(REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Assembly Bill No. 22–Assemblyman Lee

 

Prefiled January 17, 2001

 

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Amends charter of City of Las Vegas to extend terms of municipal judges.  (BDR S‑858)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to judges; amending the charter of the City of Las Vegas to extend the terms of municipal judges; 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. Section 1.140 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 2515, is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-4  Sec. 1.140 Elective offices.

1-5  1.  The elective officers of the city consist of:

1-6  (a) A mayor.

1-7  (b) One councilman from each ward.

1-8  (c) Municipal judges.

1-9  2.  The terms of office of the mayor[, councilmen and, except as

1-10  is otherwise provided in subsection 3 of section 4.010 of this charter,

1-11  municipal judges] and councilmen are 4 years.

1-12  3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of section 4.010

1-13  of this charter, the term of office of a municipal judge is 6 years.

1-14    Sec. 2.  Section 4.010 of the charter of the City of Las Vegas, being

1-15  chapter 517, Statutes of Nevada 1983, as last amended by chapter 454,

1-16  Statutes of Nevada 1989, at page 967, is hereby amended to read as

1-17  follows:

1-18  Sec. 4.010  Municipal court.

1-19  1.  There is a municipal court of the city which consists of at least

1-20  two departments, each of which must be presided over by a municipal

1-21  judge and has such power and jurisdiction as is prescribed in, and is,

2-1  in all respects which are not inconsistent with this charter, governed

2-2  by chapters 5 and 266 of NRS which relate to municipal courts.

2-3  2.  The city council may from time to time establish additional

2-4  departments of the municipal court and shall appoint an additional

2-5  municipal judge for each.

2-6  3.  At the first general election which follows the appointment of

2-7  an additional municipal judge to a newly created department of the

2-8  municipal court, the successor to that municipal judge must be elected

2-9  for a term of [2 or 4] not more than 6 years, as determined by the city

2-10  council, in order to effectuate the intent of this provision that, as

2-11  nearly as practicable, [one‑half] at least one-third of the number of

2-12  municipal judges be elected every 2 years.

2-13  4.  The respective departments of the municipal court must be

2-14  numbered 1 through the appropriate arabic number, as additional

2-15  departments are approved by the city council. A municipal judge must

2-16  be elected for each department by number.

2-17    Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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