Senate Bill No. 184–Committee on Judiciary

 

(On Behalf of Administrative Office of the Courts)

 

February 15, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Adjusts prospective salary of supreme court justices and district court judges. (BDR 1‑517)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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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 the judicial system; adjusting prospectively the salaries of supreme court justices and district court 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. NRS 2.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    2.050  1.  Until the first Monday in January [1997,] 2003, the justices

1-3  of the supreme court whose terms of office expire on the first Monday in

1-4  January [1997] 2003 are entitled to receive an annual base salary of

1-5  [$85,000.] $107,600. From and after the first Monday in January [1997,]

1-6  2003, their successors in office are entitled to receive [a salary of

1-7  $107,600.] an annual base salary of $150,000.

1-8    2.  Until the first Monday in January [1999,] 2005, the justices of the

1-9  supreme court whose terms of office expire on the first Monday in January

1-10  [1999] 2005 are entitled to receive an annual base salary of [$85,000.]

1-11  $107,600. From and after the first Monday in January [1999,] 2005, their

1-12  successors in office are entitled to receive [a salary of $107,600.] an

1-13  annual base salary of $150,000.

1-14    3.  Until the first Monday in January [2001, the justice] 2007, the

1-15  justices of the supreme court whose [term] terms of office [expires] expire

1-16  on the first Monday in January [2001 is] 2007 are entitled to receive an

1-17  annual base salary of [$85,000.] $107,600. From and after the first Monday

1-18  in January [2001, his successor] 2007, their successors in office [is] are

1-19  entitled to receive [a salary of $107,600.

2-1    4.  The justices elected pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 2.030 and their

2-2  respective successors are entitled to receive a salary of $107,600.] an

2-3  annual base salary of $150,000.

2-4    [5.] 4.  All salaries provided for in this section are payable in

2-5  biweekly installments as other state officers are paid.

2-6    Sec. 2.  NRS 3.030 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-7    3.030  1.  Until the first Monday in January [1997,] 2003, the annual

2-8  base salary of each district judge is [$79,000.] $100,000. From and after

2-9  the first Monday in January [1997,] 2003, the annual base salary of each

2-10  district judge is [$100,000.] $130,000.

2-11    2.  If a district judge has served in his office for at least 4 years, he is

2-12  entitled to an additional salary of 2 percent of his annual base salary for

2-13  each year of service. The additional salary must not exceed 22 percent of

2-14  his annual base salary.

2-15    3.  The annual base salaries and the additional salary for longevity

2-16  must be paid in biweekly installments out of the district judges’ salary

2-17  account of the supreme court.

2-18    4.  No salary of any district judge may be paid in advance.

2-19    Sec. 3.  Section 9 of chapter 433, Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page

2-20  1532, as last amended by section 40 of chapter 105, Statutes of Nevada

2-21  1999, at page 459, is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-22  Sec. 9.  1.  Sections 1 [to 6, inclusive,] , 2, 3, 5 and 6 of this act

2-23  [,] expire by limitation on the date on which the qualified electors of

2-24  this state approve a constitutional amendment that establishes an

2-25  intermediate court of appeals within the State of Nevada.

2-26  2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, the additional

2-27  justices whose positions are abolished by the establishment of an

2-28  intermediate court of appeals must be permitted to serve the

2-29  remainder of the terms to which they were elected. At the end of those

2-30  terms, the positions of the additional justices must be abolished, along

2-31  with the positions of any staff hired directly to support the additional

2-32  justices.

 

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