{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-538.290","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 538.290","heading":"Composition; qualifications of commissioners. [Effective until the effective date of the California-Nevada Interstate Compact (NRS 538.600","body":").]\n1. The Commission shall consist of eight commissioners: The State Engineer, who shall be a nonvoting commissioner, and seven commissioners to be appointed by the Governor.\n2. In making such appointments the Governor shall appoint two commissioners from the Walker River Irrigation District; one commissioner from the Carson River water users above Lahontan Reservoir; one commissioner from the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District; one commissioner from the Washoe County Water Conservation District; one commissioner from the Sierra Pacific Power Company; and one commissioner from the Lake Tahoe area in Nevada.\n3. Each commissioner so appointed must be an elector and a water user or an employee of a water user within the State of Nevada.","path":["TITLE 48 — WATER","CHAPTER 538 - INTERSTATE WATERS, COMPACTS AND COMMISSIONS","CALIFORNIA-NEVADA INTERSTATE COMPACT COMMISSION"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-538.html#NRS538Sec290","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:42Z","sha256":"c0e15ba6e41d9ff17c0e8824f156769c91dbeced114c2b963f8d1aefae6f9bb9","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-538.280","next":"us-nv/nrs-538.300"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}