1. The Legislative Counsel shall assist Legislators in the drafting of the legislative measures which they are authorized to request, including, without limitation, drafting them in proper form and furnishing the Legislators with the fullest information upon all matters within the scope of the Legislative Counsel’s duties.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Legislative Counsel shall, insofar as is possible, act upon all Legislators’ requests for the drafting of legislative measures in the order in which they are received.
3. To assure the greatest possible equity in the handling of such requests, drafting must proceed as follows:
(a) If a Legislator so desires, the Legislator may designate a different priority for the Legislator’s requests which the Legislative Counsel shall observe, insofar as is possible.
(b) The drafting of requests from chairs or members of standing committees or special committees which are made on behalf of those committees must not, except where urgency is recognized, take precedence over the priority established or designated for requests from individual Legislators.
(c) The Legislative Counsel shall give full priority to the drafting of requests from Legislators for which sufficient detail to allow complete drafting of the legislative measure is submitted.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1370; A 1989, 2120; 1999, 2195; 2011, 3186, 3262; 2017, 2436)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures
NRS 218D.100 - Applicability; general requirements for submitting requests.
NRS 218D.135 - Authorized disclosures concerning certain requests; notice of duplicative requests.
NRS 218D.150 - Requests from Legislators and chairs of standing committees.
NRS 218D.152 - Requests from certain Legislators whose offices become vacant.
NRS 218D.175 - Requests from Governor, Director of Office of Finance and constitutional officers.
NRS 218D.190 - Requests from Supreme Court.
NRS 218D.205 - Requests from counties, school districts and cities.
NRS 218D.210 - Requests from association of counties or cities.
NRS 218D.211 - Requests from certain regional transportation commissions.
NRS 218D.212 - Requests from regional behavioral health policy boards.
NRS 218D.213 - Requests from Patient Protection Commission.
NRS 218D.217 - Requests from Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs.
NRS 218D.218 - Requests from Advisory Committee on Housing.
NRS 218D.220 - Requests from Nevada Silver Haired Legislative Forum.
NRS 218D.270 - Certain legislative measures must include information relating to unfunded mandates.
NRS 218D.310 - Verification of legal descriptions of land in certain legislative measures.
NRS 218D.370 - Criteria for amending population classifications.
NRS 218D.400 - "Presiding officer" defined.
NRS 218D.440 - Fiscal note not required for amendments unless requested by presiding officer.
NRS 218D.465 - Form of fiscal note; review by Director of Office of Finance.
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.
NRS 218D.550 - Determination of form and correction of mistakes by Legislative Counsel.
NRS 218D.560 - Drafting and printing of bills; marking of new and old matter.
NRS 218D.585 - Introduction and referral of prefiled measures upon convening of regular session.
NRS 218D.600 - Introduction of legislative measure in duplicate.
NRS 218D.640 - Signatures required on enrolled bills and joint resolutions.
NRS 218D.655 - Delivery of official engrossed bill to Secretary of State.
NRS 218D.660 - Delivery of enrolled bill to Governor for action.
NRS 218D.720 - Correction by Legislative Commission after adjournment of Legislature.
NRS 218D.810 - Preparation and distribution of ballot materials.
NRS 218D.905 - Distribution to Legislators, legislative officers and Legislative Counsel Bureau.
NRS 218D.955 - Compilation; advance sheets; statutory tables and indexes; printing and distribution.
NRS 218D.960 - Number of copies; contents.
NRS 218D.965 - Style and form; meaning and interpretation of new and omitted matter.