Amendment No. 913

Senate Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 631 First Reprint (BDR 17-820)

Proposed by: Committee on Legislative Affairs and Operations

Amendment Box: Resolves conflict in section 44 with A.B. No. 612. Makes substantive change.

Resolves Conflicts with: AB612

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend sec. 3, page 2, by deleting lines 19 through 24 and inserting:

"Sec. 3. 1. Each:

(a) Incumbent assemblyman may request the drafting of not more than 4 legislative measures submitted to the legislative counsel before September 1 preceding the commencement of a regular session of the legislature and not more than 4 legislative measures submitted to the legislative counsel on or after September 1 but on or before December 15 preceding the commencement of a regular session of the legislature.

(b) Incumbent senator may request the drafting of not more than 8 legislative measures submitted to the legislative counsel before September 1 preceding the commencement of a regular session of the legislature and not more than 8 legislative measures submitted to the legislative counsel on or after September 1 but on or before December 15 preceding the commencement of a regular session of the legislature.

(c) Newly elected assemblyman may request the drafting of not more than 4 legislative measures submitted to the legislative counsel on or before December 15 preceding the commencement of a regular session of the legislature.

(d) Newly elected senator may request the drafting of not more than 8 legislative measures submitted to the legislative counsel on or before December 15 preceding the commencement of a regular session of the legislature.".

Amend sec. 6, page 4, lines 6 and 7, by deleting:

"the commencement of a regular legislative session not more than 250" and inserting:

"September 1 preceding a regular legislative session not more than 125".

Amend sec. 6, page 4, line 10, by deleting:

"NRS 218.245, except that the" and inserting:

"NRS 218.245.

2. The".

Amend sec. 6, page 4, line 11, by deleting "first" and inserting "19th".

Amend sec. 6, page 4, line 15, by deleting "2." and inserting "3.".

Amend sec. 6, page 4, lines 16 and 17, by deleting:

"the commencement of" and inserting:

"September 1 preceding".

Amend sec. 6, page 4, line 20, by deleting "15" and inserting "8".

Amend sec. 6, page 4, line 23, by deleting "35" and inserting "25".

Amend sec. 6, page 4, line 25, by deleting "3." and inserting "4.".

Amend sec. 6, page 4, lines 27 and 28, by deleting:

"the commencement of" and inserting:

"September 1 preceding".

Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 18 through 51 as sections 20 through 53 and adding new sections designated sections 18 and 19, following sec. 17, to read as follows:

"Sec. 18. NRS 218.2413 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2413 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4 and 5, each board of county commissioners, board of trustees of a school district and city council may request the legislative counsel and the legal division of the legislative counsel bureau to prepare any legislative measure which has been approved by the governing body of the county, school district or city at a public hearing before its submission to the legislative counsel bureau.

2. The legislative counsel shall notify the requesting county, school district or city if its request substantially duplicates a request previously submitted by another county, school district or city.

3. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population:

(a) Is 400,000 or more shall not request the preparation of more than [33] 15 legislative measures pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session. At least [three] one of the measures must be recommended by a metropolitan police department that is located within the county.

(b) Is 100,000 or more but less than 400,000 shall not request the preparation of more than [25] 10 legislative measures pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.

(c) Is less than 100,000 shall not request the preparation of more than [5] 2 legislative measures pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.

4. The board of trustees of a school district in a county whose population:

(a) Is 400,000 or more shall not request the preparation of more than 5 legislative measures pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.

(b) Is 100,000 or more but less than 400,000 shall not request the preparation of more than [3] 2 legislative measures pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.

(c) Is less than 100,000 shall not request the preparation of more than 1 legislative measure pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.

5. The city council of a city whose population:

(a) Is 100,000 or more shall not request the preparation of more than [10] 4 legislative measures pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.

(b) Is less than 100,000 shall not request the preparation of more than [5 legislative measures] 1 legislative measure pursuant to subsection 1 for a regular legislative session.

6. As used in this section, "population" means the current population estimate for that city or county as determined and published by the department of taxation and the demographer employed pursuant to NRS 360.283.

Sec. 19. NRS 218.2415 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2415 1. An association of elected officials may directly request the legislative counsel and the legal division of the legislative counsel bureau to prepare no more than 5 legislative measures for a regular legislative session.

2. An association of counties or cities may directly request the legislative counsel and the legal division of the legislative counsel bureau to prepare no more than [10] 20 legislative measures for a regular legislative session.".

Amend sec. 19, page 13, by deleting lines 37 through 39 and inserting:

"[upon the request of a member of the legislature or the personal written request of the governor.] as authorized by statute or joint rule of the legislature.".

Amend sec. 19, page 14, line 3, by deleting "1." and inserting:

"1 [.] of this section and subsection 1, 3 or 4 of section 6 of this act.".

Amend sec. 20, page 14, line 13, by deleting "20" and inserting "16".

Amend sec. 20, page 14, line 14, by deleting "5" and inserting "4".

Amend sec. 44, page 24, line 22, by deleting "30th" and inserting "final".

Amend sec. 44, page 24, line 23, by deleting "30th" and inserting "final".

Amend sec. 44, page 24, line 24, by deleting the comma and inserting:

"or other appropriate legislative measure,".

Amend sec. 44, page 24, line 27, by deleting "30th" and inserting "final".

Amend sec. 50, page 28, line 34, by deleting:

"[19th calendar] first" and inserting: "19th calendar".

Amend sec. 50, page 28, line 37, by deleting "budget." and inserting:

"budget [.] or to carry out the governor’s legislative agenda.".