Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 225 - Secretary of State
NRS 225.240 - Creation; composition; officers; staff; term of members; vacancies; allowances.


1. The Advisory Committee on Participatory Democracy is hereby created within the Office of the Secretary of State.
2. The Advisory Committee consists of not more than 10 members including:
(a) The Secretary of State or his or her designee; and
(b) Not more than nine other members appointed by the Secretary of State.
3. The Secretary of State shall:
(a) Consider political, geographical and demographical factors when appointing members of the Advisory Committee;
(b) Select the Chair of the Advisory Committee from among its members; and
(c) Designate an employee of the Office of the Secretary of State to serve as Secretary for the Advisory Committee.
4. The Secretary of State may assign such other employees of his or her Office as he or she deems necessary to assist the Advisory Committee in its duties.
5. The Chair of the Advisory Committee shall appoint a Vice Chair from among the members of the Advisory Committee.
6. After the initial term, each member of the Advisory Committee shall serve for a term of 2 years. Each term must end on June 30 of the appropriate year. Each member of the Advisory Committee serves at the pleasure of the Secretary of State. If a vacancy occurs, the Secretary of State shall appoint a new member to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
7. Members of the Advisory Committee serve without compensation. If sufficient money is available in the Special Account for the Support of the Advisory Committee created by NRS 225.270, members are entitled to the per diem and travel allowances provided for state officers and employees generally while attending meetings of the Advisory Committee.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2258; A 2017, 670)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 225 - Secretary of State

NRS 225.010 - Qualifications of Secretary of State.

NRS 225.020 - Election; term of office.

NRS 225.030 - Office.

NRS 225.050 - Salary.

NRS 225.060 - Deputies and Executive Assistant: Appointment; classification; duties; bond; restrictions on other employment.

NRS 225.080 - General duties.

NRS 225.081 - Duty to include and maintain on Internet website information concerning programs to provide financing for small businesses and certification as or programs to provide financing for disadvantaged business enterprises; regulations.

NRS 225.082 - Duty to assign unique business identification number for purpose of establishing the identity of certain persons and entities.

NRS 225.083 - Duty to post notice regarding customer’s responsibility regarding filed documents and penalty for filing false or forged documents and certain liens against certain persons; regulations.

NRS 225.084 - Civil liability for filing record which is forged or fraudulently altered, contains false statement of material fact or is being filed in bad faith or to harass or defraud; rights, remedies and penalties cumulative; regulations.

NRS 225.085 - Records: When deemed filed; retention; disposition; regulations.

NRS 225.095 - Immunity from liability for examination, acceptance or filing of certain documents.

NRS 225.100 - Duty to furnish certified copies of laws, records and instruments.

NRS 225.105 - Uniform Commercial Code: Secretary of State may prescribe standards for forms; regulations concerning fees for forms.

NRS 225.115 - Administration of oaths and affirmations.

NRS 225.120 - Biennial report.

NRS 225.140 - Fees: Imposition; regulations; posting of fee schedule.

NRS 225.150 - Deposit of fees.

NRS 225.155 - Disposition of excess payments.

NRS 225.163 - Petty cash account: Creation; use; replenishment.

NRS 225.165 - Secretary of State’s Trust Account for Advance Fees: Establishment; use; regulations.

NRS 225.170 - Securities Division: Creation; Administrator; legal counsel.

NRS 225.200 - Definitions.

NRS 225.210 - "Advisory Committee" defined.

NRS 225.220 - "Participatory democracy" defined.

NRS 225.240 - Creation; composition; officers; staff; term of members; vacancies; allowances.

NRS 225.250 - Duties; authority to establish panel.

NRS 225.260 - Meetings; presiding officer; quorum.

NRS 225.270 - Gifts, grants and donations; Special Account for the Support of the Advisory Committee.

NRS 225.300 - Definitions.

NRS 225.310 - "Lockbox" defined.

NRS 225.320 - "Nevada Lockbox" defined.

NRS 225.330 - "Other document" defined.

NRS 225.340 - "Registrant" defined.

NRS 225.350 - "Will" defined.

NRS 225.360 - Authority to establish and maintain registry; required components of registry; electronic reproductions.

NRS 225.370 - Establishment of individual lockboxes within registry; duties of Secretary of State.

NRS 225.380 - Restrictions upon access to individual lockboxes within registry.

NRS 225.390 - Removal from registry of contents filed previously by registrant who is now deceased.

NRS 225.400 - Contents of registry not required to be verified for accuracy or legal validity; lack of presumptions concerning documents filed in registry; effect of registration, failure to register and failure to notify Secretary of State of revoca...

NRS 225.410 - Fees for registration; gifts, grants, bequests and contributions.

NRS 225.420 - Disposition and accounting of money.

NRS 225.430 - Immunity from liability for acts and omissions made in good faith.

NRS 225.440 - Regulations.