218D.205 - Requests from counties, school districts and cities.
218D.205 Requests from counties, school districts and cities.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4 and 5, each board of county commissioners, board of trustees of a school district and city council may request the Legislative Counsel and the Legal Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to prepare any legislative measure which has been approved by the governing body of the county, school district or city at a public hearing before its submission to the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
2. The Legislative Counsel shall notify the requesting county, school district or city if its request substantially duplicates a request previously submitted by another county, school district or city.
3. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population:
(a) Is 400,000 or more shall not request the preparation of more than 4 legislative measures pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.
(b) Is 100,000 or more but less than 400,000 shall not request the preparation of more than 2 legislative measures pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.
(c) Is less than 100,000 shall not request the preparation of more than 1 legislative measure pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.
4. The board of trustees of a school district in a county whose population:
(a) Is 400,000 or more shall not request the preparation of more than 2 legislative measures pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.
(b) Is less than 400,000 shall not request the preparation of more than 1 legislative measure pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.
5. The city council of a city whose population:
(a) Is 100,000 or more shall not request the preparation of more than 3 legislative measures pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.
(b) Is less than 100,000 shall not request the preparation of more than 1 legislative measure pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.
6. Each request made pursuant to this section must be on a form prescribed by the Legislative Counsel. The measures requested pursuant to this section must be prefiled on or before December 15 preceding the regular session. A measure that is not prefiled on or before that date shall be deemed withdrawn.
7. As used in this section, “population” means the current population estimate for that city or county as determined and published by the Department of Taxation and the demographer employed pursuant to NRS 360.283.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1948; A 1997, 1751; 1999, 2194; 2007, 3163)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.2413)