Assembly Bill No. 150–Assemblywoman Buckley

 

February 18, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Amends Charter of City of Las Vegas to clarify that City Attorney and Deputy City Attorneys may represent indigent persons in certain circumstances. (BDR S‑1054)

 

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 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:

 

1-1  Section 1.  Section 3.100 of the Charter of the City of Las

1-2  Vegas, being chapter 517, Statutes of Nevada 1983, as amended by

1-3  chapter 45, Statutes of Nevada 1991, at page 93, is hereby amended

1-4  to read as follows:

1-5  Sec. 3.100  City Attorney: Appointment; salary;

1-6  qualifications; duties; private practice prohibited.

1-7  1.  The City Council shall appoint a City Attorney and

1-8  shall fix his salary.

1-9  2.  The City Attorney must be:

1-10      (a) A duly licensed member, in good standing, of the

1-11  State Bar of Nevada.

1-12      (b) The Chief Legal Officer of the City and, as such, shall

1-13  advise the City Council and all offices of the City in all

1-14  matters with respect to the affairs for the City and perform

2-1  such duties as may be designated by the City Council or

2-2  prescribed by ordinance.

2-3  3.  The City Attorney is under the general direction and

2-4  supervision of the City Council.

2-5  4.  [The] Except as otherwise provided in NRS 7.065,

2-6  the City Attorney and Deputy City Attorneys may not engage

2-7  in the private practice of law.

 

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