AB354

Existing law creates the Nevada State Board on Geographic Names to coordinate and approve geographic names within the State for official recommendation to the United States Board on Geographic Names. (NRS 327.110) The Nevada State Board on Geographic Names consists of 12 voting members, which include various representatives from various state and federal agencies and the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc. (NRS 327.120) Section 1 of this bill: (1) removes the representative from the Nevada Historical Society on the Nevada State Board on Geographic Names; (2) adds to the Board one representative from the Division of Museums and History of the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs; (3) clarifies that the representative from the Department of Native American Affairs is from the Department of Native American Affairs of this State; and (4) changes the representatives from the United States Bureau of Land Management, the United States Forest Service and the United States National Park Service from voting members of the Board to nonvoting members. Section 2 of this bill allows the representative appointed by the Nevada Historical Society who is serving on the Board on or before July 1, 2025, to continue serving on the Board until the representative's successor is designated by the appropriate agency in accordance with the provisions of section 1. Close digest Existing law creates the Nevada State Board on Geographic Names to coordinate and approve geographic names within t