NRS 306.017 – Employment by filing officer of independent legal counsel to provide advice concerning recall of public officer who is legal adviser.
If a notice of intent to circulate a petition to recall any public officer who is a legal adviser for the State or for a county, district or municipality is filed, the officer with whom the notice is filed may employ independent legal counsel to provide advice concerning the recall, at the expense of the […]
NRS 304.210 – “Catastrophe” defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]
“Catastrophe” means a natural or man-made event that causes, by death or disappearance, a vacancy in at least one-fourth of the total number of offices in the United States House of Representatives, including any number of offices representing the State of Nevada, or at least one-half of the total number of offices representing the State […]
NRS 304.220 – “Disappearance” defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.]
“Disappearance” means the inability to establish conclusively whether a Representative in Congress has survived a catastrophe. (Added to NRS by 2003, 765; R 2021, 1980, effective January 1, 2022)
NRS 304.230 – Governor to issue election proclamation; when election is to be conducted; consolidation with other elections. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Governor to issue election proclamation; when special elections are to be conducted; consolidation with other elections; cost of special elections if not consolidated. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Representative in Congress, the Governor shall, within 7 days after the event giving rise to the vacancy, issue an election proclamation calling for a special election to fill the vacancy. The Governor shall specify the date of the special election in the proclamation. Except […]
NRS 304.050 – Election.
1. At the general election in each even-numbered year, there shall be elected the number of Representatives in the Congress of the United States to which the State of Nevada is entitled. 2. Representatives in Congress shall be elected by the registered voters of their respective districts. (Added to NRS by 1960, 282)
NRS 304.060 – Definitions.
As used in NRS 304.060 to 304.120, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Block” means the smallest geographical unit whose boundaries were designated by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce in its topographically integrated geographic encoding and referencing system. 2. “Block group” means a combination of blocks whose […]
NRS 304.065 – Certain population counts involving state inmates must be used for apportionment of congressional districts.
The population counts for every block, block group and census tract as revised by the State Demographer pursuant to NRS 360.288 must be used for the apportionment of congressional districts. (Added to NRS by 2019, 986)
NRS 304.070 – Copies of maps of congressional districts: Duties of Director of Legislative Counsel Bureau.
The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall: 1. Retain in an office of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, copies of maps of the congressional districts described in NRS 304.100, 304.110 and 304.120. 2. Make available copies of the maps to any interested person for a reasonable fee, not to exceed the actual costs of producing […]
NRS 304.080 – Copies of maps of congressional districts: Duties of Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State shall: 1. Provide to the clerk of each county and the clerk of Carson City, copies of the maps filed pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 304.070. 2. Make available copies of the maps to any interested person for a reasonable fee, not to exceed the actual costs of producing copies […]
NRS 304.090 – Omitted area: Attachment to appropriate congressional district. [Superseded by the Congressional Districts based on the 2010 Census and approved by the Court pursuant to the Order set forth in the Appendix to Chapter 304 of NRS beginning at page 304-17, until the Legislature takes further action regarding apportionment of the Congressional Districts.]
1. If any area of this State is omitted from the provisions of NRS 304.060 to 304.120, inclusive, inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the information supplied to the Legislature, the county clerk, the Carson City clerk or the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, upon discovery of the omission, shall notify the […]