Assembly Bill No. 39–Committee on Judiciary

 

(On Behalf of The Legislative Commission (NRS 218.660))

 

Prefiled January 31, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Directs Legislative Counsel to resolve nonsubstantive conflicts between legislative acts and to give effect to multiple amendments to sections of Nevada Revised Statutes. (BDR 17‑1023)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to the revision of statutes; directing the Legislative Counsel to resolve all nonsubstantive conflicts between legislative acts and give effect to multiple amendments to a single section of the Nevada Revised Statutes; 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 220.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  220.120  1.  In preparing the annotations and keeping Nevada

1-3  Revised Statutes current, the Legislative Counsel is authorized:

1-4  (a) To adopt such system of numbering as he deems practical.

1-5  (b) To cause the revision to be published in a number of

1-6  volumes deemed convenient.

1-7  (c) To cause the volumes to be bound in loose-leaf binders of

1-8  good, and so far as possible, permanent quality.

1-9  2.  The pages of Nevada Revised Statutes must conform in size

1-10  and printing style to the pages of the Statutes of Nevada, and roman

1-11  style type must be used.

2-1  3.  The Legislative Counsel shall classify and arrange the entire

2-2  body of statute laws in logical order throughout the volumes, the

2-3  arrangement to be such as will enable subjects of a kindred nature to

2-4  be placed under one general head, with necessary cross references.

2-5  4.  Notes of decisions of the Supreme Court, historical

2-6  references and other material must be printed and arranged in such

2-7  manner as the Legislative Counsel finds will promote the usefulness

2-8  thereof.

2-9  5.  The Legislative Counsel in keeping Nevada Revised Statutes

2-10  current shall not alter the sense, meaning or effect of any legislative

2-11  act, but may renumber sections and parts of sections thereof, change

2-12  the wording of headnotes, rearrange sections, change reference

2-13  numbers or words to agree with renumbered chapters or sections,

2-14  substitute the word “chapter” for “article” and the like, substitute

2-15  figures for written words and vice versa, change capitalization for

2-16  the purpose of uniformity and correct manifest clerical or

2-17  typographical errors.

2-18      6.  The Legislative Counsel may create new titles, chapters and

2-19  sections of Nevada Revised Statutes, or otherwise revise the title,

2-20  chapter and sectional organization of Nevada Revised Statutes, all

2-21  as may be required from time to time, to effectuate the orderly and

2-22  logical arrangement of the statutes. Any new titles, chapters,

2-23  sections and organizational revisions have the same force and effect

2-24  as the 58 titles originally enacted and designated as the Nevada

2-25  Revised Statutes pursuant to chapter 2, Statutes of Nevada 1957.

2-26      7.  The Legislative Counsel shall assign NRS numbers to such

2-27  new permanent and general laws enacted at any legislative session.

2-28      8.  The Legislative Counsel shall resolve all nonsubstantive

2-29  conflicts between multiple laws enacted at any legislative session

2-30  as if made by a single enactment. If multiple amendments to a

2-31  single section of NRS are made during a legislative session, such

2-32  amendments are all effective and must be compiled in a manner

2-33  that is consistent with the intent of the Legislature as determined

2-34  by the Legislative Counsel.

2-35      Sec. 2.  NRS 220.170 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-36      220.170  1.  The master copy of Nevada Revised Statutes, as

2-37  printed and bound in accordance with NRS 220.130, must contain a

2-38  certificate of the Director of the Statute Revision Commission that

2-39  he has compared each section thereof with the original section of the

2-40  enrolled bill by which Nevada Revised Statutes was adopted and

2-41  enacted, and that the sections in the published edition are correctly

2-42  copied. All other printed and bound copies of Nevada Revised

2-43  Statutes must contain a copy of the certificate.

2-44      2.  Each set of replacement or supplementary pages, prepared in

2-45  accordance with NRS 220.160 and published before January 1,

3-1  1963, for inclusion in the master copy of Nevada Revised Statutes,

3-2  must be accompanied by a certificate of the Director of the Statute

3-3  Revision Commission, and each set published after January 1, 1963,

3-4  by a certificate of the Legislative Counsel, that he has compared

3-5  each section thereof with the original section of the enrolled bill,

3-6  and that, with the exception of the changes authorized by law, the

3-7  sections set forth in the replacement or supplementary pages are

3-8  correctly copied. All other sets of replacement or supplementary

3-9  pages must be accompanied by a copy of the certificate. All such

3-10  certificates must be inserted in the bound copies of Nevada Revised

3-11  Statutes in chronological order immediately following the initial

3-12  certificate of the Director.

3-13      3.  Copies of Nevada Revised Statutes, as printed, published,

3-14  revised, supplemented and certified in accordance with this chapter,

3-15  constitute the official codified version of Statutes of Nevada and

3-16  may be cited as prima facie evidence of the law in all of the courts

3-17  of this state. [That] Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,

3-18  that evidence may be rebutted by proof that the statutes cited differ

3-19  from the official Statutes of Nevada. That evidence may not be

3-20  rebutted by proof that the statutes differ from the official Statutes

3-21  of Nevada in a manner authorized pursuant to NRS 220.120.

3-22      4.  Nevada Revised Statutes and its component parts may be

3-23  cited as follows:

3-24      (a) Nevada Revised Statutes: NRS

3-25      (b) A title: title 00 of NRS

3-26      (c) A chapter: chapter 000 of NRS

3-27      (d) A section: NRS 000.000

3-28      Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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