218A.635 - Compensation, allowances and expenses of Legislators during presession orientation and legislative interim; applicability to nonreturning Legislators.
218A.635 Compensation, allowances and expenses of Legislators during presession orientation and legislative interim; applicability to nonreturning Legislators.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 4, each Senator, Assemblywoman and Assemblyman is entitled to receive the compensation provided for a majority of the members of the Legislature during the first 60 days of the preceding session, and the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided by law, for each day of attendance at a presession orientation conference or at a conference, meeting, seminar or other gathering at which the Legislator officially represents the State of Nevada or its Legislature.
2. A nonreturning Legislator must not be paid the compensation or per diem allowance and travel expenses provided in subsection 1 for attendance at a conference, meeting, seminar or other gathering unless:
(a) It is conducted by a statutory committee or a committee of the Legislature and the Legislator is a member of that committee; or
(b) The Majority Leader of the Senate or Speaker of the Assembly designates the Legislator to attend because of the Legislator’s knowledge or expertise.
3. For the purposes of this section, “nonreturning Legislator” means a Legislator who, in the year that the Legislator’s term of office expires:
(a) Has not filed a declaration or an acceptance of candidacy within the time allowed for filing for election as a Senator, Assemblywoman or Assemblyman;
(b) Has failed to win nomination as a candidate for the Senate or the Assembly at the primary election; or
(c) Has withdrawn as a candidate for the Senate or the Assembly.
4. This section does not apply:
(a) During a regular or special session of the Legislature; or
(b) To any Senator, Assemblywoman or Assemblyman who is otherwise entitled to receive a salary and the per diem allowance and travel expenses.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1569; A 1979, 310; 1981, 1977; 1993, 882)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.223)