Nevada § 219A.140 - Qualifications of members; application for appointment and reappointment; notice of change in residency or school of enrollment

§ 219A.140. Qualifications of members; application for appointment and reappointment; notice of change in residency or school of enrollment

1. To be eligible to serve on the Youth Legislature, a person: (a) Must be: (1) A resident of the senatorial district of the Senator who appoints him or her; (2) Enrolled in a public school or private school located in the senatorial district

of the Senator who appoints him or her; or (3) A homeschooled child who is otherwise eligible to be enrolled in a public school

in the senatorial district of the Senator who appoints him or her; (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 219A.150 , must be: (1) Enrolled in a public school or private school in this State in grade 9, 10 or

11 for the first school year of the term for which he or she is appointed; or (2) A homeschooled child who is otherwise eligible to enroll in a public school in

this State in grade 9, 10 or 11 for the first school year of the term for which he

or she is appointed; and (c) Must not be related by blood, adoption or marriage within the third degree of

consanguinity or affinity to the Senator who appoints him or her or to any member

of the Assembly who collaborated to appoint him or her. 2. If, at any time, a person appointed to the Youth Legislature changes his or her

residency or changes his or her school of enrollment in such a manner as to render

the person ineligible under his or her original appointment, the person shall inform

the Board, in writing, within 30 days after becoming aware of such changed facts. 3. A person who wishes to be appointed or reappointed to the Youth Legislature must

submit an application on the form prescribed pursuant to subsection 4 to the Senator

of the senatorial district in which the person resides, is enrolled in a public school

or private school or, if the person is a homeschooled child, the senatorial district

in which he or she is otherwise eligible to be enrolled in a public school. A person may not submit an application to more than one Senator in a calendar year. 4. The Board shall prescribe a form for applications submitted pursuant to this section,

which must require the signature of the principal of the school in which the applicant

is enrolled or, if the applicant is a homeschooled child, the signature of a member

of the community in which the applicant resides other than a relative of the applicant.