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 A legislative measure that is not prefiled on or before that day shall be deemed withdrawn.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.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1948; A 1997, 1751; 1999, 2194; 2007, 3163; 2009, 1568; 2011, 1150, 3191, 3668; 2013, 3327; 2015, 3188; 2017, 2441)
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