1. For a regular session, each board of county commissioners, board of trustees of a school district and city council may request the drafting of not more than the numbers of legislative measures set forth in this section if the requests are:
(a) Approved by the governing body of the county, school district or city at a public hearing before their submission to the Legislative Counsel; and
(b) Submitted to the Legislative Counsel on or before September 1 preceding the regular session.
2. The Legislative Counsel shall notify the requesting county, school district or city if its request substantially duplicates a request previously submitted by another county, school district or city.
3. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population:
(a) Is 700,000 or more may request the drafting of not more than 4 legislative measures for a regular session.
(b) Is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 may request the drafting of not more than 2 legislative measures for a regular session.
(c) Is less than 100,000 may request the drafting of not more than 1 legislative measure for a regular session.
4. The board of trustees of a school district in a county whose population:
(a) Is 700,000 or more may request the drafting of not more than 2 legislative measures for a regular session.
(b) Is less than 700,000 may request the drafting of not more than 1 legislative measure for a regular session.
5. The city council of a city whose population:
(a) Is 500,000 or more may request the drafting of not more than 3 legislative measures for a regular session.
(b) Is 150,000 or more but less than 500,000 may request the drafting of not more than 2 legislative measures for a regular session.
(c) Is less than 150,000 may request the drafting of not more than 1 legislative measure for a regular session.
6. Each request made pursuant to this section must be on a form prescribed by the Legislative Counsel. The legislative measures requested pursuant to this section must be prefiled on or before the third Wednesday in November preceding the regular session. A legislative measure that is not prefiled on or before that day shall be deemed withdrawn.
7. As used in this section, "population" means the current population estimate for that city or county as determined and published by the Department of Taxation and the demographer employed pursuant to NRS 360.283.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1948; A 1997, 1751; 1999, 2194; 2007, 3163; 2009, 1568; 2011, 1150, 3191, 3668; 2013, 3327; 2015, 3188; 2017, 2441)
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.