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1-1 Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of Nevada,

1-2 Jointly, That section 3 of article 9 of the Constitution of the State of

1-3 Nevada be amended to read as follows:

1-4 Sec. 3. 1. The state may contract public debts; but such debts shall

1-5 never, in the aggregate, exclusive of interest, exceed the sum of two per

1-6 cent of the assessed valuation of the state, as shown by the reports of the

1-7 county assessors to the state controller, except for the purpose of defraying

1-8 extraordinary expenses, as hereinafter mentioned. Every such debt shall be

1-9 authorized by law for some purpose or purposes, to be distinctly specified

1-10 therein; and every such law shall provide for levying an annual tax

1-11 sufficient to pay the interest semiannually, and the principal within twenty

1-12 years from the passage of such law, and shall specially appropriate the

1-13 proceeds of said taxes to the payment of said principal and interest; and

1-14 such appropriation shall not be repealed nor the taxes postponed or

1-15 diminished until the principal and interest of said debts shall have been

1-16 wholly paid. Every contract of indebtedness entered into or assumed by or

1-17 on behalf of the state, when all its debts and liabilities amount to said sum

2-1 before mentioned, shall be void and of no effect, except in cases of money

2-2 borrowed to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the state in time

2-3 of war, or, if hostilities be threatened, provide for the public defense.

2-4 2. The state, notwithstanding the foregoing limitations, may, pursuant

2-5 to authority of the legislature, make and enter into any and all contracts

2-6 necessary, expedient or advisable for [the] :

2-7 (a) The protection and preservation of any of its property or natural

2-8 resources, or for the purposes of obtaining the benefits thereof [,] ; and

2-9 (b) The improvement, acquisition and construction of facilities for

2-10 public elementary and secondary schools,

2-11 however arising and whether arising by or through any undertaking or

2-12 project of the United States or by or through any treaty or compact between

2-13 the states, or otherwise. The legislature may from time to time make such

2-14 appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the obligations of the state

2-15 under such contracts, and shall levy such tax as may be necessary to pay the

2-16 same or carry them into effect.