NRS309.120. Officers; regular and special meetings; quorum; public records; organization of board; vacancies.

      1.  The officers of such district shall consist of three, five or seven directors as aforesaid, a president and a vice president elected from their number, a secretary and a treasurer. The board may also appoint an assistant secretary who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties of the secretary as may be designated by the board of directors, except that such assistant secretary shall not be invested with authority to sign on behalf of the secretary any bonds of the district. The secretary and treasurer shall be appointed by the board of directors and may or may not be members of the board. Such officers shall serve at the will of the board. One person may be appointed to serve as secretary and treasurer.

      2.  The directors immediately upon their election and qualification shall meet and organize. The board of directors shall designate some place within the county where the organization of the district was effected as the office of the board, and the board shall hold a regular monthly meeting in its office on such day of the month as that fixed upon by resolution duly entered upon the minutes, and when the time for such a monthly meeting has been fixed, it cannot again be changed for 12 months, and it can only be changed by resolution passed at least 2 months prior to the time such change will take effect and upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the district for at least 2 weeks prior to such change. Should the regular meeting day fall upon a nonjudicial day, such meeting must be held on the first judicial day thereafter.

      3.  The board of directors shall hold such special meetings as shall be required for the purpose of transaction of business, but all special meetings must be called by the president or a majority of the board. The order calling such special meeting must be entered on the record, and the secretary shall give each member not joining in the order 3 days’ notice of such special meeting. The order must specify the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and none other than that specified shall be transacted.

      4.  Whenever all members of the board are present at a meeting, the same shall be deemed a legal meeting and any lawful business may be transacted. All meetings of the board must be public and a majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, but on all questions requiring a vote there must be an affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of the board.

      5.  All records of the board must be open to the inspection of any elector during business hours.

      6.  At the regular monthly meeting in January next following their elections, the board of directors shall meet and organize and elect a president and vice president and appoint a secretary and treasurer. The appointees aforesaid shall file bonds, which must be approved by the board, for the faithful performance of their duties.

      7.  Any vacancies in the offices of directors must be filled from the division in which the vacancy occurs by the remaining members of the board. If the board fails, neglects or refuses to fill any vacancy within 30 days after the vacancy occurs, the board of county commissioners shall fill that vacancy. A director appointed to fill a vacancy, as above provided, shall hold office until the next biennial election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.

      [9:24:1928; NCL § 3463]—(NRS A 1971, 427; 2001, 1127; 2013, 470)