Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 51 (BDR 1-377)
Proposed by: Committee on Judiciary
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Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:
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Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 1 through 4 as sections 2 through 5 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:
"Section 1. NRS 1.360 is hereby amended to read as follows:
1.360 Under the direction of the supreme court, the court administrator shall:1. Examine the administrative procedures employed in the offices of the judges, clerks, court reporters and employees of all courts of this state and make recommendations, through the chief justice, for the improvement of those procedures;
2. Examine the condition of the dockets of the courts and determine the need for assistance by any court;
3. Make recommendations to and carry out the directions of the chief justice relating to the assignment of district judges where district courts are in need of assistance;
4. Develop a uniform system for collecting and compiling statistics and other data regarding the operation of the state court system and transmit that information to the supreme court so that proper action may be taken in respect thereto;
5. Prepare and submit a budget of state appropriations necessary for the maintenance and operation of the state court system and make recommendations in respect thereto;
6. Develop procedures for accounting, internal auditing, procurement and disbursement for the state court system;
7. Collect statistical and other data and make reports relating to the expenditure of all public money for the maintenance and operation of the state court system and the offices connected therewith;
8. Compile statistics from the information required to be maintained by the clerks of the district courts pursuant to NRS 3.275 and make reports as to the cases filed in the district courts;
9. Formulate and submit to the supreme court recommendations of policies or proposed legislation for the improvement of the state court system;
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On or before January 1 of each year, submit to the director of the legislative counsel bureau a written report compiling the information submitted to the court administrator pursuant to sections 6, 9 and 10 of this act during the immediately preceding fiscal year; and11.
Attend to such other matters as may be assigned by the supreme court or prescribed by law.".Amend section 1, page 1, line 2, by deleting:
"2, 3 and 4" and inserting:
"3 to 6, inclusive,".
Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 4, by deleting:
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3 and 4" and inserting:"
4 and 5".Amend sec. 4, page 1, line 8, by deleting:
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and "family division" mean" and inserting "means".Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 5 and 6 as sections 7 and 8 and adding a new section designated sec. 6, following sec. 4, to read as follows:
"Sec. 6.
In the time and manner prescribed by the supreme court, the chief judge of the judicial district or, if the district has no chief judge, a district judge designated by mutual consent of the district judges of that district, shall submit to the court administrator a report of the statistical information required pursuant to this section and such other statistical information as prescribed by the supreme court. The report must include, without limitation, statistical information concerning:1. Those cases which are pending and undecided and the judge to whom each case has been assigned;
2. The type and number of cases each judge considered during the preceding month;
3. The number of cases submitted to each judge during the preceding month;
4. The number of cases decided by each judge during the preceding month; and
5. The number of full judicial days in which each judge appeared in court or in chambers in performance of his duties during the preceding month.
".Amend sec. 6, pages 2 and 3, by deleting lines 27 through 41 on page 2 and lines 1 through 3 on page 3, and inserting:
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(a) Those cases which are pending and undecided and to which judge the cases have been assigned;
(b) The type and number of cases each judge considered during the preceding month;
(c) The number of cases submitted to each judge during the preceding month;
(d) The number of cases decided by each judge during the preceding month; and
(e) The number of full judicial days in which each judge appeared in court or in chambers in performance of his duties during the preceding month.]
(d) Perform all other duties of the chief judge or of a presiding judge that are set forth in this chapter and any other provision of NRS.
".Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 7 as sec. 11 and adding new sections designated sections 9 and 10, following sec. 6, to read as follows:
"Sec. 9. Chapter 4 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
In the time and manner prescribed by the supreme court, the justice of the peace of a township or, if there is more than one justice of the peace of a township, a justice of the peace designated by mutual consent of the other justices of the peace of that township, shall submit to the court administrator a written report of the statistical information required pursuant to this section and such other statistical information as prescribed by the supreme court. The report must include, without limitation, statistical information concerning:
1. Those cases which are pending and undecided and the justice of the peace to whom each case has been assigned;
2. The type and number of cases each justice of the peace considered during the preceding month;
3. The number of cases submitted to each justice of the peace during the preceding month;
4. The number of cases decided by each justice of the peace during the preceding month; and
5. The number of full judicial days in which each justice of the peace appeared in court or in chambers in performance of his duties during the preceding month.
Sec. 10. Chapter 5 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
In the time and manner prescribed by the supreme court, the municipal judge of a city or, if there is more than one municipal judge for a city, a municipal judge designated by mutual consent of the other municipal judges of that city, shall submit to the court administrator a written report of the statistical information required pursuant to this section and such other statistical information as prescribed by the supreme court. The report must include, without limitation, statistical information concerning:
1. Those cases which are pending and undecided and the municipal judge to whom each case has been assigned;
2. The type and number of cases each municipal judge considered during the preceding month;
3. The number of cases submitted to each municipal judge during the preceding month;
4. The number of cases decided by each municipal judge during the preceding month; and
5. The number of full judicial days in which each municipal judge appeared in court or in chambers in performance of his duties during the preceding month.
".Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
"AN ACT relating to the court system; requiring the district courts, justices’ courts and municipal courts to submit certain statistical information to the court administrator; requiring the court administrator to compile such information and submit an annual report concerning the information to the director of the legislative counsel bureau; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:
"SUMMARY—Makes various changes concerning reporting of certain statistical information to court administrator by district courts, justices’ courts and municipal courts. (BDR 1-377)".