2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A AB99 35
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 the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 2 and 3 as sections 3 and 4 and adding a new section designated sec. 2, following section 1, to read as follows:
“Sec. 2. NRS 293.481 is hereby amended to read as follows:
293.481 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or NRS 295.121 or 295.217, every governing body of a political subdivision, public or quasi-public corporation, or other local agency authorized by law to submit questions to the qualified electors or registered voters of a designated territory, when the governing body decides to submit a question:
(a) At a general election, shall provide a copy of the question, including an explanation of and arguments for and against the question, to each county clerk within the designated territory on or before the third Monday in July preceding the election.
(b) At a primary election, shall provide a copy of the question, including an explanation of and arguments for and against the question, to each county clerk within the designated territory on or before the third Monday in May preceding the election.
(c) At any election other than a primary or general election at which the county clerk gives notice of the election or otherwise performs duties in connection therewith other than the registration of electors and the making of records of registered voters available for the election, shall provide a copy of the question, including an explanation of and arguments for and against the question, to each county clerk at least 60 days before the election.
(d) At any city election at which the city clerk gives notice of the election or otherwise performs duties in connection therewith, shall provide a copy of the question, including an explanation of and arguments for and against the question, to the city clerk at least 60 days before the election.
2. [The requirements of subsection 1 do not apply to any] A question
may be submitted after the dates specified in subsection 1
if the question is expressly privileged or required to
be submitted pursuant to the provisions of article 19 of the
constitution of the State of Nevada , or pursuant to
the provisions of chapter 295 of NRS or any other statute [to be submitted if proposed
after the dates specified.] except NRS 293.482, 354.59817,
354.5982, 387.3285 or 387.3287 or any statute that authorizes the governing
body to issue bonds upon the approval of the voters.
3. A county or city clerk may charge any political subdivision, public or quasi-public corporation or other local agency which submits a question a reasonable fee sufficient to pay for the increased costs incurred in including the question, explanation and arguments on the ballot.”.
Amend the title of the bill, second line, after “held;” by inserting:
“clarifying the period in which a copy, explanation of and arguments for and against certain ballot questions must be submitted to the county or city clerk before an election;”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:
“SUMMARY¾Makes various changes regarding elections held by local governments. (BDR 31‑418)”.