1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, for a regular session, the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative may request the drafting of not more than 110 legislative measures which have been approved by the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative on behalf of the officers, agencies, boards, commissions, departments and other units of the Executive Department. The requests must be submitted to the Legislative Counsel on or before August 1 preceding the regular session.
2. The Governor or the Governor’s designated representative may request at any time before or during a regular session, without limitation, the drafting of as many legislative measures as are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 288.400 to 288.630, inclusive.
3. The Director of the Office of Finance may request on or before the 19th day of a regular session, without limitation, the drafting of as many legislative measures as are necessary to implement the budget proposed by the Governor and to provide for the fiscal management of the State. In addition to the requests otherwise authorized pursuant to this section, the Governor may request the drafting of not more than 5 legislative measures on or before the 19th day of a regular session to propose the Governor’s legislative agenda.
4. For a regular session, the following constitutional officers may request, without the approval of the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative, the drafting of not more than the following numbers of legislative measures, which must be submitted to the Legislative Counsel on or before September 1 preceding the regular session:
Lieutenant Governor.................................................................................................... 3
Secretary of State......................................................................................................... 6
State Treasurer............................................................................................................. 5
State Controller............................................................................................................. 5
Attorney General........................................................................................................ 20
5. In addition to the requests authorized by subsection 4, the Secretary of State may request, without the approval of the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative, the drafting of not more than 2 legislative measures, which must be submitted to the Legislative Counsel on or before December 31 preceding the 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 subsections 1 and 4 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.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2186; A 2001, 3203; 2007, 3167; 2009, 1568; 2011, 3190, 3667; 2013, 3326; 2015, 3187; 2017, 2440; 2019, 3743)
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