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Home » US Law » 2022 Nevada Revised Statutes » TITLE 14—PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES » Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services » BOARD ON INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES » NRS 180.310 – Terms and reappointment of voting members; selection of Chair; removal of voting members; vacancies; meetings; voting.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the voting members of the Board on Indigent Defense Services are appointed for a term of 3 years and may be reappointed.

2. The Chair of the Board must be selected at the first meeting from among the voting members of the Board and serves until July 1 of the next year. The Chair for the following year must be selected in the same manner before the expiration of the current term of the sitting Chair. The Chair may be selected to serve another term as Chair.

3. The Governor may remove a voting member of the Board for incompetence, neglect of duty, committing any act that constitutes moral turpitude, misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office or for any other good cause.

4. A vacancy on the Board must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment by the appointing authority for the remainder of the unexpired term.

5. The Board shall meet regularly upon a call of the Chair. An affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board is required to take any action.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 2882)