Election of Chair and Vice Chair; meetings; compensation of members; members employed by State or political subdivision; quorum

1. The members of the Council shall elect a Chair and a Vice Chair. The Vice Chair presides in the absence of the Chair. 2. The Council shall meet at least once each quarter but may meet more often at the call of the Chair or a majority of the members of the Council. 3. Members of the Council serve without compensation, except that each member of the Council is entitled, while engaged in the business of the Council, to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally. The per diem allowance and travel expenses provided to a member of the Council who is an officer or employee of the State of Nevada or a political subdivision of this State must be paid by the state agency or political subdivision which employs him or her. 4. Each member of the Council who is an officer or employee of the State of Nevada or a political subdivision of this State must be relieved from his or her duties without loss of regular compensation so that the member may prepare for and attend meetings of the Council and perform any work necessary to carry out the duties of the Council in the most timely manner practicable. A state agency or political subdivision of this State shall not require an officer or employee who is a member of the Council to make up the time that he or she is absent from work to carry out his or her duties as a member of the Council or to use annual vacation or compensatory time for the absence. 5. A majority of the members of the Council constitutes a quorum, and a quorum may exercise all the powers conferred on the Council.