Nevada Legislature: Budget bill repeals language mandating Supreme Court reduction

Without a public hearing or discussion of its cost, lawmakers have added language to the Appropriations Act repealing the statute mandating Nevada’s Supreme Court shrink from seven to five members.The language in NRS2.010 says the high court must be reduced if and when an Intermediate Appellate Court is approved by the voters. Voters did just that last November, creating an appellate court consisting of three justices. That court is already in business, expedited by Chief Justice Jim Hardesty