Assembly Bill No. 56–Assemblymen Anderson, Parks, Brown, Buckley, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Giunchigliani, Hettrick, Horne, Koivisto, Leslie, McClain, Oceguera, Sherer and Williams

 

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AN ACT relating to the City of Sparks; providing that the boundaries of wards must be determined on the basis of population; eliminating the authority of the Mayor to vote on any matter; 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 1.040 of the Charter of the City of Sparks,

 being chapter 470, Statutes of Nevada 1975, as amended by chapter

 41, Statutes of Nevada 2001, at page 394, is hereby amended to

 read as follows:

    Sec. 1.040  Wards: Creation; boundaries.

    1.  The city [shall] must be divided into five wards , each

 of which [shall] must be as nearly equal in [registered voters]

 population as can be conveniently provided, and the territory

 comprising each ward [shall] must be contiguous. [In

 December of the year preceding a general election the

 Washoe County registrar of voters shall establish new

 boundaries for each ward if the number of electors registered

 at the time of the last preceding general election in any ward

 exceeds the number of electors registered in any other ward

 by more than 5 percent.]

    2.  The boundaries of the wards must be established and

 changed by ordinance. The boundaries of the wards:

    (a) Must be changed whenever the population in any

 ward, as determined by the last preceding national census

 of the Bureau of the Census of the United States

 Department of Commerce, exceeds the population in any

 other ward by more than 5 percent.

    (b) May be changed to include territory that has been

 annexed, or whenever the population in any ward exceeds

 the population in another ward by more than 5 percent as

 determined by any measure that is found to be reliable by

 the City Council.

    Sec. 2.  Section 3.010 of the Charter of the City of Sparks,

being chapter 470, Statutes of Nevada 1975, as last amended by

 chapter 41, Statutes of Nevada 2001, at page 396, is hereby

 amended to read as follows:

    Sec. 3.010  Mayor: Duties; Mayor pro tempore.

    1.  The Mayor shall:

    (a) Preside over the meetings of the City Council [, and he

 may vote only in case of a tie. The Mayor may not vote on

 any proposed ordinance.] , but is not entitled to vote on any

 procedural, substantive or other matter.

    (b) Act as the head of the government of the City for all

 purposes.

    (c) Perform such emergency duties as may be necessary

 for the general health, welfare and safety of the City.

    (d) Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by

 ordinance or by the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes

 which apply to a mayor.

    2.  The Mayor may veto all matters passed by the City

 Council if he gives notice in writing to the City Clerk within

 10 days of the action taken by the City Council. A veto may

 be overturned only by a vote of at least four-fifths of the City

 Council. An action requiring the expenditure of money is not

 effective without the approval of the Mayor, unless he does

 not disapprove the action within 10 days after it is taken by

 the City Council, or the City Council by a four-fifths

 majority approves such expenditure at a regular meeting.

    3.  The City Council shall elect one of its members to be

 Mayor pro tempore. He shall:

    (a) Hold the office and title until the next election without

 additional compensation, except as otherwise provided in

 paragraph (c).

    (b) Perform the duties of Mayor during the temporary

 absence or disability of the Mayor without loss of his rights

 and powers as a member of the Council.

    (c) Act as Mayor until the next election if the office of

 Mayor becomes vacant and draw the salary of Mayor. His

 salary and position as a member of the Council cease.

 

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