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| 3 | 3 | | A.B. 173 |
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| 5 | 5 | | - *AB173* |
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| 7 | 7 | | ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 173–ASSEMBLYMEMBER DICKMAN |
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| 9 | 9 | | PREFILED FEBRUARY 2, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | ____________ |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on Government Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to judicial office. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (BDR 23-102) |
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| 17 | 17 | | FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Effect on the State: Yes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. |
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| 25 | 25 | | AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a candidate for judicial |
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| 26 | 26 | | office to indicate his or her designated political party |
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| 27 | 27 | | affiliation on certain financial disclosure statements; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | providing other matters properly relating thereto. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Legislative Counsel’s Digest: |
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| 30 | 30 | | The Nevada Financial Disclosure Act requires a candidate for nomination, 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | election or reelection to a public office for which the candidate will be entitled to 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | receive annual compensation of $6,000 or more for serving in the office to file a 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | financial disclosure statement that contains certain information not later than the 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 10th day after the last day to qualify as a candidate for the office. (NRS 281.561, 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 281.571) Section 1 of this bill requires a candidate for judicial office to include an 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | indication of his or her designated political party affiliation on such a financial 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | disclosure statement. Section 2 of this bill places section 1 within the Nevada 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Financial Disclosure Act. 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN |
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| 42 | 42 | | SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: |
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| 44 | 44 | | Section 1. Chapter 281 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | thereto a new section to read as follows: 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 1. In addition to the requirements of NRS 281.571, a 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | candidate for judicial office must indicate on the financial 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | disclosure statement filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 1 of NRS 281.561 the designation of his or her political party 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | affiliation for the purposes of voter registration. 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2. As used in this section, “judicial office” has the meaning 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ascribed to it in NRS 293.064. 9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | – 2 – |
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| 56 | 56 | | - *AB173* |
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| 57 | 57 | | Sec. 2. NRS 281.5555 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 281.5555 The provisions of NRS 281.5555 to 281.581, 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | inclusive, and section 1 of this act, may be cited as the Nevada 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Financial Disclosure Act. 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 5 |
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