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        (REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Senate Bill No. 137–Committee on Finance

 

(On Behalf of Administrative Office of the Courts)

 

February 15, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Finance

 

SUMMARY—Increases number of district judges in second judicial district. (BDR 1‑521)

 

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.

 

AN ACT relating to courts; increasing the number of district judges in the second judicial district; increasing the number of district judges in the second judicial district 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 3.012 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    3.012  For the second judicial district there must be [11] 12 district

1-3  judges, [3] 4 of whom must be judges of the family court.

1-4    Sec. 2.  The additional district judge required for the second 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 term of this judge expires on January 5, 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 $81,588 for the salary of

1-10  the additional district judge 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.

1-15    Sec. 4.  The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply

1-16  to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the

1-17  provisions of this act.

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

2-2  effective on October 1, 2001.

2-3    2.  Section 3 of this act becomes effective on January 1, 2003.

2-4    3.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. on January 6,

2-5  2003.

 

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