Senate Bill No. 31–Senator Amodei

Prefiled January 25, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Changes legal holiday to observe Nevada Day to last Friday in October. (BDR 19-993)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to holidays; changing the legal holiday to observe Nevada Day to the last Friday in October; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 236.015 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 236.015 1. The following days are declared to be legal holidays for

1-3 state, county and city governmental offices:

1-4 January 1 (New Year’s Day)

1-5 Third Monday in January (Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday)

1-6 Third Monday in February (Washington’s Birthday)

1-7 Last Monday in May (Memorial Day)

1-8 July 4 (Independence Day)

1-9 First Monday in September (Labor Day)

1-10 Last Friday in October [31] (Nevada Day)

1-11 November 11 (Veterans’ Day)

1-12 Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day)

1-13 Friday following the fourth Thursday in November (Family Day)

1-14 December 25 (Christmas Day)

1-15 Any day that may be appointed by the President of the United States

1-16 for public fast, thanksgiving or as a legal holiday except for any

1-17 Presidential appointment of the fourth Monday in October as

1-18 Veterans’ Day.

2-1 2. Except as otherwise provided by NRS 293.560 and

2-2 293C.527, all state, county and city offices, courts, public schools

2-3 and the University and Community College System of Nevada must

2-4 close on the legal holidays enumerated in subsection 1 unless in the

2-5 case of appointed holidays all or a part thereof are specifically

2-6 exempted.

2-7 3. If January 1, July 4, [October 31,] November 11 or December 25

2-8 falls upon a:

2-9 (a) Sunday, the Monday following must be observed as a legal holiday.

2-10 (b) Saturday, the Friday preceding must be observed as a legal holiday.

2-11 Sec. 2. NRS 293.560 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-12 293.560 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.502,

2-13 registration must close at 9 p.m. on the fifth Saturday preceding any primary

2-14 or general election and at 9 p.m. on the third Saturday preceding any recall

2-15 or special election, except that if a recall or special election is held on the

2-16 same day as a primary or general election, registration must close at 9 p.m.

2-17 on the fifth Saturday preceding the day of the elections.

2-18 2. The offices of the county clerk and other ex officio registrars must be

2-19 open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the office of the county clerk must also be

2-20 open from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., including Saturdays, during the last days before

2-21 the close of registration, according to the following schedule:

2-22 (a) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, those offices must

2-23 be open during the last 3 days before registration closes.

2-24 (b) In all other counties, those offices must be open during the last 5 days

2-25 before registration closes.

2-26 3. Except for a special election held pursuant to chapter 306 or 350 of

2-27 NRS:

2-28 (a) The county clerk of each county shall cause a notice signed by him to

2-29 be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county

2-30 indicating the day that registration will be closed. If no such newspaper is

2-31 published in the county, the publication may be made in a newspaper of

2-32 general circulation published in the nearest county in this state.

2-33 (b) The notice must be published once each week for 4 consecutive

2-34 weeks next preceding the close of registration for any election.

2-35 4. The offices of the county clerk and other ex officio registrars may

2-36 remain open on the last Friday in October [31] in each even-numbered

2-37 year.

2-38 Sec. 3. NRS 388.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-39 388.110 No school may be kept open on any day declared to be a legal

2-40 holiday pursuant to NRS 236.015, except that any board of trustees of a

3-1 school district may elect to keep school open on the last Friday in October

3-2 [31] (or other day observed as Nevada Day) and observe such holiday with

3-3 appropriate exercises.

3-4 Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on January 1, 2000.

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