Assembly Bill No. 560

Assembly Bill No. 560-Committee on Ways and Means

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AN ACT relating to elected state officers; increasing the salaries of certain constitutional officers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved July 8, 1997]

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

Section 1. NRS 223.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:
223.050Until the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the governor is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$77,500.] $90,000. From and after the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the governor is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$90,000.] $117,000.
Sec. 2. NRS 224.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:
224.0501. Until the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the lieutenant governor is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$12,500.] $20,000. From and after the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the lieutenant governor is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$20,000.] $50,000.
2. In addition to the annual salary provided for in subsection 1, the lieutenant governor is entitled to receive the compensation provided for a majority of the members of the legislature during the first 60 days of the session and the per diem allowance and travel expenses authorized for the members of the legislature.
3. In addition to the salary provided in subsections 1 and 2, the lieutenant governor is entitled to receive $130 for each day on which he is actually employed as governor and the per diem allowance and travel expenses as provided for state officers and employees generally when acting as governor, or when discharging other official duties as lieutenant governor, at times when the legislature is not in session.
Sec. 3. NRS 225.050 is hereby amended to read as follows:
225.050Until the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the secretary of state is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$50,500.] $62,500. From and after the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the secretary of state is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$62,500.] $80,000.
Sec. 4. NRS 226.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:
226.090Until the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the state treasurer is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$49,000.] $62,500. From and after the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the state treasurer is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$62,500.] $80,000.
Sec. 5. NRS 227.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:
227.060Until the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the state controller is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$49,000.] $62,500. From and after the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the state controller is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$62,500.] $80,000.
Sec. 6. NRS 228.070 is hereby amended to read as follows:
228.0701. Until the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the attorney general is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$62,500.] $85,000. From and after the first Monday in January [1991,] 1999, the attorney general is entitled to receive an annual salary of [$85,000.] $110,000.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 7.065, the attorney general shall not engage in the private practice of law.
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