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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.700 - Secretary of State must provide receipt for bills received from Governor; retention by Governor.

1. The Secretary of State, or such deputy or clerk as the Secretary of State designates in writing, shall give a receipt to the Governor for all bills received.
2. The receipt must include the number of the bill, the House wherein the bill originated, the number of pages contained in the bill and the hour and date the bill was received.
3. The receipt must be retained in the Governor’s Office for at least 6 years.
[14:3:1949; 1943 NCL § 7298.14]—(NRS A 1999, 2199; 2011, 3201)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.705 - Secretary of State must bind and index bills enacted into law and other legislative measures; payment of expenses.

1. The Secretary of State shall, after the final adjournment of each regular and special session, cause all bills deposited with the Secretary of State which have become laws and all joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions and memorials to be bound in a substantial and suitable book or books, together with an index of all such legislative measures.
2. The expenses incurred in such work must be paid by the State in the manner directed by the State Board of Examiners.
[2:45:1871; B § 2803; BH § 1929; C § 1944; RL § 4264; NCL § 7425] + [3:45:1871; B § 2804; BH § 1930; C § 1945; RL § 4265; NCL § 7426] + [19:3:1949; 1943 NCL § 7298.19]—(NRS A 1987, 1113; 1999, 2199; 2011, 3202)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.720 - Correction by Legislative Commission after adjournment of Legislature.

1. The Legislative Commission is authorized to correct typographical and clerical errors in the style and manner of printing contained in enrolled bills after the bills are signed by the Governor or otherwise become a law and after the Legislature has adjourned.
2. The Legislative Commission may make the decision to correct typographical and clerical errors only upon a unanimous vote of all members present at the meeting, but no such decision shall be made at any meeting attended by less than seven members.
3. The Legislative Commission may be called into session for this purpose by the Chair at the request of the Governor, or by the Chair in the Chair’s discretion, or by a majority vote of the entire membership of the Legislative Commission.
4. All members of the Senate and the Assembly must be given written notice of all such meetings of the Legislative Commission at least 10 days prior to a meeting. The notice must contain a description of the typographical and clerical errors proposed to be corrected.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 305; A 2011, 3202)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.800 - Delivery to Secretary of State of enrolled joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment; return to Legislature; placement on ballot after second passage; notations in history of resolution; publication in Statutes of Nevada.

1. After its first approval by the Legislature, an enrolled joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nevada must be delivered with the official engrossed copy to the Secretary of State or such deputy or clerk as the Secretary of State designates in writing.
2. The Secretary of State shall cause the enrolled joint resolution and engrossed copy to be filed in the Secretary of State’s office and shall deliver them to the presiding officer of the House in which the proposed amendment originated at the next regular session of the Legislature unless, before that regular session, the Governor or the members of the Legislature make the proposed amendment a matter of legislative business at a special session.
3. After they have been returned by the Secretary of State, the enrolled joint resolution and engrossed copy must be laid before the House of origin for action, and if approved by the Legislature a second time pursuant to Section 1 of Article 16 of the Nevada Constitution, the enrolled joint resolution and engrossed copy must again be deposited with and filed by the Secretary of State so that the proposed amendment may be placed upon the ballot at the next general election or at a special election authorized by the Legislature for that purpose.
4. The history of the joint resolution, including a notation that it has been returned to the House of origin by the Secretary of State, must be noted on both the enrolled copy and engrossed copy.
5. The enrolled copy must bear the original signatures of the presiding officers of the Houses and the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembly, or an authorized assistant, for both sessions of the Legislature at which the proposed amendment to the Constitution was considered.
6. The Secretary of State shall cause all proposed amendments to the Constitution to be published in the printed volume of the statutes for each session at which the proposed amendments have been considered by the Legislature.
[Part 11:3:1949; A 1955, 732] + [12:3:1949; 1943 NCL § 7298.12]—(NRS A 1989, 24; 1993, 1034; 1999, 2197; 2011, 3202; 2013, 3738)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.802 - Publication of joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment after first passage during certain special sessions.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for the purposes of carrying out the publication of any proposed amendment or amendments to the Constitution of the State of Nevada pursuant to Section 1 of Article 16 of the Nevada Constitution:
1. If the Legislature first approves a joint resolution proposing any such amendment or amendments during a special session held in an even-numbered year, the Director shall immediately publish a separate printed volume of advance sheets of statutes which includes the full text of the proposed amendment or amendments as approved by the Legislature.
2. Upon publication of the proposed amendment or amendments pursuant to this section, such publication shall be deemed to be the publication of the proposed amendment or amendments for the purposes of Section 1 of Article 16 of the Nevada Constitution without any additional publication being necessary for those purposes.
(Added to NRS by 2020, 32nd Special Session, 13)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.805 - Procedure for revising enrolled joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment before second passage to account for intervening amendments ratified by voters.

1. The Legislature finds and declares that the provisions of Section 1 of Article 16 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada require for the amendment of the Constitution that:
(a) Two successive Legislatures respectively propose and approve the identical change; and
(b) The people ratify by majority vote the change so proposed and approved.
2. If an enrolled joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which is returned by the Secretary of State to the next ensuing session of the Legislature contains one or more sections of the Constitution to which an amendment has been ratified since the proposal of the amendment to be considered, the Legislature shall, if it approves the proposed amendment:
(a) Conform the text of each section of the Constitution so affected to include the amendment so ratified; and
(b) Make no substantive change in the amendment proposed and approved.
3. The Legislative Counsel shall prepare any amendment or amendments to the text of an enrolled joint resolution required by this section, and submit them to the proper House at the time such enrolled joint resolution is delivered by the Secretary of State.
4. The joint resolution shall be submitted to the people for ratification in its amended form, so that the people may know in voting upon it:
(a) The text of each affected section of the Constitution as presently effective; and
(b) The change proposed and approved by the successive Legislatures.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 508)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.900 - Requests for distribution; payment of costs; exceptions; cost schedule; money deposited to and paid from Legislative Fund.

1. All requests for mailing or distribution of legislative measures or publications must be filed with the Director.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 218D.900 to 218D.915, inclusive, no legislative measure or publication may be distributed without payment of a sum fixed by the Director.
3. Any person, office or organization, except for those for which provision is otherwise made in NRS 218D.900 to 218D.915, inclusive, may receive upon request free of charge in any 1 calendar year a maximum of two copies of each individual bill or resolution specified by bill or resolution number or of each daily history, daily journal or index.
4. The Director shall:
(a) Fix the cost of such legislative measures and publications, including postage.
(b) Remit any money received by the Director for such legislative measures and publications to the Legislative Counsel Bureau for deposit in the Legislative Fund.
(c) Before each regular or special session, reanalyze the cost of such legislative measures and publications, including postage, and establish a cost schedule that, as nearly as practicable, reflects the estimated cost to be incurred during the regular or special session.
5. The costs of such distributions, including postage, must be paid from the Legislative Fund.
[1:8:1947; 1943 NCL § 7487.05]—(NRS A 1963, 15; 1969, 1423, 1521; 1973, 613, 1478; 1975, 1392; 1983, 3; 1985, 461; 1989, 589; 1993, 1535; 1997, 14; 2005, 1080; 2011, 3204)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.905 - Distribution to Legislators, legislative officers and Legislative Counsel Bureau.

There is no limit upon the number of legislative measures or publications that may be distributed free of charge to:
1. Legislators, except as may be otherwise provided by a joint rule or by a rule of either House for its members.
2. The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly for the proper functioning of their respective Houses.
3. The Legislative Counsel Bureau.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2; A 2011, 3204)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.910 - Distribution to certain judicial officers, court administrators, clerks and district attorneys.

1. The following persons are entitled to receive free of charge in any 1 calendar year any bill, resolution, daily history, daily journal or index, in the number of copies shown, upon verification of their wishes to receive the legislative measure or publication:
(a) Justices and the Clerk of the Supreme Court, one copy;
(b) Judges of the Court of Appeals, one copy;
(c) County clerks and district attorneys, one copy;
(d) A judge and clerk of a district court in a judicial district having one judge, one copy; and
(e) The judges and the administrator or clerk of a district court in a judicial district having more than one judge, two copies.
2. Upon approval of the committee of the Senate or the Assembly which has jurisdiction of issues relating to legislative functions, additional copies must be provided to these persons without charge, except for the cost of handling and postage as determined by the Director.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2; A 1999, 2200; 2011, 3204; 2013, 1767)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.915 - Distribution to certain state and local officers, justices of the peace, libraries and members of the press.

1. The following persons, offices or organizations, upon request, are entitled to receive free of charge in any 1 calendar year one copy of any bill, resolution, daily history, daily journal or index:
(a) Elected state officers.
(b) Offices of all state departments and agencies.
(c) County clerks, sheriffs, treasurers, assessors, recorders and auditors.
(d) Offices of other county officials.
(e) Municipal officers.
(f) Districts and other governmental agencies.
(g) Justices of the peace.
(h) The Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department of Administration.
(i) County and city libraries and libraries of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
(j) Accredited members of the press.
2. Upon approval of the committee of the Senate or the Assembly which has jurisdiction of issues relating to legislative functions, additional copies must be provided to these persons, offices or organizations without charge, except for the cost of any handling and postage as determined by the Director.
3. Township, school and municipal officials may have distributed, free of charge, the number of copies of any legislative measure or publication that is approved by the committee of the Senate or the Assembly which has jurisdiction of issues relating to legislative functions.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 3; A 1985, 125; 1993, 366; 1999, 2200; 2011, 3205)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.930 - Daily journals of legislative proceedings: Printing; contents; form; number of copies; authentication; binding.

1. During each regular and special session, the State Printer shall print daily in separate book form a sufficient number of copies of the journal of the previous day’s proceedings of each House to supply the members and officers of both Houses. The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall determine the number of copies necessary for their respective Houses.
2. One copy of the daily journal of each House, upon its approval by the House, must be authenticated as so approved by the presiding officer and the Secretary or Chief Clerk. Upon final adjournment of the Legislature, the authenticated copies of the daily journal of each House for the entire regular or special session must be properly bound in separate volumes and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State as the official journals of both Houses.
[Part 19:129:1879; added 1881, 146; A 1947, 2; 1943 NCL § 7482]—(NRS A 1969, 1522; 1973, 1459; 1985, 462; 1993, 1535; 1997, 15; 2011, 3205)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.935 - Bound journals of legislative proceedings: Printing; indexes; delivery; free copies to Legislators.

1. At the end of each regular or special session, the journals must be printed, indexed and bound in book form in the same style as those of the 1927 Session of the Legislature. The journal of each House must be bound separately.
2. The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall direct the compilation of the journal indexes for their respective Houses and shall deliver the completed journal indexes to the State Printer.
3. The bound volumes must be delivered to the Legislative Counsel Bureau and constitute the journals of the Senate and the Assembly.
4. Each Legislator who served during the regular or special session for which such journals are the record is entitled to one copy of the Senate Journal and one copy of the Assembly Journal.
[15:129:1879; added 1881, 146; A 1917, 196; 1931, 313; 1931 NCL § 7479] + [Part 17:129:1879; added 1881, 146; BH § 1876; C § 1510; RL § 4336; NCL § 7480] + [Part 19:129:1879; added 1881, 146; A 1947, 2; 1943 NCL § 7482]—(NRS A 1957, 27; 1963, 1029; 1965, 1453; 1969, 1522; 1973, 1408, 1459; 1975, 1393; 1977, 568; 1993, 2778; 2003, 2091; 2011, 3206)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.940 - Daily history of legislative measures: Printing; contents; form; number of copies; authentication; binding.

1. Each House shall cause to be printed once every legislative day during a regular or special session a complete history of all bills and resolutions originating in or acted upon by the respective Houses. The history must show the action taken upon each legislative measure up to and including the legislative day preceding its issuance.
2. A daily file of bills ready for consideration must be printed each legislative day for each House, along with the daily history.
3. The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall determine the form and the number of copies for their respective Houses.
4. Upon final adjournment of the Legislature, one of the final copies of the daily history of bills for each House must be authenticated by the presiding officer and Secretary or Chief Clerk, and the final copies must be properly bound in separate volumes and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State as the official histories of bills of both Houses.
[17:3:1949; 1943 NCL § 7298.17] + [18:3:1949; 1943 NCL § 7298.18]—(NRS A 2011, 3206)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.955 - Compilation; advance sheets; statutory tables and indexes; printing and distribution.

1. The Secretary of State shall, within 3 days after receiving them, furnish to the State Printer a copy of all acts, resolutions and memorials passed at each regular or special session.
2. The Director shall:
(a) Distribute one copy of each act as printed to each county clerk, district judge, district attorney and justice of the peace in the State.
(b) Immediately upon the adjournment of the regular or special session, collect and have printed and bound advance sheets of all acts, resolutions and memorials passed at the regular or special session.
(c) Distribute one copy of the advance sheets, without charge, to each justice of the Supreme Court, to each judge of the Court of Appeals, the Attorney General, the State Public Defender, and to each county clerk, district judge, district attorney, county public defender, justice of the peace, city attorney and municipal judge in the State, deliver to the Supreme Court Law Library a number of copies appropriate to secure the exchange of similar publications from other states, and establish the price at which the advance sheets must be sold to other persons.
3. The Legislative Counsel shall, immediately upon the adjournment of the regular or special session, prepare statutory tables and an index of all acts, resolutions and memorials passed at the regular or special session.
4. The State Printer, upon receipt of the statutory tables and index, shall prepare bound volumes of the Statutes of Nevada as provided in NRS 218D.960.
[18:129:1879; added 1881, 146; A 1889, 80; 1891, 16; 1895, 50; 1947, 12; 1949, 1; 1951, 281; 1953, 13]—(NRS A 1963, 1013; 1965, 951, 1454; 1967, 85; 1969, 1522; 1973, 1459; 1975, 1393; 1977, 168, 328; 1983, 902; 1985, 462; 1993, 1536; 1997, 15; 1999, 2200; 2005, 1080; 2011, 3206; 2013, 1767)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.960 - Number of copies; contents.

1. A number of copies of the statutes of each Legislature, sufficient in the opinion of the Director to meet the requirements for free distribution and for sale, must be printed and appropriately bound.
2. The bound volumes must contain:
(a) The laws, resolutions and memorials passed and adopted at each regular or special session, stating the number of the bill, resolution or memorial, and the name of the person who introduced it.
(b) The statutory tables and index as prepared by the Legislative Counsel.
3. The bound volumes containing the statutes of regular sessions must contain, in addition to the items required by subsection 2:
(a) The Constitution of the United States.
(b) The Constitution of the State of Nevada.
4. Other than those items specified in subsections 2 and 3, no other reports, documents or things whatever may be bound with the Statutes of Nevada.
[Part 14:129:1879; added 1881, 146; A 1893, 31; 1907, 415; 1917, 196; 1921, 193; 1931, 315; 1931 NCL § 7478] + [Part 18:129:1879; added 1881, 146; A 1889, 80; 1891, 16; 1895, 50; 1947, 12; 1949, 1; 1951, 281; 1953, 13]—(NRS A 1959, 45; 1963, 1013; 1965, 1454; 1975, 1394; 1977, 169, 392; 1987, 384; 2011, 3207)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218D - Legislative Measures and Procedures › NRS 218D.965 - Style and form; meaning and interpretation of new and omitted matter.

1. The Director is authorized to set the style and form of the printing of the bound volumes of the Statutes of Nevada.
2. In printing the section or part of the law reenacted in an amendatory law, the Director shall cause to be printed:
(a) Between brackets and in strike out type the words, phrases or provisions of the existing law, if any, which have been stricken out or eliminated by the passage of the amendatory law; and
(b) In italics all new words, phrases or provisions, if any, which have been inserted into or added to the existing law by the passage of the amendatory law.
3. In ascertaining the correct reading, status and interpretation of an amendatory law:
(a) The matter printed between brackets and in strike out type must be omitted; and
(b) The matter printed in italics must be read and interpreted as part of the amendatory law.
[20:129:1879; added 1881, 146; A 1949, 1; 1951, 281]—(NRS A 1957, 234; 1969, 1523; 1973, 1460; 1975, 1394; 2011, 3207)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.005 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 218E.005 to 218E.095, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 218E.010 and 218E.012 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3739)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.010 - "Committee" defined.

1. "Committee" means:
(a) Any committee of either House;
(b) Any joint committee of both Houses; or
(c) Any other committee or commission created or authorized by the Legislature to conduct or perform legislative business at the direction of or on behalf of the Legislature.
2. The term includes, without limitation, a subcommittee.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 297; A 1995, 1871; 2011, 3207; 2013, 3741)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.012 - "Documentary evidence" defined.

"Documentary evidence" means any account, book, correspondence, file, message, paper, record or other type of document in any form, including, without limitation, in any written, audio, visual, digital or electronic form.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3739)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.015 - Power of Houses and committees to conduct investigations and hold hearings.

The Assembly, the Senate and committees may conduct investigations and hold hearings regarding any matter which is pertinent to their legislative business or possible future legislative action.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 298; A 2011, 3208; 2013, 3741)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.030 - Power to issue subpoenas; exceptions.

1. The Assembly, the Senate and committees, pursuant to their investigative powers, may issue legislative subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence that is pertinent to their legislative business or possible future legislative action.
2. Legislative subpoenas may be issued by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly, or the chair of a committee in accordance with the rules governing the committee.
3. Except in cases of impeachment or removal as provided by Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, a legislative subpoena must not be issued to:
(a) The Governor or any of the Governor’s immediate staff.
(b) Any justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals or judge of a district court.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 298; A 2011, 3208; 2013, 1768, 3741)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.035 - Contents and service of subpoenas; legal force and effect.

1. To be properly issued, a legislative subpoena must:
(a) Be addressed to the witness;
(b) Describe the nature of the legislative proceedings for which the legislative subpoena is being issued;
(c) Require the attendance and testimony of the witness at a definite time and place fixed in the legislative subpoena or require the production of the documentary evidence at a definite time and place fixed in the legislative subpoena, or both;
(d) State particular reasons why the attendance and testimony of the witness or the production of the documentary evidence is pertinent to legislative business or possible future legislative action; and
(e) Be signed, as applicable, by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly or the chair of the committee who issued the legislative subpoena.
2. A legislative subpoena may be served by any person who is 18 years of age or older.
3. If a legislative subpoena is properly issued to and served on a witness pursuant to this section:
(a) The legislative subpoena has the same legal force and effect as a subpoena or order issued by the district court; and
(b) The witness shall comply with the provisions of the legislative subpoena in the same manner as a subpoena or order issued by the district court.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 298; A 2011, 3208; 2013, 3742)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.040 - Administration of oaths.

The following persons may administer oaths to witnesses who appear before the Senate, the Assembly or a committee:
1. The President of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate or any member of the Senate.
2. The Chief Clerk of the Assembly or any member of the Assembly.
3. The secretary of the committee or any member of the committee.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 298; A 2011, 3208; 2013, 3742)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.045 - Conduct constituting contempt; enforcement proceedings before district court.

1. If a legislative subpoena is properly issued to and served on a witness, the witness commits contempt if the witness, without a reason recognized by law:
(a) Neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of the legislative subpoena;
(b) Neglects or refuses to be sworn or to affirm before testifying or neglects or refuses to testify as to any relevant matter; or
(c) Neglects or refuses to produce any relevant documentary evidence in the possession or under the control of the witness.
2. In addition to any other remedies or penalties provided by law, if a witness commits contempt, the district court of any county shall, on application of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly or the chair of the committee, compel the witness’s obedience by proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 298; A 2001, 3205; 2011, 3208; 2013, 3742)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.050 - Power of Houses to imprison for contempt; issuance and service of citation for contempt.

1. If a witness commits contempt before:
(a) The Senate or the Assembly, any member of the House may offer a resolution to have the recusant witness cited to show cause why the witness should not be imprisoned for contempt.
(b) A committee while the Legislature is in regular or special session, any member of the committee may offer a resolution in the House of which the Legislator is a member to have the recusant witness cited to show cause why the witness should not be imprisoned for contempt, but only if the resolution is first approved by a majority vote of the committee.
2. If the resolution is adopted by the House, the House shall issue a citation, signed by the presiding officer of the House:
(a) Directing the recusant witness to appear before the House at a time and place specified in the citation to show cause, if any, why the witness should not be imprisoned for contempt; and
(b) Accompanied by a copy of the original legislative subpoena if the recusant witness failed to appear, or stating briefly the questions which the witness failed to answer or the documentary evidence which the witness failed to produce.
3. The time and place stated in the citation for the hearing must afford the recusant witness a reasonable opportunity to prepare an appropriate defense.
4. The citation must be served personally upon the recusant witness and may be served by any peace officer or by the Sergeant at Arms or any regularly appointed Assistant Sergeant at Arms of the House.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 298; A 2011, 3209; 2013, 3743)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.055 - Hearing on citation for contempt.

The recusant witness is entitled at the hearing:
1. To the assistance of counsel.
2. To present witnesses and offer evidence on the recusant witness’s behalf.
3. To argue orally, in person or by counsel, within such reasonable limits as may be imposed by the presiding officer of the House, and to submit written arguments.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 298; A 2011, 3209)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.060 - Arrest, fine and imprisonment upon finding of contempt; warrant.

1. If the House finds by resolution that the recusant witness has in fact committed contempt:
(a) The House may require the witness to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, as fixed by the resolution, for each day the witness remains in contempt.
(b) The House shall issue a warrant for the arrest of the witness if the House finds that the witness should be imprisoned.
2. A warrant issued for the arrest of the witness pursuant to subsection 1 must:
(a) Be signed by the presiding officer;
(b) Be directed to the Sergeant at Arms or any regularly appointed Assistant Sergeant at Arms of the House or any peace officer; and
(c) Order the Sergeant at Arms, Assistant Sergeant at Arms or peace officer to arrest the contemner and deliver the contemner to the Sheriff of Carson City or a designated county for imprisonment in the jail.
3. A copy of the warrant must be delivered with the contemner to the designated sheriff and must fix the term of imprisonment as:
(a) The remaining duration of the regular or special session; or
(b) A specified term, unless the Legislature adjourns sine die before the completion of that term.
4. The warrant may provide for the release of the contemner before the expiration of the term of imprisonment if the contemner testifies or produces evidence as originally required.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 299; A 1989, 1967; 2011, 3209)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.080 - Power of Houses to provide for hearings and proceedings; unlawful for sworn witness to willfully misrepresent facts when testifying in hearing or proceeding.

1. Each House may provide for hearings and proceedings.
2. A person who appears and is sworn as a witness before a House or committee for a hearing or proceeding and who willfully misrepresents any fact when testifying in the hearing or proceeding is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1389; A 1973, 299; 2011, 3210)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.085 - Privilege regarding defamatory matter; unlawful for person to knowingly misrepresent facts when testifying in hearing or proceeding or in certain communications to Legislator.

1. A witness is absolutely privileged to publish defamatory matter as part of a hearing or proceeding before a House or committee in which the witness is testifying or in communications to a Legislator preliminary to that hearing or proceeding, if the matter has some relation to the hearing or proceeding.
2. A person who knowingly misrepresents any fact when testifying in a hearing or proceeding before a House or committee or in communications to a Legislator preliminary to that hearing or proceeding is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2849; A 2011, 3210)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.090 - Rules and privileges governing certain state employees who testify on their own behalf; required disclosures; unlawful for state agency to take certain actions because of such testimony.

1. An employee of a state agency who testifies before a House or committee on the employee’s own behalf and not on behalf of the state agency shall, before commencing such testimony, state that fact clearly on the record.
2. It is unlawful for a state agency which is the employer of an employee who complies with subsection 1 and testifies or seeks to testify before a House or committee on the employee’s own behalf to:
(a) Deprive the employee of employment with the state agency or to take any reprisal or retaliatory action against the employee as a consequence of the testimony or potential testimony;
(b) Threaten the employee that the testimony or potential testimony will result in the termination of employment with the state agency or in any reprisal or retaliatory action against the employee; or
(c) Directly or indirectly intimidate, threaten, coerce, command or influence or attempt to intimidate, threaten, coerce, command or influence the employee in an effort to interfere with or prevent the testimony of the employee.
3. It is unlawful for a state agency to:
(a) Deprive or threaten to deprive an employee of employment with the state agency;
(b) Take or threaten to take any reprisal or retaliatory action against the employee; or
(c) Directly or indirectly intimidate, threaten, coerce, command or influence or attempt to intimidate, threaten, coerce, command or influence the employee,
in an attempt to affect the behavior of another employee who is testifying or seeks to testify before a House or committee on the other employee’s own behalf.
4. The provisions of this section do not apply to an employee in the classified service who has not completed the employee’s probationary period.
5. For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Reprisal or retaliatory action" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 281.611.
(b) "State agency" means an agency, bureau, board, commission, department, division, officer, employee or agent or any other unit of the Executive Department.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1870; A 2001, 3052; 2011, 3210)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.095 - Unlawful for person to neglect or refuse to obey subpoena, to be sworn, affirm or testify or to produce documentary evidence.

1. If a legislative subpoena is properly issued to and served on a person, the person shall not, without a reason recognized by law:
(a) Neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of the legislative subpoena;
(b) Neglect or refuse to be sworn or to affirm before testifying or neglect or refuse to testify as to any relevant matter; or
(c) Neglect or refuse to produce any relevant documentary evidence in the possession or under the control of the person.
2. In addition to any other remedies or penalties provided by law, a person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 69; RL § 6334; NCL § 10018]—(NRS A 2011, 3211; 2013, 3743)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.105 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 218E.105 to 218E.140, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 218E.110, 218E.115 and 218E.120 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3739)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.110 - "Committee" defined.

1. "Committee" means the Legislative Commission, a Joint Interim Standing Committee and any other legislative committee or subcommittee created by a specific statute, concurrent resolution or order of the Legislative Commission to conduct studies or investigations or perform any other legislative business during the legislative interim.
2. The term does not include any legislative committee or subcommittee appointed by the Legislature or either House to conduct or perform legislative business during a regular or special session, including, without limitation, any joint, standing, temporary, special or select committee or committee of the whole.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3739; A 2021, 2507)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.125 - Provisions supplement and do not impair other powers, privileges and immunities.

1. The provisions of NRS 218E.105 to 218E.140, inclusive, are intended to supplement the other provisions of this chapter and any other law governing the legislative proceedings of a committee, and the provisions of NRS 218E.105 to 218E.140, inclusive, do not limit the application of such other provisions.
2. The powers, privileges and immunities granted by the provisions of NRS 218E.105 to 218E.140, inclusive, are in addition to any other powers, privileges and immunities recognized by law, and all such powers, privileges and immunities are cumulative, so that the application or attempted application of any one does not bar the application or attempted application of any other.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3739)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.130 - Power to conduct investigations and hold hearings; administration of oaths; deposition of witnesses.

1. A committee may conduct investigations and hold hearings regarding any matter which is pertinent to its legislative business or possible future legislative action and may exercise any of the investigative powers set forth in NRS 218E.105 to 218E.140, inclusive.
2. The secretary of the committee or any member of the committee may administer oaths to witnesses who appear before the committee.
3. The chair of the committee, or the secretary of the committee on behalf of the chair, may cause the deposition of witnesses to be taken, whether the witnesses reside within or without the State, in the manner prescribed by court rules for taking depositions in civil actions in the district court.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3739)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.140 - Fees and mileage for witnesses.

1. Each witness who appears and is prepared to testify before a committee in compliance with a legislative subpoena, except a state officer or employee, is entitled to receive for such attendance, whether or not the witness testifies, the fees and mileage provided for witnesses in civil cases in the district court.
2. The fees and mileage must be audited and paid upon the presentation of proper claims sworn to by the witness and approved by the chair of the committee.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3741)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.150 - Creation; membership; vacancies; officers; terms.

1. There is hereby created in the Legislative Counsel Bureau a Legislative Commission consisting of 12 members.
2. At each regular session:
(a) The Senate shall, by resolution, designate six Senators as regular members of the Legislative Commission and six Senators as alternates; and
(b) The Assembly shall, by resolution, designate six members of the Assembly as regular members of the Legislative Commission and six members of the Assembly as alternates.
3. The Legislature shall determine by a joint rule at each regular session:
(a) The method of determining the majority party and the minority party regular and alternate membership on the Legislative Commission.
(b) The method of filling vacancies on the Legislative Commission.
(c) The method of selecting the Chair.
(d) The term of office of the Chair.
4. The members of the Legislative Commission serve until their successors are appointed by resolution as provided in this section, except that the membership of any member who does not become a candidate for reelection or who is defeated for reelection:
(a) Terminates on the day next after the general election; and
(b) The vacancy must be filled as provided by the joint rule adopted pursuant to subsection 3.
[2:134:1953; A 1955, 68]—(NRS A 1957, 387; 1961, 457; 1963, 1029; 1969, 1412; 1975, 705; 2009, 459, 1563; 2011, 3211)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.155 - Meetings; rules; quorum; attendance of alternate members.

1. The members of the Legislative Commission shall meet at such times and at such places as is specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the Legislative Commission.
2. The Director shall act as the nonvoting recording Secretary of the Legislative Commission.
3. The Legislative Commission shall prescribe rules for its own management and government.
4. Seven members of the Legislative Commission constitute a quorum, and a quorum may exercise all the power and authority conferred on the Legislative Commission.
5. If any regular member of the Legislative Commission informs the Secretary that the member will be unable to attend a scheduled meeting of the Legislative Commission:
(a) The Secretary shall notify the proper alternate member; and
(b) The alternate member may then replace the regular member at that meeting only, with all the duties, rights and privileges of the replaced member.
[3:134:1953]—(NRS A 1961, 9, 251; 1963, 1030; 1967, 1397; 1969, 1413; 2011, 3212)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.160 - Compensation, allowances and expenses of members of Legislative Commission and Audit Subcommittee.

1. Except during a regular or special session, for each day or portion of a day during which a member of the Legislative Commission or the Audit Subcommittee attends a meeting or is otherwise engaged in the official business of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, the member is entitled to receive:
(a) The compensation provided for a majority of the Legislators during the first 60 days of the preceding regular session;
(b) The per diem allowance provided for state officers and employees generally; and
(c) The travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218A.655.
2. An alternate member of the Legislative Commission who:
(a) Replaces a regular member at a meeting of the Legislative Commission or on official business of the Legislative Counsel Bureau is entitled to receive the same compensation, per diem allowances and travel expenses as a regular member for the same service.
(b) Attends a meeting of the Legislative Commission but does not replace a regular member is entitled to the travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218A.655.
3. All such compensation, per diem allowances and travel expenses must be paid from the Legislative Fund.
[4:134:1953]—(NRS A 1961, 205; 1965, 1461; 1967, 1397; 1975, 296; 1977, 1569; 1979, 612; 1981, 1178; 1985, 399; 1989, 1217; 2011, 3212)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 218E - Legislative Investigations and Hearings; Legislative Commission and Other Committees › NRS 218E.175 - General powers and duties.

1. The general objectives and functions of the Legislative Commission are to:
(a) Assist the Legislature in retaining status coordinate with the Executive and Judicial Departments.
(b) Investigate and inquire into subjects upon which the Legislature may act by the enactment or amendment of statutes, governmental problems, important issues of public policy or questions of statewide interest.
(c) Assure that the most effective use is made of the audit, fiscal, legal and research services and facilities provided by the Legislative Counsel Bureau to the Legislature and its members.
(d) Coordinate and oversee interim studies and other legislative committees meeting in the interim between regular sessions.
2. In addition to the powers conferred and duties imposed by this title or any law or resolution, the Legislative Commission, in order to carry out its general objectives and functions:
(a) Shall receive recommendations and suggestions for legislation or investigation from:
(1) Members of the Legislative Commission and other Legislators; and
(2) Any board, commission, department or officer of the Executive or Judicial Department or any local government.
(b) May receive recommendations and suggestions for legislation or investigation from:
(1) Bar associations, chambers of commerce, labor unions and other organized associations and groups; and
(2) Individual citizens.
(c) May hold hearings on any subject or matter which is a proper subject for legislative action or which concerns governmental problems, important issues of public policy or questions of statewide interest, whenever it considers such hearings necessary or desirable in the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1463; A 1973, 1660; 1975, 1395; 1993, 2249; 2009, 1154; 2011, 3213)