NRS218E.515. Meetings; rules; quorum; compensation, allowances and expenses of members.

      1.  Except as otherwise ordered by the Legislative Commission, the members of the Committee shall meet not earlier than November 1 of each odd-numbered year and not later than August 31 of the following even-numbered year at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the Committee.

      2.  The Research Director or the Research Director’s designee shall act as the nonvoting recording Secretary.

      3.  The Committee shall prescribe rules for its own management and government.

      4.  Five members of the Committee constitute a quorum, and a quorum may exercise all the power and authority conferred on the Committee.

      5.  Except during a regular or special session, for each day or portion of a day during which members of the Committee who are Legislators attend a meeting of the Committee or are otherwise engaged in the business of the Committee, the members are entitled to receive:

      (a) The compensation provided for a majority of the Legislators during the first 60 days of the preceding regular session;

      (b) The per diem allowance provided for state officers and employees generally; and

      (c) The travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218A.655.

      6.  All such compensation, per diem allowances and travel expenses must be paid from the Legislative Fund.

      7.  The member of the Committee who represents a local political subdivision is entitled to receive the subsistence allowances and travel expenses provided by law for his or her position for each day of attendance at a meeting of the Committee and while engaged in the business of the Committee, to be paid by the local political subdivision.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 5; A 1981, 170; 1983, 209; 1985, 398, 1131; 1987, 1208; 1989, 426, 1217, 1222; 2009, 1151, 1561; 2011, 3225)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.5365)