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1-1 Section 1. NRS 4.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 4.020 1. There must be one justice’s court in each of the townships

1-15 peace for each 34,000 population of the township, or fraction thereof.

2-1 (d) If a township includes a city created by the consolidation of a city

2-2 and county into one municipal government, one justice of the peace for

2-3 each 30,000 population of the township, or fraction thereof.

2-4 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if the schedule set

2-5 forth in subsection 1 provides for an increase in the number of justices of

2-6 the peace in a township, the new justice or justices of the peace must be

2-7 elected at the next ensuing biennial election.

2-8 3. If the schedule set forth in subsection 1 provides for an increase in

2-9 the number of justices of the peace in a township :

2-10 (a) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more and, in the

2-11 opinion of a majority of the justices of the peace in that township, the case

2-12 load does not warrant an additional justice of the peace, the justices of the

2-13 peace shall notify the director of the legislative counsel bureau and the

2-14 board of county commissioners of their opinion ; or

2-15 (b) In a county whose population is less than 100,000 and the board

2-16 of county commissioners determines not to increase the number of

2-17 justices of the peace in a township in accordance with the schedule set

2-18 forth in subsection 1, the board of county commissioners shall notify the

2-19 director of the legislative counsel bureau of its opinion,

2-20 on or before March 15 of the even-numbered year in which the population

2-21 of the township provides for such an increase. The director of the

2-22 legislative counsel bureau shall submit the opinion to the next regular

2-23 session of the legislature for its consideration. If the justices of the peace

2-24 transmit such a notice to the director of the legislative counsel bureau and

2-25 the board of county commissioners, or if the board of county

2-26 commissioners transmits such a notice to the director of the legislative

2-27 counsel bureau, the number of justices must not be increased during that

2-28 period unless the legislature, by resolution, expressly approves the

2-29 increase.

2-30 4. Justices of the peace shall receive certificates of election from the

2-31 boards of county commissioners of their respective counties.

2-32 5. The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall, within 10

2-33 days after the election or appointment and qualification of any justice of

2-34 the peace, certify under seal to the secretary of state the election or

2-35 appointment and qualification of the justice of the peace. The certificate

2-36 must be filed in the office of the secretary of state as evidence of the

2-37 official character of that officer.

2-38 Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.