1. After its first approval by the Legislature, an enrolled joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nevada must be delivered with the official engrossed copy to the Secretary of State or such deputy or clerk as the Secretary of State designates in writing.
2. The Secretary of State shall cause the enrolled joint resolution and engrossed copy to be filed in the Secretary of State’s office and shall deliver them to the presiding officer of the House in which the proposed amendment originated at the next regular session of the Legislature unless, before that regular session, the Governor or the members of the Legislature make the proposed amendment a matter of legislative business at a special session.
3. After they have been returned by the Secretary of State, the enrolled joint resolution and engrossed copy must be laid before the House of origin for action, and if approved by the Legislature a second time pursuant to Section 1 of Article 16 of the Nevada Constitution, the enrolled joint resolution and engrossed copy must again be deposited with and filed by the Secretary of State so that the proposed amendment may be placed upon the ballot at the next general election or at a special election authorized by the Legislature for that purpose.
4. The history of the joint resolution, including a notation that it has been returned to the House of origin by the Secretary of State, must be noted on both the enrolled copy and engrossed copy.
5. The enrolled copy must bear the original signatures of the presiding officers of the Houses and the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembly, or an authorized assistant, for both sessions of the Legislature at which the proposed amendment to the Constitution was considered.
6. The Secretary of State shall cause all proposed amendments to the Constitution to be published in the printed volume of the statutes for each session at which the proposed amendments have been considered by the Legislature.
[Part 11:3:1949; A 1955, 732] + [12:3:1949; 1943 NCL § 7298.12]—(NRS A 1989, 24; 1993, 1034; 1999, 2197; 2011, 3202; 2013, 3738)
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.