiration of the term of a member who is appointed from outside a prescribed region pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 2 or if that member vacates the seat, the Governor must appoint a qualified person from the prescribed region or, if no qualified person is willing to serve on the Commission from that region, appoint a qualified person pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 2, as applicable.
4. The apportionment of members pursuant to subsection 1 is intended to give approximately proportional regional representation on the Commission to the residents of this State. In each regular legislative session following the completion of a decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce, the apportionment of members on the Commission must be reconsidered to ensure approximately proportional regional representation is maintained. Any reapportionment of a seat pursuant to this subsection does not become effective until the expiration of the term of the member who holds the seat immediately preceding the date of the reapportionment.