218E.150 - Creation; membership; vacancies; officers; terms. - Nevada Statutes

218E.150  Creation; membership; vacancies; officers; terms.

      1.  There is hereby created in the Legislative Counsel Bureau a Legislative Commission consisting of 12 members.

      2.  At each regular session of the Legislature held in odd-numbered years, the Senate shall, by resolution, designate six Senators as regular members of the Legislative Commission and six Senators as alternates, and the Assembly shall, by resolution, designate six members of the Assembly as regular members of the Legislative Commission and six members of the Assembly as alternates.

      3.  The Legislature shall determine by joint rule at each regular session of the Legislature in odd-numbered years:

      (a) The method of determining the majority party and the minority party regular and alternate membership on the Legislative Commission.

      (b) The method of filling vacancies on the Legislative Commission.

      (c) The method of selecting the Chair.

      (d) The term of office of the Chair.

      4.  The members of the Legislative Commission serve until their successors are appointed by resolution as provided in this section, except that the membership of any member who does not become a candidate for reelection or who is defeated for reelection terminates on the day next after the general election and the vacancy must be filled as provided by the joint rule adopted pursuant to subsection 3.

      [2:134:1953; A 1955, 68]—(NRS A 1957, 387; 1961, 457; 1963, 1029; 1969, 1412; 1975, 705; 2009, 459, 1563)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.660)