Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 219A - Nevada Youth Legislature
NRS 219A.140 - Qualifications of members; application for appointment and reappointment; notice of change in residency or school of enrollment.


1. To be eligible to serve on the Youth Legislature, a person:
(a) Must be:
(1) A resident of the senatorial district of the Senator who appoints him or her;
(2) Enrolled in a public school or private school located in the senatorial district of the Senator who appoints him or her; or
(3) A homeschooled child who is otherwise eligible to be enrolled in a public school in the senatorial district of the Senator who appoints him or her;
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 219A.150, must be:
(1) Enrolled in a public school or private school in this State in grade 9, 10 or 11 for the first school year of the term for which he or she is appointed; or
(2) A homeschooled child who is otherwise eligible to enroll in a public school in this State in grade 9, 10 or 11 for the first school year of the term for which he or she is appointed; and
(c) Must not be related by blood, adoption or marriage within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to the Senator who appoints him or her or to any member of the Assembly who collaborated to appoint him or her.
2. If, at any time, a person appointed to the Youth Legislature changes his or her residency or changes his or her school of enrollment in such a manner as to render the person ineligible under his or her original appointment, the person shall inform the Board, in writing, within 30 days after becoming aware of such changed facts.
3. A person who wishes to be appointed or reappointed to the Youth Legislature must submit an application on the form prescribed pursuant to subsection 4 to the Senator of the senatorial district in which the person resides, is enrolled in a public school or private school or, if the person is a homeschooled child, the senatorial district in which he or she is otherwise eligible to be enrolled in a public school. A person may not submit an application to more than one Senator in a calendar year.
4. The Board shall prescribe a form for applications submitted pursuant to this section, which must require the signature of the principal of the school in which the applicant is enrolled or, if the applicant is a homeschooled child, the signature of a member of the community in which the applicant resides other than a relative of the applicant.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 839; A 2009, 252; 2011, 1054; 2013, 22; 2015, 1832; 2019, 3277)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 385.525)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 219A - Nevada Youth Legislature

NRS 219A.010 - Definitions.

NRS 219A.020 - "Account" defined.

NRS 219A.030 - "Board" defined.

NRS 219A.040 - "Homeschooled child" defined.

NRS 219A.060 - "Private school" defined.

NRS 219A.070 - "Public school" defined.

NRS 219A.080 - "School year" defined.

NRS 219A.090 - "Youth Legislature" defined.

NRS 219A.130 - Creation; appointment of members; terms; reappointment.

NRS 219A.140 - Qualifications of members; application for appointment and reappointment; notice of change in residency or school of enrollment.

NRS 219A.150 - Vacancies in membership.

NRS 219A.160 - Compensation of members.

NRS 219A.200 - Election and duties of Chair and Vice Chair; duties of Director of Legislative Counsel Bureau; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations.

NRS 219A.210 - General powers and duties; meetings, committees and seminars; submission of annual report.

NRS 219A.220 - Request for legislative measure; adoption of procedures for meetings; advising Board regarding administration of appropriations, gifts, grants and donations.

NRS 219A.300 - Administration of Youth Legislature by corporation for public benefit; governance of corporation by Board of Directors; appointment and terms of Board members; election of Chair and Vice Chair; powers and duties of Board.

NRS 219A.310 - Nevada Youth Legislature Account: Creation in Legislative Fund; use of money in Account; interest and income; submission of annual itemized statement.