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1-1 Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada,

1-2 Jointly, That section 20 of article 6 of the Constitution of the State of

1-3 Nevada be amended to read as follows:

1-4 Sec. 20. 1. When a vacancy occurs before the expiration of any term

1-5 of office in the supreme court or among the district judges, the governor

1-6 shall appoint a justice or judge from among three nominees selected for

1-7 such individual vacancy by the commission on judicial selection.

1-8 [2. The] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the term of

1-9 office of any justice or judge so appointed expires on the first Monday of

1-10 January following the [next] first general election [.] that is held at least 12

1-11 calendar months after the date on which the appointment was made. At

1-12 that general election, a justice or judge must be elected to fill the

1-13 remainder of the term.

1-14 2. If the date on which the appointment was made is within the 12

1-15 calendar months immediately preceding the expiration of the term of the

1-16 vacated office, the term of office of the justice or judge appointed

1-17 pursuant to subsection 1 is the remainder of the unexpired term of office.

2-1 3. Each nomination for the supreme court shall be made by the

2-2 permanent commission, composed of:

2-3 (a) The chief justice or an associate justice designated by him;

2-4 (b) Three members of the State Bar of Nevada, a public corporation

2-5 created by statute, appointed by its board of governors; and

2-6 (c) Three persons, not members of the legal profession, appointed by the

2-7 governor.

2-8 4. Each nomination for the district court shall be made by a temporary

2-9 commission composed of:

2-10 (a) The permanent commission;

2-11 (b) A member of the State Bar of Nevada resident in the judicial district

2-12 in which the vacancy occurs, appointed by the board of governors of the

2-13 State Bar of Nevada; and

2-14 (c) A resident of such judicial district, not a member of the legal

2-15 profession, appointed by the governor.

2-16 5. If at any time the State Bar of Nevada ceases to exist as a public

2-17 corporation or ceases to include all attorneys admitted to practice before

2-18 the courts of this state, the legislature shall provide by law, or if it fails to

2-19 do so the court shall provide by rule, for the appointment of attorneys at

2-20 law to the positions designated in this section to be occupied by members

2-21 of the State Bar of Nevada.

2-22 6. The term of office of each appointive member of the permanent

2-23 commission, except the first members, is 4 years. Each appointing authority

2-24 shall appoint one of the members first appointed for a term of 2 years. If a

2-25 vacancy occurs, the appointing authority shall fill the vacancy for the

2-26 unexpired term. The additional members of a temporary commission shall

2-27 be appointed when a vacancy occurs, and their terms shall expire when the

2-28 nominations for such vacancy have been transmitted to the governor.

2-29 7. An appointing authority shall not appoint to the permanent

2-30 commission more than:

2-31 (a) One resident of any county.

2-32 (b) Two members of the same political party.

2-33 No member of the permanent commission may be a member of a

2-34 commission on judicial discipline.

2-35 8. After the expiration of 30 days from the date on which the

2-36 commission on judicial selection has delivered to him its list of nominees

2-37 for any vacancy, if the governor has not made the appointment required by

2-38 this section, he shall make no other appointment to any public office until

2-39 he has appointed a justice or judge from the list submitted.

3-1 If a commission on judicial selection is established by another section of

3-2 this constitution to nominate persons to fill vacancies on the supreme court,

3-3 such commission shall serve as the permanent commission established by

3-4 subsection 3 of this section.