269.071 - Member of town board or county commissioner not to become contractor under certain contracts; penalties.

269.071  Member of town board or county commissioner not to become contractor under certain contracts; penalties.

      1.  It is unlawful for any member of a town board or board of county commissioners acting for any town to become a contractor under any contract or order for supplies or any other kind of contract authorized by or for the board of which he or she is a member, or to be interested, directly or indirectly, as principal, in any kind of contract so authorized.

      2.  Any person violating subsection 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall forfeit his or her office.

      (Added to NRS by 1977, 1111)