BD. OF COUNTY COM'RS CLARK COUNTY v. WHITE

No. 16407.

729 P.2d 1347 (1986)

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLARK COUNTY, Nevada, Thalia Dondero, Chairman, Manual Cortez, Karen Hayes, Richard Ronzone, Paul May, Donald Clark, Commissioners, Appellants, v. Judge Earle W. WHITE, Jr., Justice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Clark County, Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Miller, Dist. Atty., James M. Bartley, Chief Civil Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for appellants.

John and Elizabeth Foley, Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

STEFFEN, Justice:

This appeal focuses on the meaning and impact of NRS 176.059.[1] The statute in question provides for the imposition of an administrative assessment fee (assessment fee) in the amount of ten dollars as a surcharge on fines for misdemeanor pleas or convictions and the violation of municipal ordinances. The essential issue before us concerns the character and disposition of the funds generated by the assessment

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