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Assembly Bill No. 542–Committee on Elections,
Procedures, and Ethics

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AN ACT relating to the Legislature; making various changes relating to the operation of the Legislature and the Legislative Counsel Bureau; 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. Chapter 218 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

thereto a new section to read as follows:

1. To the extent practicable, the Legislative Counsel shall

cause each bill or joint resolution introduced in the Legislature to

include a digest. The digest must be printed on the bill

immediately following the title of the bill.

2. The digest must be drafted by the Legislative Counsel in

plain English and include a concise and clear summary of any

existing laws directly related to the legislation and a summary of

how the legislation adds to, changes or repeals such existing laws.

To the extent practicable, if either house amends a bill or joint

resolution, the Legislative Counsel shall cause the digest to be

revised as necessary to reflect the adoption of the amendment.

The digest is not subject to amendment by the Legislature.

Sec. 1.5. NRS 218.2405 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2405 1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute

, joint rule or concurrent resolution of the Legislature, the

Legislative Counsel shall honor:

(a) The number of requests for the drafting of a bill or resolution

for a regular session of the Legislature only as provided in NRS

218.240 to 218.255, inclusive.

(b) [A request for the drafting of a bill or resolution for a regular

session of the Legislature only if the request is received by the

Legislative Counsel on or before December 15 preceding the

commencement of that session.

(c)] A request for the drafting of a bill or resolution for any

session of the Legislature which is submitted by a state agency,

board or department, a local government, the judiciary or another

authorized nonlegislative requester only if the request is in a subject

related to the function of the requester.

2. The Legislative Counsel shall not:

(a) Assign a number to a request for the drafting of a bill or

resolution for any session of the Legislature to establish the priority

of the request until sufficient detail has been received to allow

complete drafting of the legislative measure.

(b) Honor a request to change the subject matter of a request for

the drafting of a bill or resolution for any session of the Legislature

after it has been submitted for drafting.

session of the Legislature which has been combined in violation of

Section 17 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution.

Sec. 2. NRS 218.2415 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2415 1. An association of elected officials may directly

request the Legislative Counsel and the Legal Division of the

Legislative Counsel Bureau to prepare no more than 5 legislative

measures for a regular legislative session.

2. An association of counties or cities may directly request the

Legislative Counsel and the Legal Division of the Legislative

Counsel Bureau to prepare no more than 20 legislative measures for

a regular legislative session.

3. A request for the drafting of a legislative measure pursuant

to this section must be submitted to the Legislative Counsel on or

before September 1 preceding the commencement of a regular

session of the Legislature.

Sec. 3. NRS 218.2423 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2423 1. Each:

(a) Incumbent Assemblyman may request the drafting of not

more than 5 legislative measures submitted to the Legislative

Counsel on or before September 1 preceding the commencement of

a regular session of the Legislature and not more than 5 legislative

measures submitted to the Legislative Counsel after September 1

but on or before December 15 preceding the commencement of a

regular session of the Legislature.

(b) Incumbent Senator may request the drafting of not more than

10 legislative measures submitted to the Legislative Counsel on or

before September 1 preceding the commencement of a regular

session of the Legislature and not more than 10 legislative measures

submitted to the Legislative Counsel after September 1 but on or

before December 15 preceding the commencement of a regular

session of the Legislature.

more than 5 legislative measures submitted to the Legislative

Counsel on or before December 15 preceding the commencement

of a regular session of the Legislature.

(d) Newly elected Senator may request the drafting of not more

than 10 legislative measures submitted to the Legislative Counsel

on or before December 15 preceding the commencement of a

regular session of the Legislature.

2. In addition to the number authorized pursuant to

subsection 1:

(a) The chairman of each standing committee of the immediately

preceding regular 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, may request

before the date of the general election preceding the

commencement of the next regular legislative session the drafting

of not more than 1 legislative measure for introduction by the

committee in a subject within the jurisdiction of the committee for

every 15 legislative measures that were referred to the respective

standing committee during the immediately preceding regular

legislative session.

(b) A person designated after a general election as a chairman of

a standing committee for the next regular legislative session, or a

person designated in the place of a chairman by the person

designated as the Speaker of the Assembly or the Majority Leader

of the Senate for the next regular legislative session, may request

on or before December 15 preceding the commencement of the

next regular legislative session the drafting of the remaining

number of the legislative measures allowed for the respective

standing committee that were not requested by the previous

chairman or designee.

Sec. 4. NRS 218.2426 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2426 1. In addition to the number authorized pursuant to

NRS 218.2423:

(a) The Speaker of the Assembly and the Majority Leader of the

Senate may each request before [or during a] the date of the

general election preceding the commencement of the next regular

legislative session, without limitation, the drafting of not more than

15 legislative measures for that session.

(b) The Minority Leader of the Assembly and the Minority

Leader of the Senate may each request before [or during a] the date

of the general election preceding the commencement of the next

regular legislative session, without limitation, the drafting of not

more than 10 legislative measures for that session.

of the Assembly, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority

Leader of the Assembly or the Minority Leader of the Senate for

the next regular legislative session may request before the

commencement of the next regular legislative session the drafting

of the remaining number of the legislative measures allowed for the

respective officer that were not requested by the previous officer.

2. The Legislative Counsel, the Secretary of the Senate and the

Chief Clerk of the Assembly may request before or during a regular

legislative session, without limitation, the drafting of as many

legislative measures as are necessary or convenient for the proper

exercise of their duties.

Sec. 5. NRS 218.2723 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2723 1. Before a vote is taken by a committee of the

Assembly or the Senate on any bill or joint resolution which

[reduces] the Legislative Counsel, in consultation with the Fiscal

Analysis Division, determines may reduce the revenues or

[increases] increase the expenditures of a local government , [or

any bill which increases or newly provides for a term of

imprisonment in a county or city jail or detention facility, or makes

release on probation therefrom less likely,] the Fiscal Analysis

Division shall prepare a fiscal note [after consultation with the

appropriate local governments or their representatives.] pursuant to

NRS 218.272 to 218.2758, inclusive.

2. Before preparing a fiscal note pursuant to this section, the

Fiscal Analysis Division shall:

(a) Provide to the appropriate local governments a copy of the

bill or joint resolution for which the fiscal note is required; and

(b) Request that the local governments review the bill or joint

resolution and, if required, prepare a fiscal note pursuant to the

provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 218.2752.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a fiscal

note is not required if the only impact on a local government is

that a bill or joint resolution increases or newly provides for a

term of imprisonment in a county or city jail or detention facility,

or makes release on probation therefrom less likely. The Fiscal

Analysis Division shall prepare a fiscal note for a bill or joint

resolution for which a fiscal note is not otherwise required

pursuant to this subsection if, within 8 working days after the bill

or joint resolution is introduced:

(a) A local government prepares a fiscal note for the bill or

joint resolution and submits it to the Fiscal Analysis Division;

and

(b) The fiscal note complies with requirements set forth in

NRS 218.2751.

Sec. 6. NRS 218.275 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.275 1. The name of the agency preparing the fiscal note

must appear on the fiscal note with the [signature] name of the

official of the agency who is primarily responsible for preparing the

note.

2. The Department of Administration shall review the fiscal

notes prepared by the agencies before such notes are returned to the

Legislature. If the Department of Administration disagrees with a

fiscal note prepared by the agency, it may submit a supplementary

fiscal note for the bill or joint resolution.

Sec. 6.5. NRS 218.2751 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2751 The fiscal note must be factual and concise in nature,

and must provide a reliable estimate of the dollar amount of effect

the bill or joint resolution will have. If the agency or local

government concludes that no dollar amount can be estimated, the

note must so state with reasons for such a conclusion.

Sec. 7. NRS 218.2752 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2752 1. Whenever a bill or joint resolution is submitted

to an agency for a fiscal note, the agency shall prepare the note and

return it to the Fiscal Analysis Division within 5 working days. The

Fiscal Analysis Division may extend the period for not more than

10 additional working days if the matter requires extended research.

2. Whenever a bill or joint resolution is submitted to a local

government for a fiscal note, the local government shall:

(a) Review the provisions of the bill or joint resolution to

determine whether the bill or joint resolution reduces the

revenues or increases the expenditures of the local government;

and

(b) If the local government determines that the bill or joint

resolution reduces the revenues or increases the expenditures of

the local government, prepare a fiscal note for that bill or

resolution and return it to the Fiscal Analysis Division within 8

working days.

Sec. 8. NRS 218.2753 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2753 1. Agencies and local governments may use the

bills and joint resolutions submitted to them for official purposes

only. A person shall not copy or otherwise disseminate information

concerning any bill or joint resolution submitted to him which has

not been introduced in the Legislature without the consent of the

requester.

2. Any person who knowingly disseminates information in

violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 9. NRS 218.2754 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2754 1. The summary of each bill or joint resolution

introduced in the Legislature must include the statement:

(a) “Fiscal Note: Effect on Local Government: [Yes,”] May

have Fiscal Impact,”

“Fiscal Note: Effect on Local Government: No,”

“Fiscal Note: Effect on Local Government: [Contains

Appropriation included in Executive Budget,” or

“Fiscal Note: Effect on Local Government: Contains

Appropriation not included in Executive Budget,”] Increases

or Newly Provides for Term of Imprisonment in County or

City Jail or Detention Facility,”

whichever is appropriate; and

(b) “Effect on the State: Yes,”

“Effect on the State: No,”

“Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation included in

Executive Budget,”

“Effect on the State: Executive Budget,” or

“Effect on the State: Contains Appropriation not included in

Executive Budget,”

whichever is appropriate.

2. The Legislative Counsel shall consult the Fiscal Analysis

Division to secure the appropriate information for summaries of

bills and joint resolutions.

3. If an amendment adds an appropriation to a bill that

previously did not include an appropriation or removes all

appropriations from a bill that previously included one or more

appropriations, the Legislative Counsel shall change the

summary of the bill to reflect the inclusion or removal.

Sec. 10. NRS 218.2755 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2755 After a bill or joint resolution has been drafted, the

Fiscal Analysis Division shall inform the requester that a fiscal note

is required when the draft is submitted to the requester for review.

If the requester so directs, the Fiscal Analysis Division shall

promptly determine the agency or local government to which the

bill or joint resolution should be submitted and shall submit it for a

fiscal note. If the requester is a Legislator and desires to introduce

the bill or joint resolution without a fiscal note, he may do so, but

when the bill is introduced, the Fiscal Analysis Division shall

promptly determine the agency or local government to which the

bill or joint resolution is to be submitted and shall forward it to the

agency or local government to obtain the fiscal note.

Sec. 11. NRS 218.2756 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.2756 1. [The original, signed copy of a fiscal note that is

obtained before a bill or joint resolution is introduced must be

retained by the Fiscal Analysis Division to be used as printer’s copy

after the bill or joint resolution is introduced.

2. If the fiscal note is obtained after the bill or joint resolution

has been introduced, the Fiscal Analysis Division shall forward a

signed copy to the Superintendent of the State Printing Division of

the Department of Administration for the purposes of printing.

3. The original fiscal note must be retained by the Fiscal

Analysis Division.

4. The] As soon as practicable after a fiscal note is received

from an agency, the Fiscal Analysis Division shall send a copy of

the fiscal note to the chairman of the standing committee or

committees to which the bill or joint resolution has been referred.

The Fiscal Analysis Division shall retain the original fiscal note.

2. Upon expiration of the period prescribed in paragraph (b)

of subsection 2 of NRS 218.2752, the Fiscal Analysis Division

shall prepare a single consolidated fiscal note into which any

information submitted by a local government regarding a bill or

joint resolution must be incorporated. If, upon the expiration of

that period, the Fiscal Analysis Division determines that no local

governments have submitted information regarding the fiscal

impact of a bill or joint resolution, the Fiscal Analysis Division

shall prepare a fiscal note indicating that local governments have

reported no decreases in revenues or increases in expenditures

resulting from the bill or joint resolution. The Fiscal Analysis

Division shall send to the chairman of the standing committee or

committees to which the bill or joint resolution has been referred

a copy of a fiscal note prepared pursuant to this subsection. The

Fiscal Analysis Division shall retain the original fiscal note and

any fiscal notes submitted by local governments for the bill or

resolution.

3. If a local government wishes to submit a fiscal note for a

bill or joint resolution after the expiration of the period prescribed

in paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 218.2752, the local

government must submit the fiscal note to the chairman of the

committee or committees to which the bill or joint resolution has

been referred, and a copy of the fiscal note to the Fiscal Analysis

Division. The Fiscal Analysis Division shall retain the copy of the

fiscal note provided by the local government.

Sec. 12. NRS 218.277 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.277 1. Any member of the next succeeding regular

session of the Legislature may request the Legislative Counsel to

prefile any legislative bill or joint resolution that was requested by

that Legislator for introduction in the next succeeding regular

session of the Legislature.

2. A person designated as a chairman of a standing

committee for the next succeeding regular session of the

Legislature may request the Legislative Counsel to prefile on

behalf of the committee any legislative bill or joint resolution

within the jurisdiction of the committee for introduction in the

next succeeding regular session of the Legislature.

3. Such bills and joint resolutions must be in such final and

correct form for introduction in the Legislature as required by the

Nevada Constitution and this chapter.

[3.] 4. The Legislative Counsel shall not prefile a bill or joint

resolution requested by:

(a) A member of the Legislature who is not a candidate for

reelection until after the general election immediately preceding the

regular session of the Legislature.

(b) A member of the Legislature who is elected or reelected to

his office at the general election immediately preceding the regular

session of the Legislature until he is determined to have received

the highest number of votes pursuant to the canvass of votes

required by NRS 293.395.

Sec. 13. NRS 218.480 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.480 1. At the end of each session of the Legislature, [100

copies of] the journals must be printed, indexed and bound in book

form in the same style as those of the 1927 session of the

Legislature. The journal of each house must be bound separately.

2. The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the

Assembly shall direct the compilation of the journal indexes, for

their respective houses and shall deliver the completed journal

indexes to the Superintendent.

3. The bound volumes must be delivered to the Legislative

Counsel Bureau and constitute the journals of the Senate and the

Assembly.

4. Each member of the Legislature of which such journals are

the record is entitled to one copy of the Senate Journal and one

copy of the Assembly Journal.

Sec. 14. NRS 218.642 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.642 A petty cash account of the Legislative Counsel

Bureau is hereby created [for] :

1. For each building in which offices of employees of the

Legislative Counsel Bureau are located ; and

2. In any division approved for the sale of souvenirs pursuant

to NRS 218.6845,

in the sum of not more than $1,000 each for the minor expenses of

the Legislative Counsel Bureau. Each account must be kept in the

custody of an employee designated by the Director of the

Legislative Counsel Bureau and must be replenished periodically

from the Legislative Fund upon approval of expenditures and

submission of vouchers or other documents to indicate payment.

Sec. 15. NRS 218.647 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.647 1. The Legislative Counsel Bureau shall compile

and publish a Legislative Manual containing information

concerning the Legislature and [the offices, departments,

institutions and agencies of the state government and] other

information appropriate for Legislators.

2. The costs of compilation and publication shall be paid from

the Legislative Fund.

Sec. 16. NRS 218.683 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.683 1. The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau,

as executive head of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, shall direct

and supervise all its administrative and technical activities. The

fiscal analysts, Legislative Auditor, Research Director and

Legislative Counsel shall perform the respective duties assigned to

them by law under the administrative supervision of the Director.

2. The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall,

consistent with the budget approved by the Legislative Commission

and within the limits of legislative appropriations and other

available funds, employ and fix the salaries of or contract for the

services of such professional, technical, clerical and operational

personnel and consultants as the execution of his duties and the

operation of the Legislative Counsel Bureau may require.

3. All of the personnel of the Legislative Counsel Bureau are

exempt from the provisions of chapter 284 of NRS. They are

entitled to such leaves of absence as the Legislative Commission

shall prescribe.

[4. The Director shall serve as the Nevada Legislative Federal

-State Coordinator.]

Sec. 17. NRS 218.934 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.934 The Director may:

1. Prepare and publish such reports concerning lobbying

activities as he deems appropriate.

2. Release to the public the name of any lobbyist who fails to

file any activity report within 14 days after the date it is required to

be filed.

3. Revoke the registration of any lobbyist who fails to file any

activity report within 30 days after the date it is required to be filed

[.] or fails to file two or more activity reports within the time

required.

Sec. 17.5. NRS 218.940 is hereby amended to read as follows:

218.940 1. [Any] Except as otherwise provided in this

subsection, a registrant who files an activity report after the time

provided in NRS 218.926 shall pay to the Director a fee for late

filing of $10 for each day that it was late, but the Director may

reduce or waive this fee upon a finding of just cause. The

Legislative Commission may by regulation exempt a classification

of lobbyist from the fee for late filing.

2. An activity report with respect to which a late filing fee has

been paid by the registrant or waived by the Director shall be

deemed timely filed, and the late filing is not a public offense.

Sec. 18. NRS 220.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:

220.120 1. In preparing the annotations and keeping Nevada

Revised Statutes current, the Legislative Counsel is authorized:

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

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

volumes deemed convenient.

good, and so far as possible, permanent quality.

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

and printing style to the pages of the Statutes of Nevada, and roman

style type must be used.

3. The Legislative Counsel shall classify and arrange the entire

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

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

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

4. Notes of decisions of the Supreme Court, historical

references and other material must be printed and arranged in such

manner as the Legislative Counsel finds will promote the

usefulness thereof.

5. The Legislative Counsel in keeping Nevada Revised Statutes

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

act, but may renumber sections and parts of sections thereof,

change the wording of headnotes, rearrange sections, change

reference numbers or words to agree with renumbered chapters or

sections, substitute the word “chapter” for “article” and the like,

substitute figures for written words and vice versa, change

capitalization for the purpose of uniformity , correct inaccurate

references to the titles of officers, the names of departments or

other agencies of the State, local governments, or the Federal

Government, and such other name changes as are necessary to be

consistent with the laws of this state and correct manifest clerical

or typographical errors.

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

sections of Nevada Revised Statutes, or otherwise revise the title,

chapter and sectional organization of Nevada Revised Statutes, all

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

logical arrangement of the statutes. Any new titles, chapters,

sections and organizational revisions have the same force and effect

as the 58 titles originally enacted and designated as the Nevada

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

7. The Legislative Counsel shall assign NRS numbers to such

new permanent and general laws enacted at any legislative session.

8. The Legislative Counsel shall resolve all nonsubstantive

conflicts between multiple laws enacted at any legislative session as

if made by a single enactment. If multiple amendments to a single

section of NRS are made during a legislative session, such

amendments are all effective and must be compiled in a manner

that is consistent with the intent of the Legislature as determined by

the Legislative Counsel.

9. The Legislative Counsel shall substitute the name of any

agency, officer or instrumentality of the State or of a political

subdivision whose name is changed by law or to which powers,

duties and responsibilities have been transferred by law, for the

name which the agency, officer or instrumentality previously used

or which was previously vested with the same powers and charged

with the same duties and responsibilities.

Sec. 19. The preliminary chapter of NRS is hereby amended

by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

The provisions of any law or statute which is reenacted,

amended or revised, so far as they are the same as those of prior

laws, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws and not as

new enactments. If any provision of a law is repealed and in

substance reenacted, a reference in any other law to the repealed

provision shall be deemed to be a reference to the reenacted

provision.

Sec. 20. NRS 0.025 is hereby amended to read as follows:

0.025 1. Except as otherwise expressly provided in a

particular statute or required by the context:

(a) “May” confers a right, privilege or power. The term “is

entitled” confers a private right.

(b) “May not” or “no * * * may” abridges or removes a right,

privilege or power.

(1) The subject is a thing, whether the verb is active or

passive.

(2) The subject is a natural person and:

(I) The verb is in the passive voice; or

(II) Only a condition precedent and not a duty is imposed.

(d) “Shall” imposes a duty to act.

(e) “Shall be deemed” or “shall be considered” creates a legal

fiction.

(f) “Shall not” imposes a prohibition against acting.

2. Except as otherwise required by the context, text of a statute

that:

(a) Follows subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs or sub

-subparagraphs that are introduced by a colon;

(b) Is not designated as a separate subsection, paragraph,

subparagraph or sub-subparagraph; and

following the material at the end of the final subsection, paragraph,

subparagraph or sub-subparagraph,

Êapplies to the section as a whole, in the case of subsections, or to

the subdivision preceding the colon as a whole rather than solely to

the subdivision that the text follows. The symbol “Ê” in bills and

in Nevada Revised Statutes indicates the beginning of such text.

Sec. 21. NRS 286.495 is hereby amended to read as follows:

286.495 Except as provided in NRS 286.470, 286.475 and

286.501, members shall be credited with service on the basis of

days, months or years actually worked by a member, except that:

1. Intermittent service shall be credited to a member on the

basis of 1 day of service for each 8 hours worked, and portions of a

day shall be prorated.

2. Part-time employees who regularly work at least half-time

for a full year with a minimum of 720 hours worked are entitled to a

full year of credit for retirement eligibility only, with credit for

actual service for determination of benefit being granted on actual

time worked.

3. An employee of the Nevada Legislature who works full

time for at least 6 months in a fiscal year during which the

Legislature meets in regular session is entitled to a full year of

credit for retirement eligibility only, with credit for actual service

for determination of benefit being granted on actual time

worked.

Service credit under this section shall be computed according to the

fiscal year. No member may receive less credit under this section

than was provided under the law in force at the time when the credit

was earned. Nothing in this section allows a member to receive

more than 1 year of credit for retirement eligibility in any year.

Sec. 22. NRS 426.715 is hereby amended to read as follows:

426.715 Any person who sells, solicits orders for or delivers, in

any public building or on any public land, any commodity which a

blind vendor is authorized by the Bureau to sell is guilty of a

misdemeanor except:

1. A person licensed by or under contract to the Bureau;

2. A person who delivers a commodity to a blind vendor or for

his account;

3. A person who is raising money for the charitable activities

of a corporation organized for educational, religious, scientific,

charitable or eleemosynary purposes under the provisions of

chapter 82 of NRS;

4. Public employees jointly sharing in the cost of coffee or

other beverages purchased by them for their own use, if there is no

commercial arrangement for the delivery of products and supplies

to the building or land;

5. A person who is catering an event inside or otherwise

delivering food or beverages to the Legislative Building; or

[5.] 6. A person who is authorized to conduct such an activity

under the terms of a contract, lease or other arrangement with a

municipality pursuant to NRS 496.090.

Sec. 23. NRS 218.274 is hereby repealed.

Sec. 24. 1. The Public Employees’ Retirement System shall,

upon request by a current or former officer or employee of the

Nevada Legislature who would have been entitled to additional

credit for service pursuant to NRS 286.495, as amended by section

21 of this act, had those provisions been in effect for any period

during which he was an officer or employee of the Nevada

Legislature, recalculate that person’s credit for service to take into

account the additional amount provided pursuant to that section.

2. A current or former officer or employee of the Nevada

Legislature who would be entitled to credit for service in the Public

Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to the provisions of NRS

286.495, as amended by section 21 of this act, but who has

withdrawn his contributions pursuant to NRS 286.430, may

redeposit his withdrawn contributions pursuant to NRS 286.440,

under the terms and conditions provided pursuant to chapter 286 of

NRS, and thereby qualify for the credit for service provided

pursuant to NRS 286.495, as amended by section 21 of this act.

Sec. 25. Sections 21 and 24 of this act apply retroactively to

all persons who would have been entitled to additional service

credit pursuant to NRS 286.495, as amended by section 21 of this

act, had those provisions been in effect for any period during which

they were employed by the Nevada Legislature.

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