Douglas County legal - 29489

On 12/1/2022, the Douglas County Board

of Commissioners ADOPTED the following

ordinance:

ORDINANCE: 2022-1608

TITLE: Ordinance 2022-1608, an Ordinance

enacting a revision and codification of the

general ordinances of Douglas County

by amending Titles 1, 6, 9, 10 and 13 of

Douglas County Code to (1) redesignate

certain vehicle and traffic related criminal

“misdemeanors” as “civil infractions”

consistent with the Assembly Bill 116

enacted in 2021 by the 81st Session of

the Nevada Legislature; (2) define and

establish penalties for civil infractions, (3)

clarify that certain codified “infractions”

constitute “criminal infractions,” and (4)

remove language that is unnecessarily

duplicative of the Nevada Revised Statutes.

The ordinance shall be in full force and effect

on January 1, 2023 and was adopted by the

following vote: AYE: Wes Rice, John Engels,

Mark Gardner, Walt Nowosad, Danny

Tarkanian

/s/ Mark Gardner

Mark Gardner, Chairman

Douglas County Board of Commissioners

ATTEST:

/s/ Amy Burgans

Clerk-Treasurer

A copy of this ordinance is on file in the Clerk’s

Office for public review.

Pub Date: December 7, 14, 2022

Ad # 29489