(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 11, 2003)

 

Senate Bill No. 143–Committee on
Government Affairs

 

(On Behalf of Clark County)

 

February 18, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Revises qualifications for public administrators in certain counties. (BDR 20‑419)

 

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 public administrators; revising the qualifications for public administrators in certain counties; 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 244.200 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  244.200  The boards of county commissioners shall have power

1-3  and jurisdiction in their respective counties to examine and audit:

1-4  1.  The accounts of all officers having the care, management,

1-5  collection or disbursement of any money belonging to the county or

1-6  appropriated by law, or otherwise, for its use and benefit; and

1-7  2.  The money and property entrusted to the care of, and the

1-8  fees or compensation received by the public administrators of the

1-9  respective counties in their several official capacities.

1-10      Sec. 2.  NRS 253.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-11      253.010  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection [3,] 4,

1-12  public administrators must be elected by the qualified electors of

1-13  their respective counties.

1-14      2.  Public administrators must be chosen by the electors of their

1-15  respective counties at the general election in 1922 and at the general

2-1  election every 4 years thereafter, and shall enter upon the duties of

2-2  their office on the 1st Monday of January [subsequent to] after their

2-3  election.

2-4  3.  In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the

2-5  public administrator must:

2-6  (a) Be a qualified elector of the county;

2-7  (b) Be at least 21 years of age on the date he will take office;

2-8  (c) Not have been convicted of a felony for which his civil

2-9  rights have not been restored by a court of competent jurisdiction;

2-10      (d) Not have been found liable in a civil action involving a

2-11  finding of fraud, misrepresentation, material omission,

2-12  misappropriation, theft or conversion; and

2-13      (e) Possess:

2-14          (1) A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business or

2-15  public administration from a college or university that is

2-16  accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United

2-17  States Department of Education;

2-18          (2) A juris doctor from a law school accredited by the

2-19  American Bar Association;

2-20          (3) A juris doctor from a law school other than a law school

2-21  accredited by the American Bar Association if he has also been

2-22  admitted to practice law by examination in any jurisdiction of the

2-23  United States; or

2-24          (4) At least 3 years of full-time work experience in a

2-25  professional capacity in a field related to wills, trusts, estates,

2-26  probate law or creditors’ claims.

2-27      4.  The district attorneys of Lander, Lincoln and White Pine

2-28  Counties are ex officio public administrators of Lander County,

2-29  Lincoln County and White Pine County, respectively. The Clerk of

2-30  Carson City shall serve as Public Administrator of Carson City.

2-31      Sec. 3.  The amendatory provisions of section 2 of this act

2-32  apply to public administrators appointed or elected after July 1,

2-33  2003.

2-34      Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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