Title 17

NRS 218D.700 Secretary of State must provide receipt for bills received from Governor; retention by Governor. 1. The Secretary of State, or such deputy or clerk as the Secretary of State designates in writing, shall give a receipt to the Governor for all bills received. 2. The re…

NRS 218D.705 Secretary of State must bind and index bills enacted into law and other legislative measures; payment of expenses. 1. The Secretary of State shall, after the final adjournment of each regular and special session, cause all bills deposited with the Secretary of State …

NRS 218D.720 Correction by Legislative Commission after adjournment of Legislature. 1. The Legislative Commission is authorized to correct typographical and clerical errors in the style and manner of printing contained in enrolled bills after the bills are signed by the Governor …

NRS 218D.800 Delivery to Secretary of State of enrolled joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment; return to Legislature; placement on ballot after second passage; notations in history of resolution; publication in Statutes of Nevada. 1. After its first approval by the …

NRS 218D.802 Publication of joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment after first passage during certain special sessions. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for the purposes of carrying out the publication of any proposed amendment or amendments to the Consti…

NRS 218D.805 Procedure for revising enrolled joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment before second passage to account for intervening amendments ratified by voters. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that the provisions of Section 1 of Article 16 of the Constitutio…

NRS 218D.810 Preparation and distribution of ballot materials. 1. As used in this section, “first committee of reference” means the committee to which a bill or joint resolution was first referred in the House in which it was introduced. 2. Upon request from the first committee o…

NRS 218D.900 Requests for distribution; payment of costs; exceptions; cost schedule; money deposited to and paid from Legislative Fund. 1. All requests for mailing or distribution of legislative measures or publications must be filed with the Director. 2. Except as otherwise prov…

NRS 218D.905 Distribution to Legislators, legislative officers and Legislative Counsel Bureau. There is no limit upon the number of legislative measures or publications that may be distributed free of charge to: 1. Legislators, except as may be otherwise provided by a joint rule …

NRS 218D.910 Distribution to certain judicial officers, court administrators, clerks and district attorneys. 1. The following persons are entitled to receive free of charge in any 1 calendar year any bill, resolution, daily history, daily journal or index, in the number of copies…

NRS 218D.915 Distribution to certain state and local officers, justices of the peace, libraries and members of the press. 1. The following persons, offices or organizations, upon request, are entitled to receive free of charge in any 1 calendar year one copy of any bill, resoluti…

NRS 218D.930 Daily journals of legislative proceedings: Printing; contents; form; number of copies; authentication; binding. 1. During each regular and special session, the State Printer shall print daily in separate book form a sufficient number of copies of the journal of the p…

NRS 218D.935 Bound journals of legislative proceedings: Printing; indexes; delivery; free copies to Legislators. 1. At the end of each regular or special session, the journals must be printed, indexed and bound in book form in the same style as those of the 1927 Session of the Le…

NRS 218D.940 Daily history of legislative measures: Printing; contents; form; number of copies; authentication; binding. 1. Each House shall cause to be printed once every legislative day during a regular or special session a complete history of all bills and resolutions originat…

NRS 218D.955 Compilation; advance sheets; statutory tables and indexes; printing and distribution. 1. The Secretary of State shall, within 3 days after receiving them, furnish to the State Printer a copy of all acts, resolutions and memorials passed at each regular or special ses…

NRS 218D.960 Number of copies; contents. 1. A number of copies of the statutes of each Legislature, sufficient in the opinion of the Director to meet the requirements for free distribution and for sale, must be printed and appropriately bound. 2. The bound volumes must contain: (…

NRS 218D.965 Style and form; meaning and interpretation of new and omitted matter. 1. The Director is authorized to set the style and form of the printing of the bound volumes of the Statutes of Nevada. 2. In printing the section or part of the law reenacted in an amendatory law,…

NRS 218E.005 Definitions. As used in NRS 218E.005 to 218E.095, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 218E.010 and 218E.012 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3739)

NRS 218E.010 “Committee” defined. 1. “Committee” means: (a) Any committee of either House; (b) Any joint committee of both Houses; or (c) Any other committee or commission created or authorized by the Legislature to conduct or perform legislative business at the direction of or o…

NRS 218E.012 “Documentary evidence” defined. “Documentary evidence” means any account, book, correspondence, file, message, paper, record or other type of document in any form, including, without limitation, in any written, audio, visual, digital or electronic form. (Added to NRS…

NRS 218E.015 Power of Houses and committees to conduct investigations and hold hearings. The Assembly, the Senate and committees may conduct investigations and hold hearings regarding any matter which is pertinent to their legislative business or possible future legislative actio…

NRS 218E.030 Power to issue subpoenas; exceptions. 1. The Assembly, the Senate and committees, pursuant to their investigative powers, may issue legislative subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence that is pertinent …

NRS 218E.035 Contents and service of subpoenas; legal force and effect. 1. To be properly issued, a legislative subpoena must: (a) Be addressed to the witness; (b) Describe the nature of the legislative proceedings for which the legislative subpoena is being issued; (c) Require t…

NRS 218E.040 Administration of oaths. The following persons may administer oaths to witnesses who appear before the Senate, the Assembly or a committee: 1. The President of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate or any member of the Senate. 2. The Chief Clerk of the Assembly or …

NRS 218E.045 Conduct constituting contempt; enforcement proceedings before district court. 1. If a legislative subpoena is properly issued to and served on a witness, the witness commits contempt if the witness, without a reason recognized by law: (a) Neglects or refuses to compl…

NRS 218E.050 Power of Houses to imprison for contempt; issuance and service of citation for contempt. 1. If a witness commits contempt before: (a) The Senate or the Assembly, any member of the House may offer a resolution to have the recusant witness cited to show cause why the w…

NRS 218E.055 Hearing on citation for contempt. The recusant witness is entitled at the hearing: 1. To the assistance of counsel. 2. To present witnesses and offer evidence on the recusant witness’s behalf. 3. To argue orally, in person or by counsel, within such reasonable limits…

NRS 218E.060 Arrest, fine and imprisonment upon finding of contempt; warrant. 1. If the House finds by resolution that the recusant witness has in fact committed contempt: (a) The House may require the witness to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, as fixed by …

NRS 218E.065 Imprisonment for contempt not bar to other proceedings. The imprisonment of a recusant witness for contempt is not a bar to any other proceeding, civil or criminal, for the same act. (Added to NRS by 1973, 299) Hearings; Witnesses; Privileges; Unlawful Acts

NRS 218E.080 Power of Houses to provide for hearings and proceedings; unlawful for sworn witness to willfully misrepresent facts when testifying in hearing or proceeding. 1. Each House may provide for hearings and proceedings. 2. A person who appears and is sworn as a witness bef…

NRS 218E.085 Privilege regarding defamatory matter; unlawful for person to knowingly misrepresent facts when testifying in hearing or proceeding or in certain communications to Legislator. 1. A witness is absolutely privileged to publish defamatory matter as part of a hearing or …

NRS 218E.090 Rules and privileges governing certain state employees who testify on their own behalf; required disclosures; unlawful for state agency to take certain actions because of such testimony. 1. An employee of a state agency who testifies before a House or committee on th…

NRS 218E.095 Unlawful for person to neglect or refuse to obey subpoena, to be sworn, affirm or testify or to produce documentary evidence. 1. If a legislative subpoena is properly issued to and served on a person, the person shall not, without a reason recognized by law: (a) Negl…

NRS 218E.105 Definitions. As used in NRS 218E.105 to 218E.140, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 218E.110, 218E.115 and 218E.120 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3739)

NRS 218E.110 “Committee” defined. 1. “Committee” means the Legislative Commission, a Joint Interim Standing Committee, the Sunset Committee of the Legislature created by NRS 232B.210 and any other legislative committee or subcommittee created by the provisions of this chapter or …

NRS 218E.115 “Documentary evidence” defined. “Documentary evidence” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 218E.012. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3739)

NRS 218E.120 “Secretary of the committee” defined. “Secretary of the committee” means the Director or any other person designated or authorized to serve as a secretary of the committee. (Added to NRS by 2013, 3739)

NRS 218E.125 Provisions supplement and do not impair other powers, privileges and immunities. 1. The provisions of NRS 218E.105 to 218E.140, inclusive, are intended to supplement the other provisions of this chapter and any other laws or rules governing the legislative proceeding…

NRS 218E.130 Power to conduct investigations and hold hearings; administration of oaths; deposition of witnesses; powers of chair; powers of vice chair in absence of chair. 1. A committee may conduct investigations and hold hearings regarding any matter which is pertinent to its …

NRS 218E.135 Power to issue subpoenas; contents and service; legal force and effect; enforcement proceedings before district court. 1. For the purposes of conducting investigations and holding hearings in connection with the functions and duties of a committee, the chair of the c…

NRS 218E.140 Fees and mileage for witnesses. 1. Each witness who appears and is prepared to testify before a committee in compliance with a legislative subpoena, except a state officer or employee, is entitled to receive for such attendance, whether or not the witness testifies, …

NRS 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: (a) The Senate shall, by resolution, designate six Senators as regular member…

NRS 218E.155 Meetings; rules; quorum; attendance of alternate members. 1. The members of the Legislative Commission shall meet at such times and at such places as is specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the Legislative Commission. 2. The Director shall act as the non…

NRS 218E.160 Compensation, allowances and expenses of members of Legislative Commission and Audit Subcommittee. 1. Except during a regular or special session, for each day or portion of a day during which a member of the Legislative Commission or the Audit Subcommittee attends a …

NRS 218E.175 General powers and duties. 1. The general objectives and functions of the Legislative Commission are to: (a) Assist the Legislature in retaining status coordinate with the Executive and Judicial Departments. (b) Investigate and inquire into subjects upon which the Le…

NRS 218E.180 Additional powers and duties. The Legislative Commission may: 1. Carry forward the participation of the State of Nevada as a member of the Council of State Governments and the National Conference of State Legislatures, and may pay annual dues to those organizations t…