Nev. Sup. Ct. R. 8

1. Composition, terms. Effective January 1, 2001, and superseding former Supreme Court Rule 8, there is hereby created a regional judicial council in each region. Each regional judicial council shall be composed of the individual judges whose courts are geographically located within the region. The regional councils shall be represented on the state judicial council by one district judge, who shall be chair, and one limited jurisdiction judge, each of whom shall be elected by a majority of his or her respective colleagues in the region for a term of three years; except in the judicial districts required to elect a chief judge pursuant to NRS 3.025, that chief judge, or the chief judge’s designate, shall be the district judge member concurrent with his or her term as chief judge.

(a) The Clark regional judicial council shall be represented by:

(1) Two additional district judges to be elected by a majority of the district judges in the region. Of the two additional district judges, one must be from the criminal/civil division and one from the family division. The chief judge may designate one of these two judges to serve as the chair of the Clark regional judicial council.

(2) One additional limited jurisdiction judge to be elected by a majority of the limited jurisdiction judges in the region.

(b) The Washoe regional judicial council shall be represented by one additional limited jurisdiction judge to be elected by a majority of the limited jurisdiction judges in the region. Of the two limited jurisdiction judges, one must be a justice of the peace and one must be a municipal judge. The chief judge may designate the additional district judge representative to serve as the chair of the Washoe regional judicial council.

2. Election. Elections for regional judicial council representative shall be conducted as necessitated by prospective expiration of terms. Elections may be conducted in person, via mail, or via electronic means through the administrative office of the courts within sufficient time to ensure that the results of the necessary elections can be certified to the chief justice on or before the first Monday after the first Sunday in January in which any new term begins.

3. Meetings. The regional judicial councils shall meet at least three times per calendar year, or more frequently at the call of the chair.

4. Purpose. Each regional judicial council shall, subject to the direction of the chief justice, rule or order of the supreme court:

(a) Coordinate the implementation of, within its region, administrative rules and orders of the supreme court or the chief justice.

(b) Provide a forum for the communication of information between the courts of the region and the supreme court.

(c) Define, develop and coordinate programs and projects for the improvement of courts in the region.

(d) Undertake such other actions and activities as deemed necessary by the members of the region for the improvement of the individual courts and the court system within that region.

5. Voting authority. Each judge in the region has one vote on regional judicial council matters at regional council meetings.