NRS463.021. Creation; composition; terms; meetings; recommendations advisory and not binding; Review Panel of Committee to consider certain appeals; advisory committee on gaming education; appointment of members, terms and duties.

      1.  The Gaming Policy Committee, consisting of the Governor as Chair and 11 members, is hereby created.

      2.  The Committee must be composed of:

      (a) One member of the Commission, designated by the Chair of the Commission;

      (b) One member of the Board, designated by the Chair of the Board;

      (c) One member of the Senate appointed by the Legislative Commission;

      (d) One member of the Assembly appointed by the Legislative Commission;

      (e) One enrolled member of a Nevada Indian tribe appointed by the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc.; and

      (f) Six members appointed by the Governor for terms of 2 years as follows:

             (1) Two representatives of the general public;

             (2) Two representatives of nonrestricted gaming licensees;

             (3) One representative of restricted gaming licensees; and

             (4) One representative of academia who possesses knowledge of matters related to gaming.

      3.  Members who are appointed by the Governor serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

      4.  Members who are Legislators serve terms beginning when the Legislature convenes and continuing until the next regular session of the Legislature is convened.

      5.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the Governor may call meetings of the Gaming Policy Committee for the exclusive purpose of discussing matters of gaming policy. The recommendations concerning gaming policy made by the Committee pursuant to this subsection are advisory and not binding on the Board or the Commission in the performance of their duties and functions.

      6.  An appeal filed pursuant to NRS 463.3088 may be considered only by a Review Panel of the Committee. The Review Panel must consist of the members of the Committee who are identified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) of subsection 2 and subparagraph (1) of paragraph (f) of subsection 2.

      7.  The Governor, as Chair of the Committee, may appoint an advisory committee on gaming education. An advisory committee appointed pursuant to this subsection must:

      (a) Contain not more than five members who serve at the pleasure of the Governor; and

      (b) Be chaired by the person selected as chair by the Governor.

      8.  An advisory committee created pursuant to subsection 7 shall:

      (a) Review and evaluate all gaming-related educational entities in this State, including, without limitation, the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming of the University of Nevada, Reno, and the UNLV International Gaming Institute of the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to determine how to align such entities with the needs of the gaming industry;

      (b) Study and analyze the workforce and technology needs of the gaming industry to determine how the gaming-related educational entities may satisfy those needs;

      (c) Study the potential for leveraging gaming-related competencies and technologies developed by gaming-related educational entities into other industries; and

      (d) Report any findings and recommendations to the Committee.

      (Added to NRS by 1961, 360; A 1971, 765; 1977, 1421; 1993, 1164; 1997, 1710; 2013, 3461)