1. Within 20 days after the petition is submitted to the city clerk pursuant to NRS 295.205, the city clerk shall complete a certificate as to its sufficiency.
2. If a petition is certified sufficient, or if a petition is certified insufficient and the petitioners’ committee does not elect to request council review under subsection 3 within the time required, the city clerk must promptly present the city clerk’s certificate to the council and the certificate is a final determination as to the sufficiency of the petition.
3. If a petition has been certified insufficient, the committee may, within 2 days after receiving the copy of the certificate, file a request that it be reviewed by the council. The council shall review the certificate at its next meeting following the filing of the request and approve or disapprove it, and the council’s determination is a final determination as to the sufficiency of the petition.
4. A final determination as to the sufficiency of a petition is subject to judicial review. If the final determination is challenged by filing a complaint in district court, the court shall set the matter for hearing not later than 3 days after the complaint is filed and shall give priority to such a complaint over all other matters pending with the court, except for criminal proceedings. A final determination of insufficiency, even if sustained upon judicial review, does not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 378; A 1989, 1184; 2001, 2968; 2005, 2844)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 295 - Certain State and Local Ballot Questions
NRS 295.026 - Withdrawal of petition.
NRS 295.045 - Petition for referendum: Filing; submission to voters at general election.
NRS 295.056 - Requirements for submission of signatures to county clerk.
NRS 295.0575 - Petition may consist of more than one document; circulator’s affidavit.
NRS 295.061 - Challenge to description of petition; challenge to legal sufficiency of petition.
NRS 295.075 - "Board" defined.
NRS 295.085 - Registered voters’ power of initiative and referendum concerning county ordinances.
NRS 295.105 - Certification of sufficiency of petition; review of certification.
NRS 295.115 - Consideration by board; submission to registered voters; withdrawal of petition.
NRS 295.125 - Results of election.
NRS 295.160 - Submission of question to people; publication.
NRS 295.170 - Form of question on ballot; count and canvass of votes.
NRS 295.180 - Effect of approval or disapproval of majority of registered voters.
NRS 295.200 - Registered voters’ power of initiative and referendum concerning city ordinances.
NRS 295.210 - Certification of sufficiency of petition; review of certification.
NRS 295.215 - Consideration by council; submission to registered voters; withdrawal of petition.
NRS 295.220 - Results of election.
NRS 295.250 - Determination of total number of signatures.
NRS 295.260 - Verification of signatures.
NRS 295.270 - Certification of sufficiency or insufficiency of petition; date petition deemed filed.