Assembly Bill No. 109–Committee on Judiciary

(On Behalf of Administrative Office of the Courts)

February 12, 2001

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Referred to Concurrent Committees on Judiciary
and Ways and Means

SUMMARY—Increases number of district judges in eighth judicial district. (BDR 1‑520)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.

Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in Executive Budget.

CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§ 1)

(Not Requested by Affected Local Government)

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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 courts; increasing the number of district judges in the eighth judicial district; increasing the number of those district judges who must be judges of the family court; making an appropriation; 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 3.018 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 3.018 For the eighth judicial district there must be [30] 35 district

1-3 judges, [11] 12 of whom must be judges of the family court.

1-4 Sec. 2. The additional district judges required for the eighth judicial

1-5 district pursuant to section 1 of this act must be selected at the general

1-6 election held on November 5, 2002, and take office on January 6, 2003.

1-7 The terms of these judges expire on January 2, 2009.

1-8 Sec. 3. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund

1-9 to the district judges’ salary account the sum of $332,500 for the salaries of

1-10 the additional district judges required pursuant to section 1 of this act.

1-11 2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1

1-12 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2003, and reverts to

1-13 the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have

1-14 been made.

2-1 Sec. 4. The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply

2-2 to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the

2-3 provisions of this act.

2-4 Sec. 5. 1. This section and sections 2 and 4 of this act become

2-5 effective on October 1, 2001.

2-6 2. Sections 1 and 3 of this act become effective on January 6, 2003.

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