Board of County Commissioners Clark County v. White

*588OPINION

By the Court,

Steffen, J.:

This appeal focuses on the meaning and impact of NRS 176.059. 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 fee. The dispute giving rise to the present controversy occurred when the respondent justice of the peace sought approval of a requisition for necessary…