Senate Bill No. 314–Committee on Judiciary

March 4, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Revises and clarifies certain provisions governing municipal judges. (BDR 1-1664)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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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 municipal courts; authorizing cities to establish the terms of office of municipal judges by ordinance; clarifying that municipal judges may be appointed in certain cities; 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. NRS 5.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 5.020 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 [,] and NRS

1-3 266.405, each municipal judge must be chosen by the electors of the city

1-4 within which the municipal court is established on a day to be fixed by the

1-5 governing body of that city. He shall hold his office for [1 year, unless a

1-6 longer period is] the period fixed by an ordinance adopted by the city or

1-7 fixed by the charter of the city . [, in which case he shall hold his office for

1-8 that longer period.] Before entering upon his duties a municipal judge shall

1-9 take the constitutional oath of office. A municipal judge must:

1-10 (a) Be a citizen of the state;

1-11 (b) Except as otherwise provided in the charter of a city organized under

1-12 a special charter, have been a bona fide resident of the city for not less than

1-13 1 year next preceding his election; and

1-14 (c) Be a qualified elector in the city.

1-15 2. The governing body of a city, with the consent of the board of

1-16 county commissioners and the justice of the peace, may provide that a

1-17 justice of the peace of the township in which the city is located is ex officio

1-18 the municipal judge of the city.

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