Assembly Bill No. 93–Committee on Government Affairs

 

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AN ACT relating to the City of North Las Vegas; authorizing the city council to enter into a contract with one or more attorneys employed by or associated with certain professional corporations, partnerships or limited-liability companies to perform all or a portion of the duties of the city attorney; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1. Section 3.050 of the charter of the City of North Las

 Vegas, being chapter 573, Statutes of Nevada 1971, as amended by

 chapter 159, Statutes of Nevada 1999, at page 838, is hereby amended to

 read as follows:

     Sec. 3.050  City attorney: Appointment; salary; qualifications;

 duties; removal[.

     1.  The] ; contract in lieu of or in addition to appointment.

     1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the city council

 shall appoint a city attorney and fix his salary.

     2.  The city attorney and any attorney with whom the city council

 enters into a contract pursuant to subsection 6 must be a [duly]

 licensed member of the State Bar of Nevada.

     3.  The city attorney is the chief legal officer of the city and shall

 perform such duties as may be designated by the city council or

 prescribed by ordinance.

     4.  The city attorney is under the general direction and supervision

 of the city council.

     5.  The city attorney serves at the pleasure of the city council and

 may be removed by an affirmative vote of a majority of the entire

 membership of the city council at any time.

     6.  In lieu of or in addition to appointing a city attorney pursuant

 to subsection 1, the city council may enter into a contract with one

 or more attorneys employed by or associated with a professional

 corporation, partnership or limited-liability company that engages

 in the practice of law in this state to perform all or a portion of the

 duties of the city attorney. If the city council enters into such a

 contract, the city council shall ensure that the contract specifies the

 duties to be performed and the compensation payable for the

 performance of those duties.

     7.  An attorney with whom the city council enters into a contract

 to perform all or a portion of the duties of the city attorney

 pursuant to subsection 6 has, for each of the duties specified in the

 contract, all the powers and duties otherwise conferred upon a city

 attorney who is appointed pursuant to subsection 1.

 

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