§ NRS § 293C.145Date of general city election in cities of population category three; number of council members; terms of mayor and council members; procedure for filing declaration of candidacy; candidates for mayor to be voted upon by electors at large;

Date of general city election in cities of population category
three; number of council members; terms of mayor and council members; procedure
for filing declaration of candidacy; candidates for mayor to be voted upon by
electors at large; candidates for city council to be voted upon by electors of
ward or electors at large.

1.  A general city election must be held in
each city of population category three on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November of the first even-numbered year after incorporation, and at
each successive interval of 2 years.

2.  There must be one mayor and three or
five council members, as the city council shall provide by ordinance, for each
city of population category three. The terms of office of the mayor and the
council members are 4 years, which terms must be staggered. The mayor and
council members elected to office immediately after incorporation shall decide,
by lot, among themselves which two of their offices expire at the next general
city election, and thereafter the terms of office must be 4 years. If a city
council thereafter increases the number of council members, it shall, by lot,
stagger the initial terms of the additional members.

3.  A candidate for an office to be voted
for at the general city election must file a declaration of candidacy with the
city clerk not earlier than:

(a) For the office of judge of a municipal court,
the first Monday in January of the year in which the applicable election is to
be held and not later than 5 p.m. on the second Friday after the first Monday
in January.

(b) For any other office, the first Monday in
March of the year in which the applicable election is to be held and not later
than 5 p.m. on the second Friday after the first Monday in March.

4.  At the time that a candidate files a
declaration of candidacy, the city clerk shall charge and collect from the
candidate, and the candidate must pay to the city clerk, a filing fee in an
amount fixed by the city council by ordinance or resolution.

5.  Candidates for mayor must be voted upon
by the electors of the city at large. Candidates for the city council must be
voted upon by the electors of their respective wards to represent the wards in
which they reside or by the electors of the city at large in accordance with
the provisions of chapter 266 of NRS.