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1-1 Section 1. Section 1.130 of the charter of the City of Las Vegas, being

1-2 chapter 517, Statutes of Nevada 1983, as amended by chapter 526, Statutes

1-3 of Nevada 1997, at page 2514, is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-4 Sec. 1.130 Wards: Creation; boundaries.

1-10 necessary; or

2-1 (b) Upon approval of a question proposing an increase to a

2-2 specific number of wards by a majority of the voters voting on the

2-3 question. Such a question must be submitted to the voters on the

2-4 ballot at a general election or general city election if the city

2-5 council votes for the submission of the question on its own motion

2-6 or if a petition signed by a number of registered voters of the city

2-7 equal to 15 percent or more of the number of voters who voted at

2-8 the last preceding general election is submitted to the city council

2-9 requesting an increase to a specific number of wards.

2-10 The wards must be as nearly equal in population as can

2-11 conveniently be provided, and the territory which comprises each

2-12 ward must be contiguous.

2-13 2. The boundaries of the wards must be established and

2-14 changed by ordinance. The boundaries of the wards must be

2-15 changed whenever the population, as determined by the last

2-16 preceding national census of the Bureau of the Census of the United

2-17 States Department of Commerce, in any ward exceeds the

2-18 population in any other ward by more than 5 percent. The

2-19 boundaries of the wards may be changed to include territory which

2-20 has been annexed and whenever the population in any ward exceeds

2-21 the population in any other ward by more than 5 percent by any

2-22 measure which is found reliable by the city council.

2-23 Sec. 2. Section 2.010 of the charter of the City of Las Vegas, being

2-32 office.

2-33 Sec. 3. Section 5.010 of the charter of the City of Las Vegas, being

2-34 chapter 517, Statutes of Nevada 1983, as last amended by chapter 570,

2-35 Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page 2790, is hereby amended to read as

2-36 follows:

2-42 department 2, must be nominated.

3-1 2. On the Tuesday after the first Monday in May [1987,] 2003,

3-2 and at each successive interval of 4 years, a primary municipal

3-3 election must be held in the city at which time candidates for mayor,

3-4 for [two] the other half of the offices of councilman and for

3-5 municipal judge, department 1, must be nominated.

3-6 3. The candidates for councilman who are to be nominated as

3-7 provided in subsections 1 and 2 must be nominated and voted for

3-8 separately according to the respective wards. The candidates from

3-9 [wards 2 and 4] each even-numbered ward must be nominated as

3-10 provided in subsection 1, and the candidates from [wards 1 and 3]

3-11 each odd-numbered ward must be nominated as provided in

3-12 subsection 2.

3-13 4. If the city council has established an additional department

3-14 or departments of the municipal court pursuant to section 4.010 of

3-15 this charter, and, as a result, more than one office of municipal

3-16 judge is to be filled at any election, the candidates for those offices

3-17 must be nominated and voted upon separately according to the

3-18 respective departments.

3-19 5. Each candidate for the municipal offices which are provided

3-20 for in subsections 1, 2 and 4 must file a declaration of candidacy

3-21 with the city clerk. All filing fees collected by the city clerk must be

3-22 paid into the city treasury.

3-23 6. If, in the primary election, regardless of the number of

3-24 candidates for an office, one candidate receives a majority of votes

3-25 which are cast in that election for the office for which he is a

3-26 candidate, he must be declared elected for the term which

3-27 commences on the day of the first regular meeting of the city

3-28 council next succeeding the meeting at which the canvass of the

3-29 returns is made, and no general election need be held for that office.

3-30 If, in the primary election, no candidate receives a majority of votes

3-31 which are cast in that election for the office for which he is a

3-32 candidate, the names of the two candidates who receive the highest

3-33 number of votes must be placed on the ballot for the general

3-34 election.

3-35 Sec. 4. The city council of the City of Las Vegas shall submit the

3-36 question of whether the number of wards of the city should be increased to

3-37 six wards to the registered voters of the city at the first general municipal

3-38 election after the effective date of this act.

3-39 Sec. 5. If the registered voters of the City of Las Vegas approve the

3-40 increase in the number of wards of the city to six wards, the city council

3-41 shall, on or before January 1, 2000:

4-1 1. Establish the boundaries of the wards added pursuant to the

4-2 amendatory provisions of section 1 of this act and designate these wards as

4-3 wards 5 and 6.

4-4 2. Appoint one person to each office of councilman added pursuant to

4-5 the amendatory provisions of section 1 of this act. The successor to the

4-6 office of councilman from ward 6 who is elected at the municipal election

4-7 in 2001 serves for a term of 4 years. Notwithstanding the provisions of

4-8 subsection 2 of section 1.140 of the charter of the City of Las Vegas, the

4-9 successor to the office of councilman from ward 5 who is elected at the

4-10 municipal election in 2001 serves for a term of 2 years. His successor who

4-11 is elected at the municipal election in 2003 and each subsequent successor

4-12 to that office serves for a term of 4 years.

4-13 Sec. 6. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.