NRS218A.400. Organization of the Assembly: Duties of Secretary of State; participation by members-elect; election of presiding officer.

      1.  Before the Assembly meets for each regular session, the Secretary of State shall make out a roll from the returns on file in the Secretary of State’s office of the persons who received the highest number of votes to be elected to office as members of the Assembly in each district in the general election. The members whose names appear upon the roll must be allowed to participate in the organization of the Assembly.

      2.  On the first day of each regular session at a time that is appropriate for that regular session, the Secretary of State shall call the Assembly to order and shall preside over the Assembly until a presiding officer is elected.

      3.  If a special session is convened between the date of the general election and the date of the next regular session, the Assembly must be organized for the special session according to the procedure set forth in this section, except that on the first day of the special session, the Secretary of State shall call the Assembly to order at a time that is appropriate for that special session.

      [1:7:1867; B § 2800; BH § 1761; C § 1919; RL § 4112; NCL § 7283] + [2:7:1867; B § 2801; BH § 1762; C § 1920; RL § 4113; NCL § 7284]—(NRS A 1995, 1662; 2011, 3167)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.100)