Assembly Bill No. 104-Committee on Judiciary

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AN ACT relating to district courts; increasing the number of judges in the eighth judicial district; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved July 16, 1997]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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Section 1. NRS 3.018 is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.018 For the eighth judicial district there must be [24] 27 district judges, 8 of whom must be judges of the family court.
Sec. 2. The additional district judges required for the eighth judicial district pursuant to section 1 of this act must be selected at the general election to be held on November 3, 1998, and take office on January 4, 1999. The terms of these judges expire on January 6, 2003.
Sec. 3. 1. There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the district judges' salaries account the sum of $193,086 for salaries of the additional district judges required pursuant to section 1 of this act.
2. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 1999, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.
Sec. 4. The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.
Sec. 5. 1. This section and sections 2 and 4 of this act become effective on October 1, 1997.
2. Section 3 of this act becomes effective on January 1, 1999.
3. Section 1 of this act becomes effective on January 4, 1999.
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