Senate Bill No. 80–Committee on Government Affairs

 

(On Behalf of Clark County)

 

February 11, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Requires county clerk of certain counties to serve ex officio as county recorder of such counties. (BDR 20‑418)

 

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 county government; requiring the clerk of certain counties to serve ex officio as the recorder of such counties; setting forth certain requirements pertaining to a clerk of a county who serves ex officio as the county recorder of the county; 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 247.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  247.010  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3,

1-3  county recorders must be elected by the qualified electors of their

1-4  respective counties.

1-5  2.  County recorders must be chosen by the electors of their

1-6  respective counties at the general election in 1922, and at the

1-7  general election every 4 years thereafter, and shall enter upon the

1-8  duties of their respective offices on the [1st] first Monday of

1-9  January subsequent to their election.

1-10      3.  The clerk of Carson City is ex officio the recorder of Carson

1-11  City.

1-12      4.  The clerk of a county whose population is 400,000 or more

1-13  is ex officio the recorder of the county.

2-1  5.  A county clerk, when acting in the capacity of county

2-2  recorder of the county:

2-3  (a) Is not entitled to receive additional compensation for acting

2-4  in the capacity of county recorder of the county; and

2-5  (b) Shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and all

2-6  other laws of this state relating to county recorders.

2-7  Sec. 2.  NRS 281.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-8  281.010  1.  The following officers must be elected:

2-9  (a) A Governor.

2-10      (b) A Lieutenant Governor.

2-11      (c) Two United States Senators.

2-12      (d) The number of members of the House of Representatives of

2-13  the United States to which this state may be entitled.

2-14      (e) The number of presidential electors to which this state may

2-15  be entitled.

2-16      (f) Justices of the Supreme Court.

2-17      (g) District judges.

2-18      (h) Senators and members of the Assembly.

2-19      (i) A Secretary of State.

2-20      (j) A State Treasurer.

2-21      (k) A State Controller.

2-22      (l) An Attorney General.

2-23      (m) Other officers whose elections are provided for by law.

2-24      (n) For each county, and the equivalent officers for Carson City:

2-25          (1) One county clerk, who is ex officio clerk of the board of

2-26  county commissioners and clerk of the district court of his county.

2-27          (2) One sheriff.

2-28          (3) One district attorney.

2-29          (4) One public administrator, except where otherwise

2-30  provided by law.

2-31          (5) One county assessor, except where otherwise provided by

2-32  law.

2-33          (6) One county treasurer, except where otherwise provided

2-34  by law.

2-35          (7) The number of county commissioners as provided by

2-36  law.

2-37          (8) One county recorder, except where otherwise provided

2-38  by law, who is ex officio county auditor of his county if a county

2-39  comptroller has not been appointed in his county.

2-40          (9) Justices of the peace.

2-41          (10) Constables, except where otherwise provided by law.

2-42      2.  All officers who are not elected must be appointed.

2-43      Sec. 3.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, this

2-44  act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

3-1  2.  The amendatory provisions of section 1 of this act made to

3-2  subsection 4 of NRS 247.010 are not effective until the earlier of:

3-3  (a) The expiration of the current term of the person serving as

3-4  county recorder of the county; or

3-5  (b) A vacancy occurring in the office of county recorder of the

3-6  county.

 

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