218B.150 - Attachment of omitted area to legislative district. - Nevada Statutes

218B.150  Attachment of omitted area to legislative district.

      1.  If any area of this State is omitted from the provisions of this chapter inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the information supplied to the Legislature, the county clerk, the Carson City Clerk or the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, upon discovery of the omission, shall notify the Secretary of State of the omission. The Secretary of State shall attach that area to the appropriate assembly district or senatorial district as follows:

      (a) If the area is surrounded by an assembly district or senatorial district, the area must be attached to that district.

      (b) If the area is contiguous to two or more assembly districts or senatorial districts, the area must be attached to the district that has the least population.

      2.  Any attachments made pursuant to the provisions of this section must be certified in writing and filed with the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau and with the Secretary of State. No change may be made in any attachments until the Legislature is again reapportioned.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 1520; A 1979, 507; 1981, 1125; 1991, 1491; 2001 Special Session, 346)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.084)