218E.200 - Power to conduct studies and investigations; establishment of committees and subcommittees; designation of members for such committees; compensation, allowances and expenses of members.
218E.200 Power to conduct studies and investigations; establishment of committees and subcommittees; designation of members for such committees; compensation, allowances and expenses of members.
1. The Legislative Commission may conduct studies or investigations concerning governmental problems, important issues of public policy or questions of statewide interest.
2. The Legislative Commission may establish subcommittees and interim or special committees as official agencies of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to conduct such studies or investigations or otherwise to deal with such governmental problems, important issues of public policy or questions of statewide interest.
3. The membership of those subcommittees and interim or special committees must be designated by the Legislative Commission and may consist of members of the Legislative Commission and Legislators other than members of the Commission, employees of the State of Nevada or citizens of the State of Nevada.
4. Members of those subcommittees and interim or special committees who are not Legislators shall serve without salary, but they are entitled to receive out of the Legislative Fund the per diem expense allowances and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
5. Except during a regular or special session of the Legislature, members of those subcommittees and interim or special committees who are Legislators are entitled to receive out of the Legislative Fund the compensation provided for a majority of the members of the Legislature during the first 60 days of the preceding session for each day or portion of a day of attendance, and the per diem expense allowances provided for state officers and employees generally and the travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218A.655.
[10:134:1953]—(NRS A 1957, 386; 1961, 253; 1963, 1014; 1965, 1455; 1971, 2206; 1973, 119, 1118; 1975, 296; 1979, 612; 1985, 399; 1989, 1218, 1493; 1993, 2250)—(Substituted in revision for part of NRS 218.682)