SUMMARY--Increase academic requirements for justices of the peace in certain counties. (BDR 1-813)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to justices of the peace; increasing academic requirements for justices of the peace 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:
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Section 1 NRS 4.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:
4.010 1. A person who is not a qualified elector is not eligible to the office of justice of the peace.
2. [A justice of the peace in a township whose population is 250,000 or more must be an attorney who is licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of this state.] A justice of the peace [in a township whose population is less than 250,000] must have a high school diploma or its equivalent as determined by the state board of education [.] and:
(a) In a county whose population is 400,000 or more, a justice of the peace in a township whose population is 100,000 or more must be an attorney who is licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of this state.
(b) In a county whose population is less than 400,000, a justice of the peace in a township whose population is 250,000 or more must be an attorney who is licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of this state.
3. Subsection 2 does not apply to any person who held the office of justice of the peace on June 30, [1987.] 1997.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.