NAC: CHAPTER 295 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM

[Rev. 2/15/2010 10:43:02 AM]

This chapter of NAC has changes which have been adopted but have not been codified; you can see those changes by viewing the following regulation(s) on the Nevada Register of Administrative Regulations: R092-09

CHAPTER 295 - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM

295.020 Requirements for individual documents of petition.

295.040 Disclosure of requirement for participation in constitutional convention.

NAC 295.020 Requirements for individual documents of petition. (NRS 293.124, 293.247, 295.055)

1. A person who submits a petition that consists of more than one document to the county clerk for verification of the signatures shall sequentially number each page of each document in the petition, beginning with the number 1.

2. If a petition for an initiative or referendum consists of more than one document, each document must, in addition to any other requirements, contain the full text of the proposed measure and:

(a) Include sequentially numbered spaces for:

(1) The name of each person who signs the petition.

(2) The signature of the person signing the petition.

(3) The street address of the residence where the person signing the petition actually resides, unless a street address has not been assigned. If a street address has not been assigned, the document may contain the mailing address of the person signing the petition.

(4) The name of the county where the person who signs is a registered voter.

(5) The date of the signature.

(6) If the petition is a municipal initiative or referendum proposed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 295.195 to 295.220, inclusive, the name of the city in which the person who signs is registered to vote.

(b) Have attached to it, when filed, an affidavit signed by the person who circulated the document in substantially the following form:

STATE OF NEVADA

COUNTY OF _______________

I, ___________________ (print name), being first duly sworn under penalty of perjury, depose and say: (1) that I reside at ______________________ (print street, city and state); (2) that I am 18 years of age or older; (3) that I personally circulated this document; (4) that all signatures were affixed in my presence; (5) that I believe each person who signed was at the time of signing a registered voter in the county of his residence; (6) that the number of signatures affixed thereon is ___________________; and (7) that each person who signed had an opportunity before signing to read the full text of the act or resolution on which the initiative or referendum is demanded.

Signature of circulator

Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed

before me this day of , .

Notary public or other person licensed

to administer an oath

3. Any document of a petition may consist of more than one page. If a document consists of more than one page:

(a) Each page, including a blank signature page, must be numbered sequentially, beginning with the number 1 for each document;

(b) All the pages must be permanently attached together in numerical order; and

4. As used in this section, “petition” means a petition described in Article 19 of the Nevada Constitution or NRS 295.015 or 295.045.

(Added to NAC by Sec’y of State, eff. 7-18-88; A by R217-97, 5-26-98; R013-00, 4-4-2000; R183-01, 5-10-2002; R072-06, 7-14-2006; R163-07, 12-4-2007)

NAC 295.040 Disclosure of requirement for participation in constitutional convention. (NRS 293.124, 293.247) If passage of an initiative would require this State to participate in a constitutional convention called by the Congress of the United States, that fact must be stated on the first page of each document of the petition for the initiative in at least 12-point type when the petition is presented to registered voters for their signatures.

(Added to NAC by Sec’y of State by R217-97, eff. 5-26-98)