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On 11/3/2022, the Douglas County Board of

Commissioners INTRODUCED 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.

SUMMARY: Ordinance 2022-1608 amends

provisions of the Douglas County Code

(DCC) by redesignating certain vehicle and

traffic related criminal “misdemeanors” as

“civil infractions” consistent with Assembly

Bill 116 enacted in 2021 by the 81st Session

of the Nevada Legislature (AB116). Section

I of Ordinance 2022-1608 amends Title 1 of

DCC to include the definition and penalty for

civil infractions; Sections II, III, and V amend

Titles 6, 9, and 13 of DCC, respectively,

to clarify that certain violations of Douglas

County Code (previously designated as

“infractions”) constitute “criminal infractions.”

Section IV of Ordinance 2022-1608 amends

Title 10 of DCC to (1) provide for penalties

that are consistent with AB116, and (2) remove

provisions and language that unnecessarily

duplicate language from the Nevada

Revised Statutes.

The 2nd Reading of this Ordinance will be

held on 12/1/2022. A copy of this ordinance is

on file in the Clerk’s Office for public review.

Pub Date: November 9, 2022

Ad # 29010