Assembly Joint Resolution No. 13–Committee on

Constitutional Amendments

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Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada,

Jointly, That section 20 of article 6 of the Constitution of the State of

Nevada be amended to read as follows:

1. Sec. 20. 1. When a vacancy occurs before the expiration of any term

1. of office in the supreme court or among the district judges, the governor

1. shall appoint a justice or judge from among three nominees selected for

1. such individual vacancy by the commission on judicial selection.

office of any justice or judge so appointed expires on the first Monday of

1. permanent commission, composed of:

1. (a) The chief justice or an associate justice designated by him;

1. (b) Three members of the State Bar of Nevada, a public corporation

1. created by statute, appointed by its board of governors; and

1. (c) Three persons, not members of the legal profession, appointed by the

1. governor.

1. 4. Each nomination for the district court shall be made by a temporary

1. commission composed of:

1. (a) The permanent commission;

1. (b) A member of the State Bar of Nevada resident in the judicial district

1. in which the vacancy occurs, appointed by the board of governors of the

1. State Bar of Nevada; and

1. (c) A resident of such judicial district, not a member of the legal

1. profession, appointed by the governor.

1. 5. If at any time the State Bar of Nevada ceases to exist as a public

1. corporation or ceases to include all attorneys admitted to practice before

1. the courts of this state, the legislature shall provide by law, or if it fails to

1. do so the court shall provide by rule, for the appointment of attorneys at

1. law to the positions designated in this section to be occupied by members

1. of the State Bar of Nevada.

1. 6. The term of office of each appointive member of the permanent

1. commission, except the first members, is 4 years. Each appointing authority
2. shall appoint one of the members first appointed for a term of 2 years. If a

1. vacancy occurs, the appointing authority shall fill the vacancy for the

1. unexpired term. The additional members of a temporary commission shall

1. be appointed when a vacancy occurs, and their terms shall expire when the

1. nominations for such vacancy have been transmitted to the governor.

1. 7. An appointing authority shall not appoint to the permanent

1. commission more than:

1. (a) One resident of any county.

1. (b) Two members of the same political party.

1. No member of the permanent commission may be a member of a

1. commission on judicial discipline.

1. 8. After the expiration of 30 days from the date on which the

1. commission on judicial selection has delivered to him its list of nominees

1. for any vacancy, if the governor has not made the appointment required by

1. this section, he shall make no other appointment to any public office until

1. he has appointed a justice or judge from the list submitted.

1. If a commission on judicial selection is established by another section of

1. this constitution to nominate persons to fill vacancies on the supreme court,

1. such commission shall serve as the permanent commission established by

1. subsection 3 of this section.

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