Referred to Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics
SUMMARY--Requires immediate disclosure on weekly list of bill draft requests of name of legislator who requests preparation of legislative measure. (BDR 17-310)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to the state legislature; requiring the immediate disclosure on the weekly list of bill draft requests of the name of the legislator who requests the preparation of a legislative measure; requiring that certain additional information be indicated on the weekly list of bill draft requests and on legislative measures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 NRS 218.2475 is hereby amended to read as follows:
218.2475 1. On July 1 preceding each regular session of the legislature, and each week thereafter until the adjournment of the legislature sine die, the legislative counsel shall prepare a list of all requests received by him [,] for the preparation of measures to be submitted to the legislature. The requests must be listed numerically by a unique serial number which must be assigned to the measures by the legislative counsel for the purposes of identification in the order that he received the requests. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the list must only contain [the] :
(a) The unique serial number assigned to the request;
(b) The name of [each requester, the date and a] the requester;
(c) The date on which the request was made; and
(d) A brief summary of the request.
2. The legislative counsel bureau shall make copies of the list available to the public for a reasonable sum fixed by the legislative commission upon the recommendation of the director of the legislative counsel bureau.
3. In preparing the list, the legislative counsel shall:
(a) [Not include the name of the legislator who has requested the preparation of a measure until:
(1) The particular measure is introduced in the legislature; or
(2) The legislator requests that his name be disclosed as the requester of the measure,
whichever occurs first.
(b)] If a standing or special committee of the legislature requests a measure on behalf of a legislator or organization, include the name of the standing or special committee and the name of the legislator or organization on whose behalf the measure was originally requested.
(b) If the measure was originally requested by an interim committee which conducts a study or investigation pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 218.682, include the name of the interim committee.
(c) If a legislator agrees to introduce or cause to be introduced legislation that was originally requested by a former legislator, change the name from the former legislator to the name of the legislator who so agrees.
Sec. 2. NRS 218.2477 is hereby amended to read as follows:
218.2477 1. If a standing or special committee of the legislature requests the preparation of a measure on behalf of a legislator or an organization, the measure must indicate the name of the standing or special committee and the legislator or organization on whose behalf the measure was originally requested. If such a measure is introduced but does not include the name of the legislator or organization on whose behalf the measure was originally requested, the legislator or organization may request the committee to direct the legislative counsel to cause the measure to be reprinted with the name included. If so directed, the legislative counsel shall cause the measure to be reprinted with the name included.
2. When a measure is introduced that was originally requested by an interim committee which conducted a study or investigation pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 218.682, the measure must indicate the name of the interim committee.