396.547 - Student government: Establishment; approval of bylaws; fees.

396.547  Student government: Establishment; approval of bylaws; fees.

      1.  The student body of each branch of the System may establish a student government. The student government shall adopt a set of bylaws which are subject to the approval of:

      (a) A majority of the students who vote in an election held for that purpose; and

      (b) The Board of Regents.

      2.  Such a student government to the extent of its authority set forth in the bylaws is self-governing and independent of the administration of the System, financially and otherwise.

      3.  The Board of Regents shall collect a fee from each undergraduate student at a branch of the System for the support of the student government of that branch upon:

      (a) Receipt of a request by the student government for the imposition of such a fee; and

      (b) Approval by the Board of Regents of the amount of the fee so requested.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 1030; A 1993, 350)