Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 69–Committee on

Elections, Procedures, and Ethics

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Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate

Concurring, That Rules Nos. 14.3, 14.5 and 14.6 of the Joint Standing

Rules of the Senate and Assembly as adopted by the 70th session of the

Nevada Legislature are hereby amended to read as follows:

Except as otherwise provided in Joint Standing Rules Nos. 14.4, 14.5

and 14.6:

1. The final standing committee to which a bill is referred in its House

of origin may only take action on the bill on or before the 68th calendar day

of the legislative session. A bill may be re-referred after that date only to

the Committee on Finance or the Committee on Ways and Means and only

if the Fiscal Analysis Division has determined pursuant to subsection 1 of

Joint Standing Rule No. 14.6 that the bill is exempt.

2. Final action on a bill may only be taken by the House of origin on or

before the 78th calendar day of the legislative session.

3. The final standing committee to which a bill is referred in the second

House may only take action on the bill on or before the 103rd calendar day

of the legislative session. A bill may be re-referred after that date only to

the Committee on Finance or the Committee on Ways and Means and only

if the Fiscal Analysis Division has determined pursuant to subsection 1 of

Joint Standing Rule No. 14.6 that the bill is exempt.

4. Final action on a bill may only be taken by the second House on or

before the 110th calendar day of the legislative session.

5. Requests for the drafting of reports for Conference Committees must

be submitted to the Legislative Counsel on or before the 118th calendar day

of the legislative session.

1. At the request of a legislator or a standing committee of the Senate

or Assembly, subsection 1 or 2 of Joint Standing Rule No. 14, subsection 1

of Joint Standing Rule No. 14.2 or any of the provisions of Joint Standing

Rule No. 14.3, or any combination thereof, may be waived by the Majority

Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly, acting jointly, at any

time during a legislative session. A request for a waiver submitted by a

standing committee must be approved by a majority of all members

appointed to the committee before the request is submitted to the Majority

Leader and the Speaker.

2. A waiver granted pursuant to subsection 1:

(a) Must be in writing, executed on a form provided by the Legislative

Counsel, and signed by the Majority Leader and the Speaker.

(b) Must indicate the date on which the waiver is granted.

(c) Must indicate the legislator or standing committee on whose behalf

the waiver is being granted.

(d) Must include the bill number for which the waiver is granted or

indicate that the Legislative Counsel is authorized to accept and honor a

request for a new bill.

(e) Must indicate the provisions to which the waiver applies.

(f) May include the conditions under which the bill for which the waiver

is being granted must be introduced and processed.

3. The Legislative Counsel shall not honor a request for the drafting of

a new bill for which a waiver is granted pursuant to this rule unless such

information as is required to draft the bill is submitted to the Legislative

Counsel within 2 calendar days after the date on which the waiver is

granted.

4. Upon the receipt of a written waiver granted pursuant to this rule,

the Legislative Counsel shall transmit a copy of the waiver to the Secretary

of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly. The notice that a waiver

has been granted for an existing bill must be read on the floor and entered

in the journal, and a notation that the waiver was granted must be included

as a part of the history of the bill on the next practicable legislative day. A

notation that a waiver was granted authorizing a new bill must be included

as a part of the history of the bill after introduction.

5. The Legislative Counsel shall secure the original copy of the waiver

to the official cover of the bill.

Committee or the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means, a bill which

has been determined by the Fiscal Analysis Division to:

(a) Contain an appropriation;

(b) Authorize the expenditure by a state agency of sums not

appropriated from the state general fund or the state highway fund;

(d) Implement a budget decision; or

(e) Significantly decrease any revenue of the state,

is exempt from the provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of Joint Standing Rule

No. 14, subsection 1 of Joint Standing Rule No. 14.2 and Joint Standing

Rule No. 14.3. The Fiscal Analysis Division shall give notice to the

Legislative Counsel to cause to be printed on the face of the bill the term

"exempt" for any bills requested by the Senate Finance Committee or

Assembly Committee on Ways and Means that have been determined to be

exempt and shall give written notice to the Legislative Counsel, Secretary

of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembly of any bill which is

determined to be exempt after it is printed. A notation of each exemption

granted after the bill was printed must be included as a part of the history of

the bill on the next practicable legislative day. The term "exempt" must be

printed on the face of all subsequent reprints of the bill.

2. All of the provisions of Joint Standing Rules Nos. 14, 14.2 and 14.3

apply to a bill until it is determined to be exempt pursuant to subsection 1.

A bill determined to be exempt does not lose the exemption regardless of

subsequent actions taken by the Legislature.

3. A cumulative list of all bills determined to be exempt after being

printed must be maintained and printed in the back of the list of requests for

the preparation of legislative measures prepared pursuant to NRS

218.2475.

4. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of Joint Standing Rule No. 14,

subsection 1 of Joint Standing Rule No. 14.2 and Joint Standing Rule No.

14.3 do not apply to:

(a) A bill required to carry out the business of the Legislature.

(b) A joint, concurrent or simple resolution.

(c) A bill that was previously enrolled but, upon the request of the