A.C.R. 11


Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 11--Committee on 
    Elections
                  and Procedures

                 February 23, 1995
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Referred to Committee on Elections and Procedures


SUMMARY--Amends Joint Rules of the Senate and 
          Assembly to provide for enforcement of 
          constitutional requirement that all 
          meetings of legislative committees be open 
          to public. (BDR R-442)




EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra
ckets [ ] is material to be omitted.

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Amending the Joint Rules of the Senate 
        and Assembly for the 68th legislative session to provide for 
        the enforcement of the constitutional requirement that all 
        meetings of legislative committees be open to the public.


  RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE  
SENATE CONCURRING, That the Joint Rules of the Senate 
and Assembly as adopted by the 68th session of the 
Legislature are amended by the following addition:\

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  Violations of Requirement of Open Committee Meetings.

  1.  A complaint which alleges a violation of the 
requirement in section 15 of article 4 of the constitution 
of the State of Nevada that all meetings of legislative 
committees be open to the public must be in writing and 
signed by the person making the allegation. 
  2.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the 
Committee on Elections and Procedures shall hear a complaint 
which alleges a violation by an Assemblyman. If the 
complaint alleges a violation by an Assemblyman who is a 
member of the Committee on Elections and Procedures, the 
Speaker, Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the 
Assembly or their designees shall hear the complaint.
  3.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the 
Committee on Legislative Affairs and Operations shall hear a 
complaint which alleges a violation by a Senator. If the 
complaint alleges a violation by a Senator who is a member 
of the Committee on Legislative Affairs and Operations, the 
President pro Tem, Majority Leader and Minority Leader of 
the Senate or their designees shall hear the complaint.
  4.  The complaint must be filed with the Director of the 
Legislative Counsel Bureau not later than 3 legislative days 
after the violation.  The Director shall transmit the 
complaint, within 24 hours after receiving it, to:
  (a) The Committee on Elections and Procedures, the 
Committee on Legislative Affairs and Operations, the Speaker 
of the Assembly or the Majority Leader of the Senate, as 
appropriate; and 
  (b) The legislator against whom the complaint is filed.
  5.  A hearing must be held within 3 legislative days after 
the filing of the complaint. The complainant and the 
legislator against whom the complaint is brought may present 
the testimony of witnesses and other evidence at the 
hearing. If oral statements are made at the hearing, they 
must be made under oath. Strict rules of evidence do not 
apply at the hearing.
  6.  If a meeting has been held in violation of the 
requirement that all meetings of legislative committees be 
open to the public, any action taken at the meeting is void 
and each House may impose such other punishment as it deems 
proper. An action that is deemed void pursuant to this rule 
may be reheard and reconsidered at a committee meeting which 
complies with section 15 of article 4 of the constitution of 
the State of Nevada.\\

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