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Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
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TITLE17 STATE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT |
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CHAPTER218D. Legislative Measures and Procedures |
| GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| NRS 218D.050. General powers and duties of Legislative Counsel and Legal Division regarding legislative measures. |
| REQUESTS FOR DRAFTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES |
| General Requirements and Priorities |
| NRS 218D.100. Applicability; general requirements for submitting requests. |
| NRS 218D.105. Requirements for waiving deadline for authorized nonlegislative requesters in exceptional circumstances. |
| NRS 218D.110. Requests from Legislative Department: Duties of Legislative Counsel; priority and order of drafting. |
| NRS 218D.115. Requests from authorized nonlegislative requesters: Duties of Legislative Counsel; priority and order of drafting. |
| List of Requests; Authorized Disclosures |
| NRS 218D.130. Preparation and publication of list; information included; joint requesters; nonreturning Legislators. |
| NRS 218D.135. Authorized disclosures concerning certain requests; notice of duplicative requests. |
| Legislative Department |
| NRS 218D.150. Requests from Legislators and chairs of standing committees. |
| NRS 218D.155. Requests from legislative leadership, Legislative Counsel, Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembly. |
| NRS 218D.160. Requests from chairs of Legislative Commission and Interim Finance Committee; requests from statutory, interim and other committees. |
| Executive Department |
| NRS 218D.175. Requests from Governor, Department of Administration and constitutional officers. |
| Judicial Department |
| NRS 218D.190. Requests from Supreme Court. |
| Local Governments and Other Entities |
| NRS 218D.205. Requests from counties, school districts and cities. |
| NRS 218D.210. Requests from association of counties or cities. |
| NRS 218D.215. Requests from mental health consortium. [Repealed] |
| NRS 218D.220. Requests from Nevada Silver Haired Legislative Forum. |
| COMPONENTS OF CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE MEASURES |
| Names of Requesters |
| NRS 218D.250. Certain legislative measures requested by committee must include name of Legislator or organization on whose behalf legislative measure was requested. |
| Unfunded Mandates |
| NRS 218D.270. Certain legislative measures must include information relating to unfunded mandates. |
| Legislative Counsel’s Digest |
| NRS 218D.290. Certain legislative measures must include digest when practicable; contents and style; revision. |
| Legal Descriptions of Land |
| NRS 218D.310. Verification of legal descriptions of land in certain legislative measures. |
| Effective Dates; Expiration Clauses |
| NRS 218D.330. Effective date of legislative measure when not specifically prescribed; period during which legislative measure that expires by limitation remains effective. |
| Tax Exemptions and Abatements |
| NRS 218D.350. Requirements for certain legislative measures enacting tax exemptions subject to Section 6 of Article 10 of the Nevada Constitution. |
| NRS 218D.355. Requirements for certain legislative measures authorizing or increasing tax abatements approved by Office of Economic Development. |
| Population Classifications |
| NRS 218D.370. Criteria for amending population classifications. |
| Reports Submitted to Legislature |
| NRS 218D.380. Requirements for certain legislative measures involving submission of reports to Legislature; Legislative Commission to review and recommend regarding necessity of certain reports. |
| NRS 218D.385. Director to develop recommendations for elimination or revision of requirements to submit certain reports. |
| FISCAL NOTES CONCERNING CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE MEASURES |
| General Provisions |
| NRS 218D.400. “Presiding officer” defined. |
| Fiscal Information Included on Measure |
| NRS 218D.415. Summary of certain legislative measures must include information concerning fiscal effect and appropriations. |
| When Fiscal Note is Required |
| NRS 218D.430. Fiscal note required for certain bills and joint resolutions affecting State Government. |
| NRS 218D.435. Fiscal note required for certain bills and joint resolutions affecting local governments. |
| NRS 218D.440. Fiscal note not required for amendments unless requested by presiding officer. |
| NRS 218D.445. Legislator may raise issue that legislative measure requires fiscal note; determination of need for fiscal note by presiding officer. |
| Procedures, Form and Content for Fiscal Notes |
| NRS 218D.460. Requester of legislative measure must be informed of need for fiscal note; procedure for submitting legislative measure to agency or local government for fiscal note. |
| NRS 218D.465. Form of fiscal note; review by Department of Administration. |
| NRS 218D.470. Contents of fiscal note. |
| NRS 218D.475. Time for agency or local government to prepare and return fiscal note; extension. |
| NRS 218D.485. Printing of fiscal notes. |
| Unlawful Acts Involving Fiscal Notes |
| NRS 218D.495. Unlawful to copy or disseminate information concerning legislative measure submitted for fiscal note; exceptions; penalty. |
| INTRODUCTION AND PASSAGE OF LEGISLATIVE MEASURES |
| Form, Style, Printing and Correction |
| NRS 218D.550. Determination of form and correction of mistakes by Legislative Counsel. |
| NRS 218D.555. Printing of legislative measures and fiscal notes; changes and corrections by Legislative Counsel. |
| NRS 218D.560. Drafting and printing of bills; marking of new and old matter. |
| Prefiling |
| NRS 218D.575. Request for prefiling; distribution of certain prefiled measures between Houses; review for proper form; limitations on prefiling. |
| NRS 218D.580. Transmittal of prefiled measures to Houses; numbering, contents and form; printing and release of copies. |
| NRS 218D.585. Introduction and referral of prefiled measures upon convening of regular session. |
| Procedures Before Passage |
| NRS 218D.600. Introduction of legislative measure in duplicate. |
| NRS 218D.605. Designation of one copy of legislative measure as original; binding original with cover; transmittal to Houses; preservation of authenticity of original. |
| NRS 218D.610. General duties regarding reprinting, engrossment, reengrossment and enrollment; insertion of amendments. |
| NRS 218D.615. Reprinting of legislative measure passed in one House and amended in other; attachment and endorsement of amendments. |
| Procedures After Passage |
| NRS 218D.630. Transmittal of passed legislative measure to Legislative Counsel for enrollment; receipt; notations in history of legislative measure. |
| NRS 218D.640. Signatures required on enrolled bills and joint resolutions. |
| Delivery of Bills to Executive Department |
| NRS 218D.655. Delivery of official engrossed bill to Secretary of State. |
| NRS 218D.660. Delivery of enrolled bill to Governor for action. |
| Approval, Inaction or Veto by Governor |
| NRS 218D.675. Procedure upon delivery to Governor; computation of time for action; approval by Governor; delivery of bill to Secretary of State if approved. |
| NRS 218D.680. Delivery of bill to Secretary of State if bill becomes law without Governor’s signature or if veto overridden. |
| Other Duties of Executive Department |
| NRS 218D.700. Secretary of State must provide receipt for bills received from Governor; retention by Governor. |
| NRS 218D.705. Secretary of State must bind and index bills enacted into law and other legislative measures; payment of expenses. |
| Correction of Typographical and Clerical Errors in Enrolled Bills |
| NRS 218D.720. Correction by Legislative Commission after adjournment of Legislature. |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND OTHER STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURES |
| NRS 218D.805. Procedure for revising enrolled joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment before second passage to account for intervening amendments ratified by voters. |
| NRS 218D.810. Preparation and distribution of ballot materials. |
| PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE MEASURES AND PUBLICATIONS |
| General Provisions |
| NRS 218D.900. Requests for distribution; payment of costs; exceptions; cost schedule; money deposited to and paid from Legislative Fund. |
| NRS 218D.905. Distribution to Legislators, legislative officers and Legislative Counsel Bureau. |
| NRS 218D.915. Distribution to certain state and local officers, justices of the peace, libraries and members of the press. |
| Journals and Histories |
| NRS 218D.930. Daily journals of legislative proceedings: Printing; contents; form; number of copies; authentication; binding. |
| NRS 218D.935. Bound journals of legislative proceedings: Printing; indexes; delivery; free copies to Legislators. |
| NRS 218D.940. Daily history of legislative measures: Printing; contents; form; number of copies; authentication; binding. |
| Statutes of Nevada |
| NRS 218D.960. Number of copies; contents. |
| NRS 218D.965. Style and form; meaning and interpretation of new and omitted matter. |