Referred to Committee on Elections, Procedures, and Ethics
SUMMARY--Requires appointment of members to Rocky Mountain Presidential Primary Task Force. (BDR S-1518)
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 elections; requiring the appointment of members to the Rocky Mountain Presidential Primary Task Force; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 1. Six members from this state must be appointed to the Rocky Mountain Presidential Primary Task Force by the following persons:
(a) One member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(b) One member of the Senate appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate.
(c) One member of the Assembly appointed by the Minority Leader of the Assembly.
(d) One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.
(e) Two members, one from each major political party, appointed by the Governor.
2. The members appointed to the task force shall, in cooperation with the members appointed to the task force from other states:
(a) Propose a common date for a presidential preference caucus or primary election, to be known, as applicable, as the Rocky Mountain Presidential Preference Caucus or Primary Election;
(b) Assist other states that have appointed members to the task force in proposing legislation that authorizes the participation of those states and this state in the Rocky Mountain Presidential Preference Caucus or Primary Election; and
(c) Recommend methods to increase:
(1) The interaction between candidates for President of the United States and the voters in the western states; and
(2) The attention that candidates for President of the United States devote to issues of concern to the voters in the western states, including, but not limited to, the management and use of public land, water and natural resources.
3. The membership of any member of the Nevada Legislature who is appointed to the task force pursuant to subsection 1 who does not become a candidate for reelection or who is defeated for reelection continues until the next session of the Legislature is convened.
4. The members appointed to the task force pursuant to subsection 1 serve without compensation. While engaged in the business of the task force, each member is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally. The per diem allowances and the travel expenses must be paid from the legislative fund.
Sec. 2 The appointment of the members to the Rocky Mountain Presidential Primary Task Force required by section 1 of this act must be made as soon as practicable after July 1, 1997.
Sec. 3 This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997, and expires by limitation on January 1, 2000.