Nevada Revised Statutes Title 18. State Executive Department § 232A.020. Residency requirement for appointment; terms of members; vacancies; qualification of member appointed as representative of general public; gubernatorial appointee prohibited from serving on more than three boards, commissions or similar bodies

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person appointed to a new term or to fill a vacancy on a board, commission or similar body by the Governor must have, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 281.050, actually, as opposed to constructively, resided, for the 6 months immediately preceding the date of the appointment:

2. After the Governor's initial appointments of members to boards, commissions or similar bodies, all such members shall hold office for terms of 3 years or until their successors have been appointed and have qualified.

3. A vacancy on a board, commission or similar body occurs when a member dies, resigns, becomes ineligible to hold office or is absent from the State for a period of 6 consecutive months.

4. Any vacancy must be filled by the Governor for the remainder of the unexpired term.

5. A member appointed to a board, commission or similar body as a representative of the general public must be a person who:

6. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 232.162, the Governor shall not appoint a person to a board, commission or similar body if the person is a member of three other boards, commissions or similar bodies.

7. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply if: