1. The Legislature finds and declares that the provisions of Section 1 of Article 16 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada require for the amendment of the Constitution that:
(a) Two successive Legislatures respectively propose and approve the identical change; and
(b) The people ratify by majority vote the change so proposed and approved.
2. If an enrolled joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which is returned by the Secretary of State to the next ensuing session of the Legislature contains one or more sections of the Constitution to which an amendment has been ratified since the proposal of the amendment to be considered, the Legislature shall, if it approves the proposed amendment:
(a) Conform the text of each section of the Constitution so affected to include the amendment so ratified; and
(b) Make no substantive change in the amendment proposed and approved.
3. The Legislative Counsel shall prepare any amendment or amendments to the text of an enrolled joint resolution required by this section, and submit them to the proper House at the time such enrolled joint resolution is delivered by the Secretary of State.
4. The joint resolution shall be submitted to the people for ratification in its amended form, so that the people may know in voting upon it:
(a) The text of each affected section of the Constitution as presently effective; and
(b) The change proposed and approved by the successive Legislatures.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 508)
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.