Nevada Code § 538.290

Composition; qualifications of commissioners. [Effective until the effective date of the California-Nevada Interstate Compact ( NRS 538.600 ).]
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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Each commissioner so appointed must be
an elector and a water user or an employee of a water user within the State of
Nevada.

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