2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 458A - Prevention and Treatment of Problem Gambling
NRS 458A.060 - Creation; regular members and alternate members; terms of members; compensation; quorum; members holding public office or employed by governmental entity; duties.

1. The Advisory Committee on Problem Gambling, consisting of nine regular members, is hereby created within the Department.

2. The Governor shall appoint the following regular members to the Advisory Committee:

(a) One regular member who holds a restricted gaming license;

(b) Two regular members who hold nonrestricted gaming licenses;

(c) Two regular members who work in the area of mental health, at least one of whom has experience in the treatment of persons who are problem gamblers;

(d) One regular member who represents the Nevada System of Higher Education and has experience in the prevention or treatment of problem gambling;

(e) One regular member who represents an organization for veterans; and

(f) Two regular members who represent organizations that provide assistance to persons who are problem gamblers.

3. Each regular member appointed pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 2 may appoint an alternate member to serve in his or her place if he or she is unable to attend a meeting or perform his or her duties.

4. After the initial terms, each regular member of the Advisory Committee serves for a term of 2 years. Each regular member of the Advisory Committee continues in office until his or her successor is appointed. Each alternate member appointed pursuant to subsection 3 serves during the term of the regular member who appointed him or her and may be reappointed.

5. The regular members and alternate members of the Advisory Committee serve without compensation, except that the regular members and alternate members are entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally while engaged in the business of the Advisory Committee.

6. A majority of the total membership of the Advisory Committee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and a majority of a quorum present at any meeting is sufficient for any action taken by the Advisory Committee.

7. A regular member of the Advisory Committee who is an officer or employee of the State or a political subdivision of the State must be relieved from his or her duties without loss of his or her regular compensation so that he or she may prepare for and attend meetings of the Advisory Committee and perform any work necessary to carry out the duties of the Advisory Committee in the most timely manner practicable. A state agency or political subdivision of the State shall not require an officer or employee who is a regular member of the Advisory Committee to:

(a) Make up the time he or she is absent from work to carry out his or her duties as a regular member of the Advisory Committee; or

(b) Take annual leave or compensatory time for the absence.

8. The Advisory Committee shall:

(a) At its first meeting and annually thereafter, elect a Chair from among its regular members;

(b) Meet at the call of the Director, the Chair or a majority of its regular members as necessary, within the budget of the Advisory Committee, but not to exceed six meetings per year; and

(c) Adopt rules for its management and government.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1527; A 2007, 810)