Nevada 2025 Regular Session

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7	7	SENATE BILL NO. 116–SENATOR DALY
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9	9	PREFILED JANUARY 27, 2025
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12	12	Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
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14	14	SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to the compensation of
15	15	elected county officers. (BDR 20-92)
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17	17	FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact.
18	18	Effect on the State: Yes.
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20	20	CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§§ 1, 3, 5-10)
21	21	(NOT REQUESTED BY AFFECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
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25	25	EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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28	28	AN ACT relating to counties; revising provisions relating to the
29	29	annual compensation of elected county officers; requiring
30	30	the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Government
31	31	Affairs to conduct certain interim studies concerning
32	32	county commissions; and providing other matters
33	33	properly relating thereto.
34	34	Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
35	35	Existing law sets forth the annual compensation to be paid to county 1
36	36	commissioners and certain elected county officers, including district attorneys, 2
37	37	sheriffs, county clerks, county assessors, county recorders, county treasurers and 3
38	38	public administrators. (NRS 245.043) Section 1 of this bill sets the base amount of 4
39	39	compensation of elected county officers for: (1) Fiscal Year 2025-2026 as 3 percent 5
40	40	higher than the highest salary of an employee under the supervision of the elected 6
41	41	officer that was in effect on January 1, 2025; and (2) each fiscal year thereafter as 3 7
42	42	percent higher than the highest salary of an employee under the supervision of the 8
43	43	elected officer that has been approved by the board of county commissioners. 9
44	44	Section 1 also eliminates the authority of the board of county commissioners to 10
45	45	determine not to pay the increased salary for all elected county officers if the 11
46	46	financial resources of the county are not available to pay the increased salaries in 12
47	47	that fiscal year. 13
48	48	Section 1 further: (1) establishes the amount of the annual salaries for county 14
49	49	commissioners for Fiscal Year 2025-2026; and (2) provides that for the 5 fiscal 15
50	50	years following Fiscal Year 2025-2026, each county commissioner is entitled to an 16
51	51	increase in the amount of his or her annual salary of 3 percent per fiscal year. 17
52	52	Section 5 of this bill makes a conforming change to provide that the Mayor of 18
53	53	Carson City is entitled to the amount of compensation set forth in section 1. 19
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56	56
57	57	- SB116
58	58	Existing law prohibits, with certain exceptions, district attorneys in every 20
59	59	county except a county in classification 6 of the table of annual salaries (currently 21
60	60	Esmeralda County) from engaging in the private practice of law. (NRS 245.0435, 22
61	61	252.060) Section 1 eliminates the table and related classifications and sections 2 23
62	62	and 4 of this bill replace references to the classifications to apply the exception to a 24
63	63	county whose population is less than 3,000 (currently Esmeralda and Eureka 25
64	64	Counties). 26
65	65	Sections 3 and 6-10 of this bill make conforming changes to account for the 27
66	66	change in how compensation for elected county officers is determined in section 1. 28
67	67	Sections 11 and 12 of this bill require the Joint Interim Standing Committee on 29
68	68	Government Affairs to conduct certain studies during the 2025-2026 and 2027-30
69	69	2028 interims concerning county commissions. 31
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72	72	THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
73	73	SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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75	75	Section 1. NRS 245.043 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
76	76	245.043 1. As used in this section: 2
77	77	(a) “County” includes Carson City. 3
78	78	(b) “County commissioner” includes the Mayor and supervisors 4
79	79	of Carson City. 5
80	80	(c) “Elected officer” means a district attorney, sheriff, county 6
81	81	clerk, county assessor, county recorder, county treasurer and 7
82	82	public administrator. 8
83	83	2. Except as otherwise provided in [subsection 5 and by any 9
84	84	special law, the] this section, each elected [officers] officer of [the 10
85	85	counties] a county of this State [are] is entitled to receive [,] for [the 11
86	86	appropriate fiscal year,] Fiscal Year 2025-2026, an annual [salaries] 12
87	87	salary in [the base amounts specified in the following table 13
88	88	commencing on July 1 of the fiscal year.] an amount that is 14
89	89	calculated to be 3 percent more than the salary of the employee 15
90	90	under the supervision of the elected officer who has the highest 16
91	91	salary of all employees under the supervision of the elected officer, 17
92	92	as determined by the salaries of all employees under the 18
93	93	supervision of the elected officer on January 1, 2025. For each 19
94	94	fiscal year thereafter, the annual salary of an elected officer is an 20
95	95	amount that is calculated to be 3 percent more than the salary of 21
96	96	the employee under the supervision of the elected officer who has 22
97	97	the highest salary of all employees under the supervision of the 23
98	98	elected officer, as determined by the salaries of all employees 24
99	99	under the supervision of the elected officer on July 1 of that fiscal 25
100	100	year that have been approved by the board of county 26
101	101	commissioners. The annual [salaries are] salary is in full payment 27
102	102	for all services required by law to be performed by such [officers.] 28
103	103	elected officer. Except as otherwise provided by law, all fees and 29
104	104	commissions collected by [such] elected officers in the performance 30
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109	109	of their duties must be paid into the county treasury each month 1
110	110	without deduction of any nature. For the purposes of this 2
111	111	subsection, approval of a salary by a board of county 3
112	112	commissioners includes, without limitation, the approval of a 4
113	113	salary or pay increase where the board of county commissioners 5
114	114	was informed that the salary or pay increase would increase the 6
115	115	salary of an elected officer or where the board of county 7
116	116	commissioners approved a collective bargaining agreement. 8
117	117	9
118	118	[ANNUAL SALARIES 10
119	119	11
120	120	District County County County County Public 12
121	121	Class County Attorney Sheriff Clerk Assessor Recorder Treasurer Administrator 13
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123	123	1 Clark 15
124	124	FY 2015-2016 $187,563 $161,692 $109,757 $109,757 $109,757 $109,757 $109,757 16
125	125	FY 2016-2017 193,190 166,543 113,050 113,050 113,050 113,050 113,050 17
126	126	FY 2017-2018 198,986 171,540 116,441 116,441 116,441 116,441 116,441 18
127	127	FY 2018-2019 204,955 176,685 119,934 119,934 119,934 119,934 119,934 19
128	128	2 Washoe 20
129	129	FY 2015-2016 165,573 133,234 100,610 100,610 100,610 100,610 100,610 21
130	130	FY 2016-2017 170,540 137,231 103,629 103,629 103,629 103,629 103,629 22
131	131	FY 2017-2018 175,656 141,348 106,738 106,738 106,738 106,738 106,738 23
132	132	FY 2018-2019 180,926 145,588 109,940 109,940 109,940 109,940 109,940 24
133	133	3 Carson City 25
134	134	FY 2015-2016 118,872 98,567 78,293 78,293 78,293 78,293 -------- 26
135	135	FY 2016-2017 122,438 101,524 80,642 80,642 80,642 80,642 -------- 27
136	136	FY 2017-2018 126,112 104,570 83,061 83,061 83,061 83,061 -------- 28
137	137	FY 2018-2019 129,895 107,707 85,553 85,553 85,553 85,553 -------- 29
138	138	Churchill 30
139	139	FY 2015-2016 118,872 98,567 78,293 78,293 78,293 78,293 -------- 31
140	140	FY 2016-2017 122,438 101,524 80,642 80,642 80,642 80,642 -------- 32
141	141	FY 2017-2018 126,112 104,570 83,061 83,061 83,061 83,061 -------- 33
142	142	FY 2018-2019 129,895 107,707 85,553 85,553 85,553 85,553 -------- 34
143	143	Douglas 35
144	144	FY 2015-2016 118,872 98,567 78,293 78,293 78,293 78,293 -------- 36
145	145	FY 2016-2017 122,438 101,524 80,642 80,642 80,642 80,642 -------- 37
146	146	FY 2017-2018 126,112 104,570 83,061 83,061 83,061 83,061 -------- 38
147	147	FY 2018-2019 129,895 107,707 85,553 85,553 85,553 85,553 -------- 39
148	148	Elko 40
149	149	FY 2015-2016 118,872 98,567 78,293 78,293 78,293 78,293 -------- 41
150	150	FY 2016-2017 122,438 101,524 80,642 80,642 80,642 80,642 -------- 42
151	151	FY 2017-2018 126,112 104,570 83,061 83,061 83,061 83,061 -------- 43
152	152	FY 2018-2019 129,895 107,707 85,553 85,553 85,553 85,553 -------- 44
153	153	Humboldt 45
154	154	FY 2015-2016 118,872 98,567 78,293 78,293 78,293 78,293 -------- 46
155	155	FY 2016-2017 122,438 101,524 80,642 80,642 80,642 80,642 -------- 47
156	156	FY 2017-2018 126,112 104,570 83,061 83,061 83,061 83,061 -------- 48
157	157	FY 2018-2019 129,895 107,707 85,553 85,553 85,553 85,553 -------- 49
158	158	Lyon 50
159	159	FY 2015-2016 118,872 98,567 78,293 78,293 78,293 78,293 -------- 51
160	160	FY 2016-2017 122,438 101,524 80,642 80,642 80,642 80,642 -------- 52
161	161	FY 2017-2018 126,112 104,570 83,061 83,061 83,061 83,061 -------- 53
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164	164
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166	166	FY 2018-2019 129,895 107,707 85,553 85,553 85,553 85,553 -------- 1
167	167	Nye 2
168	168	FY 2015-2016 118,872 98,567 78,293 78,293 78,293 78,293 -------- 3
169	169	FY 2016-2017 122,438 101,524 80,642 80,642 80,642 80,642 -------- 4
170	170	FY 2017-2018 126,112 104,570 83,061 83,061 83,061 83,061 -------- 5
171	171	FY 2018-2019 129,895 107,707 85,553 85,553 85,553 85,553 -------- 6
172	172	4 Lander 7
173	173	FY 2015-2016 112,268 88,711 65,305 65,305 65,305 65,305 -------- 8
174	174	FY 2016-2017 115,636 91,372 67,264 67,264 67,264 67,264 -------- 9
175	175	FY 2017-2018 119,105 94,113 69,282 69,282 69,282 69,282 -------- 10
176	176	FY 2018-2019 122,678 96,937 71,361 71,361 71,361 71,361 -------- 11
177	177	Storey 12
178	178	FY 2015-2016 112,268 88,711 65,305 65,305 65,305 65,305 -------- 13
179	179	FY 2016-2017 115,636 91,372 67,264 67,264 67,264 67,264 -------- 14
180	180	FY 2017-2018 119,105 94,113 69,282 69,282 69,282 69,282 -------- 15
181	181	FY 2018-2019 122,678 96,937 71,361 71,361 71,361 71,361 -------- 16
182	182	White Pine 17
183	183	FY 2015-2016 112,268 88,711 65,305 65,305 65,305 65,305 -------- 18
184	184	FY 2016-2017 115,636 91,372 67,264 67,264 67,264 67,264 -------- 19
185	185	FY 2017-2018 119,105 94,113 69,282 69,282 69,282 69,282 -------- 20
186	186	FY 2018-2019 122,678 96,937 71,361 71,361 71,361 71,361 -------- 21
187	187	5 Eureka 22
188	188	FY 2015-2016 99,060 70,968 58,537 58,537 58,537 58,537 -------- 23
189	189	FY 2016-2017 102,033 73,097 60,293 60,293 60,293 60,293 -------- 24
190	190	FY 2017-2018 105,093 75,290 62,102 62,102 62,102 62,102 -------- 25
191	191	FY 2018-2019 108,246 77,549 63,965 63,965 63,965 63,965 -------- 26
192	192	Lincoln 27
193	193	FY 2015-2016 99,060 70,968 58,537 58,537 58,537 58,537 -------- 28
194	194	FY 2016-2017 102,033 73,097 60,293 60,293 60,293 60,293 -------- 29
195	195	FY 2017-2018 105,093 75,290 62,102 62,102 62,102 62,102 -------- 30
196	196	FY 2018-2019 108,246 77,549 63,965 63,965 63,965 63,965 -------- 31
197	197	Mineral 32
198	198	FY 2015-2016 99,060 70,968 58,537 58,537 58,537 58,537 -------- 33
199	199	FY 2016-2017 102,033 73,097 60,293 60,293 60,293 60,293 -------- 34
200	200	FY 2017-2018 105,093 75,290 62,102 62,102 62,102 62,102 -------- 35
201	201	FY 2018-2019 108,246 77,549 63,965 63,965 63,965 63,965 -------- 36
202	202	Pershing 37
203	203	FY 2015-2016 99,060 70,968 58,537 58,537 58,537 58,537 -------- 38
204	204	FY 2016-2017 102,033 73,097 60,293 60,293 60,293 60,293 -------- 39
205	205	FY 2017-2018 105,093 75,290 62,102 62,102 62,102 62,102 -------- 40
206	206	FY 2018-2019 108,246 77,549 63,965 63,965 63,965 63,965 -------- 41
207	207	6 Esmeralda 42
208	208	FY 2015-2016 78,657 63,083 51,220 51,220 51,220 -------- -------- 43
209	209	FY 2016-2017 81,017 64,976 52,756 52,756 52,756 -------- -------- 44
210	210	FY 2017-2018 83,447 66,926 54,339 54,339 54,339 -------- -------- 45
211	211	FY 2018-2019 85,951 68,933 55,969 55,969 55,969 -------- -------- 46
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213	213	 Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the annual salaries 48
214	214	set forth in this subsection for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 are effective 49
215	215	for that fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter.] 50
216	216	3. Except as otherwise provided in [subsection 5,] this section, 51
217	217	the annual salary for county commissioners commencing on July 1 52
218	218	of [the fiscal year,] Fiscal Year 2025-2026 is: 53
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223	223	(a) For [Fiscal Year 2015-2016, 103.00 percent;] Clark County, 1
224	224	$121,000; 2
225	225	(b) For [Fiscal Year 2016-2017, 106.09 percent;] Washoe 3
226	226	County, $116,000; 4
227	227	(c) For [Fiscal Year 2017-2018, 109.273 percent; and] Lyon 5
228	228	County, Carson City, Elko County and Nye County, $39,000; 6
229	229	(d) For [Fiscal Year 2018-2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, 7
230	230	112.551 percent,] Douglas County and Churchill County, $36,000; 8
231	231	(e) For Humboldt County, White Pine County and Pershing 9
232	232	County, $33,000; and 10
233	233	(f) For Lander County, Mineral County, Lincoln County, 11
234	234	Storey County, Eureka County and Esmeralda County, $30,000. 12
235	235	 [of the amount of the] The annual [salary or the county 13
236	236	commissioners of that county that was in effect on January 1, 2015.] 14
237	237	salaries set forth in this subsection for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 are 15
238	238	effective for that fiscal year. For the following 5 fiscal years, each 16
239	239	county commissioner is entitled to a 3 percent increase per fiscal 17
240	240	year. For each fiscal year thereafter, each county commissioner is 18
241	241	entitled to the salary that was in effect for that county 19
242	242	commissioner during Fiscal Year 2030-2031. 20
243	243	4. If the salary of a county commissioner that is effective on 21
244	244	June 30, 2025, is more than the amount that the county 22
245	245	commissioner would be entitled to pursuant to subsection 3, the 23
246	246	county commissioner is entitled to continue to receive the salary 24
247	247	that is effective on June 30, 2025, until the amount that results in 25
248	248	the calculation required pursuant to subsection 3 for a fiscal year 26
249	249	is more than the salary of the county commissioner that is 27
250	250	effective on June 30, 2025. 28
251	251	5. Any elected officer or county commissioner who is entitled 29
252	252	to a salary pursuant to [subsection 2 or 3] this section may elect not 30
253	253	to receive any part of the salary to which he or she is entitled 31
254	254	pursuant to [subsection 2 or 3, as applicable. 32
255	255	5. The increased annual salaries for all elected county officers 33
256	256	provided for in subsections 2 and 3 for a fiscal year must not be paid 34
257	257	in a fiscal year if the board of county commissioners determines that 35
258	258	sufficient financial resources are not available to pay increased 36
259	259	annual salaries in that fiscal year and the annual salaries paid for 37
260	260	those officers in the immediately preceding fiscal year must 38
261	261	continue to be paid. If increased annual salaries are paid in a 39
262	262	subsequent fiscal year: 40
263	263	(a) Those increased annual salaries must be in the amounts 41
264	264	provided for in subsections 2 and 3 starting with the first fiscal year 42
265	265	in which increased salaries were not paid because sufficient 43
266	266	financial resources were not available. 44
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271	271	(b) An elected county officer is not entitled to any retroactive 1
272	272	payment of the salary increase for any previous fiscal year in which 2
273	273	increased annual salaries were not paid.] this section. 3
274	274	Sec. 2. NRS 245.0435 is hereby amended to read as follows: 4
275	275	245.0435 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 252.060, 5
276	276	the district attorneys in counties [of classes 1 to 5, inclusive, as 6
277	277	classified in the table of annual salaries,] whose population is 3,000 7
278	278	or more shall not engage in the private practice of law. 8
279	279	2. A district attorney who is permitted to engage in the private 9
280	280	practice of law shall disqualify himself or herself from any criminal 10
281	281	prosecution of a person who has been involved in a matter related to 11
282	282	the district attorney’s private practice of law. 12
283	283	3. As used in this section, “private practice of law” by a district 13
284	284	attorney means the performance of legal service, for compensation, 14
285	285	for any person or organization except the district attorney’s county 15
286	286	and any other governmental agency which the district attorney has a 16
287	287	statutory duty to serve. 17
288	288	Sec. 3. NRS 245.044 is hereby amended to read as follows: 18
289	289	245.044 1. On and after July 1, 1973, if an elected county 19
290	290	officer has served in his or her office for more than 4 years, the 20
291	291	officer is entitled to an additional salary of 2 percent of his or her 21
292	292	base salary [for the appropriate fiscal year as provided in subsection 22
293	293	2 of NRS 245.043 or his or her annual salary set pursuant to 23
294	294	subsection 3 of] as determined pursuant to NRS 245.043 [, as 24
295	295	applicable,] for each full calendar year the officer has served in his 25
296	296	or her office. 26
297	297	2. The additional salary to which an elected county officer is 27
298	298	entitled pursuant to subsection 1: 28
299	299	(a) Must be calculated on July 1 of each year by multiplying 2 29
300	300	percent of the base salary [for the appropriate fiscal year as provided 30
301	301	in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043 or the annual salary set pursuant to 31
302	302	subsection 3 of] as determined pursuant to NRS 245.043 [, as 32
303	303	applicable,] by the number of full calendar years the elected county 33
304	304	officer has served in his or her office; and 34
305	305	(b) Must not exceed 20 percent of the base salary [for the 35
306	306	appropriate fiscal year as provided in subsection 2 of] as determined 36
307	307	pursuant to NRS 245.043 . [or the annual salary set pursuant to 37
308	308	subsection 3 of NRS 245.043, as applicable.] 38
309	309	3. Any elected county officer who is entitled to additional 39
310	310	salary pursuant to subsection 1 may elect not to receive the 40
311	311	additional salary or any part of the additional salary. 41
312	312	4. Service on the Board of Supervisors of Carson City for the 42
313	313	initial term which began on July 1, 1969, and ended on the first 43
314	314	Monday of January, 1973, shall be deemed to constitute 4 full 44
315	315	calendar years of service for the purposes of this section. 45
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320	320	Sec. 4. NRS 252.060 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
321	321	252.060 1. If the district attorney dies, resigns, is removed, 2
322	322	disappears or is permanently disabled from performing the duties of 3
323	323	his or her office, the board of county commissioners shall appoint an 4
324	324	interim or permanent replacement for the district attorney. 5
325	325	2. If the district attorney is temporarily disabled from 6
326	326	performing the duties of his or her office: 7
327	327	(a) The chief deputy district attorney shall perform the duties of 8
328	328	the district attorney while the district attorney is disabled. The chief 9
329	329	deputy is entitled to the chief deputy’s regular salary while engaged 10
330	330	in the performance of those duties. 11
331	331	(b) If there is no chief deputy, the board of county 12
332	332	commissioners shall appoint an interim replacement for the district 13
333	333	attorney. 14
334	334	3. A person appointed as an interim or permanent replacement 15
335	335	for the district attorney pursuant to this section must be appointed at 16
336	336	the first regularly scheduled meeting of the board of county 17
337	337	commissioners following the event giving rise to the appointment. 18
338	338	Any such event occurring within the time provided by NRS 241.020 19
339	339	for notice of the meeting is an emergency within the meaning of that 20
340	340	section. 21
341	341	4. A person appointed as an interim replacement for the district 22
342	342	attorney pursuant to this section: 23
343	343	(a) Is entitled to receive the same salary as the district attorney. 24
344	344	(b) Shall: 25
345	345	(1) If he or she is appointed pursuant to subsection 1, serve 26
346	346	for not more than 60 days or until a permanent replacement is 27
347	347	appointed, whichever occurs first. 28
348	348	(2) If he or she is appointed pursuant to subsection 2, serve 29
349	349	for the duration of the disability of the district attorney or, if the 30
350	350	district attorney resigns or is removed from office, for not more than 31
351	351	60 days after the resignation or removal or until a permanent 32
352	352	replacement is appointed, whichever occurs first. 33
353	353	(c) May engage in the private practice of law for not more than 34
354	354	60 days after his or her appointment, to the extent permitted by NRS 35
355	355	245.0435. The limitation of time provided by this paragraph does 36
356	356	not apply in [any] a county [of class 6, as classified in the table of 37
357	357	annual salaries contained in NRS 245.043.] whose population is 38
358	358	less than 3,000. 39
359	359	5. The provisions of NRS 245.170 govern the appointment of a 40
360	360	permanent replacement for the district attorney, the length of service 41
361	361	of the appointee and the election of a successor. 42
362	362	Sec. 5. Section 3.010 of the Charter of Carson City, being 43
363	363	chapter 213, Statutes of Nevada 1969, as last amended by chapter 44
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366	366
367	367	- SB116
368	368	341, Statutes of Nevada 1999, at page 1407, is hereby amended to 1
369	369	read as follows: 2
370	370	Sec. 3.010 Mayor: Duties; salary. 3
371	371	1. The Mayor: 4
372	372	(a) Shall serve as a member of the Board and preside over 5
373	373	its meetings. 6
374	374	(b) Is the head of the government of Carson City for all 7
375	375	ceremonial purposes and for purposes of military law. 8
376	376	(c) Shall perform such emergency duties as may be 9
377	377	necessary for the general health, welfare and safety of Carson 10
378	378	City. 11
379	379	(d) Shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed 12
380	380	by ordinance or by the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes 13
381	381	which apply to a mayor or to the chair of a board of county 14
382	382	commissioners. 15
383	383	2. The Mayor is entitled to an annual salary [of 130 16
384	384	percent of the amount specified in] as determined pursuant 17
385	385	to NRS 245.043. 18
386	386	Sec. 6. Section 3.030 of the Charter of Carson City, being 19
387	387	chapter 213, Statutes of Nevada 1969, as last amended by chapter 20
388	388	270, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 1552, is hereby amended to 21
389	389	read as follows: 22
390	390	Sec. 3.030 Clerk: Duties; salary. 23
391	391	1. The provisions of chapter 246 of NRS apply to the 24
392	392	Office of Clerk, except that all deputy clerks other than the 25
393	393	two provided for in section 2.330 must be appointed pursuant 26
394	394	to and are governed by the regulations for the Merit Personnel 27
395	395	System. 28
396	396	2. The Clerk shall: 29
397	397	(a) Keep the corporate seal and all books and papers 30
398	398	belonging to Carson City. 31
399	399	(b) Attend all meetings of the Board and keep an accurate 32
400	400	journal of its proceedings, including a record of all 33
401	401	ordinances, bylaws and resolutions passed or adopted by it. 34
402	402	After approval of the journal at each meeting of the Board, 35
403	403	the Clerk shall attest the journal after it has been signed by 36
404	404	the Mayor. 37
405	405	(c) Enter in the journal the results of the vote of the Board 38
406	406	upon the passage of ordinances or of any resolution 39
407	407	appropriating money, abolishing licenses, or increasing or 40
408	408	decreasing the rates of licenses. 41
409	409	(d) Act as ex officio Recorder. The provisions of chapter 42
410	410	247 of NRS apply to the Clerk while acting in that capacity, 43
411	411	except that all deputy recorders other than the two provided 44
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415	415	- SB116
416	416	for in section 2.330 must be appointed pursuant to and as 1
417	417	governed by the regulations for the Merit Personnel System. 2
418	418	(e) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 253.125, serve 3
419	419	as Public Administrator without additional salary. The 4
420	420	provisions of chapter 253 of NRS apply to the Office of Clerk 5
421	421	while performing the duties of Public Administrator. 6
422	422	(f) Perform such other duties as may be required by: 7
423	423	(1) The Board; or 8
424	424	(2) The provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes, 9
425	425	 which apply to county clerks. 10
426	426	3. The Clerk is entitled to an annual salary [in the 11
427	427	amount specified in] as determined pursuant to NRS 12
428	428	245.043. The Clerk shall not engage in any other business or 13
429	429	occupation that creates a conflict of interest between his or 14
430	430	her personal interest in the business or occupation and his 15
431	431	or her official duties. 16
432	432	Sec. 7. Section 3.045 of the Charter of Carson City, being 17
433	433	chapter 23, Statutes of Nevada 1987, as last amended by chapter 18
434	434	341, Statutes of Nevada 1999, at page 1409, is hereby amended to 19
435	435	read as follows: 20
436	436	Sec. 3.045 Treasurer: Duties; salary. 21
437	437	1. The provisions of chapter 249 of NRS apply to the 22
438	438	Office of Treasurer, except that all deputy treasurers other 23
439	439	than the two provided for in section 2.330 must be appointed 24
440	440	pursuant to and are governed by the regulations for the Merit 25
441	441	Personnel System. 26
442	442	2. The Treasurer shall: 27
443	443	(a) Invest all surplus money of Carson City. 28
444	444	(b) Keep a record of the cash balance and reconcile it 29
445	445	with the Controller’s records monthly. 30
446	446	(c) Perform such other duties as may be required by: 31
447	447	(1) The Board; or 32
448	448	(2) The provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes, 33
449	449	 which apply to county treasurers. 34
450	450	(d) Establish and maintain a policy for the investment of 35
451	451	the surplus money of Carson City. The Board of Supervisors 36
452	452	shall review the policy at least once each year at a public 37
453	453	hearing at which public comment is accepted. 38
454	454	3. The Treasurer is entitled to an annual salary [in the 39
455	455	amount specified in] as determined pursuant to NRS 40
456	456	245.043. The Treasurer shall not engage in any other business 41
457	457	or occupation that creates a conflict of interest between his or 42
458	458	her personal interest in the business or occupation and his or 43
459	459	her official duties. 44
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464	464	Sec. 8. Section 3.050 of the Charter of Carson City, being 1
465	465	chapter 213, Statutes of Nevada 1969, as last amended by chapter 2
466	466	341, Statutes of Nevada 1999, at page 1409, is hereby amended to 3
467	467	read as follows: 4
468	468	Sec. 3.050 Assessor: Duties; salary. 5
469	469	1. The provisions of chapter 250 of NRS apply to the 6
470	470	Office of Assessor, except that all deputy assessors other than 7
471	471	the two provided for in section 2.330 must be appointed 8
472	472	pursuant to and are governed by the regulations for the Merit 9
473	473	Personnel System. 10
474	474	2. The Assessor shall perform such other duties as may 11
475	475	be required by: 12
476	476	(a) The Board; or 13
477	477	(b) The provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes, 14
478	478	 which apply to county assessors. 15
479	479	3. The Assessor is entitled to an annual salary [in the 16
480	480	amount specified in] as determined pursuant to NRS 17
481	481	245.043. The Assessor shall not engage in any other business 18
482	482	or occupation that creates a conflict of interest between his or 19
483	483	her personal interest in the business or occupation and his or 20
484	484	her official duties. 21
485	485	Sec. 9. Section 3.060 of the Charter of Carson City, being 22
486	486	chapter 213, Statutes of Nevada 1969, as last amended by chapter 23
487	487	238, Statutes of Nevada 2007, at page 815, is hereby amended to 24
488	488	read as follows: 25
489	489	Sec. 3.060 Sheriff: Duties; salary. 26
490	490	1. The provisions of chapter 248 of NRS apply to the 27
491	491	Office of Sheriff, except that all deputy sheriffs except any 28
492	492	deputy sheriff who is one of the six employees designated by 29
493	493	the Sheriff as described in section 2.330 must be appointed 30
494	494	pursuant to and are governed by the regulations for the Merit 31
495	495	Personnel System. 32
496	496	2. The Sheriff shall: 33
497	497	(a) Diligently enforce all ordinances of Carson City. 34
498	498	(b) Perform such other duties as may be required by: 35
499	499	(1) The Board; or 36
500	500	(2) The provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes, 37
501	501	 which apply to county sheriffs. 38
502	502	3. The Sheriff is not answerable upon his or her official 39
503	503	bond for the conduct of deputies appointed pursuant to the 40
504	504	provisions of this Charter, but the Board may require of such 41
505	505	deputies such bonds as it may deem proper. 42
506	506	4. The Sheriff is entitled to an annual salary [in the 43
507	507	amount specified in] as determined pursuant to NRS 44
508	508	245.043. The Sheriff shall not engage in any other business or 45
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513	513	occupation that creates a conflict of interest between his or 1
514	514	her personal interest in the business or occupation and his 2
515	515	or her official duties. 3
516	516	Sec. 10. Section 3.070 of the Charter of Carson City, being 4
517	517	chapter 213, Statutes of Nevada 1969, as last amended by chapter 5
518	518	341, Statutes of Nevada 1999, at page 1410, is hereby amended to 6
519	519	read as follows: 7
520	520	Sec. 3.070 District Attorney: Duties; salary. 8
521	521	1. The provisions of chapter 252 of NRS apply to the 9
522	522	Office of District Attorney for Carson City but: 10
523	523	(a) All deputy district attorneys serve at the pleasure of 11
524	524	the District Attorney; and 12
525	525	(b) Deputy district attorneys shall not engage in the 13
526	526	private practice of law after July 1, 1979. 14
527	527	2. The District Attorney shall perform such other duties 15
528	528	as may be required by: 16
529	529	(a) The Board; or 17
530	530	(b) The provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes, 18
531	531	 which apply to county district attorneys. 19
532	532	3. The District Attorney may, subject to the approval of 20
533	533	the Board, contract for the services of special deputy district 21
534	534	attorneys. 22
535	535	4. The District Attorney is entitled to an annual salary 23
536	536	[in the amount specified in] as determined pursuant to 24
537	537	NRS 245.043. 25
538	538	5. The District Attorney shall not engage in the private 26
539	539	practice of law or any other business or occupation that 27
540	540	creates a conflict of interest between his or her personal 28
541	541	interest in the business or occupation and his or her official 29
542	542	duties. 30
543	543	Sec. 11. 1. During the 2025-2026 interim, the Joint Interim 31
544	544	Standing Committee on Government Affairs shall conduct an 32
545	545	interim study concerning county commissions. 33
546	546	2. The study must include, without limitation: 34
547	547	(a) Whether county commissioners should serve full-time 35
548	548	without having any other employment or part-time with the 36
549	549	authorization for additional employment; and 37
550	550	(b) The appropriate salary for county commissioners. 38
551	551	3. The Joint Interim Standing Committee on Government 39
552	552	Affairs shall submit a report of the results of the study, including 40
553	553	any recommendations for legislation, to the Director of the 41
554	554	Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission to the 84th Session of 42
555	555	the Nevada Legislature. 43
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560	560	Sec. 12. 1. During the 2027-2028 interim, the Joint Interim 1
561	561	Standing Committee on Government Affairs shall conduct an 2
562	562	interim study concerning county commissions. 3
563	563	2. If the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Government 4
564	564	Affairs determined that county commissioners should serve full-5
565	565	time in the study conducted pursuant to section 11 of this act, the 6
566	566	study conducted pursuant to this section must include, without 7
567	567	limitation, how to implement the transition to full-time service for 8
568	568	county commissioners. 9
569	569	3. The Joint Interim Standing Committee on Government 10
570	570	Affairs shall submit a report of the results of the study, including 11
571	571	any recommendations for legislation, to the Director of the 12
572	572	Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission to the 85th Session of 13
573	573	the Nevada Legislature. 14
574	574	Sec. 13. The provisions of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any 15
575	575	additional expenses of a local government that are related to the 16
576	576	provisions of this act. 17
577	577	Sec. 14. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 18
578	578
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