Nevada § 218D.205 - Requests from counties, school districts and cities

§ 218D.205. Requests from counties, school districts and cities

1. For a regular session, each board of county commissioners, board of trustees of

a school district and city council may request the drafting of not more than the numbers

of legislative measures set forth in this section if the requests are: (a) Approved by the governing body of the county, school district or city at a public

hearing before their submission to the Legislative Counsel; and (b) Submitted to the Legislative Counsel on or before September 1 preceding the regular

session. 2. The Legislative Counsel shall notify the requesting county, school district or

city if its request substantially duplicates a request previously submitted by another

county, school district or city. 3. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population: (a) Is 700,000 or more may request the drafting of not more than 4 legislative measures

for a regular session. (b) Is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 may request the drafting of not more

than 2 legislative measures for a regular session. (c) Is less than 100,000 may request the drafting of not more than 1 legislative measure

for a regular session. 4. The board of trustees of a school district in a county whose population: (a) Is 700,000 or more may request the drafting of not more than 2 legislative measures

for a regular session. (b) Is less than 700,000 may request the drafting of not more than 1 legislative measure

for a regular session. 5. The city council of a city whose population: (a) Is 500,000 or more may request the drafting of not more than 3 legislative measures

for a regular session. (b) Is 150,000 or more but less than 500,000 may request the drafting of not more

than 2 legislative measures for a regular session. (c) Is less than 150,000 may request the drafting of not more than 1 legislative measure

for a regular session. 6. Each request made pursuant to this section must be on a form prescribed by the

Legislative Counsel. The legislative measures requested pursuant to this section must be prefiled on

or before the third Wednesday in November preceding the regular session. A legislative measure that is not prefiled on or before that day shall be deemed

withdrawn. 7. As used in this section, “ population ” means the current population estimate for that city or county as determined and

published by the Department of Taxation and the demographer employed pursuant to NRS 360.283 .