Amendment No. 554

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 590 (BDR S-1547)

Proposed by: Committee on Government Affairs

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

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Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 1 and 2 as sections 2 and 3 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

"Section 1. The charter of the City of North Las Vegas, being chapter 573, Statutes of Nevada 1971, at 1210, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be designated as section 1.045, immediately following section 1.040, to read as follows:

Sec. 1.045 Wards: Creation; Boundaries.

1. The city must be divided into four wards which must be as nearly equal in population as practicable, and each of which must be composed entirely of contiguous territory.

2. The boundaries of the wards must be established and changed by ordinance. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the boundaries of the wards must be changed whenever the population, as determined by the last preceding national census of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce, in any ward exceeds the population in any other ward by more than 5 percent.

3. The boundaries of the wards must not be changed, except to accommodate an annexation of territory to the city, during the period beginning 30 days immediately preceding the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy for a municipal election and ending on the date of the election.".

Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 9 through 13 and inserting:

"2. The mayor [and councilmen] must be:

(a) [Bona fide residents] A bona fide resident of the city for at least 6 months immediately preceding [their election.

(b) Qualified electors] his election.

(b) A qualified elector within the city.

3. Each councilman:

(a) Must be a qualified elector who has resided in the ward which he represents for at least 30 days immediately preceding the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy for his office.

(b) Must continue to live in the ward he represents, except that changes in ward boundaries made pursuant to section 1.045 of this charter will not affect the right of any elected councilman to continue in office for the term for which he was elected.

4. At the time of filing, if so required by an ordinance duly".

Amend section 1, pages 1 and 2, by deleting lines 16 through 19 on page 1 and lines 1 through 4 on page 2, and inserting:

"provided in subsection 2 [.

4.] or 3, whichever is applicable.

5. All councilmen, including the mayor, must be voted upon by the registered voters of the city at large, and their terms of office are 4 years.".

Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 5, by deleting "6." and inserting "[5.] 6.".

Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 15 and 16, and inserting:

"documents. The seats for city councilmen must be designated by the numbers one through four which number must correspond with the wards the candidates for city councilmen will seek to represent.".

Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 18 and 19, and inserting:

"candidacy the number of the ward which he seeks to represent. Each candidate for city council must be designated as a candidate for the city council seat that corresponds with the ward that he seeks to represent.".

Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 3 and adding a new section designated sec. 4, following sec. 2, to read as follows:

"Sec. 4. The city council shall, on or before January 1, 2000, establish the boundaries of the wards pursuant to the amendatory provisions of section 1 of this act. The amendatory provisions of sections 2 and 3 of this act apply initially to the candidates for city council seats in the municipal election held in 2001.".