218A.920 - Injunctive relief.
218A.920 Injunctive relief.
1. If the presiding officer of either House of the Legislature has reasonable grounds to believe that any person is interfering with the legislative process, or is about to do so, the presiding officer of either House on behalf of the Legislature may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for an order directing the person to cease and desist from such interference or restraining the person or persons from such interference in the future.
2. The petition shall be verified and shall set forth the facts upon which it is based. Either House may, by rule, empower the presiding officer thereof to designate one or more members or officers of such House to make the petition on behalf of the presiding officer. Any such designation shall be filed with the clerk of such House and, if a petition is made by any person named in such designation, a copy of such designation shall be submitted to the court together with the petition.
3. If a court to which such a petition is presented is satisfied that the petition sets forth a prima facie case for the granting of the relief requested and that irreparable damage may occur unless the relief is granted the court may forthwith grant a temporary injunction granting the relief requested, in whole or in part, pending the ultimate determination of the matter after due notice and hearing. A copy of such temporary order and of the petition upon which it is based, together with notice of the date and place of a hearing to be held thereon, shall be given to such persons within the time and in the manner as the court shall direct.
4. A temporary injunction and any preliminary or permanent injunction which thereafter may be granted on the petition following a hearing thereon is enforceable by contempt proceedings, or other enforcement proceedings, in the same manner as other orders of such court.
5. Except as otherwise provided, all the provisions of law applicable to the granting of injunctive relief by the court to which a petition hereunder is presented apply to proceedings instituted under this section.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 218)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.545)