2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A AB195 R1 848
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, pages 1 and 2, by deleting lines 15 through 17 on page 1 and lines 1 through 18 on page 2, and inserting:
“427A.330 1. The [governor] legislative commission shall appoint [21 persons] to the Nevada silver haired legislative forum [, of whom not more than 11 may be members of the same political party. The governor shall appoint from each senatorial district] a number of members equal to the number of state senators . [that represent the senatorial district.] The persons appointed to the forum must be the persons nominated pursuant to this section. Each member of the senate shall nominate a person who meets the requirements for appointment to the forum set forth in NRS 427A.340.
2. Appointments to the Nevada silver haired legislative forum must be made by the [governor] legislative commission before December 1 of an odd-numbered year. The term of a member begins on December 1 of the odd-numbered year of appointment.
3. The members of the Nevada silver haired legislative forum from Clark County senatorial districts 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, Washoe County senatorial districts 1 and 3, the Capital senatorial district and the Western Nevada senatorial district serve an initial term of 1 year. The [eight] members of the Nevada silver haired legislative forum from the remaining senatorial districts serve an initial term of 2 years. After the initial terms, each member serves a term of 2 years.”.
Amend sec. 4, page 2, by deleting lines 24 and 25 and inserting:
“2. Have been a registered voter in the senatorial district [that he is to represent] of the senator who nominated him for 3”.
Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 10 through 13 as sections 12 through 15 and adding new sections designated sections 10 and 11, following sec. 9, to read as follows:
“Sec. 10. NRS 294A.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:
294A.160 1. It is unlawful for a candidate to spend money received as a campaign contribution for his personal use.
2. Every candidate for a state, district, county, city or township office at a primary, general, primary city, general city or special election who is elected to that office and received contributions that were not spent or committed for expenditure before the primary, general, primary city, general city or special election shall:
(a) Return the unspent money to contributors;
(b) Use the money in his next election or for the payment of other expenses related to public office or his campaign;
(c) Contribute the money to:
(1) The campaigns of other candidates for public office or for the payment of debts related to their campaigns;
(2) A political party;
(3) A person or group of persons advocating the passage or defeat of a question or group of questions on the ballot; or
(4) Any combination of persons or groups set forth in subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3);
(d)Donate the money to any tax-exempt nonprofit entity; or
(e) Dispose of the money in any combination of the methods provided in paragraphs (a) to (d),inclusive.
3. Every candidate for a state, district, county, city or township office at a primary, general, primary city, general city or special election who is not elected to that office and received contributions that were not spent or committed for expenditure before the primary, general, primary city, general city or special election shall, not later than the 15th day of the second month after his defeat:
(a) Return the unspent money to contributors;
(b) Contribute the money to:
(1) The campaigns of other candidates for public office or for the payment of debts related to their campaigns;
(2) A political party;
(3) A person or group of persons advocating the passage or defeat of a question or group of questions on the ballot; or
(4) Any combination of persons or groups set forth in subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3);
(c) Donate the money to any tax-exempt nonprofit entity; or
(d)Dispose of the money in any combination of the methods provided in paragraphs (a) , (b) and (c).
4. Every candidate for a state, district, county, city or township office who is defeated at a primary or primary city election and received a contribution from a person in excess of $5,000 shall, not later than the 15th day of the second month after his defeat, return any money in excess of $5,000 to the contributor.
5. Every public officer who:
(a) Holds a state, district, county, city or township office;
(b) Does not run for reelection and is not a candidate for any other office; and
(c) Has contributions that are not spent or committed for expenditure remaining from a previous election,
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shall, not later than the 15th day of the second month after
the expiration of his term of office, dispose of those contributions in the
manner provided in subsection 3.
6. In addition to the methods for disposing the unspent money set forth in subsections 2, 3 and 4, a legislator may donate not more than $500 of that money to the Nevada silver haired legislative forum created pursuant to NRS 427A.320.
7. The court shall, in addition to any penalty which may be imposed pursuant to NRS 294A.420, order the candidate or public officer to dispose of any remaining contributions in the manner provided in this section.
[7.] 8. As used in this section, “contributions” include any interest and other income earned thereon.
Sec. 11. NRS 294A.180 is hereby amended to read as follows:
294A.180 1. Each candidate for a state, district, county, city or township office who is not elected to that office shall, not later than the 15th day of the second month after his defeat, file a report with the secretary of state stating the amount of contributions which he received for that campaign but did not spend and the disposition of those unspent contributions.
2. Each public officer who is elected to a state, district, county, city or township office shall file a report:
(a) Not later than the 15th day of the second month after his election, stating the amount of campaign contributions which he received but did not spend and the amount, if any, of those unspent contributions disposed of pursuant to [subsection] subsections 2 and 6 of NRS 294A.160 as of the last day of the first month after his election;
(b) Not later than January 15th of each year of his term beginning the year after he filed the report required by paragraph (a), stating the amount, if any, of those unspent contributions disposed of pursuant to NRS 294A.160 during the period from the last date covered by his last report through December 31 of the immediately preceding year and the manner in which they were disposed of; and
(c) Not later than the 15th day of the second month after he no longer holds that office, stating the amount and disposition of any remaining unspent contributions.
3. The reports required by subsections 1 and 2 must be submitted on a form designed and provided by the secretary of state and signed by the candidate or public officer under penalty of perjury.
4. A public officer filing a report pursuant to subsection 2:
(a) Shall file the report with the officer with whom he filed his declaration of candidacy or acceptance of candidacy.
(b) May file the report by certified mail. If certified mail is used, the date of mailing shall be deemed the date of filing.
5. A county clerk who receives from a legislative or judicial officer, other than a justice of the peace or municipal judge, a report pursuant to subsection 4 shall file a copy of the report with the secretary of state within 10 working days after he receives the report.”.
Amend sec. 12, page 4, by deleting line 10 and inserting:
“legislative forum who is incumbent on the effective date of this act, expires on November 30,”.
Amend the title of the bill, fourth line, after “the forum;” by inserting:
“authorizing a legislator to donate a certain amount of unspent campaign contributions to the forum;”.