Senate Bill No. 119–Committee on Judiciary

(On Behalf of Attorney General)

February 4, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Requires public employer to pay annual membership fees charged by State Bar of Nevada for certain attorneys employed by public employer. (BDR 1-291)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: Yes.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to attorneys; requiring a public employer to pay the annual membership fees charged by the State Bar of Nevada for certain attorneys employed by the public employer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. Chapter 7 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2 new section to read as follows:

1-3 1. Each year a public employer shall pay the annual membership fee

1-4 charged by the State Bar of Nevada for an attorney who is employed by

1-5 the public employer, unless the attorney is compensated during the year

1-6 by a source other than the public employer for legal services whether or

1-7 not the legal services are provided on a part-time, full-time, temporary or

1-8 permanent basis.

1-9 2. After a public employer pays the annual membership fee charged

1-10 by the State Bar of Nevada for an attorney pursuant to subsection 1, if

1-11 the attorney quits, is terminated or accepts compensation for legal

1-12 services from another source during the year for which the membership

1-13 fee was paid, the attorney shall reimburse the public employer a pro rata

1-14 share of the membership fee for the remainder of the year.

2-1 3. As used in this section, "public employer" means any agency,

2-2 board, bureau, commission, department or division of the State of

2-3 Nevada or any political subdivision thereof.

2-4 Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

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