SUMMARY--Increases fee for marriage license to support certain legal aid for indigent persons. (BDR 11-1649)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to fees; increasing the fee for a marriage license to support certain legal aid for indigent persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 NRS 122.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:
122.060 1. The clerk is entitled to receive as his fee for issuing the license the sum of $13.
2. The clerk shall also at the time of issuing the license collect the sum of $3 and pay it over to the county recorder as his fee for recording the originally signed copy of the certificate of marriage described in NRS 122.120.
3. The clerk shall also at the time of issuing the license collect the additional sum of $4 for the State of Nevada. The fees collected for the state must be paid over to the county treasurer by the county clerk on or before the [5th] fifth day of each month for the preceding calendar month [,] and must be placed to the credit of the state general fund. The county treasurer shall remit quarterly all such fees deposited by the clerk to the state treasurer for credit to the state general fund.
4. The clerk shall also at the time of issuing the license collect the additional sum of $15 for the account for aid for victims of domestic violence in the state general fund. The fees collected for this purpose must be paid over to the county treasurer by the county clerk on or before the [5th] fifth day of each month for the preceding calendar month [,] and must be placed to the credit of that account. The county treasurer shall, on or before the 15th day of each month, remit those fees deposited by the clerk to the state treasurer for credit to that account.
5. The clerk shall also at the time of issuing the license collect the additional sum of $5 for the program for legal aid for the family. The fees collected for this purpose must be paid over to the county treasurer by the county clerk on or before the fifth day of each month for the preceding calendar month. The county treasurer shall remit quarterly all such fees deposited by the clerk to the organization that has been designated for the county pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of this act as the program for legal aid for the family.
Sec. 2 Chapter 3 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. In each judicial district that includes a family court, the judges of the family court by mutual consent shall, for each county within the judicial district, designate an organization as the program for legal aid for the family.
2. In each judicial district that does not include a family court, the district judges by mutual consent shall, for each county within the judicial district, designate an organization as the program for legal aid for the family.
3. An organization designated as the program for legal aid for the family pursuant to this section must receive the fees collected pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 122.060.
4. An organization may be designated as the program for legal aid for the family pursuant to this section only if the organization uses the fees collected pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 122.060 to provide to indigent persons, without charge, legal services relating to:
(a) If the judicial district includes a family court, civil proceedings that are within the jurisdiction of the family court pursuant to NRS 3.223, other than a proceeding brought pursuant to chapter 62 of NRS; or
(b) If the judicial district does not include a family court, civil proceedings that are listed in NRS 3.223, other than a proceeding brought pursuant to chapter 62 of NRS.
Sec. 3 This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.