Assembly Bill No. 150–Assemblywoman Buckley

 

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AN ACT relating to the Charter of the City of Las Vegas; authorizing the City Attorney and Deputy City Attorneys to represent indigent persons without compensation in certain circumstances; 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 3.100 of the Charter of the City of Las

Vegas, being chapter 517, Statutes of Nevada 1983, as amended by

chapter 45, Statutes of Nevada 1991, at page 93, is hereby amended

to read as follows:

    Sec. 3.100  City Attorney: Appointment; salary;

qualifications; duties; private practice prohibited.

    1.  The City Council shall appoint a City Attorney and

shall fix his salary.

    2.  The City Attorney must be:

    (a) A duly licensed member, in good standing, of the

State Bar of Nevada.

    (b) The Chief Legal Officer of the City and, as such, shall

advise the City Council and all offices of the City in all

matters with respect to the affairs for the City and perform

such duties as may be designated by the City Council or

prescribed by ordinance.

    3.  The City Attorney is under the general direction and

supervision of the City Council.

    4.  [The] Except as otherwise provided in NRS 7.065,

the City Attorney and Deputy City Attorneys may not engage

in the private practice of law.

 

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