S.J.R. 3


Senate Joint Resolution No. 3--Senators Raggio, 
    O'Connell, Augustine, Jacobsen, James, Lowden, 
    Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O'Donnell, Porter, 
    Regan, Townsend and Washington

                 January 23, 1995
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    Referred to Committee on Government Affairs


SUMMARY--Proposes to amend Nevada constitution to 
          limit length of legislative session and to 
          require submittal of proposed executive 
          budget to legislature before commencement 
          of legislative session. (BDR C-85)

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.
              Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.



EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra
ckets [ ] is material to be omitted.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION--Proposing to amend the Nevada constitution to 
        commence each regular session of the legislature in February, 
        to limit the length of each regular session and to require the 
        governor to submit a proposed executive budget before the 
        commencement of each regular session.


  RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF 
NEVADA, JOINTLY, That section 2 of article 4 of the 
constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read as 
follows:
  Sec. 2.  \1.  \\The sessions of the 
Legislature shall be biennial, and shall commence on the 
[3rd] \1st\\ Monday of [January next ensuing] 
\February following\\ the election of members of 
the Assembly, unless the Governor of the State shall, in the 
interim, convene the Legislature by proclamation.
  \2.  The Legislature shall adjourn sine die each 
regular session not later than midnight Pacific standard 
time 120 calendar days following its commencement. Any 
legislative action taken after midnight Pacific standard 
time on the 120th calendar day is void, unless the 
legislative action is conducted during a special session 
convened by the Governor.
  3.  The Governor shall submit the proposed executive 
budget to the Legislature not later than 14 calendar days 
before the commencement of each regular session.\\
And be it further
  RESOLVED, That section 12 of article 17 of the 
constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read as 
follows:
  Sec: 12.  The first regular session of the 
Legislature shall commence on the second Monday of December 
A.D. Eighteen hundred and Sixty Four, and the second regular 
session of the same shall commence on the first Monday of 
January A.D. Eighteen hundred and Sixty Six; and the third 
regular session of the Legislature shall be the first of the 
biennial sessions, and shall commence on the first Monday of 
January A.D. Eighteen hundred and Sixty Seven; and the 
regular sessions of the Legislature shall be held thereafter 
biennially \.\\ [, commencing on the first Monday 
of January.]

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