Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 8--Committee on
                  Ways and Means

                FILE NUMBER........


ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Amending the Joint Rules of the 
       Senate and Assembly to remove the provisions that require 
       the Legislature to adjourn for 2 weeks during the 
       legislative session.


  RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE 
SENATE CONCURRING, That Rule 9 of the Joint Rules of 
the Senate and Assembly as adopted by the 68th session of 
the Nevada Legislature is hereby amended to read as follows:

                            9

                       ADJOURNMENT

  1.  In calculating the permissible duration of an 
adjournment for 3 days or less, the day of adjournment must 
not be counted but the day of the next meeting must be 
counted, and Sunday must not be counted.
  2.  The Legislature may adjourn for more than 3 days by 
concurrent resolution. One or more such adjournments, for a 
total of not more than 20 days during any regular session, 
may be taken to permit standing committees, select 
committees or the Legislative Counsel Bureau to prepare the 
matters respectively entrusted to them for the consideration 
of the Legislature as a whole.
  [3.  In addition to any adjournment taken pursuant to 
subsection 2, after the first 19 calendar days of a regular 
legislative session, the Legislature shall adjourn until the 
36th calendar day of the regular session in accordance with 
NRS 218.115. During this adjournment, the Senate Standing 
Committee on Finance and the Assembly Standing Committee on 
Ways and Means shall hold hearings in both the mornings and 
afternoons to consider the budgets of the major agencies of 
the state. The two committees shall, when practicable, meet 
jointly while maintaining majorities of both committees. 
During this adjournment all other standing committees may 
hold hearings at any place in the state on legislative 
measures or on any general topic which is pertinent to 
possible legislative action.
  4.  During the adjournment taken pursuant to subsection 3:
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Senate Standing Rule 
No. 92 and Assembly Standing Rule No. 92, an agenda may be 
revised by the chairman of a committee to add or delete any 
item at any time on the day before the meeting. The revised 
agenda must be posted at the place of the meeting, and must 
appear in the daily history when the Legislature reconvenes.
  (b) Actions taken by committees have the same effect as 
actions taken while the Legislature is in session.]

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