Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 56

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 56-Committee on

Elections, Procedures, and Ethics

FILE NUMBER

135

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Limiting the number of requests that may be submitted to the Legislative Counsel during the interim for drafting and directing the completion of 1,000 bill drafts before the first day of the 70th session of the Nevada Legislature.

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate Concurring, That the Legislative Counsel shall, except as otherwise provided by specific statute, honor only the number of requests for the drafting of a bill or a resolution for the 1999 legislative session that are authorized pursuant to this resolution; and be it further
Resolved, That each incumbent or newly elected Assemblyman is entitled to request 10 measures before the 1999 session begins; and be it further
Resolved, That each incumbent or newly elected Senator is entitled to request 20 measures before the 1999 session begins; and be it further
Resolved, That the chairman of each standing committee of the 1997 legislative session, or a person designated in the place of the chairman by the Speaker of the Assembly or the Majority Leader of the Senate, as the case may be, is additionally entitled to request before the 1999 session 1 measure for introduction by the committee in a subject within the jurisdiction of the committee for every 15 measures that were referred to the respective standing committee during the 1997 session; and be it further
Resolved, That a person designated after the general election in 1998 as a chairman of a standing committee for the 1999 session, or a person designated in the place of a chairman by the person designated as the Speaker of the Assembly or Majority Leader of the Senate for the 1999 session, is entitled to request the remaining number of the measures allowed for the respective standing committee that were not requested by the previous chairman or designee; and be it further
Resolved, That the Governor or his designated representative is entitled to transmit to the Legislative Counsel before the 1999 session no more than 250 measures approved on behalf of state agencies, boards and departments of the executive branch of government pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 218.245, except that the Department of Administration may request before or during the legislative session without limitation as many measures as are necessary to implement the budget proposed by the Governor and to provide for the fiscal management of the state; and be it further
Resolved, That the constitutional officers are entitled to request no more than the following numbers of measures:

Attorney General 35

State Controller 5

Secretary of State 15

State Treasurer 5

Lieutenant Governor 2

and be it further
Resolved, That the judicial branch of government is entitled to request no more than the following numbers of measures:

Supreme Court/Administrative Office of the Courts 20

Nevada Judges Association 5

and be it further
Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada is entitled to request no more than 5 measures on behalf of the University and Community College System of Nevada; and be it further
Resolved, That the requests submitted by the state agencies, boards and departments, local governments, courts and other authorized nonlegislative requesters must be in a subject related to the function of the requester; and be it further
Resolved, That the chairman of the Legislative Commission is entitled to request 15 measures with the approval of the commission for matters relating to the affairs of the Legislature or its employees, including measures requested by legislative staff; and be it further
Resolved, That the chairman of the Interim Finance Committee is entitled to request 10 measures with the approval of the committee for matters within the scope of the committee; and be it further
Resolved, That a committee which conducts an interim legislative study is, except as otherwise provided by specific statute or resolution, entitled to request 10 measures within the scope of the study; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly may request such measures as are necessary or convenient to the proper exercise of their duties; and be it further
Resolved, That the Speaker of the Assembly and the Majority Leader of the Senate are each entitled to request 15 measures, and the Minority Leader of the Assembly and the Minority Leader of the Senate are each entitled to request 10 measures, in addition to the number otherwise authorized in this resolution; and be it further
Resolved, That a person designated after the general election in 1998 as the Speaker of the Assembly, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Assembly or the Minority Leader of the Senate for the 1999 session is entitled to request the remaining number of the measures allowed for the respective officer that were not requested by the previous officer; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislative Counsel shall not honor requests for measures that have been combined in violation of section 17 of article 4 of the Nevada constitution; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislative Counsel is hereby directed to take all actions necessary to complete 1,000 bill drafts before the first day of the 1999 legislative session, if enough bill draft requests have been made to allow drafting that amount; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislative Commission is directed to take all actions necessary to allow the legal division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to achieve the goal of completing 1,000 bill drafts before the first day of the 1999 legislative session; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislative Counsel shall, as nearly as practicable, draft the same number of measures for each of the respective houses before the beginning of the 1999 legislative session, and not less than 200 measures for each house, unless all measures requested by one house have been completed; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislative Counsel shall not assign a number to a request for a legislative measure for the purpose of establishing its priority until sufficient detail has been submitted to allow complete drafting of the measure; and be it further
Resolved, That a requester may not change the subject matter of a request for a legislative measure after it has been submitted for drafting.
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