Title 17

NRS 219.027 Reimbursement of expenses. 1. A Commissioner who continues to serve or resumes service as a Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of NRS 219.025 and who attends an annual meeting of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws is entitled to receiv…

NRS 219.030 Duties of Commissioners. The Commissioners shall: 1. Examine the subjects upon which uniformity of legislation in the various states is desirable, but which are outside the jurisdiction of the Congress of the United States. 2. Confer upon these matters with Commission…

NRS 219.040 Records and reports to Legislature. 1. The Commissioners shall: (a) Keep a record of all their transactions. (b) At each regular session, make a report of their transactions to the Legislature. (c) At each regular session, make recommendations to the Legislature. 2. T…

NRS 219A.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 219A.020 to 219A.090, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2011, 1052)

NRS 219A.020 “Account” defined. “Account” means the Nevada Youth Legislature Account created by NRS 219A.310. (Added to NRS by 2011, 1052)

NRS 219A.030 “Board” defined. “Board” means the Board of Directors described in NRS 219A.300. (Added to NRS by 2011, 1053)

NRS 219A.040 “Homeschooled child” defined. “Homeschooled child” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 385.007. (Supplied in revision)

NRS 219A.060 “Private school” defined. “Private school” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 394.103. (Supplied in revision)

NRS 219A.070 “Public school” defined. “Public school” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 385.007. (Supplied in revision)

NRS 219A.080 “School year” defined. “School year” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 388.080. (Supplied in revision)

NRS 219A.090 “Youth Legislature” defined. “Youth Legislature” means the Nevada Youth Legislature created by NRS 219A.130. (Added to NRS by 2007, 838; A 2009, 252; 2011, 1054) CREATION AND MEMBERSHIP

NRS 219A.130 Creation; appointment of members; terms; reappointment. 1. The Nevada Youth Legislature is hereby created, consisting of 21 members. 2. Each member of the Senate shall, taking into consideration any recommendations made by a member of the Assembly, appoint a person w…

NRS 219A.140 Qualifications of members; application for appointment and reappointment; notice of change in residency or school of enrollment. 1. To be eligible to serve on the Youth Legislature, a person: (a) Must be: (1) A resident of the senatorial district of the Senator who a…

NRS 219A.150 Vacancies in membership. 1. A position on the Youth Legislature becomes vacant upon: (a) The death or resignation of a member. (b) The determination of the Chair or Vice Chair of the Board, as applicable, that a member has accrued, for any reason, any combination of:…

NRS 219A.160 Compensation of members. The members of the Youth Legislature serve without compensation. To the extent that money is available in the Account, the members of the Youth Legislature may receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and…

NRS 219A.200 Election and duties of Chair and Vice Chair; duties of Director of Legislative Counsel Bureau; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Youth Legislature shall elect from among its members, to serve a term of 1 y…

NRS 219A.210 General powers and duties; meetings, committees and seminars; submission of annual report. 1. The Youth Legislature shall: (a) Hold at least two public meetings in this State each school year in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 4. The You…

NRS 219A.220 Request for legislative measure; adoption of procedures for meetings; advising Board regarding administration of appropriations, gifts, grants and donations. The Youth Legislature may: 1. Request the drafting of not more than one legislative measure which relates to …

NRS 219A.300 Administration of Youth Legislature by corporation for public benefit; governance of corporation by Board of Directors; appointment and terms of Board members; election of Chair and Vice Chair; powers and duties of Board. 1. The Youth Legislature must be administered…

NRS 219A.310 Nevada Youth Legislature Account: Creation in Legislative Fund; use of money in Account; interest and income; submission of annual itemized statement. 1. There is hereby created the Nevada Youth Legislature Account in the Legislative Fund. 2. Money for the Account ma…

NRS 220.040 General powers and duties of Legislative Counsel and Legal Division regarding revision of statutes. The Legislative Counsel and the Legal Division have the powers and duties prescribed in this chapter. [Part 5:304:1951; A 1953, 388]—(NRS A 1963, 1021; 2011, 3257)

NRS 220.080 Recommendations regarding clarification of statutes. The Legislative Counsel shall, from time to time: 1. Make recommendations to the Legislature for clarification of specific statutes. 2. Call the attention of the Legislature to conflicting statutes, and such other m…

NRS 220.085 Recommendations regarding elimination of obsolete or antiquated statutes. 1. The Legislative Counsel and the Research Director shall work collaboratively to develop recommendations for the elimination of obsolete or antiquated provisions contained in the Nevada Revise…

NRS 220.090 Secretary of State to make records, books and statutes available to Legislative Counsel for inspection. The Secretary of State shall make available for inspection to the Legislative Counsel: 1. All records in the Office of the Secretary of State which are or may be of…

NRS 220.100 Preparation and publication of annotations and supplements to NRS. The Legislative Counsel shall: 1. Prepare annotations to Nevada Revised Statutes adopted by chapter 2, Statutes of Nevada 1957. 2. Keep the material in Nevada Revised Statutes and its annotations curre…

NRS 220.105 Preparation and publication of digest of judicial opinions concerning Nevada law. The Legislative Counsel may, on such terms as the Legislative Counsel deems appropriate and with the approval of the Legislative Commission, enter into a contract with any publisher for …

NRS 220.110 Contents of NRS. Nevada Revised Statutes shall contain: 1. The Constitution of the United States. 2. The Constitution of the State of Nevada. 3. The laws of this state of general application. 4. A full and accurate index of the statute laws. 5. Such annotations, histo…

NRS 220.120 Compilation, organization, revision and publication of NRS: Form and style; numbering and arrangement; inclusion of notes and reference materials; changes and corrections; legal effect of renumbering; resolution of nonsubstantive conflicts between multiple laws. 1. In…

NRS 220.125 References in NRS to certain persons and matters to be made using respectful or appropriate language. 1. The Legislative Counsel shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that persons with physical, mental or cognitive disabilities are referred to in Nevada Revised Sta…

NRS 220.130 Printing and reproduction of NRS; prices and sales; retention of master copy. 1. Upon completion of Nevada Revised Statutes, the Legislative Counsel shall have it printed, lithoprinted or reproduced by any other process by the State Printing Office and may create or c…

NRS 220.150 Authorized expenditures from Legislative Fund to pay for costs related to publications. Money in the Legislative Fund may be expended for: 1. Payment of the costs of printing, reproduction, binding and mailing of Nevada Revised Statutes with annotations, supplements t…

NRS 220.155 Acceptance of gifts, grants and bequests to pay for costs related to publications. The Legislative Commission may accept gifts, grants and bequests of moneys from any public or private source, which moneys shall be deposited in the Legislative Fund and used for the pu…

NRS 220.160 Printing and reproduction of supplements; prices and sales. 1. Upon the completion of Nevada Revised Statutes with annotations, the Legislative Counsel shall prepare and have printed or reproduced such replacement and supplementary pages for such laws and annotations …

NRS 220.165 Distribution of NRS and supplements to Legislators; payment of costs. The Legislative Counsel shall provide: 1. A complete set of Nevada Revised Statutes with annotations to each person who becomes a Legislator upon payment by the Legislator to the Legislative Counsel…

NRS 220.167 Distribution of NRS and supplements to district, justice and municipal courts; payment of costs. 1. Each board of county commissioners shall provide a complete set of Nevada Revised Statutes with annotations to each district court or department thereof and each justic…

NRS 220.170 Certification of NRS and supplements; citation of NRS as official codified version of Statutes of Nevada and prima facie evidence of law; form of citations to NRS. 1. The master copy of Nevada Revised Statutes, as printed and bound in accordance with NRS 220.130, must…