218D.580 - Transmittal of prefiled measures to Houses; numbering, contents and form; printing and release of copies. - Nevada Statutes

218D.580  Transmittal of prefiled measures to Houses; numbering, contents and form; printing and release of copies.

      1.  The Legislative Counsel shall, upon receipt of requests for prefiling bills and joint resolutions, transmit those bills and resolutions that may be prefiled to the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, as appropriate. The Secretary or Chief Clerk shall number the bills and joint resolutions consecutively in the same manner as during regular sessions of the Legislature and is responsible for the safekeeping of such bills and joint resolutions.

      2.  After a bill or joint resolution has been properly numbered, the Legislative Counsel shall cause the bill or joint resolution to be printed in the same manner as during regular sessions of the Legislature. The bill or joint resolution must contain:

      (a) The name of the introducer;

      (b) The date on which it was prefiled;

      (c) If it was not requested by a member of the Legislature, the name of the entity that requested the preparation of the bill or joint resolution; and

      (d) The standing committee of the Senate or Assembly to which the bill or joint resolution is proposed to be referred.

      3.  The number of copies to be printed must be determined by the Legislative Counsel, and the expenses of printing and mailing must be paid from the Legislative Fund.

      4.  The Legislative Counsel shall release copies of a prefiled bill or joint resolution to the public.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1125; A 1973, 1478; 1985, 459; 1993, 1533; 1995, 1736; 1997, 12; 2005, 1079; 2007, 3168)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.278)

      NRS 218D.585  Introduction and referral of prefiled measures upon convening of session.  Upon the convening of the next succeeding regular session of the Legislature, all prefiled bills and joint resolutions must be introduced and referred to a standing committee in the order in which they are numbered.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1125; A 1995, 1737)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.279)